A newly minted pinball collector

About a month and a half of storage is about my max now-adays for any coin-op machine that I don’t plan to keep. I picked up that New World pinball in Indianapolis back the first week of April. This past weekend I sold that pinball machine to guy in Rockford, IL for which I can only say – it’s never to late to be bitten by the bug 🙂

Easy How-To: Arcade cabinet black mold

Even four years into this crazy arcade game collecting hobby, I am still amazed at how many cabinets get some exposure to moisture. ‘Water Damage’ is an over used term that less savvy collectors use to describe cabinets with everything from mild swelling to wood particle board deterioration.

On Monday, I had to sit by and watch a cabinet sit in the rain and truly define ‘water damage’.

Frenzy NOS Cpanel shipping to Oklahoma

The Frenzy reproduction control panels continue to move forward. In the last two weeks, I sent out the Pantone colors I matched to the printer. But to make absolutely sure that the colors are spot on, today the Frenzy panel is traveling via Fedex to Oklahoma.

Time Pilot ’84 overlay – update 2

For all of you still waiting to get a reproduction Time Pilot ’84 (inkjet) overlay for your arcade game, they are still in the works.

Ported Squirrelcart shopping cart theme

Many times clients will come to me, having just purchased Squirrelcart’s ecommerce software needing an affordable but nice looking theme for their website launch. This time, the client already had a design on their static site that they needed implemented into the shopping cart. We can do that, and quick.

Frenzy reproduction control panels – Progress update

I know Chris has been messaging those who are purchasing a reproduction Frenzy control panel, but I wanted to update here as well – progress is continuing to move forward.

How much is a working Tugboat PCB worth?

Moppet Arcade Flyer

Tugboat? Ever heard of that game? If you haven’t heard of Moppets, then probably not. Its a rare piece for sure and I am curious to hear what you all think the value would be for this PCB.