Sega Astro City Cabinet

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I'm thinking of selling my Sega Astro City cab. Whats the going rate? What do these realisticly go for?

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That seems to be the only place I ever see these cabs.

I don't know why or what I'd do with it but I would like one of these cabs.
 
There was a guy out here who used to import them. He shipped them all over the US, though, so there should be some floating around all over, but, yeah, probably most of them are around here.

I traded a small utility trailer for mine. I'd expect 400-500 if I wanted to sell it. Great cabs for JAMMA board swapping. MUST have for shmups.

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That seems to be the only place I ever see these cabs.

I don't know why or what I'd do with it but I would like one of these cabs.

The hardcore Street Fighter scene seems to love these cabs. Especially the Super Turbo crowd.
 
I was thinking 6-in-1 JAMMA switch with:

SFII:CE
Xmen vs SF
XMEN COTA
Marvel vs XMEN
SF3
???
Profit?

Maybe even Survival Arts just for grins.

That and they look cool.
 
Somebody was selling these here on the boards recently as well for something like $600 with shipping... anybody remember who that was? I could never find the thread again via search and really, really wanna buy one...
 
Price depends on the monitor. If it is fitted with a tri sync, you are in luck.

Would six boards even fit in one of these?

Cool idea though.

You can fit a body inside these things.

I was thinking 6-in-1 JAMMA switch with:

SFII:CE
Xmen vs SF
XMEN COTA
Marvel vs XMEN
SF3
???
Profit?

Maybe even Survival Arts just for grins.

That and they look cool.

Might as well just go with one of the CPS2 multiboards. Don't forget Marvel Vs Capcom!
 
Somebody was selling these here on the boards recently as well for something like $600 with shipping... anybody remember who that was? I could never find the thread again via search and really, really wanna buy one...

I do believe there was big time dramas associated with that seller or that incident. Something also to do with the neo geo forums. Someone remind me, or be less lazy and search please.
 
I'm gonna guess you're in the bay area based off your location tag and being from Cali.

They are nice cabinets. I think the 500-650 is about right on the west coast. At one point these commanded 2-300 bucks more, but I feel (speculation mind you) the move away from CRTs with some of the contemporary titles is weighing in on these things. Plus no one has cash to burn these days.

There are still going to be last gen shmup and fighting game fans that will gobble this thing up though. Again...just speculation.
 
Saw your post on Craigslist, so I'm guessing you're in Moreno Valley California, not to far from where I am. :)

Nice looking cab. They are great cabs for their versatility, but yeah I'd say the price depends alot on what monitor you got and what condition it's in. The only inconvenient thing about that cab is you've got to take it apart to get it to fit through a standard size doorway.

I've seen them sell anywhere from 350-600. The New Astro City fetches a bit more (has the external speaker pods by the marquee).

You might want to post the cab over at shmups or neo-geo.com. There is a larger market for japanese "candy" cabs there.

Good luck with the sale.

Oh, I believe the seller kspiff was talking about is Kingsley of coinopstore.com. There was a big group buy fiasco over at neo geo.com A lot of customer service issues and damaged cabs. I think his username is avidcollect here. Would be worth reading over if you're considering a deal with him.
 
Saw your post on Craigslist, so I'm guessing you're in Moreno Valley California, not to far from where I am. :)

Nice looking cab. They are great cabs for their versatility, but yeah I'd say the price depends alot on what monitor you got and what condition it's in. The only inconvenient thing about that cab is you've got to take it apart to get it to fit through a standard size doorway.

I've seen them sell anywhere from 350-600. The New Astro City fetches a bit more (has the external speaker pods by the marquee).

You might want to post the cab over at shmups or neo-geo.com. There is a larger market for japanese "candy" cabs there.

Good luck with the sale.

Oh, I believe the seller kspiff was talking about is Kingsley of coinopstore.com. There was a big group buy fiasco over at neo geo.com A lot of customer service issues and damaged cabs. I think his username is avidcollect here. Would be worth reading over if you're considering a deal with him.

Yup avidcollect coinopstore.com that was it.

Something about damaged cabs, missing CPO's, missing joysticks/buttons, smoke damaged cabs etc.

If I can make some space anytime soon though one of these cabs is on the list. If I was going to do a MAME cab or a multi-board I would think these would be ideal.
 
I'm gonna guess you're in the bay area based off your location tag and being from Cali.

They are nice cabinets. I think the 500-650 is about right on the west coast. At one point these commanded 2-300 bucks more, but I feel (speculation mind you) the move away from CRTs with some of the contemporary titles is weighing in on these things. Plus no one has cash to burn these days.

There are still going to be last gen shmup and fighting game fans that will gobble this thing up though. Again...just speculation.

Your right about the 2-300 more. Back in the day I had a friend who sold a few of these for 800 each. Of course that was then. I figured these were around the 5-600 range now. I just wanted to see what other people thought. I wanted to make sure I was in the right price range.
 
i saw the pics of that bulk buy and some of those things were RUSTY beyond rusty and beat to shit.
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quote: *Straight from Japan
*Complete Control Panels - NEW CPO!
*Working Condition
*Cleaned up
*No burn in
*up front shipping charges prior to deposit

And here is what you get 2 1/2 months later then promised:

*Straight from dirty China
* Cigerette burned control panels
* Burnt in monitors
* Severly warped control panels if not broken
* Totally new higher shipping charges once ready to ship.
* Rusted all around cabs like they spent the last few years under water
* Tons of toxic dust inside the cabinets
* Wires that look like they were dipped in crisco 15 years ago.
* "Tough Shit" attitude when the crap was shipped out non working and damaged"
* Lies about shipping damage claim payouts.
 
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