klov "part out" forum section

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i'm the last person to criticize, but i have to ask... what's with all the increasing number of "part outs" of perfectly good and sometimes really nice games? money? buyers remorse? can't flip the game so flip the parts? i don't get it. i thought preservation was the goal here?
 
What saves other machines? Fairy dust? Not all is what it seems, I almost bought a pin a few weeks ago for cheap, seller actually wouldn't let me buy it after he dug into it good and found the cabinet was actually rotting underneath what looked "Nice".
 
I hate parting a machine out. But when worse comes to worse, then I have no choice. I would much rather sell a game whole for many reasons, but I cant make people buy them if there is no market for them. The arcade market obviously isnt the highest its been right now.
 
Oversaturation. In some parts of the country, you trip over games trying to get to the grocery store. Superauctions are there every 2 months or so, and everyone can get cheap stuff that they later don't need. Since it was cheap or free in the first place, there really isn't anyone willing to pay more for it, so they just strip the parts, dump the cab, and go on with life.

In other parts of the country, you can't buy a piece of shit for under $500, and finding a game is like finding Osama bin Laden. I don't part out anything. If I have something I don't want, I usually trade or give it away with everything that is in it...
 
What saves other machines? Fairy dust? Not all is what it seems, I almost bought a pin a few weeks ago for cheap, seller actually wouldn't let me buy it after he dug into it good and found the cabinet was actually rotting underneath what looked "Nice".

what should save other machines is not some dipshit parting a perfect game.

It should be someone selling one of their 5 extra boardsets. Or 7 extra power boards, etc. You catch my drift.

Those things are out there, and it is NO exaggeration.
 
there's many reasons. think of all the people that don't know how to fix games and part them out. or get ridiculous quotes to fix stuff. case in point :

my ice cold beer. missing a couple huge chunks out of the top of the left side of the cab. game would not play. was basically a parts machine, due to the fact the person i got it from was told it would cost at least $200 to fix. about $15 worth of transistors and a couple hours, including some bondo and paint, and i have a nice ice cold beer, that doesn't look 100% (will need new woodgrain) but looks pretty decent and plays great.

realistically, the repairs estimated didn't even cover the scope of all the repairs needed, and if it was a clueless person that was more of a fair weather fan as far as the hobby goes, it probably would've ended up getting parted out.

just stuff like that. not to mention games that have hard to find stuff. i had a super breakout i didn't part out but probably could've. it had a board issue, and the cab and everything else was in really good shape. luckily it went to another collector willing to spend the time and money to try and find someone to fix it. i could never find a working board, and it sat and sat in the garage taking up space where a better working game could've been.
 
I recently bought a "disassembled" [project] Daytona USA twin for a good price.
It is complete and "supposed" to be working, but it was all in pieces
and the monitor chassis are bad.

It turns out I can not keep the game, but I'll likely never
be able to sell it as is, even at a loss
(...few people can actually fit a twin racer in their house ).

The sad thing is that I can probably easily double my money by parting it out.

I'd rather sell it whole of course, but I'm not getting any bites,
and I'm paying for storage to keep it .

If anyone wants a good/complete Daytona USA twin cab project
located in OTTAWA CANADA, let me know...

Steph
 
I don't like seeing a complete working game parted out,but ultimately it is the owner's right to do with it as they please.
 
i thought preservation was the goal here?

Unless someone is parting out some Prototype cabinet that never had any others made, i'm not going to lose sleep over someone parting another Pacman or Galaga. Not everyone has the time, money, will or desire to restore a game, and moving the parts and ditching the big cabinet is alot easier. It's simple to see why people do it, and theres obviously a demand for it since they keep selling.
 
I don't like seeing a complete working game parted out,but ultimately it is the owner's right to do with it as they please.

Absolutely true. But get the fuck out of here and go hang out on kittiebeaters blog.

Unless someone is parting out some Prototype cabinet that never had any others made, i'm not going to lose sleep over someone parting another Pacman or Galaga. Not everyone has the time, money, will or desire to restore a game, and moving the parts and ditching the big cabinet is alot easier. It's simple to see why people do it, and theres obviously a demand for it since they keep selling.

There are plenty of games that over 100,000 were made I agree with this, and there are tons of repro stuff for these games as well.
 
This hole Parting out thing is Quickly Killing off Arcade cabs, and Pinball Machines Left and Right.

People should not be Hording all the games and Parting them out too make Money.

Let the People that really want the games have them and Restore them and Bring back Life too the Hobby..

Breaks my Heart too hear a Game beeing Parted Out of Gutted for Some Reason or another.

Some People might just buy a Brand New Cab too Just say they had the Game too Rebuild it!

the way things are going everything will be Long gone and Dead in 10 too 20 Years.
 
We need the parts, the market is drying up. Just check on ebay, there are less and less pcbs for big titles. I've been looking for a Killer Instinct PCB for MONTHS now, and its a 'recent' game that was very popular. Of course its a jamma era title, so the need is different, but still..

I say that in a couple of years, we might have to be resort to emulation :(
 
I have a water damaged Robotron I'm going to part out. Parts of it will go to my stargate, joust and my other Robotron. Whatevers left I hope to sell to cover my cost.

Ive been putting off the disassembly, but this weekend it's at the top of the list.
I do plan on posting pics of the cab to support my decision. But I know some will still look down on me.

Is it wrong that I bought it to part out?
 
well for me collecting bronze era game's the market has all but dried up ,the value is at a all time low, 2 years ago i was buying B+W game for $200 as a average now that same game is selling for half or less then half, i had a Smokey Joe cab i could not give away, well i went to look at it today, water damage from sitting in my shed with all the rain the roof leaked so off to the dump, the monitor is worth more to me then anything, because there are fewer and fewer monitors for sale.

I try to sell as much bronze era games to another collector to save them. there are a few bronze era game titles that still hold some value but not many Like Death Race,Pong,and Nutting,Fonz games still have value. if there is a B+W game i want i do not mind spending money, but at that there are not many games i want,i have a game on ebay cheap(under $100) not one offer, 2 years ago it would of sold it as soon as it hit e bay, so if it does not sell it is worth more in parts then whole. again i see it as what i collect in games titles, my 2 Cts.
 
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It's the economy and the unemployment rate. All about money. Guess it makes my cabinets more valuable in the process so let em. For some of us, it is about preservation. But I think were a minority. There are more flippers than there are collectors. I've known people that claimed this was their absolute favorite game and they just had to have it, the guy then gave it to him as a gift and freindly gesture. The grail item was then sold a week later for 5 games.
So it's really getting hard to tell who's someone that won't rip your game apart the minute they take possession for a short term gain.
I've read pages on those that relish in the destruction of the cabinets after they've ripped the guts out for profit. From machine gun fire radio advert stunts, self advertisement as game assasins, to motivating you to buy this from them to keep it from being destroyed, to burning for backyard fun and entertainment.
Don't count on Klov as being a soul source of collectors. But it's much better a forum than what's existed previously.
And your right about the current rate. I'd give it another 10 or 20 at the current rate of destruction and they'll be totally gone and toasted.
 
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whether this hobby is around and survives another 10-20 years is a shocking thought. it's clear that certain members here are passionate about collecting and those who are in it for god knows what reason, money, attention, competition, and what ever else. it's just good to see some collectors actually "get it" maybe i'm just too attached to the history of this golden era, i feel much better if i know a game is going to "a good home" rather than parted and destroyed. i was given a few games (and a few more to come) just because people that could no longer hold on to them knew that they would be appreciated and restored or cared for. and yes like a rescued puppy, those people come to my house and visit their fostered games! that's what i'm about.
 
The bad economy is a valid reason but not the only one for the decline in arcade values, age is also playing a part here guys. We now live in a world of instant gratification and i can guarantee that your kids or friends kids aren't gonna be picking up this hobby where you left off. College expenses, lack of time, THIS FORUM and other personal issues will not be resolved quick enough to allow this hobby to sustain itself beyond another 8-10 years.

Parting games has been going on since the first ones rolled off the assembly line and there's still plenty of junk out there that nobody wants as a whole. Spend a few minutes and think of all the price policeing that has gone on here and you'll never again have to ask why people are scrapping games left and right. We/you have ultimately priced ourselves to the point of no other choice on hundreds of game titles.

Over the past couple weeks, i've been looking at alot of for sale threads and the amount of people here using the "wish i had the money" statement is staggering. How in the hell are you gonna find the funds to keep your hobby alive? Are you guys the supposed future that many of us hoped for? If all i have to look forward to are complaints of having no money and that my $150 asking price for a complete game in great shape/working order is too high, i'll keep on scrapping. If i'm lucky, i'll eliminate enough titles and force a supply and demand crisis which at this point is the only hope of keeping some value here.

With that, i have 12 complete games that are all headed for the scrap pile. Most of these don't work and according to the KLOV price guide i've been able to easily conclude that these will be far better off in pieces.
 
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the person i got it from was told it would cost at least $200 to fix. about $15 worth of transistors and a couple hours, including some bondo and paint, and i have a nice ice cold beer, that doesn't look 100% (will need new woodgrain) but looks pretty decent and plays great.

realistically, the repairs estimated didn't even cover the scope of all the repairs needed, and if it was a clueless person that was more of a fair weather fan as far as the hobby goes, it probably would've ended up getting parted out

If you couldn't have done it yourself and had to pay someone else to do it for you (labor), it WOULD have cost the $200 probably...
 
If you couldn't have done it yourself and had to pay someone else to do it for you (labor), it WOULD have cost the $200 probably...

Yep in my Tempest troubleshooting research, there was a guy who paid 10 bux in parts for a game repair, and 90 for 1 hr of labor.
 
I have a water damaged Robotron I'm going to part out. Parts of it will go to my stargate, joust and my other Robotron. Whatevers left I hope to sell to cover my cost.

Ive been putting off the disassembly, but this weekend it's at the top of the list.
I do plan on posting pics of the cab to support my decision. But I know some will still look down on me.

Is it wrong that I bought it to part out?

This isn't the non-working one from the auction is it?
 
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