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Source for Nintendo stuff?
« on: October 24, 2005, 12:26:56 pm »
Nintendo-sized carriage bolts for a steel CP; or the dimensions of the bolts so I know what to ask for at a hardware store?

Nintendo-sized buttons for a steel CP; or a clean and easy way of enlarging the holes to accept standard-sized buttons?

The big blue mushroom button (KO punch button) on a Punch-Out CP? Was this an off-the-shelf part at one time or was it custom designed and manufactured for/by Nintendo?

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Re: Source for Nintendo stuff?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2005, 12:34:57 pm »
Nintendo-sized carriage bolts for a steel CP; or the dimensions of the bolts so I know what to ask for at a hardware store?

They are metric.

Nintendo-sized buttons for a steel CP; or a clean and easy way of enlarging the holes to accept standard-sized buttons?

They are also made to metric standards and are slightly small than regular buttons. I use a Greenlee knockout punch from Home Depot to punch the hole to normal button size. Then you can use any button/color you want. The Greenlee punch is the one made for 3/4" electrical conduit fittings (28.2mm punched hole size).

The big blue mushroom button (KO punch button) on a Punch-Out CP? Was this an off-the-shelf part at one time or was it custom designed and manufactured for/by Nintendo?

Probably a special button made for that game.

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Re: Source for Nintendo stuff?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2005, 02:59:01 pm »
Yikes. 

ArcadeShop.com sells the Nintendo size carriage bolts. I accidentally ordered some a couple years ago. I have no use for them. How many do you need? PM please.
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Re: Source for Nintendo stuff?
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2005, 03:18:45 pm »
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Probably a special button made for that game.

That's what I was thinking, though they do sort of look like those "emergency stop" buttons you see on machinery sometimes.

I wish someone would repro that part. Is Specialty Plastics still around? Some of their pages still work but the main page doesn't seem to. That guy had reproductions of the original Nintendo buttons; I'm sure he could make the big blue KO button as well.

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Re: Source for Nintendo stuff?
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2005, 05:30:11 pm »
Maybe you could get one of these in blue:
http://maxim.skyphix.com/nintendo_carriage_bolt.jpg

But I would just be patient. A button will turn up on Ebay eventually.
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