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<blockquote data-quote="SilverBalls" data-source="post: 279563" data-attributes="member: 340"><p>I can fully understand the concerns about the money side. When I built my pinball cabinet I remember trying to source secondhand pinball parts or an old cab but it wasn't easy (in Europe at least) to find any at reasonable prices. Even knackered old cabs on eBay went for a kings ransom.</p><p></p><p>In the end I ended up shellng out about 400-500$ at that time on the Virtuapin cab builders kit with coindoor, siderails, lockdown, etc plus abt 100-150$ shipping. Then the customs also stung me for about 120 euros too! It was for a full-size cabinet so could justify it more but at the time I was pretty worried about what else I could have done with that money.</p><p></p><p>I think the whole build was a about 2500 euros and thats including the a real DMD, but looking back I have no regrets now as I have made regularly use of it almost daily when I am at home. The pinball hardware lasts forever as well so won't ever break. </p><p></p><p>With these controllers they should last forever and the beauty is you can maintain them yourself easily as you built them from scratch.</p><p></p><p>Looking forward to seeing these two builds progress <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SilverBalls, post: 279563, member: 340"] I can fully understand the concerns about the money side. When I built my pinball cabinet I remember trying to source secondhand pinball parts or an old cab but it wasn't easy (in Europe at least) to find any at reasonable prices. Even knackered old cabs on eBay went for a kings ransom. In the end I ended up shellng out about 400-500$ at that time on the Virtuapin cab builders kit with coindoor, siderails, lockdown, etc plus abt 100-150$ shipping. Then the customs also stung me for about 120 euros too! It was for a full-size cabinet so could justify it more but at the time I was pretty worried about what else I could have done with that money. I think the whole build was a about 2500 euros and thats including the a real DMD, but looking back I have no regrets now as I have made regularly use of it almost daily when I am at home. The pinball hardware lasts forever as well so won't ever break. With these controllers they should last forever and the beauty is you can maintain them yourself easily as you built them from scratch. Looking forward to seeing these two builds progress :) [/QUOTE]
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