LutherCola | 20 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I happened upon this incredible M29 retail sign some time ago. I have a new game room I'm setting up and would like to display prominently on the main wall, but I'm not sure what the best method might be. I considered building a shadowbox-like enclosure for it that would protect it from dust and allow me to safely hang it up for displaying and without damaging the actual sign. Anyone done anything like that before, or do you have other suggestions about how to display it carefully? 6 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_brewsta | 42 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Incredible piece! Are the hangtabs broken? There’s a sign and kiosk group on Facebook that would definitely be able to point you in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,139 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Love that sign! I've wanted one of those for a LONG time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croagunk | 798 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Ooh, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaC | 104 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) There is no reason to enclose it unless you want to protect it from dust or something. It's plastic so should be fine. Put games in and display it. You can buy little brackets that go in the slots in the bottom to put it on a peg board or hang it from the ceiling. Edited September 2, 2021 by LaC 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Just fasten to wall, that's how mine is hung. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 989 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,651 Administrator · Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Drive a railroad spike through each corner and it shouldn't fall off your wall and damage itself 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I would think most signs have something built-in to allow them to be hung but I may be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherCola | 20 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 It has slots molded into the plastic to accommodate hanging brackets, but I don’t think that would be secure enough, nor do I have the kind of brackets that would hold it well. Not sure what the original ones were like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 You don’t think the way they originally intended it to be hung isn’t secure enough? That doesn’t make much sense to me. It sounds like it hangs just like almost any other thing that is designed to be hung on a wall. Most standard picture brackets can handle pretty heavy picture frames, that doesn’t look like it’s that heavy and a shadowbox sounds like it would be a huge pain in the ass. What is the distance between the slots mold in to the back, and is the wall you’re hanging it on sheet rock, lathe and plaster, wood or cement? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 A pic of the back may also prove useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,958 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Lac and Wunderful is right, you're wrong in this wanting to entomb it to hang it. It's well made and will hold up just fine being put in its place as long as the rare hanging frame isn't compromised. At some rate it crosses into the paranoid OCD barrier if you're that afraid. If it's such a concern, mount it on a place with something on the ground below it that's super soft so it doesn't get cracked. I've got a 30 year old SNES hanging sign up, Mario riding Yoshi with his cape on and have had it swinging for a good decade now. I keep it above my comfy big chair so in the shred of a chance it gave way or more likely the very heavy looped fishing wire somehow gave it wouldn't crack on impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,023 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I don't understand the question. What other options are there besides hanging it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,958 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 @Code Monkey Anti-gravity of course, keep up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimalHouse | 117 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 10 hours ago, LaC said: There is no reason to enclose it unless you want to protect it from dust or something. It's plastic so should be fine. Put games in and display it. You can buy little brackets that go in the slots in the bottom to put it on a peg board or hang it from the ceiling. If I could travel back in time, I would buy EVERYTHING in this store. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaC | 104 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 12 hours ago, AnimalHouse said: If I could travel back in time, I would buy EVERYTHING in this store. Yes there are two main reasons to build a time machine. #1 kill Hitler #2 buy classic video games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,958 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Ahh the classic kill hitler. Thing is, if he went, it could have actually been worse depending who would have filled that void. He was stupid, crazy, and saw conspiracies everywhere, and was a shitty strategist that forced generals into a no win scenario. Had one Himmler, Borman, etc or one of the field generals been in charge critical errors wouldn't have been made and who knows then. So I'll just agree with #2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahnman | 1 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 That sign is the bees knees. Would love to have that in my man cave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,100 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 11:33 PM, Tanooki said: @Code Monkey Anti-gravity of course, keep up. I see 5 slots, it looks clean, I'm thinking 3-course meal, desert and a drink. Bon appetit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,096 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 10:11 AM, LaC said: Yes there are two main reasons to build a time machine. #1 kill Hitler ....Then Japan doesn't bomb USA, so USA doesn't take over Japan and turn it into the only Asian first-world country, so they then don't get a massive head start in particular industries like Auto and electronics, and then Nintendo doesn't rise up to make NES games. Good job, buddy!!! You just killed my hobby.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,329 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: ....Then Japan doesn't bomb USA, so USA doesn't take over Japan and turn it into the only Asian first-world country, so they then don't get a massive head start in particular industries like Auto and electronics, and then Nintendo doesn't rise up to make NES games. Good job, buddy!!! You just killed my hobby.... Naw, there's always Atari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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