How do people feel about this ?

The more I think of the price being asked, one word comes to mind as to how I feel.

Ill. I feel ill.
 
An original in that shape "restored" could POSSIBLY command that kind of price... to the right person. A scratch built with LCD using only the original PCB? Not a chance. IMHO it's worth the price of the PCB plus the price of the LCD plus the price of the hardware used to build it plus a few extra bucks for the art and the time to build.... and that certainly doesn't add up to $3,500...

A Jaws PCB went for a hundred bucks in 2021... https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/atari-horror-games-shark-jaws-pcb.486933/#post-4303020

The LCD is maybe another hundred bucks give or take...

The wood involved is maybe another hundred give or take...

The artwork and time... MAYBE worth $500... maybe...

$800 to $900 sounds reasonable.... $1000 if you're being generous.
 
Many or most Atari, Kee, and Midway games between 1976 and 1979 run 23" ( 22" viewable ) CRTs. Motorola XM700 and M7000 series, Well Gardner 22v1001/2/3 series, and TEC TM-623 are all 23". Shark jaws is an XM-701 I believe.

Bane of my existence, burn-free tubes for these things dont exist anymore.
This is an interesting question that has always been at the back of my mind. Before the US standardized on 13" and 19" for most CRTs, I wonder if 23" was a semi-common size when black and white consumer TVs were still in high demand (1970s and prior). It does seem like a very random size in an era where most coin-op manufacturers were taking off the shelf consumer sets and cramming them into a cabinet. So, a specific tube size probably wasn't at the top of their list during the very early days. They could build a cabinet to accommodate anything, which Midway did routinely. It could also be a function of Motorola and/or Wells-Gardner getting a closeout deal on a ton of 23" tubes from Sylvania or others and decided to just run with it for the coin-op market.
 
As for the original question in the thread, this project seems odd to me. The cabinet looks fantastic. I assume a lot of planning and time went into that. The PCB is original, too. It's almost like you're closing into the finish line of a restoration, and you decide to press the easy button and give up at the very end. Yeah, black and white CRTs aren't growing on trees, but they are out there if you keep your eyes peeled, network with other collectors and such, particularly if you tell people it will be going into a cabinet like this.
 
Star Wars cockpit. 25" Amplifone.
Many Atari B&W games had 23" monitors.

Some Galaxians. Eh.
Not too shabby for 1979.

 
A lot of money for a reproduction cab and the wrong monitor. It looks great, but 3500?
 
Most I'd pay is a grand for that, honestly. Guy did a nice job with the cabinet.
I don't think Shark Jaws is worth more than 1800 dollars (and that's for one in near perfect shape). Maybe I'm wrong? I don't think so. It's a Tank II cab with a 4 way joystick and reverb tank.
 
I get that. It just seems an odd choice for a labor of love project ( why else build a Shark Jaws ? ) to stop right before the finish line.
Agreed. However, strange things can happen inside your own head.

My first scratch built cabinet was supposed to be an MVS-2-13 mini exact replica. I always wanted one and price and difficulty in finding and shipping one made them unobtainable to me.

After getting all the measurements onto timber I freaked out. Worried about someone trying to pass it off as original, worried about play height and width for 2 players, etc etc.

It ended up being what I call the MVS-1-lcd Fatboy Fraken Monster. 10cm taller and wider than a mini with an MV1B and 19" lcd I had lying around inside, because the 13" crt I had for the project looked stupid in those dimensions and I figured I would save it and the MVS 2 slot for another go at it.

You live and learn. Sold it to someone who loves that cab. Still haven't had another go at it and still have the parts planning to, but still worried about the replica angle.

A lot of money for a reproduction cab and the wrong monitor. It looks great, but 3500?
I missed the $3500 bit. I am guessing that is USD too... the most polite thing I can say is just no. I don't hate the cab but I hate it at that price.
 
Looks like this has sold but of course an asking price is not a sell-through price. Given the rarity of the title it might have sold to a museum with an endowment and the ability to write off the price, or possibly to one of the several foreign collectors who gather up bronze age titles.
 
Looks like this has sold but of course an asking price is not a sell-through price. Given the rarity of the title it might have sold to a museum with an endowment and the ability to write off the price, or possibly to one of the several foreign collectors who gather up bronze age titles.
Looks like it went to @Wekloos!
 
Excellent ! Maybe his dog bought it for him and it'll be on the market here soon at a lower price.

Those who know, know ;)
 
I bought it! Love the haters - I have spare crts sitting around and can fix that - also got it way cheaper than advertised - tossed out a fair number for what this is and he lifted the offer (probably thanks to this amazing thread!)

Couldn't wait around for an original - original board and control panel (they found the CP after the build) - maybe an original cab comes up, one day without a pcb - who knows!

if anyone knows where there may be original parts (joystick, cabinet etc) let me know!
 
Excellent ! Maybe his dog bought it for him and it'll be on the market here soon at a lower price.

Those who know, know ;)
Hahahaha just saw this - that's hilarious that you remember that - my dog accidentally bidding on a $2,000 pinball at captains auction and won - wanted to kill him!
 
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