Just bought my new Sega Dreamcast display pod!!

I just bought something I always wanted today. After 2 years of searching for a good one, I finally managed to get a Sega Dreamcast display pod!!

All the people that know me also know about my extensive video game collection and my unhealthy obsession with collecting videogames. But as a massive dreamcast fan, this was always the piece I wanted but had a major problem getting. So here she is in all her glory;

The Dreamcast is getting on a bit now, so Finding one of these bad boys is tougher then ever. In the end I managed to get one from good old eBay (who I dispise as a seller but love as a buyer) from a very nice gentleman based in Kent. It was a bit of a treck but she was well worth it.

I did underestimate the size however and we had to hang the base out the back of our Transit Connect. The Dreamcast Banner at the top disconnects so that saved us a foot but it was still tight and the back doors had to be tied together with rope

After a very steady drive down the M25 we finally manged to make it home. Let me tell you that these pods are a lot heavier then you may think, the whole thing is made of solid metal and it took 2 of us to lift it in and out of the van.

Condition for her age is good. There are a few marks here and there but you have to appreciate this was built to be a demonstration unit so you are never going to find one in A1 condition.

The monitor is a standard CRT TV that sits on a metal stand that slants at a forward angle. Next month the CRT will be replaced by a LCD monitor.

The Dreamcast sits on a metal plate with folks that slide into the feet of the Dreamcaast holding it in place.Controllers are held in place by metal clutches, you can remove the controllers but they are held in place by some weird screws that I have never seen before. If anyone has any ideas where I could find a screwdriver for these then I would appreciate it (I will post a picture later).

The Dreamcast sign is lit up by a florescent tube which can be change quite easily. You can also turn this on and off by disconnecting a switch at the back.

The display pod now sits pride of place in my games room thank you for looking at my blog entry.

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