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How can you tell this is even a Frogger?
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 11, 2004, 01:37:45 pm ---You are missing that ChadTower makes a habit of posting how he can take semi-decent working cabs like, Centipede, Double Dragon, and now this Frogger, slap a SlikStik control panel on it, and sell it to some poor sot for $3,000 becuase it now plays 6,000 gamez.
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Ahhhh, I never took the time to see/remember the name of who that actually was. Now it all makes sense.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on June 11, 2004, 02:05:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 11, 2004, 01:37:45 pm ---You are missing that ChadTower makes a habit of posting how he can take semi-decent working cabs like, Centipede, Double Dragon, and now this Frogger, slap a SlikStik control panel on it, and sell it to some poor sot for $3,000 becuase it now plays 6,000 gamez.
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Ahhhh, I never took the time to see/remember the name of who that actually was. Now it all makes sense.
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No it doesn't, that was ChazMan, I was thinking of, not ChadTower. My apologies to ChadTower for the confusion.
NoOne=NBA=:
I guess I'm just used to building things to last.
A friend of mine has a beautiful buffet in his dining room that was built by his grandfather.
My nephew has the toy chest that his GREAT-GREAT grandfather built for his GREAT grandfather.
I think you'd be hard-pressed to tear my cabinet apart--even with a sledgehammer.
Is it overkill? Probably.
But it will NOT come apart by itself.
MonitorGuru:
Actually IIRC Frogger is a particle board cabinet, not an MDF one. Particle board breaks a whole heck of a lot easier on edges than MDF does. Yes, plywood would be best, but also I've found on classic cabinets (like Midways) that the plywood ends up delaminating the fine outer surface around the edges very easliy--all with no impact to the cabinet.
To each their own.. but I'll build my cabinets out of oak laminated MDF so I have real stainable oak hardwood outside (no cheap fake woodgrain) and solid cores. Plywood is acceptable if you want ~25% less weight. The only thing I'll ever use particle board for is the bottom board or shelving.
Oh and back to the OP... I see nothing unrepairable with only a small amount of materials here. A little putty/bondo, new tmolding, a new coin door, control panel and monitor bezel and you've got a great looking machine again.
There have been much much worse things listed on ebay as "mint" or "like new"... trust me.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 11, 2004, 02:07:25 pm ---No it doesn't, that was ChazMan, I was thinking of, not ChadTower. My apologies to ChadTower for the confusion.
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Oh man, I was starting to get a bit pissed there before I saw the confusion clear up. Heh.
Basically, if you look at the bottom of that cab, it looks like the MDF is coming apart. If the MDF is that bad, the guy is claiming its a Frogger cab with no visible evidence... I'm betting the monitor isn't described properly and that the seams on the cab itself are probably crappy too. IMO, only the monitor for that thing is worth anything at all and I don't believe his description based on the visual evidence and auction title.
That's why I say it's junk.
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