How many cabs have been imported from US so far?
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Printed Date: 21 Jan 2021 at 11:51am
Topic: How many cabs have been imported from US so far?
Posted By: giantkeeling
Subject: How many cabs have been imported from US so far?
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 4:38pm
| And does it piss off US collectors? I've not yet imported a cab from the US, but i have bought 2 games that have been imported by other people. I think it's great that so many classic arcade games are being bought over, but it must be annoying to some US collectors. |
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Posted By: r-type
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 4:51pm
| I think they're starting to realise they are worth more over here if anything. Prices appear to have been creeping up. |
Posted By: Bobbdobalina
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 5:21pm
| I think the advantage of importing from the US is availability. Vast majority don’t work out any cheaper. |
Posted By: sosfx
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 5:43pm
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Posted By: Velyks
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 5:47pm
| I'd say at least 5, maybe even 6! |
Posted By: Sbdesign
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 5:58pm
there is 7 I know of, so I think the numbers will be in the 10's if not the 20's! ------------- What to buy? what to sell? |
Velyks wrote:Posted By: Nintendo Arcade
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 5:59pm
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I don’t see why US collectors would be angry at us buying cabs from the USA ? They’ve been buying our antiquities for decades. ------------- Nintendo Arcade |
Posted By: giantkeeling
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 6:04pm
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Posted By: brevald_dk
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 7:11pm
| Some of them make quite a profit on it, funding their own collections |
Posted By: Mark H
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 7:44pm
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2 out of my 4 cabs are from US (Tempest & Centipede cabarets). Some people prefer them as many come from states where the weather tends to be dryer than the UK so cabs in better overall condition... ------------- "The Future Is Now" |
Posted By: funhouse
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 7:49pm
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I'd guess it is into the thousands.
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Posted By: bonehead
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2021 at 7:55pm
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Must be thousands. I have had over 40 so far from USA over time. ------------- Wanted.,Qbert machine working or project. |
Posted By: Pinge
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 9:16pm
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Of my games twelve are imported from U.S by me or by the one I got the game from. And I have sold two.. I have also shipped one game over so I would say we are even :D
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Posted By: ataridude74
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 9:21pm
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None by me after a bad experience, never again. Although I do have one on quarters which must have been brought over several years ago. ------------- Living in the Bronze Age |
Posted By: Finisterre
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 12:22am
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Probably makes us no madder thank me scooping up rare UK cabs and importing them here to US. =] You gotta have a good broker and courier on both ends. This is not for the faint of heart.
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Posted By: namfreak
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:29am
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I'd guess that with the vast numbers of arcade machines that were just put in storage in the US and with the relatively tiny number of global collectors in comparison - a few machines coming to the UK won't even scratch the surface of US stocks |
Posted By: DanP
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:56am
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In reality machines have been imported from the US to Europe for years, it's just got a lot easier for the average guy to do thanks to the end to end services offered by James, Fatsgt, Pobster and others. Some of my cabs which I've had for donkeys years had US coin mechs and I got them long before importing was a thing. I think the US guys are aware that an increasing number of cabs are leaving for Europe and usually for very good (relatively) money which puts some cabs out of the US collectors reach. That said, there are so many cabs still around and even on site in the US that there isn't really any shortage as yet. It's maybe a slight annoyance rather than a problem to them imo. ------------- https://ukvac.slack.com" rel="nofollow - #slack |
Posted By: patloz
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 1:17pm
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I agree there is hardly a saving to be had anymore by importing, my first few cabs from the US were cheaper than the UK but now they are all bang on UK money when you add all the transport in and the risk of importing is obviously far higher as you cant send it back and they can get battered in the container. The only reason to import now is to get what you want in a timescale you want it and they do tend to be in overall a nicer condition than UK cabs with far less being previously "restored". If you want a specific cab in the UK now its a real waiting game which can some times expand into years for one to come up for sale and I'm not one for waiting so importing is the answer. |
Posted By: jase38
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 2:46pm
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Just two for me - Donkey Kong and Tron. The main factor for me was availability, these cabs just never showed up for sale in the UK at the time. It is a bit unnerving when you see pics of cabs rammed in a container with virtually no protection. However like many others I used Ken / Fatsgt, and he wraps the cabs really well. I couldn't fault the service to be fair. ------------- http://planetharriers.blogspot.co.uk" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Nilyash
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 9:21pm
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The lack of a good secondhand market in the UK has driven many to import cabs!! and I think it has kept the prices down. I must be on my 10th import cab and it allows me to get cabs that I just have not seen over here for 10+ years at a reasonable price. N ------------- Looking for: Anything Firefox cab related, Reactor parts. |
Posted By: Arcadehub86
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2021 at 12:43pm
| Well I know 87 are arriving in the UK by end of feb. Must be hundreds by now |
Posted By: ZeroSum
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2021 at 12:44pm
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