Preference Nintendo Particle VS Plywood

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the battle begins now! i ask cause i could pick up a machine but its particle and its making me think if its even worth pursuing.
 
Dude, it's no contest. Plywood all the way, but if the particle cab is in solid shape, and it's a fabulous price, go for it.
 
it would be my first particle nintendo cab and it 100.00 but game board need works and the cab could use some touching up with bondo.
 
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plywood. hands down. the offset particle board version stinx :)

Jon
 
$100 for a complete nintendo cab that needs some work is pretty good.

but to answer your question Particle vs Plywood, definitely Plywood. It's a tough choice you got to make cause the price is decent.

my opinion would be to probably leave it. but that's just me.
 
I won't touch a Nintendo cab unless it's made of particle board. I hate the plywood cabs so bad with their dumb 9/16" thickness and their centered T-molding.
Particle board FTW!!
 
Oh I am getting it. But when I did a quick search I found some people actually prefer the particle board.
 
There's a key reason that those cabinets and Midway cabinets went from mostly plywood to mostly not. Same reason you sheath a house with OSB and not sanded plywood.
 
This is what I think of particle cabs.
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It doesn't matter... I sell molding for each! :)

Very true - this man's molding is awesome - I have 2 cabinets worth just waiting to get slapped on my cabs.

EDIT: Also, I hope nobody prefers particle over plywood. I can't even explain dude, the plywood nincabs are on another planet from particle.
Plywood > Particleboard:
Stronger
Lighter
Resists moisture a hell of a lot better and doesn't swell like particle
Does not crack, break, chip, flake, or taco into itself as easily as the particleboard variant.

It's gotten to the point where I cringe at most particleboard cabinets. I've had at least a dozen particle-board cabs and over time most of them I've had saw some sort of moisture, I have 1 now that looks like it sat in water. They get soft and chatty at the bottom.

All that said, at $100 you're getting a bargain - the board, art, and CP are worth more than that.
 
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That almost sound dirty.:D
Totally going for it subtle style-

I had started with "I love this man's junk" going for the dirty thing, then I thought someone would think I actually think I was putting down him or his product (which i wasn't, probably my happiest resto purchase, awesome molding) lol - Then I had "I love this man's stripping" - then I had "I love this man's parts" lol That's my final edit.
 
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