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Title: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: Zathras on March 03, 2006, 12:27:53 am

Was just cruising ebay and came across these - I was tempted to bid on a few.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvcarvin15isQQhtZ-1

Very cool highly detailed mini arcade models... (and no I'm not the seller).

Title: Re: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: NinjaEpisode on March 03, 2006, 07:15:39 am

Interesting...that guy's located somewhere close to my neck of the woods....

Title: Re: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: danny_galaga on March 03, 2006, 09:51:48 am

i rather suspect that these are based on the 'way of the rodent' downloadable cardboard arcades. to make them a bit nicer i think he is probably using those to veneer his models, so not a hell of a lot of skill involved. i might try it myself and see if they sell ;)

Title: Re: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: NinjaEpisode on March 03, 2006, 10:25:29 am

Agreed, take them, veneer them, buy several cheapy Beanie Baby cases off of ebay, bon apetite!

Title: Re: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: Dartful Dodger on March 03, 2006, 10:47:19 am

Someone should send the seller a question, asking if he has the Photoshop documents to prove he's the original creator.

Title: Re: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: danny_galaga on March 03, 2006, 11:08:04 am

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on March 03, 2006, 10:47:19 am

Someone should send the seller a question, asking if he has the Photoshop documents to prove he's the original creator.

LOL

Title: Re: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: quarterback on March 03, 2006, 12:23:00 pm

Quote from: danny_galaga on March 03, 2006, 09:51:48 am

i rather suspect that these are based on the 'way of the rodent' downloadable cardboard arcades. to make them a bit nicer i think he is probably using those to veneer his models, so not a hell of a lot of skill involved.

I thought that too, but he's got a number of cabs that aren't available on way of the rodent.   Also, he makes tiny joysticks. 

They are cool, but I don't see myself every dropping $40 for something like that.

Title: Re: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: danny_galaga on March 04, 2006, 01:56:13 am

it occured to me today that perhaps its the 'way of the rodent' guy himself that is selling these...

Title: Re: Arcade Nostalgia Collection - these are cool!
Post by: gnateye on March 06, 2006, 01:30:07 pm

im pretty sure the way of the rodent is a UK website and this guy is in michigan, could be some connection though. either way they look cool if i won the lotto i may drop some dough on them, but otherwise i would make them myself before dropping 40$+ on them