OK, so the guy didn't flake out, and an hour later (road trip with the kids!) and $100 poorer, i'm the proud owner of what looks to be the third of the "Galaxian Mini Type II" machines.
it has all the hallmarks of the previous two of these factory conversion galaxian minis, *but*, it's missing the tag that gives it its number (you'll see from the picture where the dust-mark is where the tag *should* be) :/. there are two green tags, one of which is labeled "Galax Mini 34" the other "Galax Mini 67", but i think those are just service tags.
guy i bought it from said he bought it from some family friends in southern arizona to convert to a MAME, but ran out of time. he said they had had it in their store since original purchase. who knows if it's true, but it might be.
it's in pretty good shape. couple of minor dings in the cabinet, a bit of peeling wood veneer on one side, and a lock that will have to have some work where it was (it just screwed right out of the front, so the lock itself is gone). the bezel is glass; a bit worn, but at least in reasonable shape. the marquee has one small crack in the lower left corner. the CPO is pretty worn, but not terrible. original WG monitor inside (haven't poked at what version).
it plays blind, though has a weird high pitched whine when you move the joystick. fire button works and you can hear the baddies getting killed. monitor has vertical collapse. i would hope that's easy to fix, relative to the monitor hell i went through with the WG4900 on my Q*bert and that i'm currently going through with the EZ20 on my DK/DK3.
so, overall, a good evening

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