Anybody else have a toy shelf at work?
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Nope, I like to pretend I am an adult when I am at work.
I have a Stonehenge puzzle, that a friend got me at Stonehenge, sitting on my shelf with some magnetic hematite stones that her mom got me out in Arizona
Whenever anyone goes to another country I always ask them to bring me back some rocks/minerals that they find out and about...........I have a pretty cool rock collection at home
Whenever anyone goes to another country I always ask them to bring me back some rocks/minerals that they find out and about...........I have a pretty cool rock collection at home
Only thing I have like that is an old, cast iron John Deere set from when I was a kid; it's probably close to 50 years old. It includes a tractor, plow, disc, and wagon.
It fits in fine in the office; the area in which I live is still somewhat rural & agriculture plays a significant role in the economy. A lot of my farmer clients have asked if I'd be willing to sell the set (I even still have the original box in which it was shipped to my folks).
It fits in fine in the office; the area in which I live is still somewhat rural & agriculture plays a significant role in the economy. A lot of my farmer clients have asked if I'd be willing to sell the set (I even still have the original box in which it was shipped to my folks).
I have a Stonehenge puzzle, that a friend got me at Stonehenge, sitting on my shelf with some magnetic hematite stones that her mom got me out in Arizona
Whenever anyone goes to another country I always ask them to bring me back some rocks/minerals that they find out and about...........I have a pretty cool rock collection at home
I used to work with a guy that asked people to do that with dirt from other countries. He would add each sample to the potted plant in his office. I brought back a roll of film case full from the gardens at the Kremlin back in 2004.
Sorta. Work-related "toys", I guess. Mostly work related junk from past jobs.
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Sorta. Work-related "toys", I guess. Mostly work related junk from past jobs.
Is that cylinder made of concrete used for testing compression?
I've been slowly adding to my collection.
I like this... the mini Pac Man especially.
what is that in the front laying on the side?
Yes, it's a test cylinder from my first structural design project.
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Walmart had a sale on office furniture?I've been slowly adding to my collection.
I wish you could hear the contempt in my voice when I say “nooooooo.”
On multiday cruises I take an antique style brass compass with Robert Frost's "Road Not Taken" engraved on it and place it at the nav station (desk on a sailboat). It was a gift from my wife and kids. On longer passages I also take a miniature sextant they gave me on a different occasion. Both technically function but are meant more as desk ornimates than actual navigation tools. Neither is an athentic antique, but more sentimental toys. Normally they sit on a window sill at my office in our house along with other accurately functioning compasses, and knives.
I have the mini QBert version made by the same company that made that mini PacMan. The difference is for QBert it’s the actual arcade game running on a mini LCD screen while the PacMan is an old LED lightup static screen like the old Coleco tabletops. The better choice are these “Tiny Arcades”
They’re about half or a third the size of the one originally shown, they run the full arcade version with surprisingly good sound as well and their marquee lights up. They have Ms Pac-Man, Galaxian and Space Invaders versions as well and I have all four. They’re only about the 3-4 inches tall and an inch or so wide, yet have functioning joysticks and buttons. Plus they look great on the shelf as they look like the real original arcade machines.
Plus they’re less than $13 on Amazon at the moment for the Pac-Man version and under $20 for the other three.
Amazon product ASIN B06Y4DR4HP
Another thing you might be interested in is the mobile handheld Oregon Trail game from Target. It’s an exact copy of the original infotainment game every child now about 50 to 30 played in school along with Where In the World is Carmen San Diego.
https://www.target.com/p/handheld-o...VioTICh3GFA5_EAQYASABEgLjsPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Btw, the same company that made the tiny arcade games I posted here, also made great tiny (about two inches tops) versions of the three Mattel Electronic Sports games that were popular in the late 70s and early 80s. Just like the arcade games they are fully working and identical to the original just miniature.
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My toy shelf is all FSU memorabilia given to me by patients. But now its more like bookcase, not just a shelf.
Those are awesome.I have the mini QBert version made by the same company that made that mini PacMan. The difference is for QBert it’s the actual arcade game running on a mini LCD screen while the PacMan is an old LED lightup static screen like the old Coleco tabletops. The better choice are these “Tiny Arcades”
They’re about half or a third the size of the one originally shown, they run the full arcade version with surprisingly good sound as well and their marquee lights up. They have Ms Pac-Man, Galaxian and Space Invaders versions as well and I have all four. They’re only about the 3-4 inches tall and an inch or so wide, yet have functioning joysticks and buttons. Plus they look great on the shelf as they look like the real original arcade machines.
Plus they’re less than $13 on Amazon at the moment for the Pac-Man version and under $20 for the other three.
Another thing you might be interested in is the mobile handheld Oregon Trail game from Target. It’s an exact copy of the original infotainment game every child now about 50 to 30 played in school along with Where In the World is Carmen San Diego.
https://www.target.com/p/handheld-o...VioTICh3GFA5_EAQYASABEgLjsPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Btw, the same company that made the tiny arcade games I posted here, also made great tiny (about two inches tops) versions of the three Mattel Electronic Sports games that were popular in the late 70s and early 80s. Just like the arcade games they are fully working and identical to the original just miniature.
I've been slowly adding to my collection.
I never had toys at work, even the physics based “work toys” as I was mildly concerned about appearances. I could care less about how offices looked but I knew %*%*y office women who would gossip constantly about such trivial things yet they led to real consequences at the AGs office and other legal offices where I worked.
Now at home, I have a full bedroom turned into my “room of shame” dedicated to my 81+ retro video game consoles with five tv stations depending on the age of the consoles. So I’ve got my nerd toys, I just keep that appropriately hidden.
If anyone is looking for a cheap, already made MAME machine for old school arcade games, they should check out this mini arcade.
It’s only $239
https://m.banggood.com/PandoraBox-5...m_campaign=21799045_1275542&utm_content=10091
It’s only $239
https://m.banggood.com/PandoraBox-5...m_campaign=21799045_1275542&utm_content=10091
I work in IT so all of my coworkers expect me to be a little geeky.
I collect baseballs and mini helmets from every stadium that I have visited. The helmets are just an excuse to get ice cream.
I also collect a piece of memorabilia from each client I support. Snoopy doll from MetLife. Soccer ball from Liberty Mutual when they sponsored the World Cup. A bottle of plum schnapps from HP in Cluj, Romania. Those are some of my favorites. That reminds me, I need to steal something from my current client before rolling off the engagement.
I also collect a piece of memorabilia from each client I support. Snoopy doll from MetLife. Soccer ball from Liberty Mutual when they sponsored the World Cup. A bottle of plum schnapps from HP in Cluj, Romania. Those are some of my favorites. That reminds me, I need to steal something from my current client before rolling off the engagement.
I have the mini QBert version made by the same company that made that mini PacMan. The difference is for QBert it’s the actual arcade game running on a mini LCD screen while the PacMan is an old LED lightup static screen like the old Coleco tabletops. The better choice are these “Tiny Arcades”
They’re about half or a third the size of the one originally shown, they run the full arcade version with surprisingly good sound as well and their marquee lights up. They have Ms Pac-Man, Galaxian and Space Invaders versions as well and I have all four. They’re only about the 3-4 inches tall and an inch or so wide, yet have functioning joysticks and buttons. Plus they look great on the shelf as they look like the real original arcade machines.
Plus they’re less than $13 on Amazon at the moment for the Pac-Man version and under $20 for the other three.
Another thing you might be interested in is the mobile handheld Oregon Trail game from Target. It’s an exact copy of the original infotainment game every child now about 50 to 30 played in school along with Where In the World is Carmen San Diego.
https://www.target.com/p/handheld-o...VioTICh3GFA5_EAQYASABEgLjsPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Btw, the same company that made the tiny arcade games I posted here, also made great tiny (about two inches tops) versions of the three Mattel Electronic Sports games that were popular in the late 70s and early 80s. Just like the arcade games they are fully working and identical to the original just miniature.
I saw that Oregon Trail game at Target. I used to play that game all the time as a kid, on the Apple IIe.
I also had a few of those Matel sports games....wow.
I just this weekend came across a new(ish) set of miniArcades from “My Arcade” that currently has Burgertime, Bad Dudes, Heavy Barrel Karate Champ, Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, and Caveman Ninja with others coming out soon.
https://www.myarcadegaming.com/collections/mini-arcades/products/dig-dug-micro-player
https://www.walmart.com/ip/6-Retro-...My-Arcade-Retro-Gaming-845620032044/399043354
Even better, in the near future there will be a NeoGeo Mini which will be a small tabletop equipped with 40 NeoGeo games (lots of classics but a few I love missing) that can also be plugged into an HDTV and using controllers for two players.
It should be released near Christmas with a retail around $100 not including the pads if you want to play it on the tv (which I don’t, I’ve got an Alienware Alpha I use for some retroemulation including NeoGeo which I hook up to a 60 inch 1080p plasma in my game room. I just want it for the little Tabletop. It’s tiny, those pads are not to scale, the controllers are almost bigger than the little Tabletop. But some people may want the controllers to have a plug and play on their hdtv for some of the best fighting games (plus Metal Slug).
It does look like the American Version has a less interesting lineup to me than the International Version (which still has enough English to be playable).
American Neo Geo Mini list
Aggressors of Dark Kombat
Alpha Mission II
Art of Fighting
Blazing Star
Burning Fight
Cyber-Lip
Fatal Fury Special
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
King of Monsters 2
Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
Metal Slug
Metal Slug 2
Metal Slug 3
Ninja Commando
Ninja Master’s: Haou Ninpou Chou
Puzzled
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
Real Bout: Fatal Fury
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa’s Revenge
Samurai Shodown V Special
Sengoku 3
Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad
Super Sidekicks
The King of Fighters ’94
The King of Fighters ’95
The King of Fighters ’96
The King of Fighters ’97
The King of Fighters ’98
The King of Fighters ’99
The King of Fighters 2000
The King of Fighters 2001
The King of Fighters 2002
The King of Fighters 2003
The Last Blade
The Last Blade 2
Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy
Top Player’s Golf
Twinkle Star Sprites
World Heroes Perfect
Meanwhile the International game list is
3 Count Bout
Art of Fighting
Blazing Star
Blue’s Journey
Crossed Swords
Fatal Fury Special
Foot Ball Frenzy
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Ghost Pilots
King of the Monsters
King of the Monsters 2
Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
Last Resort
Magician Lord
Metal Slug
Metal Slug 2
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4
Metal Slug 5
Metal Slug X
Mutation Nation
Ninja Master’s: Haou Ninpou Chou
Puzzled
Real Bout: Fatal Fury
Robo Army
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa’s Revenge
Samurai Shodown V Special
Sengoku 3
Shock Troopers
Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad
Super Sidekicks
The King of Fighters ’95
The King of Fighters ’97
The King of Fighters ’98
The King of Fighters 2000
The King of Fighters 2002
The Last Blade 2
Top Player’s Golf
World Heroes Perfect
So at the expense of losing a couple of versions of King of Fighters, Alpha Mission, Cyber-Lip, Ninja Commando, and the first Last Blade, you get the full lineup of Metal Slug games (best sidescrolling shooters not named Contra), a wrestling game, a sidescrolling platformer, two soccer games and the best golf game not named Golden Tee plus a couple of other shootemups.
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Just in case you’re being sadly whistful and not just complimentary of the antique.
http://www.agfarmtoys.com/scale/model/1-16-John-Deere.html
Haha, Oh I can hear it loud and clear. As soon as I saw the thread title I knew what your answer would be.
It's the Red Room of Pain.
50 shades... In my defense, I didn't know what it was when it came on, but when figured it out, I didn't turn it off. That book's success with women really casts shade on any number of women's equality an sexuality discussions.
No worries. If I thought it would make the mrs randy, I would have waited in line when it came out.
