Ice Cold Beer finally got a final cleaning and a couple coats satin black. When you plan to apply vinyl to a cabinet it a very important to put a couple of good coats of paint on your cabinet to give the vinyl something to stick too. Just remember, adhesive on vinyl WILL NOT stick to a flat finish so always use a satin, semi gloss or glossy finish. I prefer to use oil based paint with a satin finish with a foam roller.
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Overall Ice Cold Beer was not in too bad of shape and the cabinet was pretty solid. But after restoring more than a few games games I’ve learned that even the easiest restoration takes longer than expected.
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About a month ago a somewhat uncommon “Exidy” game titled Pepper II showed up on a curb in Indianapolis, Indiana. What was even more surprising was that not only was it posted on the local craigslist but collectors we discussing it on CoinOpSpace.com and KLOV.com yet it wasn’t picked up for about three days. Living in Michigan I never pay much attention to ads outside of my state. However, owning both a Venture and a Mouse Trap I found it a little unsettling that a Pepper II might end up in a landfill. But what could I do living over five hours away? Not a whole lot.
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I’m sure most of you diehard fans know but on May 22, 2010, Pac-Man celebrated its 30th birthday. That more than 10,957 Days of Pac-Man enjoyment!!!
Happy Birthday Pac-Man!!!
When I added an Asteroids, Mouse Trap and a Mad Planets to my collection in January I figured it was going to be a busy year for collecting and restoring. However between family, work, freelance, reproducing Nintendo T-molding and building my new e-commerce store I haven’t fully restored anything this year. I mean, I was able to detail Mouse Trap and Mad Planets but as far as a full fledge restoration it just hasn’t happened this year. Until today when I decided that “Ice Cold Beer” was going to be my first (and probably only) restoration of 2010.
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ChompingQuarters “True-Flat™” is now available in our store. This T-molding is the same shape as what Nintendo originally used on their plywood cabinets but is much more flexible.
The first run is about sold out. Quantities are limited so be sure to order today!!!
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Arcade Shop just released a much needed solution for your problematic Gottlieb/Mylstar power supply. The “Gottlieb/Mylstar Switching Power Supply Conversion Kit” replaces the original power supply in Q*bert, Q*bert’s Qubes, Reactor, Krull & Mad Planets. Just remove the original power supply board (PSB), install the replacement switching power supply and plug in your factory molex plugs and your good to go.
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When purchasing a game that only lived one year in an arcade then spends the next 25 years living comfortably in a home use only environment there isn’t much you need to do to “make it better”. However, being a perfectionist who usually enjoys doing full restorations there is always something you can do to “make it better” and my Mad Planets wasn’t any different. But this time things were a little different and there was no reason to take a game who survived 26 years and fully restore it.
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