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Places to buy arcade games and repair monitors?
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Generally if its not a small job we would remove the monitor chassis and send to Grant in the UK.
There are some talented guys on here though that do cap kits and flybacks. Not sure if they do it commercially though.
Pics of cabs are always welcome
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More like 10. I am trying to decide if selling them as projects or repair them myself.
Nice hoard of cabs When you say "full restoration", do you mean chassis work, or are the tubes busted? My advice is to get in touch with GrantSpain/Gunblade in the UK, and get some advice, maybe work out a deal with him. He's the go-to for monitor stuff really, and well known in the arcade scene. 0 -
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They need deep cleaning, chasis repair and so on. Grant doesn't want to deal with trisynchNice hoard of cabs When you say "full restoration", do you mean chassis work, or are the tubes busted? My advice is to get in touch with GrantSpain/Gunblade in the UK, and get some advice, maybe work out a deal with him. He's the go-to for monitor stuff really, and well known in the arcade scene.
Hahaha, well, hard or not it is true. Why do you find it hard to believe? They are not at home wont fit there, just in a warehouse.BrownFinger wrote: »I find it hard to believe you have 10 blast citys with 10 busted chassis.
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Sounds like tough work alright.
If Grant doesnt do it you might have to upskill yourself, cap kits are easy with the correct tools.
Worth a shot. Put them all in the dishwasher
As soon as I see something wrong with a monitor it's scrap to me. Barring an obvious screen adjustment, dead monitor = nightmare.
When an expert bloke won't touch them, fuggeddaboutit!
Saw someone selling 2 nos arcade monitors for a whopping 1400 quid lately (arcade otaku?). Sold too.
These candy cabinets aren't worth much with busted monitors. I'd pay 150, and even that's unlikely. To be fair, they aren't worth the prices often seen when working either. You're all mad, mad I tells ye!0 -
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If you have one working you can use that chassis and psu to test the others so at least you know the tubes are okay.
There are compatible chassis (rodotron and weiya) but they are also long out of production and now quite expensive too. It's approx 150-200 for a chassis. A few years ago they were 50 brand new...
If Grant won't do it try tb2000 on ukvac but it must be a difficult one if Grant won't take it.
Any photos
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80s Synth Pop wrote: »If you have one working you can use that chassis and psu to test the others so at least you know the tubes are okay.
There are compatible chassis (rodotron and weiya) but they are also long out of production and now quite expensive too. It's approx 150-200 for a chassis. A few years ago they were 50 brand new...
If Grant won't do it try tb2000 on ukvac but it must be a difficult one if Grant won't take it.
Any photos
Right now they are stored and covered in dust, not much to show. Will try to find one of my game room. ATM have a couple arcades there.0 -
As soon as I see something wrong with a monitor it's scrap to me. Barring an obvious screen adjustment, dead monitor = nightmare.
When an expert bloke won't touch them, fuggeddaboutit!
Saw someone selling 2 nos arcade monitors for a whopping 1400 quid lately (arcade otaku?). Sold too.
These candy cabinets aren't worth much with busted monitors. I'd pay 150, and even that's unlikely. To be fair, they aren't worth the prices often seen when working either. You're all mad, mad I tells ye!
Candy's have never been cheap , some have spiked but others have come down over the years, blasts for example when 1st been imported where around £1200 as they we're not that old and sterling Euro exchange was crap back then, And as they where close to new cabs they were always expensive. The closing of many arcades help reduce the prices for us as supply was plentiful
I think 1400 for a few nos monitor are an exception rather than the rule, it's easy enough pick up monitors for far cheaper and people have. The only monitors that I can think off over the last few years that carried a premium where the last pfx monitors that where sold by Sega UK and they carried a premium from them before the boom in prices.
Like o1s1n said your not comparing like with like really.0 -
In fairness if you can get a chassis for €150 that’s not too bad, by the time you’ve paid shipping to/from someone to repair you’re already €40-50in before they even look at it and a cap kit, you’re talking €150 to refurbish anyway.80s Synth Pop wrote: »If you have one working you can use that chassis and psu to test the others so at least you know the tubes are okay.
There are compatible chassis (rodotron and weiya) but they are also long out of production and now quite expensive too. It's approx 150-200 for a chassis. A few years ago they were 50 brand new...
If Grant won't do it try tb2000 on ukvac but it must be a difficult one if Grant won't take it.
Any photos
Keep an eye on eBay, setup a saved search, I’ve bought a couple of NOS hantarex chassis for €50-60, obviously they wouldn’t do you but you might get lucky0 -
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Candy's have never been cheap , some have spiked but others have come down over the years, blasts for example when 1st been imported where around £1200 as they we're not that old and sterling Euro exchange was crap back then, And as they where close to new cabs they were always expensive. The closing of many arcades help reduce the prices for us as supply was plentiful
I think 1400 for a few nos monitor are an exception rather than the rule, it's easy enough pick up monitors for far cheaper and people have. The only monitors that I can think off over the last few years that carried a premium where the last pfx monitors that where sold by Sega UK and they carried a premium from them before the boom in prices.
Like o1s1n said your not comparing like with like really.
Ah I know, but hyperbole is more fun :P0 -
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