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Reburbishing whats too Far?
KrawDaddy:
Evnin'
At what point does a cab lose its original status?
If I took an old pole position and replaced all the artwork to original specs- how about then?
What if the cabinet has water damage and you built a duplicate cabinet out of new wood, replaced new artwork and placed all original hardware back in?
Whan have i gone too far?
Kind Regards\
Kraw
Apollo:
IMHO the wood doesn't matter, the game is the artwork, controls and PCB and marquee. So if you have a Pacman PCB, Pacman artwork ( repro or otherwise ) Pacman CP and Pacman marquee you have an original Pacman. Wood is just wood.
Lilwolf:
To make money... its just the board/roms.
All others is in your head. If you can repo every part... and feel good about it... Its a original.
Heck, if you get a 720 controller and realize its only good for one game... but your willing.... Build up a full mame machine with 720 specs... I would still say its original... original to you :)
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: Apollo on December 22, 2004, 01:09:44 am ---IMHO the wood doesn't matter, the game is the artwork, controls and PCB and marquee. So if you have a Pacman PCB, Pacman artwork ( repro or otherwise ) Pacman CP and Pacman marquee you have an original Pacman. Wood is just wood.
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You won't have an "original" with this.
You'd have a repro.
Think cars here.
If you buy a Cobra "kit car", and then build it all from scratch, you don't end up with an ORIGINAL Cobra when you're done--even if you put in a REAL Cobra engine, drivetrain, etc... into it.
Basically, an ORIGINAL is going to be a fully stock cab.
A REFURB is one where you put fixed, but originally stock stuff back onto the original cabinet (i.e. shop the boards, replace the monitor, etc...).
A REPRO will be one where you built the cabinet, and put original stuff onto it.
romperwomb:
I'd think the same rules that apply to antique furniture and other old stuff would apply to an Arcade Cab.
It's going to be quite hard to have a perfectly original mint cab if was actually in an arcade. Just like it would be impossible to have mint armoire if it were dropped off in Grand Central Station. But even painting or restoring antique furniture can sometimes lower the value. I suspect that in the future this will be true for Arcade cabs as well.
Can't wait to see the great grand kids hauling Grandpa's old Punch Out Cab to the Antique Road Show. ;D