Some people dont understand that sometimes you have to put them to sleep...
So most of you know I bought a broken Defender from a fellow KLOVer (and overpaid). I hoped to restore it and own a Defender once again. As luck would have it, there were simply too many problems functionally and cosmetically to make it economically salvageable. Power supply had probs, board had probs, monitor was shot and tube swapped with my Centipede, cabinet, control panel and marquee had sun and moisture damage and the bottom was starting to rot out.
Now, I am a college student with not the most money or to spend on arcade related joy. I would have loved to have tried to save it, but there was too much work that had to be done, and so little time and disposable income. I could tell it was going to become a money pit.
So I decide to part it out to help save other Defenders from the same doom. It was reasonably so. (Unlike the Centipede Cabaret that I almost junked, BUT DECIDED TO SAVE) And what do I get? I get bashed. Apparently, I "dont care about collecting" or I am "too lazy." But then again, the only games I have ever bought in working condition were my Centipede and Paperboy. All my other games have been repaired and a couple have been restored cosmetically also. Or in other words, I BOUGHT THEM BROKEN AND FIXED THEM. You dont see me parting out my partially working GORF project, do you?
Some people are too quick to bash others for their actions before they know the background of why they are doing so. I came to this site to have fun learning about fixing arcade games and wanted to get into the community of collecting and sharing knowledge and resources, not to be slammed for parting the one machine I cannot afford to repair.
So most of you know I bought a broken Defender from a fellow KLOVer (and overpaid). I hoped to restore it and own a Defender once again. As luck would have it, there were simply too many problems functionally and cosmetically to make it economically salvageable. Power supply had probs, board had probs, monitor was shot and tube swapped with my Centipede, cabinet, control panel and marquee had sun and moisture damage and the bottom was starting to rot out.
Now, I am a college student with not the most money or to spend on arcade related joy. I would have loved to have tried to save it, but there was too much work that had to be done, and so little time and disposable income. I could tell it was going to become a money pit.
So I decide to part it out to help save other Defenders from the same doom. It was reasonably so. (Unlike the Centipede Cabaret that I almost junked, BUT DECIDED TO SAVE) And what do I get? I get bashed. Apparently, I "dont care about collecting" or I am "too lazy." But then again, the only games I have ever bought in working condition were my Centipede and Paperboy. All my other games have been repaired and a couple have been restored cosmetically also. Or in other words, I BOUGHT THEM BROKEN AND FIXED THEM. You dont see me parting out my partially working GORF project, do you?
Some people are too quick to bash others for their actions before they know the background of why they are doing so. I came to this site to have fun learning about fixing arcade games and wanted to get into the community of collecting and sharing knowledge and resources, not to be slammed for parting the one machine I cannot afford to repair.


