Earlier this week, I won an ebay auction for a "XX Mission" jamma game. I bought it solely because it was in a Midway Mini cabinet . I have a fondness for that cabinet style, and wanted one with a vertical monitor - possibly for a 60-in-1. I could tell by the bezel and control panel in the auction pics that this cab had originally been a Solar Fox.
Well, finally made the two hour round trip this morning to pick it up. When I got home, I found that it had definitely been a Solar Fox mini. The cabinet tag was still stapled inside, "SFX-MINI No. 0272". Still has the original K4800 13" monitor (works, but needs a cap kit). JAMMA conversion was fairly well done - by Operator standards, that is. It needs some help to bring it up to my standards. Original AC harness is pretty much still all there. MCR harness is completely gone as is the big transformer and original power supply.
The nice surprise was when I started looking at the control panel and marquee. To convert this game, the Op had just taken cheap marble-pattern contact paper and stuck it over the cp and marquee. It pulled right off and didn't even leave any adhesive residue. What was underneath? The original cpo and marquee! The marquee is gorgeous, the bezel is in fantastic condition. The cpo is in decent condition other than missing material across the front corner.
The attached pics show what it looked like when I got it home, and what it looked like after removing the contact paper and doing a little cleaning.
Now, just what should I do with it...
Well, finally made the two hour round trip this morning to pick it up. When I got home, I found that it had definitely been a Solar Fox mini. The cabinet tag was still stapled inside, "SFX-MINI No. 0272". Still has the original K4800 13" monitor (works, but needs a cap kit). JAMMA conversion was fairly well done - by Operator standards, that is. It needs some help to bring it up to my standards. Original AC harness is pretty much still all there. MCR harness is completely gone as is the big transformer and original power supply.
The nice surprise was when I started looking at the control panel and marquee. To convert this game, the Op had just taken cheap marble-pattern contact paper and stuck it over the cp and marquee. It pulled right off and didn't even leave any adhesive residue. What was underneath? The original cpo and marquee! The marquee is gorgeous, the bezel is in fantastic condition. The cpo is in decent condition other than missing material across the front corner.
The attached pics show what it looked like when I got it home, and what it looked like after removing the contact paper and doing a little cleaning.
Now, just what should I do with it...


