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RayB:


--- Quote from: garnerb350 on September 16, 2009, 06:54:10 pm ---I myself have never seen a Universal cab...are these fairly common or hard to find?
Ive seen plenty Mr Do cabs but never in a Universsal with the funky 70s type scheme....
I somehow have the urge to sit down and watch Flash Gordon....( one with the Queen soundtrack)

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Pretty rare (at least I personally think so). Only Universal cabinet I've ever come across in my last 10 years in the hobby was Cosmic War. Now that one was neat in that the sides were a sort of laminated plastic or something like that. Really hard and scratch resistant, with the art protected under a clear-coat.


garnerb350:


--- Quote from: RayB on September 16, 2009, 09:25:47 pm --- Now that one was neat in that the sides were a sort of laminated plastic or something like that. Really hard and scratch resistant, with the art protected under a clear-coat.


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Both of them have it too...Ive never seen that type of lamanate before...but there are places on the cab where the clear coat is torn or missing...


garnerb350:

Took some photos yesterday...If anyone would please, take a look at them and tell me what you think I should do...

Picture 001: This is the Ladybug cab...only thing I have done to it was remove the monitor tube, coin door, Control panel, marquee....Everything else is what you see with this cab....the body is fairly good...my gut is telling me to clean it, prime it, paint it...

Picture 002: The Mr Do! cab...this is the way it was when i got it...the marquee got a bad stratch...im probley going to redo it in Illustrator...the sides are beat up bad...control panel has cigerette burns, and the joystick is busted... that back bezel and the speaker console is in great condition...I'm going to swap it into the Ladybug cab....

Picture 004: The PCB board...looks nice...(noob question: there where it hooks up....Is that a JAMMA hookup or what do you call a "factory" hookup? Can it be swapped or improved? I just asking what possibilites do i have or should i do?

Picture 005: Power supply...Looks like something out of Frankenstein..."Fritz! more POWER!!!!"
Can anybody tell me what voltage that thing pushes...or model type?


Picture 006: Can anybody tell me what this is? Its located directly under the monitor... :dunno

The STRANGE "Generic Namco cabs"

Picture 007:  Here is one of the werid bootleg cabs that the owner gave to me ...the second one is behind it...I dont know who Mike Mercer is...The marquee really scares me...The only things these cabs have are the monitors, coin doors, speakers...The sides are in great shape...but there is some pretty bad spots where the pressboard had water damage...I think I can replace them with 3/4 plywood...These two cabs would be great for Mame projects...

Picture 008: photo of the monitor in the back of the cabs...




RayB:

Oh that poor Mr Do.

I'm not a big fan of printing up marquees to replace originals. If you are patient enough and look in enough places (ie: set an Ebay alert; get word out to other collectors; post here, check online vendors, etc) you will eventually find a marquee in better condition.

Example: http://www.quarterarcade.com/Search.aspx?s=mr+Do

And to identify that weird popeye thing, go to www.klov.com  and search by manufacturer for "Sega/Gremlin" and "gremlin" games and see if you can find one that matches the bezel artwork. The cab definitly looks like Sega/Gremlin style from Frogger era, although there were a lot of generic knock-offs using the same shape and woodgrain finish.



garnerb350:


--- Quote from: RayB on September 17, 2009, 12:56:11 pm ---Oh that poor Mr Do.



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I know...tell me about it...I thought it was a shot cab...but then i saw where the back was locked and the owner didnt have a key...( he orginally got the cabs because he was going to restore, but he diecided not to, i guess because he didnt have time).. I took a drill and busted the lock and saw everything...It makes me wonder what happened to it to get into the condition it is now...

I was just wanting some old cabs for mame projects...low and behold, i'm going to do a restore...  :woot

Those bootleg cab...I'm eventually strip what parts are on them...replace/repair the damage and see if the monitors are good or better condition than what is on the MrDo...clean up the coin doors and probley mame those sumbeyotches...

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