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Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« on: August 02, 2007, 04:57:54 pm »
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3356483.htm

Looks to be a hacked up 75 in 1 counterfeit famicom sytem and a 14" TV. Only costs a bag of sand too  :dizzy:

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2007, 06:48:56 pm »
I've seen this first hand and the 14'' monitor is pitifully small, the games are those 9.99 TV game toys. The sticks and push buttons are ok'ish, not Happs by any means but with these games they won't get used much anyway.  Worth about 250 - 300 at a push.

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2007, 06:59:07 pm »
ainaM edacrA?

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2007, 02:11:02 am »
ainaM edacrA?

You noticed that too.  At first I thought they put the joysticks and buttons on the wrong side.  Just cause they drive on the wrong side of the road, why would they put the joystick on the wrong side.

Any idea why the picture was taken in a mirror?
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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2007, 05:10:25 am »
Just cause they drive on the wrong side of the road

It's everyone else that drives on the wrong side  :P  ;)

That does look like quite a waste of money...but I guess anyone that buys one has money to waste.

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2007, 05:38:06 am »
Unfortunately, with it being the argos catalog, they're planning on getting rid of a load. They're also doing LCD projectors now!

Shame that all that money spent on a half baked bastardisation of a cab won't be spent saving and restoring classics. The price in the Irish Argos catalog is €1500. For that I could buy a second hand cab, refurb it, customise the outside and throw a decent PC in, plus still have change.

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2007, 05:58:14 am »
Wait a few months for them to be in the sales for like £10 buy one and BURN IT  :cheers:

Wonder if my local store has them on display?  It would be interesting to see first hand how bad they really are  :laugh2:
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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2007, 07:33:44 am »
Oh! Crappy cab...

Here I thought I was going to have to come in here and defend Minwah...

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2007, 11:58:10 am »
Jesus, these are such overpriced garbage, well made or not. Isn't that from gremlin solutions, the company owned by the infamous 'JT'? (arcade collectors will need no introduction to that guy).

And I've seen the list of games elsewhere which pretty much matches one of those 'Mega Joy' pirate famicoms, so Argos .

Anyone stupid / rich enough to waste £1k on it wouldn't appreciate the real thing anyway - a fool and his money and all that.

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2007, 05:59:48 am »
you think thats expensive, the same cab at gremlinsolutions.co.uk costs £1350.00 +Vat with £65.00 +Vat for del = £1662.63 if my calculations are correct, and for our american friends thats $3388.06

 :o :o

http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/products/arcademaniacab.htm

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2007, 09:25:21 am »
Haha! All that for a standard cabinet with undersized monitor and pirated famicom inside.

I don't object to people selling on their hand crafted MAME cabs to be honest but this is sheer extortion!

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2007, 06:13:27 pm »
Jesus, these are such overpriced garbage, well made or not. Isn't that from gremlin solutions, the company owned by the infamous 'JT'? (arcade collectors will need no introduction to that guy).

And I've seen the list of games elsewhere which pretty much matches one of those 'Mega Joy' pirate famicoms, so Argos .

Anyone stupid / rich enough to waste £1k on it wouldn't appreciate the real thing anyway - a fool and his money and all that.

I have bought from the guy many times and he is a real decent bloke.

If you got burned by this guy, then you probably deserved it.
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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2007, 07:47:13 pm »
Any idea why the picture was taken in a mirror?

The editor didn't like the ad with the cab facing left (off page, most likely) and had the image flipped.  Happens all the time with facial shots, I assume they did the same thing.
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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2007, 09:52:12 am »
Jesus, these are such overpriced garbage, well made or not. Isn't that from gremlin solutions, the company owned by the infamous 'JT'? (arcade collectors will need no introduction to that guy).

And I've seen the list of games elsewhere which pretty much matches one of those 'Mega Joy' pirate famicoms, so Argos .

Anyone stupid / rich enough to waste £1k on it wouldn't appreciate the real thing anyway - a fool and his money and all that.

I have bought from the guy many times and he is a real decent bloke.

If you got burned by this guy, then you probably deserved it.

What a strange comment. Although I agree - anyone who buys the aforementioned ridiculously overpriced unlicensed pirated famicom-in-a-box probably does deserve to get burnt, purely for not reseaching and realising it's so bad.  Are you suggesting that it represents good value?

Overview of a typical pirated NES pad - http://www.nesplayer.com/pirates/megajoy.htm
Overview of 'Arcade Mania' http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/products/arcademaniacab.htm

Awful lot of matching games aren't there... :dunno


And by the way - I am sure many people have had good experiences with JT, but I have heard so many bad things over the years (by people who I know to be credible and trustworthy), I would never dream of dealing with him.

Anyone with any sense can purchase any product they offer at a much lower price.

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Re: Check out this rubbish from the UK...
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2007, 06:55:02 am »
 ^ ^

Really?

I usually order misc bits like buttons and switches from gremlin and never had any issues, in one case they screwed up the order and sent me more than I paid for so I wasn't arguing :D lol

Where is better / cheaper in the UK?  I've been using gremlin mostly because of the convenience


On the note of the topic at hand I was out and about the other day and stopped in at one of the BIG Argos stores, and they didn't have one on display, but they had 3-4 people standing around with Nintendo DS's advertising more brain training game thing
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