View Full Version : The Ultimate Arcade Collectible! Good Lord!
Sniderman
10-13-2003, 02:54 PM
This should be in the Ebay Auctions Forum, but it's too good not to share with ALL videogamers. The utimate arcade collectible is currently on eBay. This would be an AWESOME addition to a gameroom. And it truly is ONE OF A KIND. What is it?
Clicky-click here. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3355034222&category=790&sspagename=rvi:1:1)
Don't ruin the surprize for others. But ain't this incredibly cool? MAME cabinet, my ass! This would be untouched FOREVER.
jonjandran
10-13-2003, 02:56 PM
:eek 2: @_@ :eek 2: @_@ :eek 2: @_@
Buy it for me PLEASE !!!
Darth Sensei
10-13-2003, 02:58 PM
Holy Crap :O :O :O :O
Sotenga
10-13-2003, 03:41 PM
O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O
Why do I have to pay money? ... ... ... I don't.
:snipersmile: :2gunfire: :smash: :texaschain: :rockets:
Balloon Fight
10-13-2003, 03:46 PM
VERY cool. The guy in the pic looks weird though...
Sotenga
10-13-2003, 03:47 PM
That's what I was thinking, too. It's like he's got Orochi blood in him. Well... so do I. :evil:
Sniderman
10-13-2003, 03:58 PM
VERY cool. The guy in the pic looks weird though...LOL Don't you know who that *is* in the picture?!? I'll let ya know in teeny-tiny type so as not to spoil it for others:
That there is Lance Guest - Alex Rogen himself! He's, of course, a bit older, but that there is The Last Starfighter playing The Last Starfighter!
Ed Oscuro
10-13-2003, 04:07 PM
Awww...it doesn't come with the creepy guy. ;_;
Man, those days sure are long gone. Lol.
It would be awesome if somebody would actually make that, put it inside (still no spoiler here, though grammar is crying for mercy). That would be awesome, though it would certainly be an involved process.
Raccoon Lad
10-13-2003, 04:12 PM
or at least get the original source footage on DVD to run inside it.
Kid Ice
10-13-2003, 05:55 PM
WOW. Not what I would consider the ULTIMATE arcade collectible, but real close. Anyone bidding?
kainemaxwell
10-13-2003, 06:00 PM
Holy crap!!
Dire 51
10-13-2003, 06:55 PM
!!!
I'd love to have that!
Flack
10-13-2003, 07:54 PM
Woo hoo! I'm high bidder ... I'm guessing that won't last. :)
Flack
leonk
10-13-2003, 11:26 PM
people on another board are posting that this is actually a mock of the original one that was used in the movie, and not the real one!
kingpong
10-13-2003, 11:38 PM
people on another board are posting that this is actually a mock of the original one that was used in the movie, and not the real one!
Gee, I wonder where they got that idea... To quote from the listing - "Since it was discovered that the original arcade cabinet that was used in the film was destroyed, this is the only cabinet known to exist."
KirbyStar27
10-13-2003, 11:38 PM
:eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2: OMG and Holy Shazbot :eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2:
stargate
10-13-2003, 11:39 PM
people on another board are posting that this is actually a mock of the original one that was used in the movie, and not the real one!
yeah, the auction says it is a mock because the original was destroyed. i guess they used this one for the "making of" the movie...
i'm really not all that impressed. big whoopie!! i'd rather have a working Computer Space.
Sniderman
10-13-2003, 11:59 PM
Actually, Racoon Lad had a great idea of having a loop of the "game footage" from the film running on the monitor. That'd be cool. Or, just the movie itself! Imagine Tron on a Tron game or Krull running on a Hrull machine. Talk about your dedicated VCRs!
Regardless, it's a damn nifty piece. It'd be like having a Space Paranoids or Bishop of Battle arcade mock-up.
Lady Jaye
10-14-2003, 12:25 AM
BTW, if any of you guys are seriously bidding for this and wins the auction with the reserve met and al., remember that he doesn't ship. You gotta pick it up in Burbank, CA. And even though it's understandably gutted, it's still fairly big. On the other hand, it'd be a great excuse for a nice, extended road trip...
Buyatari
10-14-2003, 11:51 AM
I think it was stated that this mock up was created for the Starfighter documentary.
It was created using the original blueprints and pictures etc etc etc.
Fancy way to say reproduction.
Cool to have but I don't put much into its "collectable" value. More like a home-brew project. They made one someone can make another.
Adam
Ed Oscuro
10-14-2003, 08:47 PM
Cool to have but I don't put much into its "collectable" value. More like a home-brew project. They made one someone can make another.
From the auction:
This extremely unique cabinet was designed and created for the film itself by famed production designer Ron Cobb (Star Wars, ALIEN, Conan), and was constructed by the very talented Hollywood Prop manufacturer, HMS Props.
What I think is that they haven't given nearly enough information, or that they're not clearly stating what it is. The text I quoted would be misleading if it was a simple reproduction, and how they can say "created for the movie" alongside "the original arcade cabinet that was used in the film was destroyed."
$770 and the reserve price hasn't been met? Oh please.