Sorry. I'm as old as you are if not older and love Space invaders. I didn't merely play it, but was formed from it... But these cash grabs trying to cash in on our nostalgia are bull! For that price, I can buy an old SI REAL arcade machine, fix it up myself and take pride in it, and resale it for more later to an actual arcade later if I wanted to. This is some bull that is going to get played one time and get set one some shelf and never get touched again. Let's be real.
Sell something cheap for $100 and people call it crap. Have something sturdier and people complain about $$$$! Ps where can you find any cabinet for three bills? 🤨 Have you looked at the cost if replacement parts lately, plus your shipping is going to be as much as the part. 😮
If you look at any high-end collectible markets in the 1:6 or 1:4 scale... this price is on par with the rest of them. A lot of people make the mistake of putting these in the home arcade category and comparing these to Arcade1ups.
I’ve got a couple of these with TMNT being my favorite thus far, and can’t wait for NBA Jam. I collect and restore full size arcades and pinballs and love having these miniatures on display with my hot toys 1/6 scale figures playing them to add to the ambiance of my game room.
These have definitely gone up in price. When i got the first Pac-man one it was around $150 i think. Now they've doubled in cost. Yikes. If i got this one, it would be for the unique back mirror replication effect they did on this. I wouldn't pay that for any of the other ones though.
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Gets to keep it, it's being shown directly to people that might buy one. Cheaper and more effective than paying an advertisement agency that will bang it out in places where the right people won't see it.
The quality and accuracy of these quarter scale cabinets far out-weigh the 1ups... 1ups are more children's toys and are crap quality, you have to replace a bunch of parts and add a riser for it to be a semi-bearable playing experience. That being said, these are 2 completely different markets. This isn't a home arcade option, it's a high-end collectible piece that just so happens to be playable.
@@CoryB_1980 Ok, sure...then I will stick with my High Quality and Accuracy New Wave Toys models at half the cost as collectibles. That would also play more than 1 game on it, like my Berserk and Frenzy model soon to come.
@@Tig3rj lol ok, good for you. I also collect all of NWT and have those same cabinets on pre-order. Most of the NWT cabinets only have 1 game with a few exceptions though... not sure why you chose that point to go with. But if you compare everything 1:1, both companies are pretty much on par with each other with quality, accuracy and price. Numskull cabinets are bigger, using more materials so naturally it would cost more. That being said, their normal sized cabinets are cheaper than the TMNT and Space Invaders cabinets due to both sets using more materials (4 player) and Space Invaders being more of specialty cabinets having different requirements. Going forward, most Numskull cabinets will be between $225-$250... where NWT retail prices are up to $170. So the cost difference to size difference ratio is pretty spot on.
@@CoryB_1980 If they are $200 that is a better price point, but I can't see this as all their cabs show sold out. I would like to get the Galaxian one. I am also seeing that Just Geek sells them and you get more for the same price over Amazon..Such in the video here he shows the Coin and from what I can see, the Amazon listing doesn't mention this. JG you get a stool with it, which makes the buy better and the sign exclusive package is where you get the cool coin and other stuff if you catch the buy before sold out.
@@CoryB_1980 NWT just release a new machine at $159 w/discount, so they're around $100-$150 less/half the price of 1:4 Arcades. I have every NWT and Space Invaders from 1:4 Arcades. They're both nice, but nothing justifies $300 for 1:4 scale. The difference in material between 1:6 and 1:4 is inconsequential. The machines are probably built for under $50. Licensing might be a bigger factor, but over $200 for 1:4 Arcades isn't justifiable to most.
Crazy idea, but I think it'd be cool if one day old arcade racing games started getting the replica cabinet treatment. Maybe not mini-cabinets, but something like the Arcade 1-Up size cabinets with a steering wheel and pedals could be cool.
Yeah... these things look super cool but there's just no way to justify spending that much unless a person is just filthy rich. Like it totally looks well built and "worth" the cost as far as the time and parts that go into it. Incredible design on the mirror screen replication. But I just wouldn't spend that much on a decoration unless I was Bezos or something lol. And at that size I'm not gonna like, sit down and actually use it and it only has one game... would purely be for aesthetics in a game room or something because for the cost you could just set up a Mister and play all the games with a proper size controller.
Why does everyone rip off the protection strip/s before powering it up! Could be faulty and needs to be sent back! Also, there is a sound issue with both of these Space Invaders arcades machines! They have since released a firmware software files for both machines which has fixed the sound issues via the USB! I have both versions and both sound fantastic now after the flash upgrades! :)
Good morning, I have a question. I bought a space invader part 2. Is it normal for the mountain part to be mounted in front of the projection part of the screen? It's frankly weird in terms of parallax. The mountain part is transparent but in front of the screen projection. THANKS
These Quarter Arcade are very unique and beautiful and expensive but that's quality. I'm not into these small arcades. Some of these companies that are producing Quarter Arcades are nice but I wish they would come out with a 3/4 size arcades. Thanks for the great video.
To all those complaining about price, you're the reasons that we have so much cheap crap. Because these manufacturers are afraid to make something good or make it locally so they have to Outsource cheap craps so you guys don't complain about something that you're never going to buy
Tell me you don’t know what the original Space Invaders II (or deluxe) cabinet looks like in person. You can emulate any of the games you listed for $0. This is not a mass market product and the point is not “playing space invaders.”
I reviewed the Part 2 unit and was disappointed-the Pepper’s Ghost Effect just doesn’t work well on it. The invaders and cannons look like they’re sliding behind a giant inkblot (which is supposed to be the background). On camera, though, it appears better.
I wish Numskull would do a cliff hanger laser disk arcade cabinet at this scale. I would pay that inflated price for it. I’ve got New Wave Toys laser disk arcade cabinets. 2 dragons lair and 2 Space Ace. They are great.
I know price is all about your own perspective that varies from person to person. These units are freaking sweet but that price is pretty close in the world of Arcade 1UP and similar devices in the market like table tops. If one of these games is your jam and you find value in them, cool. Better to have options than no options at the end of the day.
Too bad the company that makes these mini arcades couldn't sell a arcade stick with different arcade games on it. I know it would be like a Pandora's Box. But it would just be a cheaper option for people that just want several of the arcade games on a control stick to play and not just more of a display piece.
Really, you could just get a raspberry pi and pick an arcade stick of your choice. Can then get a Pi2scart and have correct resolutions on a CRT or connect to HDMI. I do this with a Neo Geo AES stick and tbh use it as much as real hardware. For emulation it’s way more accurate than a cheap device would be & cheaper.
@@Robin-ie3ns I was thinking about people that aren't a person that has the ability to do that. For me sure I would do that to try it out and figure it out just to have a portable arcade and gaming console.
I think I would rather hold out for a full size cab... but if I were to get a mini arcade like this, I think I'd want something like SmashTV, Star Wars or Dragons Lair.
New Wave Toys made a 1/6th scale Dragon's Lair cabinet that looks and plays fantastic. Their cabinets are about 12 inches tall, so a bit smaller than these 1/4 scale ones, but they're also about half the price.
It's high quality parts and hand built, and it's big to store (and pack into a pallet) and heavy to ship. Throw in an arbitrary profit margin increase because of 'inflation'. It's a $300 item. Probably would have cost $230-$250 3 years ago.
Sorry. I'm as old as you are if not older and love Space invaders. I didn't merely play it, but was formed from it... But these cash grabs trying to cash in on our nostalgia are bull! For that price, I can buy an old SI REAL arcade machine, fix it up myself and take pride in it, and resale it for more later to an actual arcade later if I wanted to. This is some bull that is going to get played one time and get set one some shelf and never get touched again. Let's be real.
Where are the $300 space invaders cabinets?
Sell something cheap for $100 and people call it crap. Have something sturdier and people complain about $$$$!
Ps where can you find any cabinet for three bills? 🤨
Have you looked at the cost if replacement parts lately, plus your shipping is going to be as much as the part. 😮
$300!!! Jesus take the wheel! 😂
That price is booboo!
If you look at any high-end collectible markets in the 1:6 or 1:4 scale... this price is on par with the rest of them. A lot of people make the mistake of putting these in the home arcade category and comparing these to Arcade1ups.
Only worth it if your an absolute super fan of the game
I’ve got a couple of these with TMNT being my favorite thus far, and can’t wait for NBA Jam. I collect and restore full size arcades and pinballs and love having these miniatures on display with my hot toys 1/6 scale figures playing them to add to the ambiance of my game room.
These have definitely gone up in price. When i got the first Pac-man one it was around $150 i think. Now they've doubled in cost. Yikes. If i got this one, it would be for the unique back mirror replication effect they did on this. I wouldn't pay that for any of the other ones though.
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300 bucks crazy 50 at most !! Who theses clowns think is buying This it’s space invaders 😜🚓🚓🚓🚓
$50? You can't even get the much smaller My Arcade Space Invaders Micro made out of cheap plactic for that price.
This the best review of this cabinet because i can see the full effects of the screen 👍
I was wondering when these companies send you this stuff to give your opinion. Do you get to keep it or send it back?
Gets to keep it, it's being shown directly to people that might buy one. Cheaper and more effective than paying an advertisement agency that will bang it out in places where the right people won't see it.
At $300 you getting close to a 1up model that would have more than 1 game.. That's if they make that particular game.
The quality and accuracy of these quarter scale cabinets far out-weigh the 1ups... 1ups are more children's toys and are crap quality, you have to replace a bunch of parts and add a riser for it to be a semi-bearable playing experience. That being said, these are 2 completely different markets. This isn't a home arcade option, it's a high-end collectible piece that just so happens to be playable.
@@CoryB_1980 Ok, sure...then I will stick with my High Quality and Accuracy New Wave Toys models at half the cost as collectibles. That would also play more than 1 game on it, like my Berserk and Frenzy model soon to come.
@@Tig3rj lol ok, good for you. I also collect all of NWT and have those same cabinets on pre-order. Most of the NWT cabinets only have 1 game with a few exceptions though... not sure why you chose that point to go with. But if you compare everything 1:1, both companies are pretty much on par with each other with quality, accuracy and price. Numskull cabinets are bigger, using more materials so naturally it would cost more. That being said, their normal sized cabinets are cheaper than the TMNT and Space Invaders cabinets due to both sets using more materials (4 player) and Space Invaders being more of specialty cabinets having different requirements. Going forward, most Numskull cabinets will be between $225-$250... where NWT retail prices are up to $170. So the cost difference to size difference ratio is pretty spot on.
@@CoryB_1980 If they are $200 that is a better price point, but I can't see this as all their cabs show sold out. I would like to get the Galaxian one. I am also seeing that Just Geek sells them and you get more for the same price over Amazon..Such in the video here he shows the Coin and from what I can see, the Amazon listing doesn't mention this. JG you get a stool with it, which makes the buy better and the sign exclusive package is where you get the cool coin and other stuff if you catch the buy before sold out.
@@CoryB_1980 NWT just release a new machine at $159 w/discount, so they're around $100-$150 less/half the price of 1:4 Arcades. I have every NWT and Space Invaders from 1:4 Arcades. They're both nice, but nothing justifies $300 for 1:4 scale. The difference in material between 1:6 and 1:4 is inconsequential. The machines are probably built for under $50. Licensing might be a bigger factor, but over $200 for 1:4 Arcades isn't justifiable to most.
Maybe its just me - but just the thought of playing with tiny controls doesnt work.
Nice BUT to expensive for me
The build quality is off the chart for this one, that is why it is $300.
With all the cheats available, they should have called it the Billy Mitchell edition 😂
Crazy idea, but I think it'd be cool if one day old arcade racing games started getting the replica cabinet treatment. Maybe not mini-cabinets, but something like the Arcade 1-Up size cabinets with a steering wheel and pedals could be cool.
I saw a video about this space invaders one, pretty amazing how accurate it is to the real machine
They smashed it
$300???? For this little thing? Nuts.
That mirrored display replication is 😮
Incredible collector piece!
Had the pacman was very cool
Yeah... these things look super cool but there's just no way to justify spending that much unless a person is just filthy rich. Like it totally looks well built and "worth" the cost as far as the time and parts that go into it. Incredible design on the mirror screen replication. But I just wouldn't spend that much on a decoration unless I was Bezos or something lol. And at that size I'm not gonna like, sit down and actually use it and it only has one game... would purely be for aesthetics in a game room or something because for the cost you could just set up a Mister and play all the games with a proper size controller.
Why does everyone rip off the protection strip/s before powering it up! Could be faulty and needs to be sent back! Also, there is a sound issue with both of these Space Invaders arcades machines! They have since released a firmware software files for both machines which has fixed the sound issues via the USB! I have both versions and both sound fantastic now after the flash upgrades! :)
for 300 no way not worth it
Good morning,
I have a question. I bought a space invader part 2. Is it normal for the mountain part to be mounted in front of the projection part of the screen? It's frankly weird in terms of parallax. The mountain part is transparent but in front of the screen projection.
THANKS
These Quarter Arcade are very unique and beautiful and expensive but that's quality. I'm not into these small arcades. Some of these companies that are producing Quarter Arcades are nice but I wish they would come out with a 3/4 size arcades. Thanks for the great video.
My eyes hurt just thinking about playing on this.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Way too expensive, way too big.
I'd love to have one of the high quality ones like this for any King of Fighters or Metal Slug.
To all those complaining about price, you're the reasons that we have so much cheap crap. Because these manufacturers are afraid to make something good or make it locally so they have to Outsource cheap craps so you guys don't complain about something that you're never going to buy
The guy in the comments saying “$50”! Dunning Kruger in full effect.
Tell me you don’t know what the original Space Invaders II (or deluxe) cabinet looks like in person.
You can emulate any of the games you listed for $0.
This is not a mass market product and the point is not “playing space invaders.”
“Cheap craps”😂
There's a difference between a fair asking price and simple greed
😂🙌🏼
I had the real cabinet in my basement but had to sell it for a song during a move. This might be good enough to fill that hole in my heart. 😢
I usually don'e care for mini-arcades, but that is neat
Honesty a Mame Arcade machine sounds like a better option.
If your goal is playing the game on the cabinet, buying this would be a pretty dumb way to go about it.
Which thing would put h d m I on it
I won't get excited about these until I X-Men arcade
Cool 😃I would like to see a “Bubble Bobble”/“Snow bros” and even a “Popeye”version of this🤗.
Bubble Bobble was done back in 2018 & is getting a re-release this year 🙂
The front top corners look a little damaged
Finally. A review from a real OG Tomb Raider fan and not some dude complaining about tank controls and wondering why the game's impact was that big.
this is not a tomb raider video
@@videostash413 hahaha I was on another video! don't know how I got here lol thanks
Nice, thanks.
I reviewed the Part 2 unit and was disappointed-the Pepper’s Ghost Effect just doesn’t work well on it. The invaders and cannons look like they’re sliding behind a giant inkblot (which is supposed to be the background). On camera, though, it appears better.
I wish Numskull would do a cliff hanger laser disk arcade cabinet at this scale. I would pay that inflated price for it. I’ve got New Wave Toys laser disk arcade cabinets. 2 dragons lair and 2 Space Ace. They are great.
i hope they do defender
I know price is all about your own perspective that varies from person to person. These units are freaking sweet but that price is pretty close in the world of Arcade 1UP and similar devices in the market like table tops. If one of these games is your jam and you find value in them, cool. Better to have options than no options at the end of the day.
Can u review other arcade machines like this
He did Ghouls'n Ghosts around September 2023. About a month before it came out which was Halloween!
That is awesome. I dig it. I wish I could afford a nice replica like that. It's cool. Thanks for the video.
Too bad the company that makes these mini arcades couldn't sell a arcade stick with different arcade games on it. I know it would be like a Pandora's Box. But it would just be a cheaper option for people that just want several of the arcade games on a control stick to play and not just more of a display piece.
Really, you could just get a raspberry pi and pick an arcade stick of your choice.
Can then get a Pi2scart and have correct resolutions on a CRT or connect to HDMI. I do this with a Neo Geo AES stick and tbh use it as much as real hardware. For emulation it’s way more accurate than a cheap device would be & cheaper.
@@Robin-ie3ns I was thinking about people that aren't a person that has the ability to do that. For me sure I would do that to try it out and figure it out just to have a portable arcade and gaming console.
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I think I would rather hold out for a full size cab... but if I were to get a mini arcade like this, I think I'd want something like SmashTV, Star Wars or Dragons Lair.
New Wave Toys made a 1/6th scale Dragon's Lair cabinet that looks and plays fantastic. Their cabinets are about 12 inches tall, so a bit smaller than these 1/4 scale ones, but they're also about half the price.
It's high quality parts and hand built, and it's big to store (and pack into a pallet) and heavy to ship. Throw in an arbitrary profit margin increase because of 'inflation'. It's a $300 item. Probably would have cost $230-$250 3 years ago.
Nope.