update : Releasing Worldwide 6/9 on VOD via Apple, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Fandango, and Vimeo-on-Demand. 

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Hello Brian
Glad to see you still drop by from time to time, but sad to hear that you're dealing with health issues. I hope things improve soon.
As for the collection, it's pretty much the same here. Apart from us, it's hard for a third party to properly assess the value of our collectibles, especially our cels, which are worth a lot. It's definitely wise to be proactive.
Regarding the Arcade1Up, if I do get it, it will be purely for the collection because, of course, nothing beats the Dragon's Lair experience on its dedicated cabinet. But it's true that this Arcade1Up version seems to be slowly gaining value...

Thank you, Dazza!  Glad to see you following the new life?or rather, the rebirth?of this Dragon?s Lair 2 cabinet! 

Today's small delivery... the new speakers 



Comparison with one of the two original speakers, completely destroyed 



Same diameter, same impedance?we're looking pretty good!  On location 

We continue with the marquee, or rather the absence of the glass window that protects the marquee.

Not far from my place, a shop offers glass cutting services.
The dimensions I used are 405mm x 695mm, with a thickness of 4mm.
Nice! The employee is available and offers to do the cutting in front of me.   



I opted here for simple, inexpensive 'float glass' (this will not be the case for the pane protecting the monitor).

Below, the employee has finished the cutting and is now sanding the edges of the glass to ensure safe handling.



In less than 15 minutes, the job is done. It cost me 25?, including packaging to safely bring it home.   



Did I take my measurements correctly?  We'll find out very soon...  yes 



Cool, things are moving forward 
As you can see, I'm also missing the glass window that protects the monitor. 



For this one, using 'float glass' is not an option. It needs to be tempered glass for strength and safety reasons.
Since tempered glass cannot be easily cut, I'll have to wait... one month  to receive my custom cut...

Now comes the most tedious part : removing the paint and rust from all the metal parts. 
Fortunately, I now have a new young apprentice... Darth Nuno Jr.   





 



Usual treatments to restore all these metal parts that have suffered greatly from years spent outdoors...





There you go, this is the best I could do. But as you can see, the rust has really taken hold in some spots.





That's strange, at first I thought the corner of this door was damaged   



But no, this cut is present on all four corners of this door. I've never seen such cuts on a coin door before :



Below is the piece that required the most time to work on (the grille that hides the speakers) :

For the third time in 10 years, I'm having trouble with the computer running the game! 
I'm sick of using PCs, especially since the game is now emulable on Raspberry. 
I've already completely replaced the computer once, then the graphics card, then the power supply, reinstalled Windows... In short, nothing but hassles that I no longer want in my game room. 

So I've made up my mind...I'm diving back into this arcade cabinet... It's May 1st, and Darth Nuno Jr is getting impatient.   



Fortunately, in the game room, there's plenty to keep him busy! 



So I'm now using the Raspberry to jamma Jr / Arpicade to play the game.
Many thanks to Dylon from Arpicade to provided me all the stuff needed    ...a ready easy and effective solution to play FFJr 



Back in business   



 

Thanks for your feedback. It's really great that Funworld has persevered in repairing this game and that, despite the difficulties, they continue to want to keep it running. 

You're absolutely right to make the most of it while you can, despite the technical issues.