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  • samurainoir
    Eloquent Member
    • Dec 26, 2006
    • 18758

    Short Film about a 9 year old's DIY Arcade

    This is awesome
    9-year-olds DIY cardboard arcade gets flashmobbed - Boing Boing
    Caines Arcade | A cardboard arcade made by a 9-year old boy.

    Caine Monroy is a 9-year old boy who spent his summer vacation building an elaborate DIY cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store.

    Caine dreamed of the day he would have lots of customers visit his arcade, and he spent months preparing everything, perfecting the game design, making displays for the prizes, designing elaborate security systems, and hand labeling paper-lunch-gift-bags. However, his dad’s autoparts store (located in an industrial part of East LA) gets almost zero foot traffic, so Caine’s chances of getting a customer were very small, and the few walk in customers that came through were always in too much of a hurry to get their auto part to play Caine’s Arcade. But Caine never gave up.
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  • megoscott
    Founding Partner
    • Nov 17, 2006
    • 8710

    #2
    Well, that brought tears to my eyes. Gee whiz.
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    • boss
      Talkative Member
      • Jun 18, 2003
      • 7204

      #3
      Now that's the coolest thing ever.
      Fresh, not from concentrate.

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      • samurainoir
        Eloquent Member
        • Dec 26, 2006
        • 18758

        #4
        We sent him five bucks for his college fund through the link on his website. I hope Caine's arcade becomes the new Chuck E Cheese.

        Looks like they will be selling Caine's arcade t-shirts soon.
        Last edited by samurainoir; Apr 13, '12, 4:22 PM.
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        • megoscott
          Founding Partner
          • Nov 17, 2006
          • 8710

          #5
          His college fund is over 100k now. If you are on the good side of social media amazing things can happen.
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          • Iron Mego
            Wake Up Heavy
            • Jan 31, 2010
            • 3532

            #6
            He will do great things in life.
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            • HardyGirl
              Mego Museum's Poster Girl
              • Apr 3, 2007
              • 13933

              #7
              That's fantastic! Who would have thought a little kid w/ a big imagination, w/ cardboard boxes, packing tape and a dream would be so famous and so rich? I love it! GO CAINE!!
              "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
              'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
              Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
              If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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              • Brazoo
                Permanent Member
                • Feb 14, 2009
                • 4767

                #8
                Wow - great story. Thanks for posting!

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                • torgospizza
                  Theocrat of Pan Tang
                  • Aug 19, 2010
                  • 2747

                  #9
                  Good for him! Way to go, Caine!

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                  • babycyclops
                    Career Member
                    • Jul 9, 2010
                    • 823

                    #10
                    Awesome film. What a cool kid!

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                    • samurainoir
                      Eloquent Member
                      • Dec 26, 2006
                      • 18758

                      #11
                      They are now selling Caine's arcade t-shirts.
                      Store | Caines Arcade Store | A cardboard arcade made by a 9-year old boy.

                      The terrific thing is that the success of the money raised for Caine's scholarship fund has turned it into a scholarship foundation that will benefit kids with a similar sense of creativity and entrepeneurship as Caine.

                      My store in the MEGO MALL!

                      BUY THE CAPTAIN CANUCK ACTION FIGURE HERE!

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                      • ODBJBG
                        Permanent Member
                        • May 15, 2009
                        • 3143

                        #12
                        Meh, when I was a kid I set up a pizza parlor called "Jimmy's Pizza" which included a claw machine I made out of Solo cups and action figure parts. I also built a little pinball table and set up a bar area. I spent weeks constructing the whole thing and eventually I began posting flyers in the few blocks around my neighborhood.

                        The flyers got enough notice that my Dad finally caught one and realized it was the damn pizza parlor thing I had created in our spare room. He was certain that I'd get in some legal trouble for some sort of false advertising. Furious, he made me go around town and tear down all the flyers and the pizza parlor.

                        But this kid's gonna get $250K out of the deal? Jeesh.

                        Guess I should have waited until the internet was around to build my cardboard and plastic dreams. LOL

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