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Title: House Rules game room sign?
Post by: pinballwizard79 on October 21, 2009, 01:39:21 am: Do these exist for sale anywhere?
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 21, 2009, 08:22:52 am: Not to my knowledge, but you could always use the .ai file HERE (http://www.timeouttunnel.com/downloads.htm) to have Emdkay or Mamemarquees print you one (or DIY).
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Post by: saint on October 21, 2009, 10:04:15 am: http://www.nicecarvings.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=10 (http://www.nicecarvings.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=10)

$100

(http://www.nicecarvings.com/cart/images/House%20Rules022.jpg)
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 21, 2009, 10:08:21 am: Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Nice, though more than I'm willing to spend.
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Post by: bkenobi on October 21, 2009, 11:35:02 am: That's carved and painted wood. If you find that in a metal sign it would be a lot less.
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Post by: MameMaster! on October 21, 2009, 03:05:52 pm: They sell them here in Vinyl for $27 bucks:
http://www.gamestencils.com/index.php?crn=217&rn=424&action=show_detail (http://www.gamestencils.com/index.php?crn=217&rn=424&action=show_detail)

Just so you know-- I personally own the original wood house rules sign that Melissa made. ;D
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Post by: DJ_Izumi on October 21, 2009, 03:58:33 pm: How can you not have food? What's the point of an arcade if you arn't charging $3 for a can of coke? :D
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Post by: BobA on October 21, 2009, 06:02:51 pm: Download of Peter Hirschberg sign from his site.

http://timeouttunnel.com/downloads.htm (http://timeouttunnel.com/downloads.htm)
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Post by: Ummon on October 21, 2009, 06:12:35 pm: Quote from: DJ_Izumi on October 21, 2009, 03:58:33 pm
How can you not have food? What's the point of an arcade if you arn't charging $3 for a can of coke? :D

That's, '75 cents for a large soda', dude. As in fountain drinks. Cans. Jeez la peez. (RETRO!)

I just last night was thinking of taking this table glass I have and making up a marquee sign, getting the glass cut (and corners rounded perhaps), and mounting a black light on the back of it. Instant arcade sign.
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Post by: pinballwizard79 on October 21, 2009, 09:48:42 pm: Right on, thanks guys.

I dont know whats worse... $100 for a foam recast or $40 after shipping for a thick decal ;D

I am such a cheap ass.... gonna have to flip a coin on this one.

thanks again, good lookin out

EDIT: my GF is an artist too so I am not minimizing the time it takes to hand paint a recast....hmmm, maybe this on a canvas next to a large painting of a token machine would be better..
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Post by: mytymaus007 on October 21, 2009, 11:55:15 pm: Check it out in action WOW retro BABY NICE!!!!!!!! :applaud:
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Post by: SavannahLion on October 22, 2009, 02:50:08 am: Weird... in all the times I've visited arcades, I've never noticed a house rules sign... ever. Not once.

Well, except for the no smoking/drugs sign and the one where it says you're under surveillance. But other than that, never seen 'em.

Guess I'll have to pay more attention to something other than the cabs when I go next time.
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 22, 2009, 08:33:29 am: This isn't just any ol' house rules sign, though. This is a Time Out house rules sign. Anyone who grew up in Time Out arcades knows the style of signage they used.
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Post by: ammitz on October 22, 2009, 11:45:41 am: Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 22, 2009, 08:33:29 am
This isn't just any ol' house rules sign, though. This is a Time Out house rules sign. Anyone who grew up in Time Out arcades knows the style of signage they used.

And what is "Time out arcades"? ???
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Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 22, 2009, 12:03:52 pm: http://www.timeouttunnel.com/ (http://www.timeouttunnel.com/)
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Post by: ammitz on October 22, 2009, 02:02:26 pm: Thanks! A little update for all non-US arcade gamers

^{Time-Out Tunnel was a chain of mall-based arcades that existed back in the late 70s to early 80s. They were eventually bought out in the 90s by Namco but still exist at some locations as simply "Time-Out".}
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Post by: Donkey_Kong on October 22, 2009, 02:11:30 pm: We're about to start producing these for Kevin at GameRoom Magazine. They will still probably be around $100 retail, but way better than the resin casting pictured above. The new ones will be carved into Trupan (formaldehyde free mdf) with our cnc machine, then painted by Melissa Jones.
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Post by: opt2not on October 22, 2009, 02:22:18 pm: Quote from: mytymaus007 on October 21, 2009, 11:55:15 pm
Check it out in action WOW retro BABY NICE!!!!!!!! :applaud:

Hey mytymaus007, is that in your house? Looks like a dining area... do you have any more pictures? I'd love to have a small "arcade space" in my house, though don't know if I could convince the wife...
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Post by: Ummon on October 23, 2009, 04:25:07 pm: Quote from: Donkey_Kong on October 22, 2009, 02:11:30 pm
We're about to start producing these for Kevin at GameRoom Magazine. They will still probably be around $100 retail, but way better than the resin casting pictured above. The new ones will be carved into Trupan (formaldehyde free mdf) with our cnc machine, then painted by Melissa Jones.

Ahh! I see ya all went industrial! (heheh)
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Post by: BamBam on November 01, 2009, 02:27:22 pm: Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 21, 2009, 08:22:52 am
Not to my knowledge, but you could always use the .ai file HERE (http://www.timeouttunnel.com/downloads.htm) to have Emdkay or Mamemarquees print you one (or DIY).

Thanks for the link Ginsu.