TMNT Restore

Suchibu

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TMNT Restore[90% Complete]

I have started on my TMNT rebuild project.

I picked up an old cab with monitor back in Jan.
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The cabinet was in bad shape and had water damage, I just need the 25in monitor out of the cab.
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The person I bought the cabinet from said it used to be a TMNT so I took the control pannel art work off and found the old TMNT control pannel art.

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So after finding the control pannel I knew that I had to bring the cab back from the dead. My friend is a cabinet maker and he took all the measuserments to cut new parts. We are going to use only a few parts from the old cabinet.

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Building a TMNT would be no good if I didn't have the PCB board. I found one in the "For Sale" and bought it. I hooked up my jamma harness to test the board and had no picture just blue. Turned out to be low power supply input of only 10v. Fixed the power supply by turning the power up to 12v.
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All the artwork had been painted over with black paint or covered up with custom art. Found a guy in Iowa who makes repo side art.
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So this week I am picking up the wood from my friend and putting the cabinet together.

I should have the project done by mid march. Ill post more photos as I start to build.
 
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TMNT 90% done

Big update:

Installed the buttons and joysticks on Friday

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Did some working on the cabinet parts (Cutting holes, and blocking the wood up)

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Today my friend Neal and myself put the cabinet together

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Adding the decal: It was very easy to install

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Installed monitor, glass, coin doors, control pannel and turned on.

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Installed the T-molding, need to fix front control panel due to a hing problem. Need to buy a marquee and add wheels to the bottom. Its playable (3 person for now) but need yellow buttons for player 3.

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Any questions about the build?
 
Yeah questions... Firsta of all I wanna say congrats on this restore.. I love TMNT and have been trying to restore mine for quite some time.. Another thing I love that Han Solo Bicarbonate freeze statue you have.. I want one.. lol..

My question is, did you paint the speaker area and the kick panel or is that vinyl? Thanks
 
Drool and double drool:
1) first drool goes to your amazing game/restore on TMNT
2) secon drool goes to the Hans Solo in carbonite (sp?) that I spied in one of the pics. I have always wanted one of those!
 
The type of wood my friend used to cut the cabinet had black on it so no painting was needed. Nice and smooth but easy to chip. I have touch up stuff to complete but I'm happy with it.

I built a 1:1 R2-D2 and 1:1 Ark (Raiders of the lost ark) also :)
 
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Woah woah woah....built a life size r2d2? Granted the arc is cool too, I need to see the R2D2! Got pics/link? And knowing you built the other stuff, is Hans built too or bought? I always thought somebody could do cheaper versions of the Hans if they made a mold
 
Ok- Here is a bunch of stuff.

First off I have a bunch of hobbies. My brother and myself do alot of costuming so here is stuff we have done and built.

March or April 2005 pre-built R2

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Movie used R2 (Episode 1) next to my finished R2

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My restored 1981 Delorean 2010 - 2013
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2012 Mass Effect Costume (Half built be me)

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2006 Ark Photo in Atlanta, Ga for DragonCon

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April 2005 Han (Brother) and Chewbacca (Me) Im currently updating the mask.

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My R2 and C-3PO (3PO is boxed up now)

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Holy $hit man! Very impressive stuff!! I might need your help when I contrust my R2D2 legs for my touchscreen setup found HERE. Anyways great work, you really got some talent.
 
I used your TMNT side art. Love it, looks great and was easy to apply.
 
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