Author Topic: Some one Please save this Discs of Tron cabinet !!! (Read 12399 times)

ArtMAME · « **on:** February 18, 2007, 08:07:19 am »

Some one Please save this Discs of Tron cabinet !!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=018&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=280081709842&rd=1&rd=1

The seller says if no one buys it, he will junk it... Some one please... Help Tron!!!

Fozzy The Bear · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2007, 08:46:25 am »

Quote from: ArtMAME on February 18, 2007, 08:07:19 am

Some one Please save this Discs of Tron cabinet !!!

It looks to be in very reasonable condition... If it was in the UK and not in the US I'd leap at it. No way could I afford to ship it over here

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Havok · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2007, 09:40:18 am »

Too far for me. At least it's been totally stripped: some other Tron machine will live again!

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2007, 10:05:59 am »

Same here...too far....or i'd go save it.

Is he suggesting that the $60 pallet fee is the ONLY shipping cost? Or it would be $50 + $60 + Shipping? For $110 I MAY consider it (aside from the whole wife kicking ---my bottom--- thing that is).

SavannahLion · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2007, 10:46:02 am »

I live all the way out in California. I'd hop on the chance, but I'm really short on money this month. No way can I afford the $110 for the cabinet right now

Too bad we don't have people living closer to Kansas and just hand off the cabinet in the next state over to get it where it needs to go.

Matth9 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2007, 12:02:50 pm »

Looks like the $60 is for him to strap it onto a pallet, so probably $50 + $60 + Shipping.

leapinlew · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2007, 12:27:00 pm »

damn... that thing would be a challenge to rebuild.

RayB · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2007, 01:08:59 pm »

But it's missing the other HALF!

BobA · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2007, 01:13:29 pm »

Looking at the graphics and comparing to KLOV it is the upright reg cab not the environmental cab so at least the cab is all there.

SavannahLion · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2007, 09:08:32 pm »

Sweet, someone bid on it. So it hopefully shouldn't suffer a horrible fate.

leapinlew · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2007, 09:39:49 pm »

Quote from: SavannahLion on February 18, 2007, 09:08:32 pm

Sweet, someone bid on it. So it hopefully shouldn't suffer a horrible fate.

Seriously? I mean... This cabinet probably needs another couple grand worth of restoration. I think this one is too far gone unless you already had all the parts and needed a cabinet. I'm sure if you wanted to mame it - you might be able to get away with a lower cost.

A brave soul with deep pockets would be needed to take on this project.

SavannahLion · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2007, 10:45:44 pm »

I was thinking that since the cab was already gutted, it wouldn't make much sense to try and rebuild it into a Tron cab again.I'm thinking $50 is probably a good deal over building a similar cab given design time, parts and labor.

WareWolF · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2007, 11:24:03 pm »

$50 for a generic empty cab is a even a good deal, the lumber cost alone is worth it, not to mention the hours of labor to build it. getting a classic cab like DOT with good condition artwork makes this an awesome deal. I would jump on this cab if it was local.

Havok · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2007, 11:49:36 pm »

Somebody bought it!

fjl · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2007, 02:28:07 am »

Someone email the winner and link him to this thread so he can tell us what he's planning to do with it.

Fozzy The Bear · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2007, 07:56:15 am »

Quote from: efjayel on February 19, 2007, 02:28:07 am

Someone email the winner and link him to this thread so he can tell us what he's planning to do with it.

Who says he's interested in it...... for all you know he might be planning to use it as a rabbit hutch and might not give a damn that it's a DOT cab. In any case, it's none of our business what he does with it.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

JeepMonkey · « **Reply #16 on:** February 19, 2007, 09:08:12 am »

I wish I had seen this earlier. This guy lives like 10 miles from me. I currently have this seller looking for a NES Play Choice and/or an Operation Wolf for me.

ChadTower · « **Reply #17 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:00:03 pm »

A couple grand to restore? Are you going to pay a callgirl to do it? A few hundred, maybe, if you wanted to buy fulling working strong condition parts. You could do that without a ton of cost if you already had a monitor and had some decent sources for everything else.

leapinlew · « **Reply #18 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:17:48 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 19, 2007, 01:00:03 pm

A couple grand to restore? Are you going to pay a callgirl to do it? A few hundred, maybe, if you wanted to buy fulling working strong condition parts. You could do that without a ton of cost if you already had a monitor and had some decent sources for everything else.

Did you see the cabinet? You think you can restore a discs of tron for a few hundred?

I should've bought you the cabinet and had it shipped to you so you could fix it up and then we could resell it on ebay and split the money. You can be my callgirl.

horseboy · « **Reply #19 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:20:28 pm »

Quote from: leapinlew on February 19, 2007, 01:17:48 pm

You can be my callgirl.

I already have dibs.

ChadTower · « **Reply #20 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:21:56 pm »

Quote from: leapinlew on February 19, 2007, 01:17:48 pm

Did you see the cabinet? You think you can restore a discs of tron for a few hundred?

I should've bought you the cabinet and had it shipped to you so you could fix it up and then we could resell it on ebay and split the money. You can be my callgirl.

I did see the cabinet, it was in decent shape, just empty. Are you talking about restoration to original new condition? The artwork looked pretty acceptable to me as is, if you throw that in, yeah the cost goes way way up.

leapinlew · « **Reply #21 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:30:29 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 19, 2007, 01:21:56 pm

I did see the cabinet, it was in decent shape, just empty. Are you talking about restoration to original new condition? The artwork looked pretty acceptable to me as is, if you throw that in, yeah the cost goes way way up.

It could be me. It seems a DOT up/down spinner, Tron stick, boards, monitor, interior artwork, blacklights, marquee, electrical, and anything else needed to restore it would be expensive.

I would want a cabinet like that, but I wouldn't want to mame it. It's a catch-22 cabinet.

ChadTower · « **Reply #22 on:** February 19, 2007, 03:54:09 pm »

That's the kicker - a lot of that stuff wouldn't be that hard to find relatively inexpensively if you were both patient and had decent sources. I tend to be really patient on these things and just keep an eye out for the parts. I guess most people don't want to take 18 months to restore a cab.

fjl · « **Reply #23 on:** February 20, 2007, 11:58:23 pm »

Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 19, 2007, 07:56:15 am

Quote from: efjayel on February 19, 2007, 02:28:07 am
Someone email the winner and link him to this thread so he can tell us what he's planning to do with it.

Who says he's interested in it...... for all you know he might be planning to use it as a rabbit hutch and might not give a damn that it's a DOT cab. In any case, it's none of our business what he does with it.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Being a site dedicated to cabinet building and restoration, I think it is...

Havok · « **Reply #24 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:00:40 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 19, 2007, 01:00:03 pm

Are you going to pay a callgirl to do it?

You mean there are callgirls that do this? Dude - find me one and I'll marry her!

nasty girl + arcade restoration skills = heaven

steveh · « **Reply #25 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:03:32 am »

ChadTower · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:06:16 am »

A callgirl will generally do almost anything you want. I'd expect a callgirl to be relieved that you only wanted her to work on a cabinet.

fixedpigs · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:28:03 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 21, 2007, 11:06:16 am

A callgirl will generally do almost anything you want. I'd expect a callgirl to be relieved that you only wanted her to work on a cabinet.

i don't know...you might not like what she does with the joysticks...

ChadTower · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:32:03 am »

It's the spinner I'd be interested in.

steveh · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:40:22 am »

wow. this thread is insanely derailed... i love it

Havok · « **Reply #30 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:07:31 pm »

Quote from: steveh on February 21, 2007, 11:40:22 am

wow. this thread is insanely derailed... i love it

Well, the cab has been sold, so we can continue as we see fit...

RayB · « **Reply #31 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:51:13 pm »

Quote from: fixedpigs on February 21, 2007, 11:28:03 am

Quote from: ChadTower on February 21, 2007, 11:06:16 am

A callgirl will generally do almost anything you want. I'd expect a callgirl to be relieved that you only wanted her to work on a cabinet.

i don't know...you might not like what she does with the joysticks...

With a Tron joystick, that's quite a feat.

ChadTower · « **Reply #32 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:53:25 pm »

The push/pull spinner is probably the best bang for the buck here.

Encryptor · « **Reply #33 on:** February 21, 2007, 03:03:48 pm »

I just sold a DOT Spinner in the B/S/T forum.

Encryptor

Hoopz · « **Reply #34 on:** February 21, 2007, 03:06:48 pm »

Quote from: Encryptor on February 21, 2007, 03:03:48 pm

I just sold a DOT Spinner in the B/S/T forum.

Encryptor

To a callgirl?

ChadTower · « **Reply #35 on:** February 21, 2007, 03:07:52 pm »

Maybe he is a callgirl.

Hoopz · « **Reply #36 on:** February 21, 2007, 03:11:40 pm »

Wouldn't he keep the push/pull spinner then?

ChadTower · « **Reply #37 on:** February 21, 2007, 03:13:57 pm »

They probably wear out after so many uses.

Havok · « **Reply #38 on:** February 21, 2007, 03:14:15 pm »

Better wash the spinner before using it...

horseboy · « **Reply #39 on:** February 21, 2007, 04:26:35 pm »

Gross guys. I bought it.

spriggy · « **Reply #40 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:10:32 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 19, 2007, 01:00:03 pm

A couple grand to restore? Are you going to pay a callgirl to do it? A few hundred, maybe, if you wanted to buy fulling working strong condition parts. You could do that without a ton of cost if you already had a monitor and had some decent sources for everything else.

Roger that.. For example..

New Spinner: http://www.apachecontrols.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1&zenid=901b76dac5dbfdbf9cb0735026e2c8c6
Joystick Options: http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/TRON_joystick or a Gorf stick until u find one - http://www.quarterarcade.com/Game.aspx/7184
Marquee: http://cgi.ebay.com/Midways-Discs-of-Tron-Marquee_W0QQitemZ270090890812QQihZ017QQcategoryZ13718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Bezel and CPO: http://www.mamemarquees.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=discs+of+tron&osCsid=8aa46a7d096c69811dbad68a54c6cf44
MCR Switching PS adapter: http://www.quarterarcade.com/Game.aspx/1962

About $300.... and that's just after 5 minutes of non-bargain hunting ..

(oh well... back to painting the hallway!

)

leapinlew · « **Reply #41 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:25:55 pm »

Quote from: spriggy on February 21, 2007, 11:10:32 pm

Quote from: ChadTower on February 19, 2007, 01:00:03 pm

A couple grand to restore? Are you going to pay a callgirl to do it? A few hundred, maybe, if you wanted to buy fulling working strong condition parts. You could do that without a ton of cost if you already had a monitor and had some decent sources for everything else.

Roger that.. For example..

New Spinner: http://www.apachecontrols.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1&zenid=901b76dac5dbfdbf9cb0735026e2c8c6
Joystick Options: http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/TRON_joystick or a Gorf stick until u find one - http://www.quarterarcade.com/Game.aspx/7184
Marquee: http://cgi.ebay.com/Midways-Discs-of-Tron-Marquee_W0QQitemZ270090890812QQihZ017QQcategoryZ13718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Bezel and CPO: http://www.mamemarquees.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=discs+of+tron&osCsid=8aa46a7d096c69811dbad68a54c6cf44
MCR Switching PS adapter: http://www.quarterarcade.com/Game.aspx/1962

About $300.... and that's just after 5 minutes of non-bargain hunting ..
(oh well... back to painting the hallway! )

Well... the thing sells for quite a bit. Sounds like you should've bought it, fixed it up, and resold it.

spriggy · « **Reply #42 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:42:05 pm »

Quote from: leapinlew on February 21, 2007, 11:25:55 pm

Quote from: spriggy on February 21, 2007, 11:10:32 pm
Quote from: ChadTower on February 19, 2007, 01:00:03 pm

A couple grand to restore? Are you going to pay a callgirl to do it? A few hundred, maybe, if you wanted to buy fulling working strong condition parts. You could do that without a ton of cost if you already had a monitor and had some decent sources for everything else.

Roger that.. For example..

New Spinner: http://www.apachecontrols.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1&zenid=901b76dac5dbfdbf9cb0735026e2c8c6
Joystick Options: http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/TRON_joystick or a Gorf stick until u find one - http://www.quarterarcade.com/Game.aspx/7184
Marquee: http://cgi.ebay.com/Midways-Discs-of-Tron-Marquee_W0QQitemZ270090890812QQihZ017QQcategoryZ13718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Bezel and CPO: http://www.mamemarquees.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=discs+of+tron&osCsid=8aa46a7d096c69811dbad68a54c6cf44
MCR Switching PS adapter: http://www.quarterarcade.com/Game.aspx/1962

About $300.... and that's just after 5 minutes of non-bargain hunting ..
(oh well... back to painting the hallway! )

Well... the thing sells for quite a bit. Sounds like you should've bought it, fixed it up, and resold it.

I wish... living in Western Australia narrows down sensible arcade acquisitions a bit!!!

shorthair · « **Reply #43 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:58:31 pm »

There's actually a site that has stuff like that. The guy makes 'em special. Just in case, no this isn't spam. I never would've thought down this path myself.

themonkeez · « **Reply #44 on:** February 27, 2007, 08:59:54 am »

Well i bought the cab. I have the Marquee, harness, working board set, bezel. I have the guts for the CP but will still need to get a CP and CPO. The DOT cab these parts came from except for the bezel which i got from Quarterarcade fell apart some time back. Too much water damage im afraid..

When i get the cab delivered i will take pics of the progress as it goes.

themonkeez · « **Reply #45 on:** February 27, 2007, 09:05:03 am »

By the way, the marquee on ebay was for the EDOT cab, doesnt look right on a upright.

bfauska · « **Reply #46 on:** February 27, 2007, 03:40:03 pm »

Cool, it's good to see sombody with good motives got this cab. Well I guess I don't actually know your motives, but it doesn't sound like you were shoping for firewood.

Congratulations on your new cab.

Hoopz · « **Reply #47 on:** February 27, 2007, 03:53:53 pm »

Quote from: themonkeez on February 27, 2007, 08:59:54 am

Well i bought the cab. I have the Marquee, harness, working board set, bezel. I have the guts for the CP but will still need to get a CP and CPO. The DOT cab these parts came from except for the bezel which i got from Quarterarcade fell apart some time back. Too much water damage im afraid..
When i get the cab delivered i will take pics of the progress as it goes.

I have a Tron CP that I would be able to sell. I don't recall how different a DOT CP was from Tron. Any ideas?

If you are interested, please send me a PM.

Encryptor · « **Reply #48 on:** February 27, 2007, 04:08:49 pm »

I have an empty DOT CP that I would sell. Not sure what it's worth though. It will need a new cpo of course. Will post pics if needed.

Encryptor

Encryptor · « **Reply #49 on:** February 27, 2007, 10:20:44 pm »

Here are the pics. If it wasn't for the strip on the bend missing the cp doesn't look that bad.

Encryptor

spriggy · « **Reply #50 on:** February 27, 2007, 11:24:03 pm »

Quote from: themonkeez on February 27, 2007, 08:59:54 am

Well i bought the cab. I have the Marquee, harness, working board set, bezel. I have the guts for the CP but will still need to get a CP and CPO. The DOT cab these parts came from except for the bezel which i got from Quarterarcade fell apart some time back. Too much water damage im afraid..
When i get the cab delivered i will take pics of the progress as it goes.

Good Man!

ChadTower · « **Reply #51 on:** February 28, 2007, 09:31:07 am »

Quote from: Encryptor on February 27, 2007, 10:20:44 pm

Here are the pics. If it wasn't for the strip on the bend missing the cp doesn't look that bad.

It really doesn't. It would be worth trying a paint job on that spot just to see how it looks before stripping it.

themonkeez · « **Reply #52 on:** February 28, 2007, 10:40:27 pm »

I would gladly take that CP off your hands. I really appreciate the kind offer. Figure out what ya would need for it and i can Paypal if needed. Thanks again. Actually the CPO looks good, i dont think i would change it for now.

Encryptor · « **Reply #53 on:** March 01, 2007, 05:59:35 pm »

Anyone have an idea what this thing is worth?

Encryptor

Encryptor · « **Reply #54 on:** March 04, 2007, 06:56:20 am »

Anyone??

Fozzy The Bear · « **Reply #55 on:** March 04, 2007, 01:57:09 pm »

It's worth whatever somebody is prepared to pay for it.

In this case it can't exacly be described as mint.... so it's not a collectors item. What you're selling is a bent piece of sheet metal with some holes and a badly damaged piece of artwork that effectively needs replacing..... Figure it out for yourself, we ain't talking mega bucks here.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

themonkeez · « **Reply #56 on:** March 12, 2007, 09:09:19 am »

Well i am back from all my trade shows and have finally got a chance to look the cab over. Isnt bad shape, will need some repair to bottom 1/2" of cab but nothing i havent seen before in Midway cabs like this. Any chance other DOT upright owners can take pics of how the monitor mounts would be greatly appreciated.

I would pay $50 for that CP if thats reasonable get back with me on it. Been testing the marquee to see if it fits and the bezel appear to line up perfectly. Still confused as my bezel appears to match the inner artwork of this cab but the pics of the bezels on KLOV dont match what i have.

I will take pics and post as i get further along with the project. So far the three black lights work and the marquee light still works.


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Author Topic: Some one Please save this Discs of Tron cabinet !!! (Read 12399 times)

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