Txny Mxnrxe
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What does everyone think? Would placing the guts from one machine into a newly built cabinet affect value?
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Raises value.. if its not worth keeping in the original cab, then the original must be extremely poor. I think of it like a car... if its full of bondo, what's it really worth?
I think most would prefer a fully restored system that looks new and don't care if the parts are original as long as they look it.
For me, any game guts in a new cab are worth less than those guts in the original cab.
If you told me, "Well, it had to be done `cause the original cab was shot", I'd say kudos. But I probably still wouldn't buy the game.
*I* want original stuff, and if it comes down to patina or pretty(repro) - I choose patina. Heck, my personal DK could use some cab work, but I refuse since 1) Nobody can figure out what this friggin' candy coat was actually made of, and 2) It's all original, which means something ($) to people like me (and pook)
This is actually a easy answer....a new reproduction cabinet KILLS the collectible value of any game.
Then with that reasoning.. a new cpo kills value. Replacement of the original sideart kills the value.
Which would you rather have?
An original that looked like this:
Or transpose the insides to this cab: