Saw an Orignal Missle Command Tonight,

[ften]

                      My friend recommended this Italian place, said it's the best he had in Atlanta. Much to my suprise they had a mint Missile Command stand-up there. Perfect marquee, side art, original controls, it was damn pretty. The owner said he bought it from a thrift shop for 45 bucks. He said it worked for about a week and then the video went on it, which is why I didn't get a chance to play it. He said he was planning on getting it fix or fixing it himself, gave him this site for reference. Wish I could wander into a thrift store a pickup a cabinet in perfect condition for 45 bucks.
Restaurant was Saporitos, they did have really good cannolis.

-FTen

[quarterback]

The owner said he bought it from a thrift shop for 45 bucks. He said it worked for about a week and then the video went on it, which is why I didn't get a chance to play it. He said he was planning on getting it fix or fixing it himself, gave him this site for reference.

DOH!   You should have offered him $100 for it in its broken state and been its new owner!

[MinerAl]

I found a complete working Tron machine at a thrift shop... marked $25, but it was half-price-wednesday...

I gave her $13 and told her to keep the change. 

It worked for about a week too, and then it got caught in a flood and absorbed about 30 gallons of water into its base, and my parents threw it away because I'd got a job in Omaha and left it in KC with them.

*sigh*

Anyway... back to the topic at hand... aren't Missile Command trac-balls the coolest?

[cyruszain]

[telengard]

                      My friend recommended this Italian place, said it's the best he had in Atlanta. Much to my suprise they had a mint Missile Command stand-up there. Perfect marquee, side art, original controls, it was damn pretty. The owner said he bought it from a thrift shop for 45 bucks. He said it worked for about a week and then the video went on it, which is why I didn't get a chance to play it. He said he was planning on getting it fix or fixing it himself, gave him this site for reference. Wish I could wander into a thrift store a pickup a cabinet in perfect condition for 45 bucks.
Restaurant was Saporitos, they did have really good cannolis.

-FTen

Wow, that's a real rare find.  Missle Command is one of my favorites.  The other day I saw a commercial for a local bowling alley and they showed a picture of a kid playing Robotron.  My jaw dropped!  Now I have on my list of things to do "go bowling", and I don't particularly care for bowling.   

Mmm, cannolis...
~telengard

[delta88]

..these types of things aare comin.. yeesh.. traded my crappy SFII for a nice robotron, 100 for pacman cocktail, free gottlieb pinb all and taito space invaders cocktail, free galaga mspacman reunion cab.. I dunno whrer yove been looking......

[quarterback]

..these types of things aare comin.. yeesh..

traded my crappy SFII for a nice robotron, 100 for pacman cocktail, free gottlieb pinb all and taito space invaders cocktail, free galaga mspacman reunion cab..

I dunno whrer yove been looking......

 

[RayB]

They're comin from where?

[SuperGunGuru]

..these types of things aare comin.. yeesh.. traded my crappy SFII for a nice robotron, 100 for pacman cocktail, free gottlieb pinb all and taito space invaders cocktail, free galaga mspacman reunion cab.. I dunno whrer yove been looking......

I've been really lucky in this hobby over the last year. I have a place where I got a Tron, Crystal Castles, and a Tempest all for a total of $50. The Tron cab is really rough, but they all play.

[telengard]

..these types of things aare comin.. yeesh.. traded my crappy SFII for a nice robotron, 100 for pacman cocktail, free gottlieb pinb all and taito space invaders cocktail, free galaga mspacman reunion cab.. I dunno whrer yove been looking......

I've been really lucky in this hobby over the last year. I have a place where I got a Tron, Crystal Castles, and a Tempest all for a total of $50. The Tron cab is really rough, but they all play.

Wow, lucky is an *understatement*!!  Congrats on picking up some awesome games for cheap.

~telengard

[USSEnterprise]

..these types of things aare comin.. yeesh.. traded my crappy SFII for a nice robotron, 100 for pacman cocktail, free gottlieb pinb all and taito space invaders cocktail, free galaga mspacman reunion cab.. I dunno whrer yove been looking......

I've been really lucky in this hobby over the last year. I have a place where I got a Tron, Crystal Castles, and a Tempest all for a total of $50. The Tron cab is really rough, but they all play.

I'll give you $100 for all three

[clanggedin]

I picked up a Donkey Kong Jr. cab with complete DK and DK III kits for $100. That has been my only super good deal.

I'm hoping that another one will appear soon. It's been about a year since that last deal.