joeycuda
Well-known member
I am putting my 720 Degrees up for sale. This isn't a cheap game, as it's a balance between survivor/preservation and restoration with repro and NOS. It is complete and ready to move into a gameroom. I have never seen one as nice (no offense to anyone). Details below.
Condition I bought it in:
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-fully working
-typical sloppy joystick
-was told that the monitor chassis was repaired by Arcadecup, with a new flyback (cannot confirm, but I have no reason to think otherwise)
-monitor works great
-dusty
-front panel and one of the coin doors was damaged
-boombox overlay, CPO, ultimate overlay all yellowed (typical for this game)
-silver vinyl in near flawless original condition
What's original to this game that makes it hard to find in this condition:
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-original silver vinyl, with NO tears or rips. Vinyl is in awesome condition. I would not even consider replacing it.
-original back door in near perfect shape with sheet in perfect condition
-original manual package in the plastic bag
-tube burn is very slight, if noticeable at all
-have the original cardboard bezel, but not in nice shape
-original base t-molding in near perfect shape, not replaced!
-original cabinet t-molding in NICE shape, not replaced!
-original coin bucket
-original backdoor lock and key
Aside from cleaning, restoration consisted of:
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-FULL rebuild on the joystick, using the premium RAM kit and an NOS upper housing. Joystick is TIGHT and has NO slop. The metal parts were cleaned of all grease and polished.
-Cabinet was cleaned with Pledge and Novus where needed.
-Installed Phoenixarcade sideart
-Completely stripped, primered, and refinished the boombox metal with RustOleum satin, then applied the PhoenixArcade overlay.
-Carefully stripped the original control panel overlay, but did NOT disturb the original black finish on the panel. Applied the PhoenixArcade CPO.
-Completely stripped, primered, and refinished the upper bezel bracket with RustOleum satin, then applied the ThisOldGame overlay.
-Replaced the old leg levelers with 6 heavy duty casters.
-Matched to the original, but damaged piece, cut a replacement front panel from 3/4" birch ply, and applied matte black Formica. I installed 3/4" blocking, everything aligned, and the panel looks bang on perfect on the game.
-Restored the coin doors, replacing the damaged one with a nice piece.
-Cut a reproduction black cardboard bezel that looks NOS.
-13w CFC bulb in boombox
-2 new coin door locks
Flaws:
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-There is some extremely slight bumpiness to the particle board in a couple of spots on the base, but it is not the typical Atari swollen cabinet. I consider this a collector quality cabinet, as it seems very slight, isolated at certain spots, and the vinyl and cabinet are in such nice shape I wouldn't think of removing the original vinyl. The top panel, back, etc are near flawless. It isn't swollen around the t-molding in general, as I've seen with a lot of Atari cabinets. The pics below show what I mean and it's barely even noticeable. I think it's just age and I wouldn't dare remove the original vinyl with the shape it's in.
I have not pulled wiring out of this, touched the boards, touched the monitor chassis, the p/s, the fan, t-molding..a lot of the game is pretty much survivor original.
The price is $1500 cash and carry. I have quite a bit of $$$ in this, not counting the front panel wood, hardware, Formica, various finishes, not to mention a ton of time. I would be glad to work with a shipper, if you do the arrangements. I'll help them load it, wrap, etc..whatever. Local pickup would be great too, would just need some heads up to get things ready. Sorry, but I am not interested in any trades, just $ for this.
Bunch of pics below, PM if seriously interested. Thanks.
Condition I bought it in:
-----------------------
-fully working
-typical sloppy joystick
-was told that the monitor chassis was repaired by Arcadecup, with a new flyback (cannot confirm, but I have no reason to think otherwise)
-monitor works great
-dusty
-front panel and one of the coin doors was damaged
-boombox overlay, CPO, ultimate overlay all yellowed (typical for this game)
-silver vinyl in near flawless original condition
What's original to this game that makes it hard to find in this condition:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-original silver vinyl, with NO tears or rips. Vinyl is in awesome condition. I would not even consider replacing it.
-original back door in near perfect shape with sheet in perfect condition
-original manual package in the plastic bag
-tube burn is very slight, if noticeable at all
-have the original cardboard bezel, but not in nice shape
-original base t-molding in near perfect shape, not replaced!
-original cabinet t-molding in NICE shape, not replaced!
-original coin bucket
-original backdoor lock and key
Aside from cleaning, restoration consisted of:
-------------------------------------------
-FULL rebuild on the joystick, using the premium RAM kit and an NOS upper housing. Joystick is TIGHT and has NO slop. The metal parts were cleaned of all grease and polished.
-Cabinet was cleaned with Pledge and Novus where needed.
-Installed Phoenixarcade sideart
-Completely stripped, primered, and refinished the boombox metal with RustOleum satin, then applied the PhoenixArcade overlay.
-Carefully stripped the original control panel overlay, but did NOT disturb the original black finish on the panel. Applied the PhoenixArcade CPO.
-Completely stripped, primered, and refinished the upper bezel bracket with RustOleum satin, then applied the ThisOldGame overlay.
-Replaced the old leg levelers with 6 heavy duty casters.
-Matched to the original, but damaged piece, cut a replacement front panel from 3/4" birch ply, and applied matte black Formica. I installed 3/4" blocking, everything aligned, and the panel looks bang on perfect on the game.
-Restored the coin doors, replacing the damaged one with a nice piece.
-Cut a reproduction black cardboard bezel that looks NOS.
-13w CFC bulb in boombox
-2 new coin door locks
Flaws:
-------
-There is some extremely slight bumpiness to the particle board in a couple of spots on the base, but it is not the typical Atari swollen cabinet. I consider this a collector quality cabinet, as it seems very slight, isolated at certain spots, and the vinyl and cabinet are in such nice shape I wouldn't think of removing the original vinyl. The top panel, back, etc are near flawless. It isn't swollen around the t-molding in general, as I've seen with a lot of Atari cabinets. The pics below show what I mean and it's barely even noticeable. I think it's just age and I wouldn't dare remove the original vinyl with the shape it's in.
I have not pulled wiring out of this, touched the boards, touched the monitor chassis, the p/s, the fan, t-molding..a lot of the game is pretty much survivor original.
The price is $1500 cash and carry. I have quite a bit of $$$ in this, not counting the front panel wood, hardware, Formica, various finishes, not to mention a ton of time. I would be glad to work with a shipper, if you do the arrangements. I'll help them load it, wrap, etc..whatever. Local pickup would be great too, would just need some heads up to get things ready. Sorry, but I am not interested in any trades, just $ for this.
Bunch of pics below, PM if seriously interested. Thanks.
