Acquiring more pieces to the Mad Planets puzzle

I love getting packages in the mail, especially when you generally know when they’re coming but not when. We were away from home over the weekend, but when I got home there was a package sitting at home waiting for me with some more pieces for my Mad Planets, pieces I wasn’t sure I could get but then became available this week and now they’re in hand.

The “Mad” Planets align, got game guts in the mail

Back in November of 2008 I played Mad Planets for the first time and knew that I had to have one for my collection. I am not sure that has ever happened to me before, and I knew when a member at Coinopspace.com posted in the Mad Planets group that they had just about all of the guts for one and were looking to sell them that this was a unique opportunity and I couldn’t pass it up. Today when I got home, the boxes were sitting on the doorstep.

Interesting Arcade Links – 2009-03-15

• Stern Scramble cocktail for sale, Grandville Craigslist MI Grand Rapids area – $250. Not a bad price, classic game – http://snipr.com/dj069 #
• Bank Panic arcade game $150 Working, Murray – Louisville KY area. Rare, but not highly desirable. Good price – http://snipr.com/dj03e #
• Williams Joust arcade game – $300 Cincinnati Craigslist. Great price due to market if working / good condition – http://snipr.com/dj0d3 #
• Star Wars – $2100! Doubtful. It would have to be HUO, but a very popular game.

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Gunsmoke CPO artwork update – final

I’ve had a couple of people ask about the Gunsmoke CPO button artwork I vectored back in September of 2008 and what ever happened with that project. Here is the final update and what you should do if you want a set yourself.

Mad Planets Bezel Artwork Finished

I cranked through this Mad Planets artwork this week, knowing the end of the week and weekend would be busy busy and after a little hiatus since my last vector project in the Rally-X control panel, I was in the zone to finish this bezel. I am really pumped, the artwork was pretty tedious in portions and I’m happy to have it finished and ready for the next piece.

Crazy detail in the Mad Planets bezel artwork

I was in the mood yesterday to do some tracing of arcade artwork, so I started working on the Mad Planets bezel. The high resolution bezel scan is available from a couple of different sources and from what I can tell appears to be an accurate file. The artwork itself is fairly boring, it’s a good supporting piece for the whole cabinet, but if you compare the level of detail and composition this bezel artwork won’t floor you. But tracing it, that’s another story.