Word...

I am working on a retro style pinup/playboy themed hot pink stencil 40" LED hyperpin (using the hacked up pin cab next to the Cruis'n World).

Also swapping out the Cruisn World in favor of a clean 100% restoration/modification of a Cruis'n USA with new decals & etc + hack a PC wheel to an amp to the Happ steering wheel motor & emulate NullDC, Model, MAME & etc + current gen PC racing titles. It will have a 28" PC/LCD monitor vs the CRT + Klipsch speakers (2.1 Klipsch in my current MAME sound slammin).

Meanwhile this stuff will pass the time

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Art = hand painted pop art on stretched canvas.

GTA neon = overpaid

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You need a BBH dude

That's not a fog machine, it's douja!

FML

Might have to add you & Pete to my ignore list

I like the tardis, eventually I am painting my gameroom bathroom door as one.

It won't be as cool as yours though, looks neat!

Cheap Justin Beiber scotch & pinball

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Old crappy cell phone pics

The room is different now. I should have a new camera this weekend allowing me to post nice pics of the updated room. Anyone want to loan me an Avengers Pro for the photo shoot?

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Thanks. I really do enjoy them too. That lineup has since relocated into my office on the other side of the wall. I have to admit WWF & BW are seriously the best of the bunch (to me). Eventually those 4 will be gone however

Money, space & pending new releases = the root of all evil

You sick sick man!

Noiyce!

Cat fancy & douja lol

M'r F'r knows how to party!

It's like a scene from Workaholics lol

Nice trilogy of terror!

Great diversification of play & art style

Fun night for the kids. My daughters bday party.

Tornado foosball

Epic shit

I too play the game

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Flake you had a nice bar @ the last house but damn this one is reeeeally nice!

Look'n good dude

The other Chris

That's sucking fick!

A collector out my way built a fix it Felix cabinet too

Epic

I see Steve Wiebe on your DK what's up with that?

You're in a safe place now, it's ok...

At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch 22 over its whole history. Heller responds, “Yes, but I have something he will never have . . . Enough.”

Unless it bacon....

Reminds me of the Stooges when they are counting money & it's hundred after hundred after hundred & when they get to a fifty they say "how'd that get in there" & then toss it out nyuk nyuk nyuk!

Not saying to pitch WOZ (Panzer & Ice) just saying it's the odd duck in the Stern collection.

Nice room, man I'm jealous!

Looks good Ed.

I was working in Ironton, Black River & Potosi last week.

You're lucky I was busy, otherwise I'd defeat all your high scores

For sure, I get around.

I fix/repair CCTV, access, fire, burg & automation systems in a resi & small biz environment so I cover a huge area but won't know until a day or two before so keep some burritos in the freezer lol.

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On another note... This thread is like a mega enabler for me to stop applying money towards the mortgage & start applying it towards the basement lol. My game room is very cookie cutter in terms of decor & materials but this thread makes me want to get creative with the color palette & materials. I guess if I'm not selling the house that's ok, right enablers?

Just tell us ya tease

Mad Pole that is some sick shit!

It's like the milk bar on Clockwork Orange meets Tron.

OMG

If I didn't have kids my basement would be full of those white titty statues

Honestly though I bet if you spray painted 2 mannequins from Sears & procured some fungi it would look identical once you started peaking.

I'm a fan of the ol unltraviolence myself. So much in fact Alex keeps an eye on my gameroom. Attached is a pic I uploaded in this thread quite some time ago but what the hell I'm ok with repeating myself lol

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Madpole do me a favor

You already have the black walls & white chairs. Just add two white statues & paint some trippy words on the wall

I have just the spot for a urinal in my basement bathroom.

I'm worried about piss all over my floor, we like to get black out drunk in my basement.

How is the urine vs floor situation for you?

Serious question

I planned on installing a sticker inside the urinal to piss on like a target. Figured either a Chicago Cubs decal or 3 letters... IRS

My game room has received some updates.

Its still in transition, a lot of new shit is happening down here right now (non pin related) so the next pic I upload should be super tit.

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Regarding darts... Love it

I bought a half dozen sets of pretty good tungsten darts of various weights.

Went for a legit bristleboard too. There is nothing like the feel, "thud" & etc of a quality bristleboard. Electronic boards are sweet but it just ain't the same. I use a darts scoreboard app on my iPad to keep it fun & simple.

The light I use casts no shadows & does not blind you when retrieving your darts after a toss. It's a real glass neon tube encased in THICK polycarbonate plastic with customizable art on the front.

I really enjoy slamming the booze while cranking Beastie Boys & playing darts with my friends. There's so much strategy in shutting out a # to save your nuts vs exploiting a # to defeat your friends. It's like a f***ing mind war sometimes but also laid back. Couldn't go without em. Just get a good app to keep score!

Here's a link to the guy who makes the lights.

http://www.dartlight.com/The_Circumluminator_Dart_Light/The_Circumluminator.html

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I originally had decks mounted to the drywall boxes that enclose the support beams.

Decided to relocate em to the new Foose area.

Now I want more so it looks like I can start buying new ones for the support posts again lmao. It's a sickness... don't get into collecting decks. I suspect by the end of 2015 I will have 25+ mounted to the walls

Not sure about the ceiling. I mean it's cool but you can't stand there & appreciate them the same way with comfort & proper lighting. Speaking of lighting... I am installing a dimmable halogen track spotlight on the ceiling maybe this weekend in an effort to illuminate the decks. For this pic I just threw a desk lamp on my Foose table tho

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$35 a deck?

2-3 of those sticks on the wall are $300 each (fully populated).

Most decks are $70-$200 before hardware. It's one of those things full of limited runs & all the cool shit sells out costin 300%-500% more later on. Timing is everything & sometimes its either too late so ya gotta overpay. Other times ya overpay to avoid waiting another 6 mos for a deck to pop up again.

Still better than $700 lol

It was years ago so I'm sure it's adjusted for inflation & although I can't really remember I'd says expect to pay $350-$500?

Not sure if thats with shipping & custom art at that price.

It plugs into an outlet

Those are all hand painted canvas by my wife.

ebay.com link: 10 Woodys Skateboard Deck Wall Mount Display Hangers Vintage or New

I changed a few decks & installed a light for the new foosball n skateboard wall.

The new light makes shit look like an art gallery. I feel so fancy lol

Enjoy the pic my fellow skaters... well I'm a fat guy who remembers himself as a much better skater than I really was

Last pic is my daughter making her Braveheart speech before a foosball battle lol

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Most tornados have angled playfield strips & the most recent gen players have a wider taper although I think that change was made many years ago.

Good news is no losing the ball in a corner.

Bad news is the guys break a lot more now because when they can press against the ball when it's against the wall the players flex.

You sold your tornado?

User ignored lol (jk)

Here are the mounts I use

ebay.com link: 10 Woodys Skateboard Deck Wall Mount Display Hangers Vintage or New

I'm repurposing my old office into a toy room for my daughter.

Its a 14x17 space & it shares a wall common w/my open floorplan game room, bar & theater space. It will be very convenient indeed... beer fridge & pinball just steps from Sponge Bob & Bubble Guppies This parenting shit is easy!

I took a panoramic pic showing her still-a-work-in-progress 100" theater on the left & my 120" on the right.

Wife says no 1yr old needs a 100" theater in her toy room... wait till said 1yr old gets "her own" pinball machines lol

Its her toyroom I swear!

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JFH you broke the thread for me

You & the clockwork orange acid milkshake game room dude have ruined my life lol

Man you need to make a thread on your room too with stories & pics & details.

Do it!

Yeah, poor poor you

And weed is legal in your basement too

Damn

Interesting, never heard that before.

Wonder why rates are lowest mid week & mid month?

I also like the comments back/forth. We all see something & have questions or we see something so damn cool we just gotta talk about it.

But it would also be cool if there was a filter option I could temporarily select to only see pics. Just like how you can see posts by one particular Pinsider or etc.

Then we can chat like normal & later on scroll thru nothing but beautiful pics & then chat some more.

Best thread ever right here & it could benefit greatly from some filter options IMO

If thats not an option just let us cuss & post boobie pics again

ZNET is a real collector

Respect

If your drunk guests need a futon to sleep they're not drunk enough. I've slept under ping pong & foosball tables. In my own house! Well, before I had kids.

I'm without a gameroom for a month

Realized something... the upstairs sucks. The TV is always on Bubble Guppies or the Mindy Project.

Anyway we are blacking & greying out this mixed use theater/arcade room. Cant wait!

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Last tease pic to share before the paint/carpet.

See you all in a month. This thread is too painful to visit while all my shit is in storage.

Sniffle

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I went to Lowes for Valspar 2 in 1

Its thick paint. Man...

Keep in mind Grey is a bitch. You have to choose between one that leans towards brown, blue or purple. I've fallen victim to the purpl end. Repainted & had the blue age, fade & morph into... purple again lol.

So now I am going for a grey w/brown undertones.

The black is called Kettle Black. The grey is rugged suede. The carpet is... I forget. It gets installed July 7the. Cant wait! In the pic it looks brown but in real life it's much more grey.

Hope that helps

Tomorrow we start painting the walls. Gonna be dark!

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Gonna spam the thread with an update

Man its so dark. Darker than the picture. I feel like I'm on the surface of the moon & the black ceiling is infinite space lol. Since it's flat black with no reflection it feels weird to stand under it.

I can only imagine how it will be once the dark carpet is installed & the Orca film (marijuana grow room material) is on the windows & black blinds.

Welcome to Europa Arcade the 6th closest moon to Jupiter. Sit down, enjoy some imported intergalactic hallucinogenic milk & watch a few Riff Raff music videos on the 120"

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I hope not

I decided on dark carpet & flat black/grey paint because I want a room that absorbs light rather than reflect it.

The goal is to be able to turn on all my lit up toys without affecting the theater portion of my space.

Gotta say I can already tell it's a success. Before, even in a light free room, the white ceiling, trim, doors & carpet & eggshell walls reflected the projectors very own light.

That aint the case now mang. The black hole of my basement will likely be darker with all my toys on + projector than it was prior to this new paint/carpet strategy when all my toys were off + projector.

I think lol

New Bentley in the garage

OR

Basement full of dope shit

Wise decision sir

Shit got real

Carpet was installed today

Still a ways to go but it's nice enough at the moment to get me excited enough to consider sleeping downstairs tonight lol

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We had grey ceramic tile installed @ the bar, bath & walkout @ time of construction years ago. It's directly on the concrete floor of the basement. Hope my shit doesn't crack or settle over those areas lol

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Ha, that's actually a bean bag from my 2 year olds theater.

I'm so fat & old I'd prolly tear my achillies again if some shit like that was in the basement.

Sorry for the "play by play" posts but I'm excited & my wife gives no shits about the basement

Foosball area done!

This weekend I hope to finish the small wet bar area just outside the frame of this photo.

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Working on the 120" theater now

One corner at a time.

The pace of progress slows drastically as I bring my toys back in. I fear I'm a new couch & pinball machine away from never finishing... if you know what I mean.

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During movies the light are off.

The pinball machines are distracting too

So F'n TRUE!

The satisfying "thunk" during a toss of darts is addictive.

Best comparison I can make is how I love the sound of a token drop. So much that I added a working coin door on my MAME arcade.

Speaking of darts.

Today my backboard arrived!

So you know I got right to work on it. Mounted that puppy & installed my dart light on it.

Still need to touchup paint my small wire fish access hole on the right corner but other than that it's AOK

P.S. I had the light made before having kids. Had I known then what I know now I would not have plastered stripper whores all over it lol

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20 ft sectional arrived yesterday.

Bunk beds would have freed up so much more space for activities tho

Sandbag'n my pinball wall pic since I'm picking up an EM & NIB soon so my updates will stop for awhile.

I want to add a purple neon sign by the bar in simple letters that just says "DRANK"... because errbody needs a purple drank in their basement. Wife is surprisingly amused by it & all for it.

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I have only played bubble hockey a few times & I'm the only dude in the house... yet I desire a Super Chex for the basement

Are they like pinballs where direct distros are lower priced than online retailers?

I see ICE sells them direct for $2500 shipped.

Not sure how necessary the split base is. I have a walk out basement so I think I'd be able to turn the base sideways & bring it in if I turn it while doing so.

Any advice bubble hockey aficionados?

Awesome info. Shit. Right on. Great advice blitz!

I think a NIB Super Chex is how I will go if I grab one.

Is it possible to run it off batteries? I have 2 places it could go & 1 lacks power. They are lighted right? Maybe an LED would use less power & make a rechargeable battery hack practical?

Those decals are like $400 it appears. Damn

That van avatar will certainly sway the jury against you

My purple drank arrived today.

Some will understand. Others will not.

It's so beautiful I may put our Christmas presents under it this winter lol.

It's a bit of an Easter egg for the gameroom

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Thanks. That's the foos/bar area so no pins there. I havent finished the countertop light yet tho. They are in a test location before I finalize the install.

A few pages back are pics of other poor life decisions I've made Picking up an oldie this Sunday finally (Target Alpha). Was soooo close to adding 1 or more NIB until the Stern PF Fiasco.

I can fit 5 Sterns on this wall comfortably. 6 if I want to be silly.... I predict 6.

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Added a life sized crunked up double purp cupping lean drinking dirty sprite sipping syrup dranker alien to the spot

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We removed our real hardwood & replaced it with 12 mm Pergo Max Premier & Pergo gold underlayment

The shit is dope! Sealed beveled edges, stamped texture & insane durability. I dont think all laminates are the same. Ive seen the cheap stuff that curls, swells & etc too.

Our installer half assed a few transitions which we are having replaced & properly installed however.

A Vanilla Ice bathroom...

Thats so F'n dope & weird

You sir are one of my favorites now. It takes a special kind of person to have a Vanilla Ice room. Thats not some "Bed Bath & Beyond" shit anyone can just pick up. That was a very deliberate choice you made lol

I may have to bring a Vanilla Ice element into my game room now. Kudos dude

I have 2 distasteful signs for my bathroom that I'm quite proud of.

For a while I had a shit tossing monkey skateboard in there too

My bathroom is about to get renovated. I'm gonna have to do something weird in there. The bathroom @ CP Pinball has a bunch of awesome fake autographs with hilarious quotes. I might do that. Something about a Gary Busey autograph that says "thanks for the coke" sounds smart

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A hot dog roller. Man I want one of those

I'm just so F'n fat already tho. So I better not...

Jackpin

Relocate that motion detector

Tell me about the Rodney Dangerfield sign!

+1 regarding flat black painted ceiling

Under low lighting conditions its a spooky sensation because you start to question shit like is there a ceiling at all, if so where is it, will my hand hit it or keep going, am I in outer space right now, what is life?

Fuck. I should have done better in school, work, life, etc

That’s amazing dude!

Dude with the Star Wars arcade is never gonna talk to us again. Too busy playing on what's prolly the coolest F'n thing man has made besides the large hadron collider

My skateboard corner of the gameroom keeps getting better & better lately so I might as well share again.

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Lol, dudes name is "thot"

Hell nawww dawg