How come Duramold type cabinets never caught on?

[Zaxxon]

It seems like a good idea to me. They would be easier and probably cheaper to make, lighter and easier to transport, less prone to damage/chipping/dents, you could mold them into all kinds of cool new designs instead of the standard wooden cab design, you could mold them in colors- no need to paint/fix the paint chips.

[Sanriostar]

Have you seen the interviews on the Williams Classics discs? The monitors would pop out due to shrinkage! While I too, like the look of Duramold, there's that issue.

[Zaxxon]

Yeah, I know that. I'm not talking about just Duramold cabs but making any cabs out of fiberglass instead of wood. It looked cool with Space War.

[Cassidy Nolen]

Space War was wood, it was Computer Space that was fiberglass. A few games were made that way (Night Driver cockpit, Space Race, a Kee Games driver (cant recall the name) and a few others).

 

There was also a Die Hard cab that was made with Duramold, IIRC.

 

Cassidy

[NovaXpress]

Fiberglass isn't cheap either.

[geosteve]

I think there were a few others kits for duramold cabs, KLOV shows an Atari Batman duramold.

 

 

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter...=B&game_id=7027