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Star Wars - Full Cockpit build around Arcade 1up parts

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Howard_Casto:
I just wish a1up would cut out the middle man and sell just parts instead of the whole kit.  90% of the people buying these things aren't using them stock anyway.

negative1:
Interesting that you people find some value in this.

I think its overkill. But then again, I never did understand
the appeal of cockpit games. There were ones for star trek,
sinistar, missile command and some others.

Maybe for Driving and Racing games it works, but i don't get
the appeal for other genres.

later
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yotsuya:

--- Quote from: negative1 on May 26, 2020, 07:10:47 pm ---Interesting that you people find some value in this.

I think its overkill. But then again, I never did understand
the appeal of cockpit games. There were ones for star trek,
sinistar, missile command and some others.

Maybe for Driving and Racing games it works, but i don't get
the appeal for other genres.

later
-1

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Oh, I think it’s goody as all get up, but at least it’s innovative and not simply making a toy play more games.

arfink:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 25, 2020, 09:15:25 pm ---I just wish a1up would cut out the middle man and sell just parts instead of the whole kit.  90% of the people buying these things aren't using them stock anyway.

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If my local classifieds are any indication, most people are buying them on clearance, assembling them, and selling them bone stock for MSRP or higher.

JDFan:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 25, 2020, 09:15:25 pm ---I just wish a1up would cut out the middle man and sell just parts instead of the whole kit.  90% of the people buying these things aren't using them stock anyway.

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They do sell a lot of the parts in their store ( They tend to only add them after the warranties are expiring on various models so some of the parts are not listed or OOS )  - But with the Walmart clearance pricing it's cheaper to buy the whole cab than the parts ( ie. Side panels with art are $100 a pair - https://arcade1up.com/collections/side-panels ) - Lit marquees they want $80  - THe LCD screen with Bezel/Plexi and Game PCB is $170 - etc. ( Had the Star Wars Yokes but are OOS right now) So they are trying to make more just selling replacement parts when things break then they are selling the cabs ( since much of their customer base will not realize they can mod these and will just pay to buy repair parts direct from them when they eventually break ! )

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