coliver80 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 So my wife loves Atari and has quite the collection. She has a Woody.. a Darth Vader and a JR. All of which I've made my own AV board and modded all three. She's been looking for a 5200 or a 7800 for a few years now so for Xmas I decided to get her a 7800 (she already has several game for it). I ordered it from California shipped UPS. Well it came in with the top part of the case broken in about 12 pieces. Ive tested the unit and it still works.. but UPS will not cover it wasn't insured. So does anyone out there have a good top case piece they would be willing to sell that I could get in time for Xmas??? Thanks for reading!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellis Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 So my wife loves Atari and has quite the collection. She has a Woody.. a Darth Vader and a JR. All of which I've made my own AV board and modded all three. She's been looking for a 5200 or a 7800 for a few years now so for Xmas I decided to get her a 7800 (she already has several game for it). I ordered it from California shipped UPS. Well it came in with the top part of the case broken in about 12 pieces. Ive tested the unit and it still works.. but UPS will not cover it wasn't insured. So does anyone out there have a good top case piece they would be willing to sell that I could get in time for Xmas??? Thanks for reading!! Sounds like it's worth contacting Best Electronics: http://www.best-electronics-ca.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Sounds like it's worth contacting Best Electronics: http://www.best-electronics-ca.com They would charge as much for the shell as it probably cost the buyer for the whole console unfortunately as the shells are in short supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 So my wife loves Atari and has quite the collection. She has a Woody.. a Darth Vader and a JR. All of which I've made my own AV board and modded all three. She's been looking for a 5200 or a 7800 for a few years now so for Xmas I decided to get her a 7800 (she already has several game for it). I ordered it from California shipped UPS. Well it came in with the top part of the case broken in about 12 pieces. Ive tested the unit and it still works.. but UPS will not cover it wasn't insured. So does anyone out there have a good top case piece they would be willing to sell that I could get in time for Xmas??? Thanks for reading!! I have a broken one coming in the mail, the bottom case is supposed to be bad and the system doesn't power on, if the top is good, you can have it for the price of shipping. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coliver80 Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 I have a broken one coming in the mail, the bottom case is supposed to be bad and the system doesn't power on, if the top is good, you can have it for the price of shipping. Awesome... Thanks. Let me know!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Top looks decent, have not unscrewed the back yet, but it is "fine". No idea how brittle it is, since I have not removed the screws. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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