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Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
#276472 - 02/18/12 06:54 AM
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Re: Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
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#276475 - 02/18/12 07:22 AM
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> Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17...26pLid%3D136672
That has to be the third or fourth time I've heard of something like that happening. You'd think they could make some sort of one-way gate to prevent that sort of thing, like the thing the prevents you from reaching up into a snack machine. I guess nothing is foolproof when a determined two-year-old is involved.
Is it possible that Ms. Pacman cab is original? It looked like it was in incredible shape for something on location in a laundromat. The only thing I've ever seen in a laundromat around here was a bootleg multigame cab.
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Re: Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#276477 - 02/18/12 07:27 AM
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I once had a cat get inside the coin door of an arcade machine. In the dark, I opened the door and reached in to hit the power switch and felt something furry.
Quite startled the hell out of me!
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Re: Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
[Re: DMala]
#276480 - 02/18/12 07:28 AM
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Atleast you have some kind of arcade games where you live. I would have to drive down the shore to encounter arcade games. They took all the arcade games out of laundry, grocery, mom&pop, etc. stores. I can't think of any stores near me that have an arcade game. I remember the closest store to me, which was Drug Fair, had a Golden Axe and Rastan arcade game in it. I would love going there to play it when I was young. They got rid of them in the mid 90's because they didn't want people/kids loitering. Very dissapointing the day I went there and they were gone.
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Re: Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
[Re: DMala]
#276483 - 02/18/12 08:06 AM
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> Is it possible that Ms. Pacman cab is original? It looked like it was in incredible
> shape for something on location in a laundromat. The only thing I've ever seen in a
> laundromat around here was a bootleg multigame cab.
I didn't watch the video. Could it be the whatever-anniversary cabinet release?
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Re: Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
[Re: DMala]
#276484 - 02/18/12 08:30 AM
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> That has to be the third or fourth time I've heard of something like that happening.
> You'd think they could make some sort of one-way gate to prevent that sort of thing,
> like the thing the prevents you from reaching up into a snack machine. I guess
> nothing is foolproof when a determined two-year-old is involved.
That gate thing is easy to do when you are dealing with a small product like a candy bar or bag of chips. Those big cranes have to vend large fluffy toys that get stuck ~without~ a beveled plate hampering the exit way...
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Re: Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
[Re: Stiletto]
#276485 - 02/18/12 08:38 AM
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> I didn't watch the video. Could it be the whatever-anniversary cabinet release?
It's definitely not a 20th anniversary, you can see the front clearly and there's no Galaga art. Did they do any other anniversary cabs with Ms Pacman artwork?
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Re: Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#276500 - 02/18/12 08:08 PM
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I guess I was lucky growing up in the Chicago-land area. I'm 42 and that was the prime era back in the day when video games were at its peak. Had many arcades to chose from. 
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Re: Toddler gets stuck in an arcade machine!
[Re: DMala]
#276786 - 02/21/12 04:40 PM
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> Is it possible that Ms. Pacman cab is original? It looked like it was in incredible
> shape for something on location in a laundromat.
The pink is too maroon, it's a reproduction vinyl adhesive. Nice from afar, but low quality once you get closer.
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At first they tried picking the lock... and then used a saw to get her out!?!
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#276794 - 02/21/12 05:17 PM
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The hell? They could have saved her with 25 cents and a little skill with the crane.
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[Re: GatKong]
#276795 - 02/21/12 05:20 PM
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> The hell? They could have saved her with 25 cents and a little skill with the crane.
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