My UA II Kit (Review)

[picasso]

I just finished my Ultimate Arcade II kit and I am very happy w/it.  It looks awesome and its a really good size.  The kit comes in precut black melamine.  It took myself and a friend about 3 hours to put it together.   The thing that took the longest was putting the T-Molding around the edges of the cabinet.  I can not say enough good things about it.   Scott over at mameroom.com was always quick to answer my questions.  I was provided a tracking # once the item shipped.  They were packaged very nicely.  I am now just waiting on my Slickstik CO2!

There are only a few negative things I can say and given what the finished product looks like after you are done they are trivial but I will list them for others.

1.  The cam bolts were very hard to put on.  The tolerances were to tight and I ended up not just tapping them in but pounding them in w/a rubber hammer.

2.  The cabinet is easy to chip if you are not careful.  Especially if you are pounding the cams in   

3.  I wish there were a few more extra's in the bag in case you lost something etc...

On a side note if they were to do some type or formica or laminate on the outside I think that would help the chipping an d I would pay $100 to $150 more for it.   

Overall I think a very good deal for under $500.     If I were to have paid just a little more and wanted to build it myself I could have gotten a pre-cut control panel blank as well.  Not to shabby!

[electricd]

You would likely pay more than 100 - 150 more for laminate/formica.   I built a UAII cabinet from the original old plans (the ones that used to be on the site for free!) and then covered it in laminate and spent about $250 for enough to get it covered.  Laminate is VERY expensive and very time consuming to apply.  The melamine is bought the way it is, so it there is no work involved in applying it..they just cut the melamine and drill it.  Thats how you can get the whole thing for under $500

[Marky_1979]

you cant get the pre cut kits here in the U.K so iv sent the plans i had done on cad by a good friend over to a firm here to be cut cost me

[iwillfearnoevil]

thanks for the review. good luck waiting on the slikstik.