phineas foo
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OK, I thought about doing repro duramold williams cabinets and it hit me... I dont want to de-value the originals which are damn near impossible to find. I dont want people, not anyone here, but others out there to try to pass them off as originals.
I spoke to a local buddy and he was intrigued. What about a duramold style cabaret cabinet? The material would be formed ABS plastic in .125 and would be bullet proof. I would make sure it was ready to accept a 19" monitor and would have coin doors like the original and also the main kicker:
Where the name williams was on the original, I would make this part of the mold modular so I could swap in different names such as: Midway, Nintendo, Atari, Taito, SNK, or neo geo, Sega, etc... The possbilities are endless. Also I would be offerig them in both white and black ABS. The white can be painted to match anything.
The main huge deal is this. Shipping.. These could be sent fed ex and they would cost almost a pittance to ship.. Very light weight.
I am going to do a metal mock up for the molds and see where we are. I know people will want plastic already in certain colors but the truth is that each color costs $3000 to get custom run unless it is white or black.. those are industry standards.
So the question is this: Would you be interested in a duramold Mini/Cabaret?
Ideas and thoughts also welcome!
PF
I spoke to a local buddy and he was intrigued. What about a duramold style cabaret cabinet? The material would be formed ABS plastic in .125 and would be bullet proof. I would make sure it was ready to accept a 19" monitor and would have coin doors like the original and also the main kicker:
Where the name williams was on the original, I would make this part of the mold modular so I could swap in different names such as: Midway, Nintendo, Atari, Taito, SNK, or neo geo, Sega, etc... The possbilities are endless. Also I would be offerig them in both white and black ABS. The white can be painted to match anything.
The main huge deal is this. Shipping.. These could be sent fed ex and they would cost almost a pittance to ship.. Very light weight.
I am going to do a metal mock up for the molds and see where we are. I know people will want plastic already in certain colors but the truth is that each color costs $3000 to get custom run unless it is white or black.. those are industry standards.
So the question is this: Would you be interested in a duramold Mini/Cabaret?
Ideas and thoughts also welcome!
PF


