Arcade Collecting > Arcade1Up & Similar
Well? What’s the announcement today going to be?
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: jennifer on June 13, 2020, 11:42:16 am ---Why would I be threatened by this, Get over yourselves Boys, I just told you my collection improved BECAUSE of the 1ups, Yes I used them as bait, and basically doubled their value by trading them for real games.(Before the prices fell)... And get me to leave?...Just because you guys got your own sub forum doesn't make you "Banished" but actually lends a bit of credibility to those Tampon machines you guys seem to have a need to defend,..I have the right to my opinion, Both Big Buck Hunter and Golden Tee machines can be had good as good used real hardware games for about the same money...And That pinball machine is so incredibly pathetic it IS funny. :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:...But Yes, I don't care anything for a phony game, at least you got that right.
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Not being a total dooshwad and reference these cabinets as urinals, ashtrays, tampon machines, etc doesn't mean I defend them. It just means I don't jump on the bandwagon and complain and bemoan how arcade games I love are being repackaged and legally sold.
No one is mistaking these things as the genuine article, no different than the dozen or so repackages of the past - like Jakks. You have to ask yourself, if people are enjoying these because it gives them nostalgic pleasure, wtf do you care? The Arcade1up's have benefited you, they've benefited everyone who wanted a Alan-1 yoke, and it's benefited 10's of 10,000's of folks who have purchased them. You're just peeing in cheerios.
jennifer:
And again Not the case...Dirty little secret is They do make nice gifts, and worth there weight in gold as trades (In the box), Are a perfect entry level for kids to put stickers on,, and learn construction/maintenance, And do have quite a following,...Just saying the real Machine is just as easy to obtain, as an adult.
Howard_Casto:
These were put in a sub-forum because -1 kept spamming the main forum with posts that frankly, nobody wanted to look at despite polite attempts to get him to stop. John is a super nice guy so he went to the trouble of making a new forum just for these posts... on other sites -1 would have probably been banned.
Also it's not really arcade news as these aren't arcade machines... they are toys, which is fine, but probably not a suitable topic for the main forum as one long thread much less a brand new thread every single solitary time a new a1up post is tweeted on their website or whatever.
I don't have a dog in this fight, but I'm just saying.. let's get our facts straight.
For the record Jen is correct. Certain cabs... yeah they hold their value, but just a run of the mill, used cab can be had for about the same price as a a1up. Different regions have different prices of course so ymmv.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 14, 2020, 03:00:36 pm ---These were put in a sub-forum because -1 kept spamming the main forum with posts that frankly, nobody wanted to look at despite polite attempts to get him to stop. John is a super nice guy so he went to the trouble of making a new forum just for these posts... on other sites -1 would have probably been banned.
Also it's not really arcade news as these aren't arcade machines... they are toys, which is fine, but probably not a suitable topic for the main forum as one long thread much less a brand new thread every single solitary time a new a1up post is tweeted on their website or whatever.
I don't have a dog in this fight, but I'm just saying.. let's get our facts straight.
For the record Jen is correct. Certain cabs... yeah they hold their value, but just a run of the mill, used cab can be had for about the same price as a a1up. Different regions have different prices of course so ymmv.
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This is how I remember it. It was also supposed to help serve as a support forum for the influx of modders that were supposed to show up - at least that’s how I saw it. But those modders never showed up.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 14, 2020, 03:00:36 pm ---These were put in a sub-forum because -1 kept spamming the main forum with posts that frankly, nobody wanted to look at despite polite attempts to get him to stop. John is a super nice guy so he went to the trouble of making a new forum just for these posts... on other sites -1 would have probably been banned.
Also it's not really arcade news as these aren't arcade machines... they are toys, which is fine, but probably not a suitable topic for the main forum as one long thread much less a brand new thread every single solitary time a new a1up post is tweeted on their website or whatever.
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We don't have to go down memory lane, especially I'm remembering it wrong. ;D but I don't remember the "polite" asking of him to stop posting. I do remember him being asked to stop, just don't remember it being polite.
From a all seriousness question, what do you suppose makes them toys? Is it because they licensed them as such and without a riser they certainly are tiny, but with a riser, they are pretty much cabaret height. Is it because they use consumer grade materials, opposed to commercial grade? Is it because no income can be made with them? I agree the countercades and hand built bartops wouldn't be considered arcades. It seems the Arcade1ups, with risers and licensed games would potentially blur the lines.
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