Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: TadChower on May 21, 2007, 12:51:12 pm
Title: Can anyone identify this cabinet?
Post by: TadChower on May 21, 2007, 12:51:12 pm
First off , Happy Monday. My local CraigsList has an arcade game for sale , but I can't seem to make out the former life of this cabinet. http://tampa.craigslist.org/tag/334385634.html (http://tampa.craigslist.org/tag/334385634.html). Can anyone help?
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Post by: horseboy on May 21, 2007, 01:03:24 pm
That used to be a really rare game called "Bunch O' ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- from the Garage."
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Post by: shardian on May 21, 2007, 01:12:20 pm
Well, we did get a report that someone was stealing some schedule 40 steel pipe from our shop here at work. ;) ;D
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Post by: TadChower on May 21, 2007, 01:35:15 pm
Yeah , I'd like to get a closer look at it. :laugh2: Sort of looks like a hacked up go-kart frame , or even a weight bench.
:dunno I wonder where the coin slots are? :dunno
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Post by: Q*Bert_OP on May 21, 2007, 03:33:45 pm
It's called Piece o' sh*t-cade
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Post by: More Cowbell on May 22, 2007, 09:20:35 am
At this rate, how long before we see a monitor on a table and someone calls it an arcade cabinet?
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Post by: Chris G on May 22, 2007, 11:45:35 am
I'm not sure what everyone's problem is here... I'm planning to build my next cab very similar to this one. It will even transform into an exercise machine, saving space.
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Post by: Justin Z on May 22, 2007, 12:31:54 pm
Can you fold it up and slide it under your bed or into a closet?
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Post by: Jeff AMN on May 22, 2007, 12:56:24 pm
This particular "cab" is horrendous, but the concept is cool. I think it would be neat to do a metal/plexi build where all your wiring is hidden within the framing. It could be really neat, lightweight, and unique. It would be quite the challenge to make it look nice though. Still, I wouldn't mind seeing somebody try it.
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Post by: Zakk on May 23, 2007, 11:39:23 am
Lightweight is exactly what you want in an arcade cabinet. I like to fail mine about the room when I lose at dig dug.
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Post by: Jeff AMN on May 23, 2007, 03:18:06 pm
Lightweight is exactly what you want in an arcade cabinet. I like to fail mine about the room when I lose at dig dug.
Hur hur.
It would be a small perk for somebody that was planning on moving it around.
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Post by: Zakk on May 23, 2007, 03:32:40 pm
Thing is, these things really aren't supposed to be particularly mobile. If someone needs to move it around, then maybe a controller-only version would be better, instead of a hideous tubular monstrosity that is just begging for a hecklin'.
BTW, what is a hur?
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Post by: Chris G on May 23, 2007, 03:37:29 pm
Ben's sister?
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Post by: psik0tik on May 23, 2007, 11:06:47 pm
Looks like one of those walmart desks cut to pieces and welded back together.
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Post by: psik0tik on May 24, 2007, 12:59:46 pm
That guy lives like right down the street from me...I wouldn't buy it....for that kind of money you could build your own that looks 100 times better than that and I'm sure everyone on here would help you.
It's a metal frame with a piece of plywood screwed to it.
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Post by: TOK on May 24, 2007, 02:21:38 pm
Too bad they don't have an open Question thing at the bottom like Ebay. It'd be fun to ask if he could post a pic of the arcade game he's selling instead of a plant stand. :D