First of all Syno.....I have treated you just like any other member on this forum from the very start, despite of indeed seeing some "things" about you.
I believe in treating people alike, wether they are white, black, red, gay, fat, short, or even world record holders
This ALSO means that, like anyone else here, you might get my honest and sometimes quite direct opinion about some things....I admit I have a bad habit sometimes, and sometimes I am in "that mood"
In essence I have no problem about it if someone wants to put something on e-bay and than post about it here. But you posted about it here FIRST, in fact, you still haven't put up links here to the e-bay auctions (are they on yet ?).
My look at this forum and the arcade hobby scene in Europe maybe a little bit too idealistic.....I think we should help each other as much as possible. That doesn't mean you should stop trying to get a decent price on something you sell though !!!
Look at my Galaxian (sorry, have to mention Galaxian again
) , I mean the Bally-Midway. I bought that machine and I thought I would NEVER sell it. Who would have thought I'd find a Japanese one, not me !!!
So when I decided I had to let the B-M go, I wanted a decent price and I named it. That was even BEFORE people started to argue about it and only then I did some calculations and it turned out I made a "huge" profit of about ....75 euros's or so ? (Not counting the amount of hours put into it).
Anyway what I'm trying to say: I could have put that one on e-bay, then put a link here and see if I could max-out the price on it. But I preferred to see it go to another collector here who would love it and care about it as much as I did. And yes I DID want to get the amount I stated, which was pretty high for a Galaxian but if I wouldn't have gotten that amount it would just have stayed here, it was the amount of money I was willing to let it go for....
Now all of that doesn't need to apply in your choice so that is why I regretted posting the comment I made and said sorry.
I do still not agree with your comments about me overexposing about the Japanese Galaxian. First of all, the threat in where this machine was found was a in the business/for sale section, it was just how this machine was "discovered"....so there were postings about it there. Then I figured it would be better to have a separate thread about the restoration.
The buttons thread....mmm, well dunno why I created another separate thread for it really...I think because of the method I used to get them to look better.
Anyway, please excuse me for sharing all my experiences in getting this machine back to a nice working situation. I tend to write up a lot of stuff here, partially for my own "bookkeeping" but mostly because I hope people learn from it (like I do) and might have some use for it in their own resto's and or at least might find it entertaining or interesting to read.
Sometimes I see people post a thread about a machine showing a "before" and an "after" picture, but I always love to see all the steps how they came to that results, even if it's the "same thing" we've seen on other resto's.
It takes quite a bit of time to write up, make pics, shrink and upload them etc. etc. but I feel it's the essence of this forum. It's also why I miss Ully's threads a lot these days....
OK the most important thing: I am not ignoring your remarks about printing the silver. I have read them and they are in the back of my memory for sure !
The way I feel about restoring machines is constantly "moving". When I started I thought replacing every tiny damaged thing was the way to go. But more and more, I feel keeping things original is more important, even if there's damage. The bezel is pretty damaged for sure but I would like to see if there's a possibility to save it still. I have my doubts though.
If there is a way to do a perfect scan (see Paul's work on the Phoenix bezel) and get a perfect file that can be perfectly printed and applied to a plexi (I can provide a perfect plexi with holes drilled etc.) than I am still very much interested ! I just have't arrived in that phase of the project yet, as you've seen I've been quite busy getting a PCB to work/ learning about the Fluke 9100A.
Now I have a working PCB my next step will be looking into the harness and monitor situation.
Anyway, there is no personal vendetta against you at all in fact, I don't remember anywhere where I did before (if so please PM me with links).
Bruno sure had his criticism from my point ..... but we are still arcade friends. Alpha1 ? Mmm, no never think we had an argument, but we could survive one for sure.
Yes I know a lot of people in person here but that doesn't mean I am treating them differently.
One last thing:
If you'd know me in person you would never have made the comment about that I am being more popular than you.....that for sure is the last thing I'm after !
