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Author Topic: Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !  (Read 1666 times)

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Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !
« on: December 18, 2007, 05:28:15 pm »
http://www.eagled.com/crystalcade.htm

This was posted on KLOV forum....

What an ugly beast !!!

OK, the idea seems cool. But it is SO badly done.

Those three loose speakers on top are the main spoilers. LOOKS LIKE ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- !

Then....everything is translucent, but NOT the buttons, NOT the trackball and NOT the joysticks. And look at that tasteful color lay-out of buttons. Looks like a beginning MAME cab builder !!! YUGGHHH !!

To top it off a yukkie LCD, and you've got a candidate for the HELLCADE ! !!!

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Re: Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2007, 05:46:13 pm »
I already have three of these so I can't really comment.  :timebomb:
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Re: Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2007, 06:00:04 pm »
But it has free shipping today! :D
Man, that thing looks like the floor from a 70's disco.

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Re: Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2007, 06:38:29 pm »
its way overpriced. cheap ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- lighting in effect there, and yes , so badly done.
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Re: Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2007, 06:42:13 pm »
Oh god.  That is tacky but might fit right in with a disco ball.  But at least it has free shipping today.  Hmm...

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Re: Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2007, 06:53:17 pm »
He is just the messenger..... you need to go to the manufacturer

http://gamecabinetsinc.com/crystalcade.shtml

Personally, I am all in favor of people trying out new stuff....



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Re: Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2007, 08:22:27 pm »
They should have hired Knievel to design something out of translucent material and they would have ended up with a product that people might want to spend $10k on... Instead they have something that looks like it was thrown together without any pre-planning or aesthetic considerations.

I like the idea of a translucent cabinet but that thing is just wrong...

Reminds me of these, but not as cool:

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Re: Got 10 grand to spend ? Buy this "beauty" !
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2007, 09:15:24 pm »
With a price like that they better own the copyrights of all the games they provide with it. Some of them are still in operation (MK comes to mind).
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