Cabs that were so different or big in person that it changed your mind.

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Cabs that were so different or big in person that it changed your mind.

I'll say that a Red Tent and JAMMA Big Blue are in discussion.

I went out to look at a CL listing for a bargain Red Tent and then I passed on it once I got there in person. After a month of owning a Big Blue JAMMA cab I changed my mind and prefered the Dynamo HS5 instead.
 
Agree with red tent and big blue.

I wouldn't say I had a chance on one, but when I finally saw a PC-10 countertop in person, it's much bigger than I thought it would be. I've said it before, I can't justify owning a PC-10, but if I had a line on a cheap countertop, I'd think about it. :)

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Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat. Got it all the way home, and THEN figured out it was too tall to fit in my gameroom. Wound up having to start a completely different gameroom at my parents vacation home because of it. :)
 
Two Rush the Rock machines. One was a dedicated so it was able to split in the middle. The other was a conversion and wouldn't make it around the corner and down the steps to the basement.
Passed on them...

...Yeah right, I cut that bitch in half!


Dual Tokyo Wars remains in the garage and for sale.
 
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat. Got it all the way home, and THEN figured out it was too tall to fit in my gameroom. Wound up having to start a completely different gameroom at my parents vacation home because of it. :)


Ha, you are the third collector I have hear of having that exact problem. It is a really tall cab, isn't it?


I have a ton of space so nothing is off of the table based off of size but I will admit that my 6 player X-Men almost made me rethink that policy...
 
I started to have second thoughts about the Cruis'n USA Motion cab when I got it in the garage. I ended up keeping it though. The game itself is 4'x8', then you need to leave room for the motion. I think I could fit 4 regular sitdown racers in that space.
 
Two Rush the Rock machines. One was a dedicated so it was able to split in the middle. The other was a conversion and wouldn't make it around the corner and down the steps to the basement.
Passed on them...

...Yeah right, I cut that bitch in half!


Dual Tokyo Wars remains in the garage and for sale.

Ha, did you buy the Tokyo Wars from Dave Anderson in De Pere? I fixed that machine for him a few years ago. Sweet game, just HUGE!
 
I don't think so, I got it as part of a trade and I think he was from Merrill.
If it was from you, thanks for the POS. j/k, but it needed a bit of work.
 
The Big Blue is pretty damn massive...lol. I could not get it through my garage door with ought taking it off the mover's dolly and tipping it. The thing is so damn big and heavy it took two of us to move it, while one of us pushed up on the garage door to give it a couple extra inches of leeway.
 
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