Arcade 1up

[The Mighty Ash]

 

[Down by Law]

11 minutes ago, Swainy said:

They’ve been the UK Distributor since day 1 and appear to be useless or are simply restricted by licensing as only a handful of games have been released over here and cost top whack.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

boo sambro.

 

booooooooooooooooooooo 

[Mr Combo Breaker]

slightly worrying they are launching the thing without any images of the actual unit, just a dodgy render

[ontwofronts]

I’ve got the SF2 cabinet, it was in offer on Amazon for £225 and you can’t fault it at that price, though I did buy the riser alongside it.

 

I’m well up for Out Run, Christ knows where I’d put it though 

[Lorfarius]

On 05/11/2020 at 14:32, Mr Combo Breaker said:

slightly worrying they are launching the thing without any images of the actual unit, just a dodgy render

 

Happens with all sorts of products though?

[gizmo1990]

Loads of new ones coming out it seems. Couldn't find an official video though.

 

 

[Down by Law]

I've give up waiting on these. Still no sign of Golden Axe here a year later so I doubt it will leave the US. Right shithouse. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Zio]

My local Costco has the older Pac Man and Mortal Kombat cabinets in stock, but there's no sign of them getting any of the newer ones in.

 

[AceGrace]

Oh god. I would have the Killer Instinct one in a heartbeat but I doubt we'll even see them in the UK.

[strider]

7 minutes ago, AceGrace said:

Oh god. I would have the Killer Instinct one in a heartbeat but I doubt we'll even see them in the UK.

yeah it's very frustrating that we don't get them here. They clearly feel there isn't a market for it, which is a pity.

[phresh]

The main problem in the UK is that our houses, on average, are half the size of the US (or something like that). I'm guessing shipping and duty probably don't help.

 

There was a guy on ukvac importing them though, maybe check this thread;

 

http://www.ukvac.com/forum/new-arcade1up-uk-supplier_topic377039_page7.html

[gizmo1990]

Personally I’m inclined to think it’s a mixture of shipping/customs charges and the relatively small market. Over the last 5 years or so (maybe longer?) US postal charges seem to be insanely expensive. I don’t know what caused the change but they’ve been eye wateringly high.

[Dudley]

Part of it is there used to be an agreement between the USPS and Royal Mail essentially to "just handle" anything from each other's country that arrived.

 

That expired, thanks of course to Trump, in 2018 and there were further huge hikes because of it this year.  I used to swap food parcels with a friend in the US and now it's just too expensive to justify.

 

https://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/ne-US-Mailing-Price-Rises-July-1

[gizmo1990]

Ahh, that's interesting thanks. It coincides with how I perceived changes to have happened. They've definitely increased prior to man baby's influence too though. I don't know how they expect the rest of the world to buy goods from them, but hey ho.. U-S-A!

[Lorfarius]

I've been ordering a lot from the US this past year and the prices towards the end of last were ridiculous.

[Down by Law]

I'm the opposite and sent a lot of things to the US and it's no exaggeration to say shipping prices to the US have almost doubled over the last 12 months. A small parcel just under 2Kg costs £30.45 by standard airmail (not even tracked and signed) to send whereas last year it was about £17

[gizmo1990]

Where were you quoted that price? Going by Royal Mails click and drop service here a 2 kg parcel to the states works out at £12.95?

[Down by Law]

Dup. Post 

[Down by Law]

1 hour ago, gizmo1990 said:

Where were you quoted that price? Going by Royal Mails click and drop service here a 2 kg parcel to the states works out at £12.95?

 

https://www.royalmail.com/price-finder

 

That's economy. 42 days with no tracking and £20 insurance 

 

International standard is £30.45 (6-7 days) 

[loathsomeleopard]

Yeesh. So EB Games here in Australia has announced they'll be selling some of the Arcade 1 Up Cabinets from March -- NBA Jam, Marvel Vs Capcom and Big Buck Hunter specifically.

 

I was curious to see what kind of price premium they might be charging so I looked it up. US list price for the Marvel Vs one is around $499, which after currency conversion should be around $620 or so in Aussie dollars. Add in tax (often not mentioned in US prices) and that should be around $700 or so. Maybe $750 to allow retail markup/shipping etc.

 

Nope. If you're keen/stupid, they'll sell you one... for $1,195.

 

I do like arcade games, but I think I'll pass.