Arcade themed bead coasters

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Well, since blkdog loved his Secret Santa coasters, there were several of you who PM'd me asking about them. I finally have some time that I can dedicate to making some.

Below is a picture of the coasters that i sent John.
These take quite a bit of time (there are 400 beads in each coaster).
The price on the set of 6 coasters with the coaster holder will be $35 + shipping. Without the coaster holder they are $5.00 each. They are approximately 3.75"x 3.75" and backed with thin cork. You can mix/match the coaster designs (i.e. if you want 6 mario coasters with different colored backgrounds (limited to colors on hand), I can do that.

I also have created the following designs (not yet made into coasters):
* small Pacman, 4 ghosties and 1 scared ghostie (smaller size 3"x3") and holder $30 plus shipping without holder $25 plus shipping
* large Pacman, Ms Pacman and 4 ghosties (same size as nintendo ones) and holder $35 plus shipping. No holder $5.00 each plus shipping.
* Robotron and Williams logo coaster (no holder designed yet) $5.00 each plus shipping
* Qbert, the snake and a cube coaster (looking to design a 4th and no holder designed yet), $5.00 each.
* set of 4 Galaga coasters (no coaster holder) - $20 plus shipping
* set of 4 Space Invaders coasters (no holder) - $20 plus shipping

i may have other designs coming and if you have any requests, i can do that as well.

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I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my coasters!!! They get used almost daily. By far the greatest gift I have gotten in some time. THESE ROCK. Trust me!
 
How about Zoo Keeper? I'd buy that.

There are some images of characters/animals/bonus items on here for Zoo Keeper: http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Zoo_Keeper

i was able to throw some designs together from the above link. i have a zeke, elephant, snake, trophy, and root beer ... i have to wait for the bulk beads to arrive and then can build these.. i will post pics when i have the samples.
 
Those look great!

I'm not a huge fan of Nintendo characters, but would love to see how the Ms/PacMan and Q*Bert ones turn out.
 
to confirm the above, Yes, i can make the nintendo coaster holder without the 'ninty'.. i can make it another controller..

I am waiting on some bead colors to arrive (backordered), but I was able to make the below sets for demonstration.. these dont have cork yet, but they will be my color/design templates.

Qbert:

Robotron:


To make things easiest, I will need to try to stick to the color schemes, but if you would like a different background on something (like purchasing multiple of the robotron), then I may have a few options for you.. i will have to see how the customization goes.

I will post the rest by the end of the week (hopefully) and be fully ready for orders.
 
Ready for some orders..

well, i have made a few coasters to show the designs that i have.. the only designs that i have but not yet made are the Zookeeper. I need to order a different color for the background.. but in the pics below, you will see an example of my Williams, Space Invaders and Galaga.. the others in the pics were also shown elsewhere in this thread.

Please keep in mind that while I am trying to build up a 'stock' of coasters, these are time consuming and take me a couple of days to turnaround (working on them during the evenings). if you want different borders when ordering multiples, let me know.

Standard coasters:


custom order:
 
cool... I made a few of these a while ago:

If you want to make your own...

I actually know of an incredible nifty free program for what your doing and might help you it's called "Artopik" (just google it) I used it for making some perler bead coasters; You just need to download any sprite / bmp image and then "import" it into "artopik" and it will create where you need to make the colors. It's actually really for stitching patterns which is what your doing but fun can be utilized for perler bead coasters.

Oh yeah and IKEA actually sells a huge jug for about 6 bucks.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50128572

but they do take a while so bump for seller that is offering the service.
 

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These are nice. I'm going to order some.

What does the holder for the large Pac-Man set look like?
 
Bring a couple of those to league on Tuesday night, please.

which ones do you want me to bring?


GunSmoke Guy said:
Oh yeah and IKEA actually sells a huge jug for about 6 bucks.

yeah, the problem with those big jugs is that you have to dig for your colors, and colors such as black, are used in large quantities. I buy the colors already sorted by the thousands. BUT, those jugs are great for kids and other miscellaneous projects where you want a variety of color.

Grantman said:
What does the holder for the large Pac-Man set look like?
i dont have any made, but i can see what i can do tonight.
 
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