Unsure of the various cabinets that came out. I have a Hankins tabletop, but I thought all tabletops were the same. Where do all the cabs fall in the rankings of quality and pricing?

The Nintendo cabs would have to be one of the better quality built machines if not the best, all steel construction apart from the timber top.
Some of the later LAI ones use a lot of particleboard and these are always affected by moisture & quite often the laminate is peeling off.