Beautiful red DK on eBay, but...

Wrong bezel, marquee, CPO, AND sideart in the sense that they're repros (all have the "NOA" on them).

PCB is anybody's guess. Only way to tell is the title screen.

Buttons are new, probably a new power supply too.

It's definitely beautiful, but probably the only thing original about it is the cabinet itself (if that).

The difficult thing about red DK's is that if you change, update, or replace anything, you sorta defeat the purpose of having a red DK at all. At least, that's how I see it. The four-board set, the ladder cheat, the different isolation transformer, the original, unbranded artwork, it's a package deal.

A blue can be anything, because blues came out of the factory in a number of configurations, but if if I were going to pay the sort of premium that sellers put on reds, I'd want it to be all (or at least most) original. Otherwise you might as well just paint your blue cab red!

I've never seen machines as good looking as this guy's, but I think the "newness" is what he's selling, not so much authenticity. Which is fine, because somebody out there wants a machine like that.
 
PCB is anybody's guess. Only way to tell is the title screen.

One of the pictures shows "1981 Nintendo Of America" on the title screen.

Nice catch on the bezel. How can you tell? (EDIT: oh, `cause it's a repro. Do red cab / blue cab bezels differ, though?)
 
On the original bezels, the artwork was actually on a separate material from the plexi, attached with adhesive.

But this isn't strictly a red cab/blue cab thing. Plenty of blue cabs had the old bezels.
 
I was looking at that a month ago was well, but was lucky enough to have seen a thread on here about how it was mostly noticeable reproduction art, etc. I would love a Red DK but it has to be more authentic. Especially for two grand.
 
Wrong bezel, marquee, CPO, AND sideart in the sense that they're repros (all have the "NOA" on them).

PCB is anybody's guess. Only way to tell is the title screen.

Buttons are new, probably a new power supply too.

It's definitely beautiful, but probably the only thing original about it is the cabinet itself (if that).

The difficult thing about red DK's is that if you change, update, or replace anything, you sorta defeat the purpose of having a red DK at all. At least, that's how I see it. The four-board set, the ladder cheat, the different isolation transformer, the original, unbranded artwork, it's a package deal.

A blue can be anything, because blues came out of the factory in a number of configurations, but if if I were going to pay the sort of premium that sellers put on reds, I'd want it to be all (or at least most) original. Otherwise you might as well just paint your blue cab red!

I've never seen machines as good looking as this guy's, but I think the "newness" is what he's selling, not so much authenticity. Which is fine, because somebody out there wants a machine like that.


I painted my Blue cab Reb and I have all of the repo art and a 2 board stack with D2K...however, I would never try to sell mine off as a Original Red DK or RARE.
 
I don't see an issue with that whatsoever. It is when you try to pass it off as original at a high price, issues arise. I will more than likely do the same as you. I am making plans to go to the local boneyard and pick out the nicest Nintendo cab I can find for restoration. I think I may go the red vinyl route.
 
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