RetroArcade.us Cocktail Arcade Game Cabinet Ready to Assemble Cabinet Kit

Not sure why others had troubles with this, but it was perfect for us. I had built a cabinet years ago and had a bad experience, so I was a bit worried about the reviews here which almost made me skip it. However, I bought it, and I am glad I did. The parts were all there with a few spares just in case, and the fit worked out wonderfully. No damaged panels, the cams all went in just fine, and the T molding went on as advertised. I would definitely buy this again.

This kit has me wishing I had just bought some lumber and built my own cabinet.Pros: I'll get back to you on this as soon as I find some.....Cons:1. Cabinet came caked in sawdust and Styrofoam bits. Spent substantial time cleaning before I could even begin assembly2. Build quality: most of the pieces came dinged/ scratched up. Pieces are made of the lowest quality fiber board the manufacturer could find. Cam system is chintzy, barely holds cabinet together. I expect the whole thing to fall apart at some point soon.3. T-molding: The grooves for the T-molding are poorly cut. Expect to spend substantial time try to pound the t-molding into place. It took me several hours, and I still couldn't get it in perfectly in a few spots.4. The top piece: the top piece of the cabinet is secured to the base with a series of 8 cams. Unfortunately, those cams are located inside of the cabinet, behind where to monitor would be. Once the monitor is mounted, you wont have access to most of these cams, and thus won't be able to secure the top piece of the cabinet.5. Rear Access Panel: This cabinet features a rear panel which can be removed to access the inside of the cabinet. However, this panel ends up being held in place by some T-molding, meaning removing it becomes a massive head-ache.6. Instructions: No instructions were provided with the cabinet. I searched their website, but could only find instructions for an older model cabinet that was quite different from the one I had. I basically had to guess how the thing went together.7. Monitor Mounting: This cabinet was not designed to be used with a monitor of any kind, apparently. There is no way to mount a monitor without substantial modification to the cabinet.

I thought this kit was fine. Everything fit together as it should and nothing was damaged on arrival. The instructions are not good, but if you are familiar with arcade electronics then this is not a problem. I'd definitely buy it again.

DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. You will be disappointed as I was.I recently purchased for a DIY arcade table.- The directions posted online do not match the materials that are provided- the material is shoddy at best, especially the trim molding, you will spend hours either trying get a good fit between the molding and the wood edges- the holes cut for the joints are not aligned and the cut holes do not provide a good enough fit with grooves. This means that none of the top and bottom pieces will align- Also when you are done and try to move the cabinet it will literally fall apart just as ours did. The bottom literally fell out of the cabinet and the top edges and top also disconnected leaving it a wood pile in my basement- Also there are no access holes or panels to install your jamma board, button and joystick connectors - there is no way you will able to turn this into a working arcade unless you completely disassemble the joystick and button assembly- There are other DIY cabinets out there and I wish I would not have wasted my time buying this one