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  • Brand New EM Cabinets for restoration idea?

    From brescia1959@brescia1959@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, May 29, 2020 06:41:18
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    Has anyone built bare em cabinets for the most common Gottliebs ? I was wondering if there would be a market for " ready to swap boxes" parts into a new cabinet? Let's say the most common Wedgeheads and 4 players from the 1970s. Good idea or bad?

    Andy B.
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  • From yvesvidal@yvesvidal@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, May 29, 2020 08:34:52
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    On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 9:41:24 AM UTC-4, bresc...@gmail.com wrote:
    Has anyone built bare em cabinets for the most common Gottliebs ? I was wondering if there would be a market for " ready to swap boxes" parts into a new cabinet? Let's say the most common Wedgeheads and 4 players from the 1970s. Good idea or bad?

    Andy B.
    That would be a good thing to have. However, when you put the economic reality of building these complex cabinets for a market which is in full honesty, small and dwindling, I am not sure it would be a viable option. Would you be ready to pay $1000-1500 for a nice cabinet and then spend time painting it? In addition, Pinball Pimp would have to design stencils for these rare and specific titles.
    I think the swap box approach would be great for some rare and precious titles, but I doubt it can be done economically.
    Yves
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  • From brescia1959@brescia1959@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, May 29, 2020 14:39:24
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    On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 9:41:24 AM UTC-4, bresc...@gmail.com wrote:
    Has anyone built bare em cabinets for the most common Gottliebs ? I was wondering if there would be a market for " ready to swap boxes" parts into a new cabinet? Let's say the most common Wedgeheads and 4 players from the 1970s. Good idea or bad?

    Andy B.

    It would have to done at half those prices and I agree, dwindling market. It would almost have to be a per order already painted and ready to swap.
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  • From Paul@pefjr@comcast.net to rec.games.pinball on Saturday, May 30, 2020 23:22:10
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    On 5/29/2020 5:39 PM, brescia1959@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 9:41:24 AM UTC-4, bresc...@gmail.com wrote:
    Has anyone built bare em cabinets for the most common Gottliebs ? I was wondering if there would be a market for " ready to swap boxes" parts into a new cabinet? Let's say the most common Wedgeheads and 4 players from the 1970s. Good idea or bad?

    Andy B.

    It would have to done at half those prices and I agree, dwindling market. It would almost have to be a per order already painted and ready to swap.


    Dwindling market? Last I saw pinflation has ran over into any of the
    popular EM titles.
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