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Arcade 1Up's Ikea cabinets
JDFan:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 27, 2018, 02:54:45 am ---I watched the assembly video and it was very enlightening. There are several exposed screws throughout the machine.... most notably on the sides of the cab and the top of the cp. I don't seem to see those in any of the promotional shots. It also looks like the brains of the thing are attached to the lcd because that's the only way having the power plug only into the lcd and having a ribbon cable with so many wires going to the cp makes any sense. The marquee is a solid piece of wood, so there's no hope of lighting it up.
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Yeah it's hard to know exactly what the final product is going to look like - the way they made the assembly video using a 3d model that defies gravity instead of an actual assembly video and all of the promo videos show more of a mock up system someone built rather than actual production models with no screw holes showing and none of them show what is actually inside the Control panel - so hard to tell if the cable from the LCD panel is connecting to a driver board inside the CP or is it a propeitary connector that will only work with that specific panel ( making modding it for a pi or PC mean swapping out the monitor as well - though I guess a 17" LCD can be had for very little cost so replacing it isn't really much of a problem )
So kind of hard to really tell what it is going to be until we start seeing some real reviews after release that provide more details on the actual construction materials used - Also seems to be the first product this company is releasing so no real track record to go by and it seems they are just importing the systems from a supplier since their FAQ's say to contact another import company that deals mostly with importing cheap Chinese goods to inquire about being a small distributor (ie. mom and pop stores that want to sell them)
So this might just be a new division of some importer that has arranged to have these made in a Chinese factory - so who knows what quality control etc. will be like ( or if they are actually licensed to sell these by ATARI/Capcom/etc. or are just another 60 in 1 type vendor similar to the cocktail cab that Sams club was advertising for Xmas a few years back that wound up getting shut down just before release because it hadn't been officially licensed and Namco found out it was being imported ! ) - or if they will say those promo videos were for promotional looks only and that the final product specs were subject to change and they wind up with some cheap Chinese knock off controls in the released product that are completely different than those shown !
Hoping that the final product actually looks like the promo videos show but kind of skeptical at this point.
Osirus23:
--- Quote from: JDFan on July 26, 2018, 11:57:47 pm ---Also looks like they are probably being imported rather than built here since the Mom and Pop distribution says to contact - Master Toys and Novelties, Inc which is an importer based in Los Angeles
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Well I wouldn't expect something this cheap to not be imported Chicom crap.
JDFan:
--- Quote from: Osirus23 on July 27, 2018, 11:15:51 am ---
--- Quote from: JDFan on July 26, 2018, 11:57:47 pm ---Also looks like they are probably being imported rather than built here since the Mom and Pop distribution says to contact - Master Toys and Novelties, Inc which is an importer based in Los Angeles
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Well I wouldn't expect something this cheap to not be imported Chicom crap.
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Yes but the promo videos show well built systems with decent quality parts made from what appears to be 1/2" MDF - but will the actual product run look the same or will it be a cheaper/lower quality build with cheap knock off buttons/joysticks is the question - Since the assembly video shows screws used to hold the thing together with the holes drilled from the outside - yet the promo machines have no visible screws showing at all and the specs say the shipping weight is only 63 lbs. which would rule out it being built from 1/2" MDF which would weigh more than that before including the weight of the other parts !
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on July 26, 2018, 10:58:47 pm ---None of these games have cabaret height. Cabaret games have the control panel at the same place that normal games do, they just cut off all the stuff above the monitor to make them smaller. These games just chopped the bottom of the cabinet off to save $8 in production cost while completely killing anything that would ever make them feel like an arcade game.
The manufacturers don't care if these games work right, if they did then they would possibly have a 3 player game with a 19" wide panel, that requires every player to sit in a chair.
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I want to have Paige Oliver’s babies one day.
Howard_Casto:
You should look at the Rerez take.... so many general knowledge errors that your head will explode.
Actually the assembly video makes me worry about the quality. The only reason to screw directly through the panels would be that they used such poor quality chip board that using angle brackets or something similar (in which you wouldn't screw all the way through) wouldn't hold it. All the good things I said about the artwork are cancelled out if we have to put those stupid little ikea stickers over a bunch of holes, or even worse, thy don't even include those stickers. Also worth noting is the fact that the back isn't painted in the assembly video. Not a big deal for some people but it is for me.
I would think the licensing is legit since there are only 3-4 games in a cab, which is quite low. If they didn't care about doing it properly they'd put at least 60-80 games in there to add to the value.
For me at least, I think this is one of those deals where I would have to see it released before I would even attempt a buy. I want to know the finished look, the build quality, how easy it is to hack, ect.
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