One of the worst Mario Bros resto's I have ever seen

[barrel_hopper]

Yuck! I would bid on this but eeeehhh gads http://cgi.ebay.com/Mario-Brothers-Fully-refurbished-upright-Arcade_W0QQitemZ190214358988QQihZ009QQcategoryZ13716QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting


This guy is also selling a DK JR that has been restored and painted the wrong shade of orange calming that ones like that sell for $1200


  

[Ginsu Victim]

Yuck is right! Look at those roller brush marks!!!

[javeryh]

I've been looking for a DK/Nintendo cab to restore but I'm not paying more than $100 for the shell and maybe $150 if it came with a coin door and some other stuff.

[shardian]

Note to self - never consider buying from TNT Amusements. 

[RayB]

ugh that looks like "fleckstone" spray paint. A bunch of classic old cabs have appeared at various auctions here in Toronto covered in that crap. My Robotron cabaret is unfortunately like that.

[Ginsu Victim]

So it's worse than I thought.
What's next, that spray-on chalk board stuff?

[Lutus]

Boy the recession really must be hurting TNT amusements.

Cuttin corners like Nascar.

[barrel_hopper]

Is it just me or is the inside part of the cabinet that is normally black been painted orange in that pic? wow that is a whole new level of suck there

[Minwah]

Shocking.

[Ginsu Victim]

barrel_hopper:
Are you sure it's not just the cab next to it you're seeing? It's orange. (The wrong orange...)

[barrel_hopper]

your right about the orange. I was very tired last night.

I am shocked that thing is getting bids..perhaps it is someone who wants to UNDO the damage they did to that poor machine.

Whoever buys that is the Mother Teresa of arcade collecting. That machine has a face only a mother could love.

[paigeoliver]

None of you would ever be buying from TNT anyway. They sell to the high end home buyer. Their games are really expensive, but they also REALLY go over them electronically. Also note that they said the game was purchased from TNT Amusements, not that THEY did so. So that can mean one of a couple things.

#1. They are lying about it in order to make people think it got the full TNT refurb job.

#2. They bought it from someone else who told them the above lie.

#3. It was actually one of the machines TNT sold "as is" and didn't do a damn thing to.

#4. It DID get the full TNT refurb job and the paint/sideart was damaged later and it got repainted like that as a repair.

I think one of the above is pretty likely, since you can easily get Mario Brothers sideart, it wouldn't be like TNT to ship out a game like that with no sideart with a crappy black paint job. Not when a few hours and $100 in parts would have made a world of difference like it would with that machine.

[TOK]

I'm with Paige on this one. I've been to their shop and bought parts from them. The stuff that I saw there wasn't being restored with rattle cans. Todd from TNT has a large collection of cabaret cabs and knows the value of authenticity.

[Lutus]

Boy the recession really must be hurting TNT amusements.

Cuttin corners like Nascar.

Statement retracted. 





PS.  I have never quote my own post before.  I think I need a shower.........