Well I got both of them and they are in decent shape as far as I can tell.
Both have noticeable hum when turned on which I assume Is a grounding issue as both of the cabs are missing the earth ground on the plugs. If not that I'm guessing there is a specific cap kit for the audio boards. The popeye screen is in far better shape than the VS cab. It has very feint burn in, which I am not too worried about as you only really notice it if you are specifically looking at it.
As for the VS cab from right to left the screen gets progressively darker and on the far left you can barely see enemies that pop up on screen. You can however still hit them so I assume the monitor can't be that bad. I have yet to open it up as the previous owner did not have the keys and I need to drill the back panel lock off, but I am hoping I can fiddle with the controls and get it back to normal.
I took the control panel off of the popeye to clean the joysticks and replace the buttons with the correct colors and am wondering if there is anything special about the little instruction card on it. Mine has a dull brown tint to it and it looks to be just taped on whereas the rest of the CP is silk screened. Is there replacements of just that that I can purchase or should I just print a new one?