TallScot
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I finally got hold of a cabinet I wanted at a price I could afford. This beauty rolled (with difficulty!) into my house yesterday for the princely sum of £220. Note that the Marquee is a repro so actually has red in it!
It had a fuzzy monitor but otherwise works perfectly. Got it home and made the following observations;
Fair bit of edge damage (see pics below) but nothing unfixable
CP is unbelievably dirty, but seems to be in decent condition otherwise
T Molding is in awful state and faded to some horrible orange brown
Side art is mostly OK - probably not worth trying to replace apart from 1 bit (again see below) (EDIT - just realised the sideart RED is missing - either it has faded to transparent or was never there - how odd - still, unless I find replacement sideart cheaply - it looks fine as it is and can stay)
It was covered in dust and spiderwebs, with a few dead 8 legged friends still in the contents - easily hoovered and cleaned out
The back panel would not come undone, even with the key until I discovered that the lower section was missing and the main panel had been screwed into place through the sides to stop it falling out!
I have started fixing that already
Coin mech had been updated to new coins, but was in several bits - with wiring loose here and there - should be simple to fix
The red joystick tops are worn and discoloured - I intend to replace them sometime soon (the tops that is)
front edge damage and the faded/worn t molding
It had a fuzzy monitor but otherwise works perfectly. Got it home and made the following observations;
Fair bit of edge damage (see pics below) but nothing unfixable
CP is unbelievably dirty, but seems to be in decent condition otherwise
T Molding is in awful state and faded to some horrible orange brown
Side art is mostly OK - probably not worth trying to replace apart from 1 bit (again see below) (EDIT - just realised the sideart RED is missing - either it has faded to transparent or was never there - how odd - still, unless I find replacement sideart cheaply - it looks fine as it is and can stay)
It was covered in dust and spiderwebs, with a few dead 8 legged friends still in the contents - easily hoovered and cleaned out
The back panel would not come undone, even with the key until I discovered that the lower section was missing and the main panel had been screwed into place through the sides to stop it falling out!
Coin mech had been updated to new coins, but was in several bits - with wiring loose here and there - should be simple to fix
The red joystick tops are worn and discoloured - I intend to replace them sometime soon (the tops that is)
front edge damage and the faded/worn t molding
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