The new Rubik’s Cube seat from surface tension

We’ve been extremely busy lately. We haven’t eaten, we haven’t slept, and none of our friends have seen us in months!

We’re now pleased to announce the launch of three new products. As with all other surface tension products, they are all produced in the UK.

First up is the Rubik’s Cube seat, which is also a table and a storage unit. Made from MDF, sprayed to a fine black finish and stickered with pantone-matched colours to give a real authentic over-sized feel… measuring 45cm³.
These are currently in manufacture and are available now for pre-order for Christmas delivery in the UK, Eire and Channel Islands only.

It has the old-skool retro Rubik’s logo on the side.

Everyone’s favourite colours!

Open it up and discreetly store all your junk before your friends come over.

Available now to pre-order for £199 from surface tension.

17th November 2011 Surface Tension , , , , , , No comments
Surface TensionThe new Rubik’s Cube seat from surface tension
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Our new drinkUP arcade button coasters

We’ve just had our sample sets of arcade button coasters in! There are a couple of colour tweaks to be done, but they are just about ready. They should be up on the site within a couple of weeks so make sure you check back here or on our website.

RetroGT will also be holding some stock at Replay this year as we won’t be attending.
Available in 2 flavours: 4player and 4colour, 95mm diameter.
4colour in packaging, front:

22nd October 2011 Surface Tension , , , No comments
Surface TensionOur new drinkUP arcade button coasters
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Photo shoot for the forthcoming ‘Dual’

We got a bunch of friends round over the weekend and took a whole load of photos for surface tension‘s forthcoming ‘Dual’ arcade table which will be available in early September. Partying around a coffee table under bright lights is definitely the way to spend a Saturday!

I didn’t get much time to play it myself, but it was hard getting certain people off it! Either that or they loved having their photo taken!

This is the new two-player head-to-head model sporting 60 classic arcade games.

You can find a few more photos on our facebook page and get in touch with us there. Or you can drop us a message via the website.

28th July 2011 Surface Tension , , , , No comments
Surface TensionPhoto shoot for the forthcoming ‘Dual’
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Help us decide on our Rubik’s Cube Stool!

You may have seen our pre-production Rubik’s Cube stool at R3play last year and it won’t be long before it becomes a reality. But we need some help deciding which should be the ‘missing’ colour.

Because it is storage and requires feet, it must have an orientation. So as a result, one colour must be lost 🙁 But, we’re running a poll so you can help decide which colour that is! 🙂

Due to the design, each colour has a set opposing colour, so whatever colour you choose to get rid of, decides what colour you’ll be sitting on! Every silver lining has a cloud…

White is opposite Yellow, Blue is opposite Green and Red is opposite Orange. Or if you like images…

So, we’d love to hear your input on this one. You could leave us a message here, or better still, head over to our facebook page and just click on the choice of colours. If you’d like to join the page, we’d like that too.

3rd June 2011 Surface Tension , , , No comments
Surface TensionHelp us decide on our Rubik’s Cube Stool!
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r3play video games expo. Blackpool 6/7 November

surface tension will be at r3play - the arcade, retro and video gaming expo in Blackpool on the 6th and 7th November.

R3PLAY is a brand new show celebrating four decades of gaming history. Presented in association with Retro Gamer and gamesTM magazines, this unique event will offer gamers of all ages the chance to experience gaming systems from the 1970s to present day.

Hosted by TV personality and videogame fanatic Gail Porter, the R3PLAY Expo will take place at The Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre in Blackpool on 6/7 November 2010 – the final weekend of this year’s famous Illuminations.

So if you’re up in Blackpool for the weekend, live in that neck of the woods or want to discuss any possibilities, come see us on the stand on the Saturday or Sunday.

17th August 2010 Surface Tension , , , , , , No comments
Surface Tensionr3play video games expo. Blackpool 6/7 November
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Arcane arcade table - updates and new photos

We’ve recently been working on some some subtle changes to the Arcane surface tension table and have just delivered the first. The visible changes are the keyboard/mouse/stuff storage, hi-gloss sides and the slightly longer control panel housing 2 x 7-button layouts and a spinner. The 7-button layout enables you to play using the choice of NeoGeo-style 4-button or Streetfighter2 style 6-button arrangement. As usual, 2 of the buttons double up as mouse buttons so you can navigate windows using the trackball.

We also managed to find the time to do a photo shoot.

This particular system had a little more grunt than the standard. Boasting an Intel i7 CPU, 8GB 1366 DDR3 RAM and 256GB SSD… all housed in the mighty Shuttle SX58H7. Oh, and a 26″ LCD.

You can see more on the surface-tension flickr page. The website updates will follow soon.

23rd March 2010 Surface Tension , No comments
Surface TensionArcane arcade table - updates and new photos
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New control panel colours

If you are looking to get your hands on the surface tension Double7 arcade table, you now have a choice of colours to personalise your control panel. Still the same high quality laser-cut, anodised and screen printed aluminium panel, but now available in blue and red, as well as black and silver.

We can also produce custom control panels if you want something different again.

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15th February 2010 Surface Tension , , , No comments
Surface TensionNew control panel colours
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