A friend of mine knows somebody who just sold a sharehouse he bought to board employee's for a restaurant he once owned. The owner has to get rid of the house contents including the cabs. I took a ride with my friend to see. What we have is 7 different cabs and i need a ballpark figure what each is worth.
Confirmed working-
Donkey Kong
Mrs. Pacman (mini cabinet)
Not sure if working
Asteroids
Missle Command (shot trackball)
Donkey Kong 3
Defender
Joust
All the the cabs need some sort of work. Peeling molding, scuffs ect. Any help would be appreciated
Vintage arcade cabs price info needed
Vintage arcade cabs price info needed
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I'd recommend asking on rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
You might even get some offers, don't take the first quoted prices though because people will try to get in with an early lowball offer.
You might even get some offers, don't take the first quoted prices though because people will try to get in with an early lowball offer.
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Re: Vintage arcade cabs price info needed
These are rough estimates and lowballs, but are a pretty good ballpark. If the cabs have bad water damage on the bottom, knock off another $50-$100. Cabs with water damage just get parted out in the collector scene for the most part.lawnspic wrote: Donkey Kong - $400
Mrs. Pacman (mini cabinet) - $350
Asteroids - (if monitor shot, $100, working $350)
Missle Command (shot trackball)- (easy fix, $200)
Donkey Kong 3 - $100-$250 depending on work needed
Defender - $50-$300 depending on work needed
Joust - $50-300 depending on work needed
DK's go for money now since 'King of Kong' so that's an easy one to flip, if you are planing on doing that.
The trackball fix on the MC is pretty easy and cheap, even if you need the trackball circuit boards. Takes about 15 min to totally rebuild.
Unless the Asteroids is in good shape with a working monitor, I'd pass. Even black and white XY monitors are a pain to try and fix, unless you know someone.
Both the Joust and Defender would be passes as well, unless they are in good shape and working. Ther's a ton of them in the marketplace and the value isn't there anymore. Unless that's a Joust cocktail cab - then you'd have a money maker.
You might also want to try and ask over at klov.com forums. Good guys.