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| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on September 10, 2015, 12:42:32 am ---I think unless we are talking restoration or recreation, the whole "mame cab" thing doesn't appeal to me anymore. --- End quote --- That too, Howard. Gimme a great looking restoration anyday. Spyridon's threads here are what really caught my eye. Otherwise, I'd have a X-Arcade Tankstick and call it a day. But Spyridon's restorations inspired (---fudgesicle---, I'm starting to hate that word) me to really tackle fixing up dedicated machines. |
| harveybirdman:
Somebody has to be the example. Your builds inspire people. But this is the naff thread. How come jamma gotta be so expensive |
| pbj:
--- Quote from: harveybirdman on September 10, 2015, 01:30:50 am ---How come jamma gotta be so expensive --- End quote --- You know, that's probably the only aspect of this hobby I got in on the right side of. I started buying JAMMA boards 2000-2001 and paying more than about $25 shipped was 'expensive' for a lot of them. I mean, some games were ALWAYS expensive relative to the others, but more than $75ish for anything was fairly rare. Flipped all those things a year or so later and cleared hundreds in profit. Now when I stumble across them on ebay there's no way I could afford them. Bad Dudes for $100+? I paid $19 shipped for that. Oh well, it funded the MAME set up and probably paid rent one month. |
| yotsuya:
Yeah, there are still deals to be found, but rarely are you going to find them on eBay. Your best bet is to pick up untested boards and hope you got a good one. That happened to me with a Yie Ar Kung-Fu board. $30 shipped, works perfectly. Whew! But most of the boards I buy are from KLOV. Most I paid for a board was like $150 for Macross, and that was shipped from South Korea. Now that board is at least $200 or GTFO. And you want a Macross Plus board? At least 3 bills on eBay. |
| harveybirdman:
Hell I'll pay $300 for a good board...... It's Dodonpachi $1000, Batsugun $900, Cave SH3 $600, Battle Garega $1000 or GTFO that pisses me off..... |
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