FS Arcade machine exporting from Japan || COSMO-LOGI LLC.

Love the sticker on the Net City bezel. Where is that from?

The cabs with those stickers came from an onsen resort (大江戸温泉物語) that had a free play retro game area for a few years. Whoever installed them at the time must have done a pretty thorough job because most of the machines were very thoroughly cleaned out both internally and externally, but unfortunately some of their cabinets were either set up with free play on ancient games with no attract mode or credit buttons resulting in painfully bad monitor burn over time. Some were lucky and did not suffer that fate, but I've been swapping in monitors into the badly burned cabs as availability permits over time since they are quire nice compared to what you normally see nowadays otherwise.

Just wanted to say how happy I was with my two dealings (5 machines) with Cosmo-logi. Zach and Kevin went out of their way to help me get exactly what I was after. Only people I will buy from going forward.

nem said:

That's because there's a market for them in the US. They don't sell in Europe. Ask me how I know.

You guys had Joel at Japanarama:

https://www.instagram.com/japanarama_uk/

He folded, because there's no money to be made.

Your best bet is asking FreePlayCity or other UK arcades that have Japanese arcade machines and see if they have any incoming containers.

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some die, some stop, some are fed up of maniac condition nos pristine boring buyers, some got irs taxes, ... apart rklok for europe, some others in france continue to sell, the most advertising (proof in HFS Evreux last month) is https://www.tenzenarcade.com/

For the sake of respecting the thread is for this specific distributor, can we keep discussion of other distributors out of this thread? Seems rude to have the discussion drift into who else offers what when there is overlap in offerings/jurisdictions serviced.

It's nice to hear some feedback on actual purchases. Thanks for sharing!

Del

I forgot to include some photos

Another container is on the water! Or uh...at least it's left our office and is hopefully already at the port. Estimated arrival in Seattle is July 31st according to the carrier. We somehow ended up with about a half extra row of space at the front of the container due to an inaccuracy in our SketchUp planning diagram, so we put an extra Vewlix F, C, and L in the container. It was a total last minute decision to put them in so I don't have any photos of them on hand (although I might if I look back to when we received them) but I didn't want to waste the space; if you're interested at all in any of those feel free to let me know. Other than that, all games on the container are already sold!

I'm not sure what our next container plans will be for now; currently there are about 4 or 5 different directions we could go in that have already had some interest expressed. Some items that are very likely to be available are 4-5 fully restored Aero Cities, as well as many Vewlixes of all kinds and APM3s with ALLS UX PCBs. There are also likely to be some Astros with medium levels of burn that have good picture quality outside of the burn, and possibly some Blasts as well. There might be one or two NNCs available pending me making sure there are reliable chassis to pair with our remaining good tubes. We can also buy any large or current games that people have interest in from Japanese distributors or other private sales, so please feel free to ask if there is anything we can help you find.

So far all 3 of our containers have gone to US destinations, but with an apparent tariff impasse resulting in 24% tariffs due on anything sent there after a week from now, we're actively considering our options with regards to sending to the UK or elsewhere in Europe in the near future. We'll be travelling to Seattle at the end of July to meet the arriving container and then deliver some games down the west coast, but after that we will be back in Japan and getting underway on whatever our next shipment ends up being. If you are interested in buying a significant portion of a future container (10+ machines, or roughly 1/4th of a container) and want us to ship to your country, definitely let me know as hearing that from even a couple of people may greatly sway our decision making process!

For anyone waiting on invoices or similar communication at the moment, rest assured that we will get back to you imminently. Zach and I were both a bit under the weather the last couple days before the loadout and are only just recovering now, but things will keep moving along nonetheless. Also, as always, thanks to all of our customers and those who have (hopefully wisely!) chosen to put their faith and money in our ability to deliver with our company. It makes me very happy to be able to keep as many machines as we can in operation and use by people who care about them.

If you’re seriously considering the UK, it’s definitely worth a post on UKVAC, and more Arcade Otaku (the latter is a better audience for what you offer).
I’m confident there would be enough interest to fill a container.

I know I’ve spoken briefly to one of you guys before, but if the UK container goes ahead I’m very much in the market for an SNK New Candy. (Grail being the 25 with the blue and pink marquee and a rotate mech)
Beggars can’t be choosers.

I'm interested in cocktail tables, that's my jam. Can you all help me out with that?

It's definitely something we can help out with. Availability is not really that great but they do come up and we have no problem working on them. Feel free to shoot either Zach or I a DM or hit us up on our Discord!

Also, on a completely unrelated note it looks like UKVAC will not allow us to post an interest check (or actually anything at all, as they have not approved any of my posts) for a potential UK container. I don't know if they consider it as a type of advertising they don't want or what, but I have seen similar posts on their marketplace section so not sure what the deal is. It seems like there is no way for me to contact the admins to find out why, so I'll post on AO and in the meantime I would encourage anyone who is interested in a UK container happening to not only contact us on here or our Discord but also to spread the word to anyone else who might be interested and have them reach out to us as well. If there is sufficient interest and a path to someone actually receiving the shipment, we could get going right away and have it sent within 2 months.

The tariff situation with the US is of course still in flux but based on the latest information I have received from freight-related people, I feel fairly confident in saying that we will be able to continue selling to the US without enormous price increases.

It looks like the UK container will be going forward! Some games have already been sold so we are now committed to sending a container to London. Timing wise, I would expect us to be sending out around mid-end September but it could be slightly earlier as well depending on what ends up going in. Domestic shipping should be available in the UK from London; I'll provide more details on that when we have them.

Pricing is going to vary by individual machine, but some things that are going to be available to send:

- Aero City 1x
- Astro City 6?x
- New Astro City 4?x
- Astro City 2 1x
- Blast City 2-4?x (possibly one or two dead monitor cabs very cheap as well)
- New Net City 1-2x
- Vewlix F/C/L/Diamond Blue/Diamond Orange (many of all except Orange)
- Namco Noir (1080p blue version) 2x
- APM3 with ALLS UX
- Beatmania IIDX old cabinet (1st/2nd gen, Epolis/Pinky Crush upgrade PC included)
- Pop'n Music old green cabinet
- Ongeki
- Chunithm Gold/Silver
- Sound Voltex Valkyrie Model
- Maimai DX

When machines are ready to sell we will post up product pages on our site (and post details here too) along with pricing.

We can also inquire with distributors about most current games as well. A waiting list appears to be forming for this container for some current music games, but we can also look into driving games and prize games if there is interest.

Great news!

I’ll be feverishly refreshing the thread and your site in the hope of an SNK New Candy, or an Irem Madonna…

Don’t worry, I’m not holding my breath, but a bloke can dream, right?

Hey - just wanted to chime in here. Got my Neo Candy 29 from these guys a few months back - arrived here safely, in incredible condition, and still going strong! Seriously - absolutely immaculate condition and they went the extra mile and recapped the monitor chassis for me before shipping. If anyone is on the fence, these guys are the real deal.

Check my insta feed (linked in my signature) - plenty of pics and some videos.

@yagamikun we happened across your instagram video the other day! Great to see the machine made it to its new home. Thank you for the positive feedback.

@ChrisBEANS the various types of neo candy and the madonna are both certainly hard to come by, but stay tuned... it's not out of the question.

Our (3rd) container has showed up and been unloaded in Seattle! It seems like everything made it safely and there were no customs problems. I'll be in touch with people shortly about handling the domestic side deliveries.

We are gearing up to send out to the US again as well as to the UK, with a couple machines already presold onto each shipment. If you're in either region and want to know what we may be able to include for you, I'm copying an overview Kevin wrote up of what we have to offer at present:

NOTE: Prices do not include shipping or tariffs/VAT. Expect 15% on machine price to the US, and normal VAT to the UK. Logistics to the US should be around $300 for a CRT cab and $150 for a Vewlix size cab to Seattle with current quotes, and $120 / $60 to London, although there may be some small extra handling fees on the receipt end for London.

• New Net City (very low burn, extremely sharp and bright, good body condition): $2200-$2300, may have 3-4 available
• New Net City (more burn, but only visible at all on full white screen, extremely sharp and bright, good body condition): $1200-1600 depending on specific cabinet details, maybe 3-4 available
• Astro City or New Astro City with MS8 monitor (very low or no visible burn without UV light, very sharp and bright, fully recapped chassis, mostly good cabinet gel coat condition with small scrapes on sides or back): $2000, 1-2 available
• Astro City or New Astro City with MS8 monitor (more burn, but mostly only visible on full white screen, very sharp and bright, fully recapped chassis, decent cabinet condition with no cracks but average scrapes etc): $1200-1600 depending on exact cabinet / monitor combination
• Astro City or New Astro City with MS9 monitors (very low or no visible burn without UV light, very sharp and bright, fully recapped chassis, mostly good cabinet gel coat condition with small scrapes): $2200, but monitors may be spoken for as swap-ins for a customer who bought monitorless machines from us.
• Astro City or New Astro City with MS9 monitors (more burn, but mostly only visible on full white screen, very bright and sharp with a long remaining tube life as is usual with the MS9, fully recapped chassis): $1300-1700 depending on exact cabinet / monitor combination
• Blast City (recapped MS-2931 auto switching chassis on 2930 tube/yoke, very low burn, bright and sharp; anti static coating is disintegrating as is common with these tubes now, can polish off for you if desired): $1400-1600, multiple good condition cabinets from a non smoking venue to place this monitor into
• Blast City (more burn, good brightness / sharpness, standard Blast City bad corner convergence, MS2930 or 2931 chassis, good condition cabinet body from a long time non smoking venue): $1000-1500 depending on cabinet, 3-4 available
• New VS City (can swap a variety of Blast monitors in): $2,800-3,200 depending on how good the monitors are, one available
• Net City (MS-2933 monitor, some burn but again, only really visible on full white screen, bright and sharp, good cabinet body condition): $1600, one available
• Vewlix F and FC (overall good condition, monitor is functional original 2008 era 720p F/FC monitor and should probably be swapped if you want something more modern / bright): $950-1200 depending on monitor condition / body condition, mostly nearer $1200, ~10 available
• Namco Grigio: $1,100, one available
• Namco Noir Blue (1080p): $800-900, 2 available
• Sega APM3 (Sega cab with modern and good 1080p touchscreen monitor, many good condition ones still available, includes APM3-spec ALLS UX PCB but can run any JVS games): $1000-1200 depending on condition, ~8 available

There is more available on top of all of this as well but details will come after games arrive at our office.

If anyone's still on the fence allow me to confirm that yes, the deals are real! Finally picked up my Vewlix Diamond from the recent Seattle container last weekend. Looks great, haven't had the chance to start messing around with it but it turns on just fine! Even including tariffs and shipping this was way cheaper than what I've seen other people pay. Very excited to mod the heck out of this thing and I hope to document the entire process.

I hadn't posted these yet due to an undisclosed issue I had with the Seattle<->Toronto shipping company but these arrived earlier in the month. As with any 20+ year old item, they're not perfect but VERY close. Aside from a couple of scuffs & a quick wipe down, these arrived looking pretty! The unloved one in the garage needed some work done but resurrected it with the help of @twon.

Big thanks to Kevin & Zack for getting them shoreside and Chris @ Hadouken for the final leg of the trip.