I’ve had a few requests for the paint color codes that I used to restore my Moon Patrol. These colors might not be exact, because I wasn’t able to bring the actual original colors in to the store to match. I guess they look pretty close, however. The paint I used was Behr paint from Home Depot. I haven’t had good luck with spraying Behr, and I’d recommend going with something from a paint store like Sherwin Williams. Here’s the codes from the top of the cans:

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To do the color match, I took a picture of the cabinet before I sanded it down. I brought it into Photoshop, and tried to match the brightness to other pictures (maybe the flyer? I can’t remember). Here are the swatches I printed and brought in for the color matching:

Hey! Just got a load of old beat up joysticks on eBay:

I got a good deal on them. Most of them are pretty beat, but I figured I could use them for spare parts. I also figured maybe one of the black ones on that top step might be a good enough match for my Q*Bert.

My Q*Bert was covered with loads of grime. While I plan on sanding it down and restoring it, that won’t be for awhile. Seeing as it will be in the house, I scrubbed it down. I used a combination of Fantastick, Mr. Clean magic erasers, and Scoth Brite pads. It is now slightlty less digusting:

I’ve been getting lots of help and advice on this one from various sources – thanks to all of you. I managed to find a power supply PCB, which will be on its way tomorrow. I also found a bottom control panel overlay. I’m on the lookout for an original joystick and an upper control panel overlay.

I have yet to clean up the inside. I’ll probably get to that tomorrow night after work.

I had no keys, and the lower coin door was locked. I drilled it out, and found $.75. Maybe I can go get a Gordita with it or something. I better wash my hands first though!

Hey there! I just got home from picking up a free Q*Bert! Check him out:

Overall, its in decent shape. It doesn’t have any water damage, but has the usual wear and tear. This is definitely a candidate for restoration. I’d love to see if I can get it going, but here’s the main problem:

I missing the power supply board. If you have one for sale, please let me know by posting a comment here.

I’m off to clean it up a bit and look for a power supply PCB.

From Neatorama.com:

Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte is paying $35 million to catch a ride to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft later this month. Laliberte calls himself “the first clown in space.”

full story here

My question is, why can’t they just send them all and be done with it?

In space, no one hear’s you squeak your nose.

I haven’t posted in such a long time. I’ve been too busy as usual for much fun these days.

For those of you that read CoinOpSpace.com you may have already seen this:

I picked this up on eBay. I’ve been hunting for Mappy stuff on eBay for a few years now and its the first one I’ve seen turn up. I had a friend in Japan help do some translation for this. The front reads Mappy Character Manual. It appears to be an artwork guide, showing exactly how the Mappy logo and characters are supposed to be drawn, and in what colors. Very very cool. Here are the rest of the pages. If you click on them, you can see them on Flickr.com, in original size. You can also mouse over the Japanese text to see what most of it says.

I went to a Flea Market the Saturday before last. First, the creepy doll:

I didn’t buy the doll (not my thing) but snapped a pic of her because she is sooo creeepy. She looks like she wants to kill kill kill.

I did buy an old neon sign, which worked but needed some attention. Here’s before:

and after:

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Hey There! While I have no idea how I managed to fit these into the house, I picked up 2 driving games this weekend:

They are currently a couple of feet off the back wall. When I have them working we should actually be able to walk by them.

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I was at Walmart today with the wife and grabbed 3 cans of Popeye spinach as a topper for my Popeye. Check it out:

The other non Popeye stuff will be removed soon when I figure out a place to put it.

Hey! CoinOpSpace.com is running a restoration contest this summer. The grand prize is $200 in gift certificates to arcade part/art sites. You can read about it here.

If you are starting a restoration, you should post it on CoinOpSpace.com and take a crack at it.

I’ve decided to enter, and will be restoring my Mappy. Part of the contest rules requires that the restoration information only be posted on CoinOpSpace.com, so I won’t be discussing the actual restoration here. If you are interested in reading along, here’s my entry.