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| crpngdth2001:
I recently started work on building a mame cabinet / control panel from scratch (actually, just the CP so far). I couldn't really find any decent cabinets locally to start from. Of course, I get an email and pictures today with 4 different cabinets that are about 5 minutes from where I work. I still have to go and inspect them, but I'm thinking I may buy 1 or all of them. Here are some pictures, and some brief descriptions from the seller. Anything in the list below strike anyone as a good buy or good project (mame or otherwise)? Cabinet 1 Its a Dynamo cabinet which is in good shape. It would be a sand & paint job only. Includes the 2 player panel in the picture, the 4 player xmen panel which is in the bottom of the picture (its a direct bolt on), a coin door & a picture tube (no yoke). $75 Cabinet 2 Another Dynamo cabinet, sand & paint only, no coin door, will hold 25" monitor. Includes green control panel in picture, not the one inside the cabinet. Its for cabinet 3. WELL BUILT & HEAVY. I have mamed one of these before, it a great cabinet. $30 Cabinet 3 Simpsons style cabinet, wood is good, needs some putty around the base prior to painting. Will hold a 25" monitor. Includes 4 player control panel, 25" monitor frame & 2 coin doors. $60 Cabinet 4 Make Trax cabinet, outside wood is good, control panel included, but it will need work/replaced. Includes coin & access doors. Smaller cabinet. $15 I'm thinking both cabinet 2 and cabinet 3 might make good mame cabinets... |
| More Cowbell:
I got the same type of offer last summer for 4 gutted cabs. I bought them and restored them all (sold one to help offset the others). It's nice to be able to buy things in bulk to save on shipping and you can quickly build an arcade with them. I say go for it. |
| SavannahLion:
I'd figure do what More Cowbell has done. Buy what you can, repair/fix up and sell one or more to offset the cost of the others. Not sure what to make of the putty requirement, but I'd shoot for the Simpsons cab for no other reason than that's what the initial design for my own MAME cab will be derived from. |
| shardian:
Buy all of them, half-ass two of them into sellers, then make the other two into keepers with the profits. ;D |
| BobA:
I agree. Buy them all and come out ahead. Offer a bit less for the whole batch. |
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