FS Arcade machine exporting from Japan || COSMO-LOGI LLC.
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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.
JohnRambo'sKnife
Champion
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.
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/
JohnRambo'sKnife
Champion
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.
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DelsArcade
Enthusiast
It's nice to hear some feedback on actual purchases. Thanks for sharing!
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JohnRambo'sKnife
Champion
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.
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.
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ChrisBEANS
Professional
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 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.
LearyCastro
Student
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.
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.