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Arcade 1Up's Ikea cabinets
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: pbj on July 27, 2018, 11:36:40 pm ---... aren’t covered in beer, semen, and cigarette smoke, and look nice.
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If I ever visit your games room I'm going over it with a blacklight before I touch anything! As for the cigarette burns on my T-molding, I think it just adds authenticity ;)
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Mike A on July 27, 2018, 07:16:37 pm --- probably 1/2 inch MDF.
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I'd assume it's going to be the same particleboard as any other flat pack furniture and I don't know why anyone would expect otherwise.
Still, bashing them is like complaining about a $100 particleboard dresser bacause it's not made out of mahogany.
I can't imagine anyone delivering more at this price point. They have to make a profit. Walmart has to make a profit. The actual cost to make these has to be much lower than $300.
I built a 70% scale galaga style cab for my nephew out of parts I had laying around and a ping pong table the neighbor set out for the garbage collector. It was very comfortable to play sitting on a 2ft stool. These look like they'd play about the same.
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Mike A:
--- Quote ---I get that non enthusiasts would jump on something like this.
I just can't believe that people who frequent this site are signing up for these.
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This was mostly my point. I guess I just thought that people here gave a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- about how the games play.
JudgeRob:
I don't get it either. If the whole point of the art and games is to recreate a look and experience from the past, why make it so ---smurfing--- small?
I guess because I clicked on these links, I got an ad in Facebook for these. There is a little video where they found the tiniest women on the planet to stand next to these cabs. I'd love to see 2 six foot 200 lb men playing the Streetfighter cab.
JDFan:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on July 28, 2018, 07:06:30 am ---I'd assume it's going to be the same particleboard as any other flat pack furniture and I don't know why anyone would expect otherwise.
Still, bashing them is like complaining about a $100 particleboard dresser bacause it's not made out of mahogany.
I can't imagine anyone delivering more at this price point. They have to make a profit. Walmart has to make a profit. The actual cost to make these has to be much lower than $300.
I built a 70% scale galaga style cab for my nephew out of parts I had laying around and a ping pong table the neighbor set out for the garbage collector. It was very comfortable to play sitting on a 2ft stool. These look like they'd play about the same.
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Agreed - for the price point of $299 they seem to be a decent deal ( THe MSRP of $399 starts to be a stretch - and the reseller listings showing up on Ebay already at $599 + become ridiculous ! ) but the main problem becomes is it going to hold up to usage or is it going to start to fall apart like that $100 dresser does after a few weeks. Sure the thing looks decent in the videos available for viewing but until they are actually released and in use there is no way to tell - So it does make you question the overall durability if it is particle board and their use of a 3d model in the assembly video rather than an actual assembly of the product and the lack of any video showing the actual internals of the systems doesn't help to offset any of those concerns.
I agree they look and sound like a decent product at a decent price point but until I actually can see it will have concerns over the actual value.
--- Quote from: JudgeRob on July 28, 2018, 09:09:46 am ---I don't get it either. If the whole point of the art and games is to recreate a look and experience from the past, why make it so ---smurfing--- small?
I guess because I clicked on these links, I got an ad in Facebook for these. There is a little video where they found the tiniest women on the planet to stand next to these cabs. I'd love to see 2 six foot 200 lb men playing the Streetfighter cab.
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The size is most likely to keep the price point - figure at 63 Lbs. they are already approaching the point where extra costs are involved in shipping ( either having to split it into 2 packages or pay extra for the added weight since the delivery companies have limits on what normal packages can weigh without extra costs once they need to provide lifting equipment or use a team of employees for delivery since it weighs more than their single delivery driver can lift.)
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