The Aliexpress reproduction Capcom mini cute

[Kamiboy]

Is it just pot luck if you get a nice monitor then?

I’m not sure where the tubes come from, but from what I understand the whole batch they got were all “18-inch screen new old stock”

Does it have a Chinese chassis I wonder.

I believe the chassis’ were custom - “An electronic factory prints the chassis' PCB”

PrincessPrinPrin mentioned that they are a “variation of a common Chinese chassis with the addition of a degauss circuit”

They did some other tweaks too, so it sees a good amount of work went into them for the cab in general to make them different from the others that are on Aliexpress.

Overall I would say the internals look to have been cared for better than my Cute. Things are just more neat, and professional looking. To anyone wanting to get one of these things I strongly suggest you get the Vortex one if you are located in Europe. I believe that the price is more or less on the same level as the Chinese one I got, but they are just one notch above in terms of attention to detail and care.

[wigsplitta]

To anyone wanting to get one of these things I strongly suggest you get the Vortex one if you are located in Europe...
...they are just one notch above in terms of attention to detail and care.

I 'think' they might be doing another batch later this year. If anyone is interested, it'd be worth reaching out them on Facebook/Discord to check.

I'd thoroughly recommended them, not just for the repro Cute, but for any cabs that they're selling. Their attention to detail is very good, they were great to deal with, and the effort they put into packing my Cute to make sure it wasn't damaged in transit was second to none