butters4life Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Hey all, After being out of the game for a while, I am working on restoring my Taito Egret 2.It still works nicely but has a bunch of cosmetic damage, scratches, dings, peeled art etc and is missing its marquee. Looking around online there are a few people doing repros of the art etc but they are all overseas that I've found and the shipping is ridiculous due to the state of the world. I am wondering if there is anyone locally doing these (long shot I know), if not, is there anyone generally recommended for artwork in Aus? Thanks. PS apologies if this is in the wrong place, it's been a while since I've been active and I had a look around and this seemed the best place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlee Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 How deep is your pockets ?😂 I have all the stuff you need in original and repo plus a Rotational mechanism too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters4life Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 This sounds dangerous. TBH I don't know market value on much stuff for an Egret these days (it has had to live in the garage under a sheet for 6 years :( ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlee Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Illuminate marquee repo $600 original $800 Repo side art $150 Repo control panel populated $200 plus Original Egret2 fetches $3k plus these days. Is it worth fixing or sell it as is ? You can still fetch a minimum of $1500 plus as is if you decide to sell it. Last Egret2 I sold locally in mint condition all original was $3.3k in Vic😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters4life Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Wow definitely some inflation since I bought mine way back for $400. I'm more interested in restoring it than selling it I think at least at this point since the only issues are really sticker-related (and the clear artwork marquee). I recently redid the CP (changed out 2L4B to 2L6B), swapped out the tube in the top, and cleaned up the rest. Having said all that, I am tempted to switch over to an Astro purely for ease of parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlee Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Even Astro city gone up in prices 😉.No more cheap Astro’s🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters4life Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Yeah sadly long gone are the days of trucks of them just showing up. Still, parts seem thicker on the ground than for an Egret. I finally have a games room now though in the new place so it can take its rightful place. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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