Ms. Pac-man Separations Update

I had some downtime where I couldn’t use the internet last night so I spent about 25 minutes or so working on the separations for the stencils. I got through a good portion of Ms. Pac-man herself.

I am trying to decide how to make a rule for how much the pink should bleed underneath the black, or if every piece should bleed according to what is around it. If I can make the pink larger underneath a surrounding black part, like on her gloves and such, I think I am …

G07 Blowing a F902 Fuse

I got this monitor last year in October. I bought a bowling game that worked completely for $150 and this monitor was thrown into the deal. I immediately sold the bowling cab and everything in it for $50, keeping the monitor that worked and the one that was bad.

The one that was “bad”, worked fine the original owner said, until he did something early one morning maybe before it had warmed up, or just without thinking.

There was a blown fuse that needed to be replaced, so that is …

New Joker Images from The Dark Knight

Were these leaked? Probably. It makes me a little sad to look at them, but I can’t hide my excitement either. I don’t want to have to wait until December to see something big.

~Edit – You can also view them at John Bierley’s Flickr page if Warner Bros starts taking them down from either site.

Frenzy – Going to trade it this weekend

The plan is right now that I am going to trade the Frenzy this weekend to another good friend collector for a handful of other cabs and projects.

I knew Tim really wanted a Frenzy, and this one was in good condition minus the ZPU-1001 board. He was close enough and he has been so helpful in the past that although I could have tested the market to see what it would have sold not working, I decided this was the better route to take. I don’t like the …

Simpsonize Me – Jeff Rothe

Like I said, I haven’t updated my blog much, and it has been less than I thought as I work harder on the WordPress version. But I thought this was so awesome that I had to post it here.

I have started to see these around, and the commercials didn’t make me realize this was something you could do.

Check it out at Simpsonizeme.com

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19K4635 Wells Gardner Monitor – Difficult to do a cap kit

It was cool outside last night, and I was feeling motivated, so I started the cap kit on the Wells Gardner 19K4600 model monitor.

Let me tell you, I thought doing a cap kit on this monitor was for an advanced user, not for the faint of heart.

I had the hardest time figuring out how to get at the bottom of the chassis board. I finally figured out that you need to unscrew the cross beams from both sides of the frame. Then, pull the sides apart and get …

Nokes was a very bad boy

I had written that I have been leaving Nokes out in the house for short periods of time, no more than two hours usually. I hate that we own a dog, but have to have him shut up in a crate all day long. Seems counterproductive to the idea of having a pet.

So when I went to the gym last night, I left him out. I got a rude awakening, and no indication that something like this would happen. He had been an angel until this point.

He shredded a paper …