(Insert stupid Blog name here) - And yet another small diversion

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A couple of things I didn't mention about the mini-arcade games from Super Impulse that I've been collecting:

First, they're sold with keyrings attached. They're a bit too large and impractical to be a keyring though:



Second, they don't have a coin door on the front sticker. It would've been that much cooler had they added a little coin door and had the coin slots backlit. But that probably would've been cost-prohibitive.

The irony is, you couldn't actually fit a quarter into the cabinet anyway. For that matter, they're a little too small even for saving "next game":



But having a coin door would've been a nice extra touch.

Which brings me to the point of this post.

Some months back, a company named Replicade announced they'd be crowdfunding their own mini-arcade games. One of the rewards backers could get would be a coin slot keyring.

I thought, "Cool - that'd almost be worth the $25 pledge to back the project!"

But then I remembered I don't do crowdfunding.

So I didn't get one.

But then they showed up on Amazon anyway.

So I got one.

For $15.

Saved myself 10 bucks.

 

So, here it is:

 

 

It looks just like a classic arcade coin slot. Except you can't put a quarter in it.

 

It's heavy cast metal, too - just like an original coin slot. Which unfortunately, makes it entirely too heavy to use as an actual key ring.

 

Plus, it's pretty big. As big as a large car alarm key fob.

 

 

It's also over 1/2" thick, and the screws which hold it together stick out of the back a little bit.

 

But - and this is the important thing - it does light up.

 

 

Practical?

No.

 

Cool?

Definitely.

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