I recently came in to possession of this cabinet with Gal's Panic III in it.

The body is some generic manufacturer that no longer exists in meh shape, the t-molding was poorly affixed and should be replaced, the CP has Gal's Panic II logo, the fluorescent ballast was broken, speaker needs to be replaced, etc etc etc. But! The tube is burn free, the coin doors are immaculate, power supply and PCBs are in great shape, and, well, it was kinda cheap.
I'm not much of a collector, but I have a dream of some day having a cabinet for every Soul Calibur and Tekken game with an arcade release. So, what makes the most sense here? Shine her up and try to get a good price for it? Do I sell the PCB, make a new CP and put one of the aforementioned fighters in it? Take the monitor out and save it for a better cabinet that may roll around some day? What would you do?

The body is some generic manufacturer that no longer exists in meh shape, the t-molding was poorly affixed and should be replaced, the CP has Gal's Panic II logo, the fluorescent ballast was broken, speaker needs to be replaced, etc etc etc. But! The tube is burn free, the coin doors are immaculate, power supply and PCBs are in great shape, and, well, it was kinda cheap.
I'm not much of a collector, but I have a dream of some day having a cabinet for every Soul Calibur and Tekken game with an arcade release. So, what makes the most sense here? Shine her up and try to get a good price for it? Do I sell the PCB, make a new CP and put one of the aforementioned fighters in it? Take the monitor out and save it for a better cabinet that may roll around some day? What would you do?





