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Do finished Mame cabinets ever go on sale at auction houses?
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on June 23, 2006, 03:06:46 pm --- just dont want to do all the cutting and sanding and painting and screwing. I dont mind slapping in a coin door, computer or a marquee though.
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Why don't you just get an empty instead of building one from scratch?
arcadepcnut:
Im with peale.
both of my mame cabinets were neogeo cabinets. You can get one of those with a sucky game in it for $150 or less and gut it and sell the gameboard and marquee and end up with a cabinet ready to be mamed for $120 or so.
Defintaely would not build one from scratch...
I built my driving cabinet from scratch to save having to buy a san fran rush cabinet for $800..after its done (still not 100% complete after 5 years) I should have just bought a cabinet instead of building one...saves you $$$ but in time it costs you more $$$...haha
Crafty:
Seen Plenty of ready to be MAMED cabinets on ebay.au
Unfortunately shipping to my address proves cost prohibitive...
There seems to be less and less convertable cabinet's out there..
Me thinks this hobby is getting popular..
shawnzilla:
About a year ago, I saw an extremely crappy machine made from a Namco 5-in-1. The cab itself was falling apart, and it had a marquee that had been printed on plain paper. It sold for around $900.
I'm going to an auction today, I'll have to take note of what they sell for.
But, I'm with Peale. Just buy an empty or nearly empty cab. Easiest conversion in the world.
ArcadEd:
Why not a mameroom kit?
Or is that not complete enough?