Hello from Bristol

[piccolo76]

Hello all, a new member here from Bristol. I have been buying arcade cabs since the late 90's when I first discovered ebay and the dream of owning an actual arcade machine became a reality. I have already dealt with some great members on here for repo parts. I have also learnt so much by reading through the maintenance and repair posts and have enjoyed looking through peoples' collections, so many great machines to marvel over! Such a wealth of knowledge and expertise contained within this forum, so glad that I joined. Thank you!

 

[Mr20to5]

Welcome aboard

 

[TheDaddy]

Welcome to ukvac !

Dave.

 

[Hurray Banana]

Welcome to the forum got any pics of your collection

 

[channel27]

Welcome to the forum.
What cabs have you got?

 

[kevkevkev]

Swindon here. I'll take all your mvs carts please

 

[piccolo76]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I have a few Sega cabs, always been a big fan of their games. I have 3 Naomi cabs, one was originally a Virtua tennis but is currently empty, one has SF3 3rd strike (but I have other GD roms) and one has been converted to a Monkey Ball machine. I also have a Sega Rally upright, an Outrun mini cab as well an Outrun DLX. Alas, I have no MVS games I'm afraid!

piccolo762022-10-09 22:54:43

 

[piccolo76]

I don't have many pics, I need to give that room a good clear out and take some new ones! Here are some from 2019 when I last emptied the room to paint it and hang some shelves

 

[channel27]

Now that’s just showing off…

 

[piccolo76]

It was not the intention

. My Outrun machine is no where near the condition of some of the restored ones on here. All the restorations on this forum are great, I have enjoyed reading through them.

 

[gatchamix]

Hi, and welcome - nice to meet another Bristol local!

I own some of the machines currently at the galleries (HOVG). All the Japanese stuff there at least.

Started collecting a fair bit later than you did, but have amassed quite a collection of cabs!

Very jealous of your monkey ball - mine is a bit of A state right now (tube has a dead gun, Naomi universal is very scuffed)

 

[piccolo76]

Thanks!

My Monkey Ball was a Sports Jam cab originally, the guy who owned it had it resprayed, then sold it on ebay, I had to drive to Boston to collect it. I only wanted it as it was such a clean looking cab, I had already got the kit from Japan and was looking for the perfect donor machine for it. My other Naomi cabs are quite scruffy close up. I work in town, I'll have to wander over to the galleries one lunch time to check out your cabs!