i have the section with the white circles with the scoring holes.  its the whole wood plate.  plus i have a couple of the netting for skee ball and a marquee.  make your own.  only $50 or borrow it all for free....  just have to get someone to meet me at this auction saturday and for someone to bring it back by the next auction would be great.

I made this dinosaur beanbag toss for my son one year and it's so loved by kids that it gets hauled out to just about every picnic, fundraiser, school function, etc.  

However this particular year it played second fiddle, most people directed their kids to take pock shots at Layton instead.  

Nice Wayne.   I'm thinking that's my skill level - as long as Jen does the painting.   Spent the evening surfing that Arduino and the price will add up quickly trying to get some audio & basic lights working.


Thanks guys.   THanks too Gory - but the game is for May or June.

Bahh.....just go pick up Bags.  (http://www.goldenteesuperstore.com/bags-arcade-game.htm

I've played this, pretty fun drinking/arcade game.

EastSide

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Bahh.....just go pick up Bags.  (http://www.goldenteesuperstore.com/bags-arcade-game.htm

I've played this, pretty fun drinking/arcade game.

EastSide

Jesus... is that what arcade games have gone down to? ... very depressing. A bean-bag videogame. For pete's sake... what next... oh, I got it... the next generation in bar games...

Extreme Musical Chairs... take a DDR machine and replace the pads by seats... get bumped off and you have to chug.

Weird Al's Accordeon Hero... the first accordeon simulator ... good to make you wet yourself... beer necessary.

Marble Madness 3D... Basically a big pad where you play marbles on, and results are shown on an 84" screen with color commentary... awesome

Beer-Pong... Atari's big return... a holographic 3D version of the beloved classic using a WII-based controller which looks like a ping-pong paddle. Put in a quarter and put a beer on the table... lose a point, chug a beer

And finally, Boonga-Boonga, where you sodomize someone... oh, wait...that's been done already... oh man... sad... very sad.

The other game I was thinking about for you Doug was something like Pokereno : http://www.weirsbeach.com/halfmoon/arcades/pennygames/pokereno.html

You could do a rolldown game where you roll balls down and they fall into holes that have switches (mounted on boards below the holes, such that the balls don't fall through, they just sit in the hole and depress the switches (and the game is reset by hand when you simply take the balls out of the holes).  

Depending on the switches in a matrix, you could have them light things in the back ground (scores or prizes or even a funny assessment - like a love tester or fortune teller).  Poker is the theme in Pokereno, but Tic-Tac-Toe has always been a popular theme for slot machines and could be done on a 3 x 3 grid (it would be easy to set up a switch matrix such that upon rolling three balls, if they fall into a straight line of three horizontally, vertically or diagonally, it sets off a "Winner" light (maybe just a police or strobe light and a ringing bell).  

Very exciting and very easy to play and build.

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The other game I was thinking about for you Doug was something like Pokereno : http://www.weirsbeach.com/halfmoon/arcades/pennygames/pokereno.html

That's a pretty cool concept Wayne.   I have a ton of old balls, too.  

I've been looking at the Arduino boards and they are pretty simple to work with.  You can also get a "Wave Shield" to play WAV files so sound effects would be within my abilities.

Wow, you do really want to go the distance on this one!  Good for you!  Please share your progress with us.  You got me thinking about setting up something for our May Fair at the school (usually I just cook popcorn and candy floss!).

I am only glancingly familiar with the Arduino boards, but I just started getting MAKE magazine so it looks and sounds like something great for this.

Quoted from websherpa

Wow, you do really want to go the distance on this one!  Good for you!  Please share your progress with us.  You got me thinking about setting up something for our May Fair at the school (usually I just cook popcorn and candy floss!).

I am only glancingly familiar with the Arduino boards, but I just started getting MAKE magazine so it looks and sounds like something great for this.

Ah, to be truthful, I was just surfing basic patterns for whole cutouts - and being done with it.   If I do anything, I'll post for sure.

I was looking for the tripath-based (Class T/D) amplifiers.  It seems they went out of business, but have the patent rights still.   Was hoping to use a cheap tripath based amp to make the sounds audible.

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Jesus... is that what arcade games have gone down to? ... very depressing. A bean-bag videogame. For pete's sake... what next... oh, I got it... the next generation in bar games...

... oh man... sad... very sad.

Rockband, Guitar Hero, Dance Whatever Revolution.........need I say more?

Not all arcade, but on the same lines.

EastSide

OK - procrastination and a collection of other excuses means, I'm basically going to take a sheet of plywood and drill some holes.

A neice did a nice school logo and I'd like to get it printed so I could transfer/glue/stick it to the plywood.   Someone on the board used a local (Ottawa) printer.   I think the ladies name may have been Monica / Michelle??

Any suggestions on what to suggest in terms of printing so I can transfer it to the plywood (after priming it) more easily.  

I would varathane afterwards.

Thanks.

Any ideas on how to get this printed guys?   I would like this to be the top part of the bag-toss, and ideally paint the entire wood "blue" underneath.   So this emblem would be at the top - printed on clear.

The one issue I see is the "white" - and I believe most printers are CMYK - and cannot do whites.    So, I'm thinking, I'm stuck getting this printed on white, and then cutting out the outlines.