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Who has Built an "Ultimate Arcade II" ??
CaptainMarvel:
--- Quote from: WindDrake on October 01, 2013, 12:04:50 am ---I build up a UAII with the 4-Player CP.
http://wdarcade.wordpress.com
Fun kit.
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Okay ... That Game Room is AWESOME !!! :notworthy:
All you need is an Air Hockey table and a Skee Ball setup.
So, for your UA II ... You built it from the pre-cut kit from North Coast Customs?
vorghagen:
I've got a few photos of the build so far but nothing too extensive. Is there anything in particular you were after? I'll try to upload some tonight after work.
paigeoliver:
As a long term collector I think the design is terrible. It was like they built it without ever having seen an actual arcade cabinet. It picked up a bunch of design bits from various BYOAC scratch builds, but they don't go together well and some of them are terrible.
Pros.
I can't really think of any.
Cons.
#1. Needlessly complex. The cabinet sides are inexplicably made out of multiple pieces of wood instead of being solid. This makes the cabinet both weaker and heavier. Someone will come chirping in and say you can take it apart into 2 pieces to move it, but that is a near worthless function and it is ruined since the design puts most of the weight in the unwieldy top section anyway.
#2. The cabinet inexplicably bumps in multiple times in front making reaching the coin door quite difficult and it makes the cabinet far less stable. Go look at a TMNT or a Gauntlet and see how the control panel barely extends past the base of the cabinet.
#3. The control panel top goes out too far past the box on the corners of the 4 player design leaving those areas prone to possible breakage from rough players.
#4. The monitor is mounted straight up and down giving players 3 and 4 a terrible view. Once again examine TMNT and Gauntlet and see how 4 player cabinets lean the monitor back to make sure the side players can see it.
CaptainMarvel:
--- Quote from: vorghagen on October 01, 2013, 07:39:26 pm ---I've got a few photos of the build so far but nothing too extensive. Is there anything in particular you were after? I'll try to upload some tonight after work.
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I'm most interested in how the top panels are connected to the base - and then how the laminate is then applied . . . assuming, of course, you're using laminate.
Rick:
--- Quote from: CaptainMarvel on October 01, 2013, 10:06:28 pm ---I'm most interested in how the top panels are connected to the base - and then how the laminate is then applied . . . assuming, of course, you're using laminate.
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I read over the manual a while back. Were they not using those "IKEA" style connectors? The round cams in the precut holes, and screws in the sides? So, the laminate was pre-applied?
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