Robotron Update: It’s finally coming together!

Hugh — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:30:22 +0000

I always love the time when a game finally starts coming back together. I finished repainting the coin doors and all of the carriage bolts on the game and reinstalled them back on the cabinet. I cleaned the marquee which was really nasty:

Nicotine stains? Nasty none the less

Cleaned up the bezel, installed nicer CP latches and I fixed the casters on the front of the game. I ended up replacing the triangular blocks and screwed them into the cabinet so it is super stable right now. All that is left is to run a longer power cable from the transformer to the switching power supply and to reinstall the top marquee retainer (the screws were just painted about 15 minutes ago). I also need to find a good match for the silver paint and touchup a few spots on the bottom of the cabinet. I’m not going overboard on this game because too much work will make the imperfections stand out. If I were really to go overboard I would stencil and repair the bottom edges of the cab to make it look perfect.

Here are some pictures:

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Robotron Update: It’s finally coming together!