Spyridon
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Just picked up a Sinistar. After I loaded it up, the guy told me that his parents purchased the game brand new and it's been in their basement ever since. I have no reason not to believe him as it shows no signs of typical arcade wear and it wasn't a selling point as he didn't even mention it until after the deal was done. In the end, I really don't care if it was HUO or not. I'm just happy to have the game.
Cell phone pics for now
Unfortunately, as we all know HUO does mean mint condition. The good news is the side art is in great shape (I was actually hoping it would be bad as that would make the decision to re-stencil it easier to do). The cab is complete and came with all the original manuals that look like they were never touched
Marquee and bezel are absolutely mint
The bad:
Game is not working, but not a big issue as it's most likely a power supply problem which is an easy fix (or at least should be)
His father was a smoker, so there are two small cigarette burns on the control panel, but no where near what I have on the Robotron I'm currently restoring.
The worse:
It was keep in a damp basement for years and did suffer some water damage on the bottom. It's much worse on one side compared to the other.
I can fix this but I'll have to decide if I mask off the artwork and repaint the black or strip it down and do a full stencil paint job
Overall very happy with the pickup
Cell phone pics for now
Unfortunately, as we all know HUO does mean mint condition. The good news is the side art is in great shape (I was actually hoping it would be bad as that would make the decision to re-stencil it easier to do). The cab is complete and came with all the original manuals that look like they were never touched
Marquee and bezel are absolutely mint
The bad:
Game is not working, but not a big issue as it's most likely a power supply problem which is an easy fix (or at least should be)
His father was a smoker, so there are two small cigarette burns on the control panel, but no where near what I have on the Robotron I'm currently restoring.
The worse:
It was keep in a damp basement for years and did suffer some water damage on the bottom. It's much worse on one side compared to the other.
I can fix this but I'll have to decide if I mask off the artwork and repaint the black or strip it down and do a full stencil paint job
Overall very happy with the pickup


