Rare ESI Mini-Cade for Sale / Is it worth 10K?

[50tbrd]

RARE ESI Mini-Cade

Not mine, though I thought I'd start a discussion. You can read Oliver's very nice write-up about the Mini-Cade here. Is it worth 10K? Reminds me of the Stress Test Analyzer that was listed on Craigslist a while back. Here are photos from the Mini-Cade auction.








It is nice that this one includes a manual. One thing I noticed is that this one seems to be playing a 72 Game Multi. Doesn't mention that it's included though.

[VectorX]

I doubt it's worth that much; half, MAYBE. But I'm no expert on these things. At least things seem to be in good shape (better be!), and the keys strike me as to being especially groovy, for some reason.

[50tbrd]

I think also particularly noteworthy, is the fact that the Vectrex unit is original to a Mini-Cade as they have a sticker which covers the GCE serial sticker. That way someone can't just swap out the Vectrex if something were to happen to it.

According to the story on the Vectrex Museum's page, there were several in a warehouse. I don't have any idea about the pricing of these but I think even at 1/10th of the price, you'd have a hard time selling it.

[VectorX]

^Yeah, I'd start the auction at 2K myself (not 10!) if I had one of those, but I might not even get that much Dream on!

[gliptitude]

Well I wouldn't buy it for 1/10th of that price, even if I had the money to spare. It would be cool to have one of these but I'd rather have a custom imitation one "valued" at $500, maximum, and actually play with it. .. Better yet a totally new design. .. I'm surprised there aren't more Vectrex arcade projects out there.

How does a person even enjoy owning a $10,000 Vectrex?

[akator]

^ Agreed.