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Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« on: July 05, 2009, 01:47:59 am »
After years of grumbling that nothing good ever comes up on Craigslist here, I managed to get two total scores recently...

First was a Skill Slot machine and Pachinko machine, together for $90.  I was happy enough at that, but was extra happy when I found out that the skill slot machine was full of tokens!  I'm guessing there's ~$50-75 worth of tokens in it, so that wasn't bad at all... paid ~$75 for tokens, got both machines for ~$15.   ;D

About two weeks after that, this little beauty came along... Super Chexx bubble hockey.  I was lucky enough to read his post ~30mins after it went up, and was super excited to find out that he was local.  Heck, nobody is local out here; Victoria is a ~3.5hr drive, and Vancouver would be a ~4-5hr trip.

I arranged to meet him the next day at his place, and paid him the $200 he was asking for it on the spot.  I told him that I've have to speak to my wife (in the truck at the time) to find out when we could come back out to get it as it wasn't going to fit in the truck right now with both car seats in there.  God bless his soul... he opened his mouth and said, "I could deliver it for ya.  Hows tomorrow at ~5p?"

My wife thought I was nuts for handing over the $$$ without taking the machine, but he seemed honest enough and besides... we now knew where he lived.  ;)

Met him at his place the next day at 5p like we'd arranged, and he was on time.  My kids were in the truck at the time, and my 5yr old just about jumped out of his pants when he saw us loading the Super Chexx into the back of his truck.  He drove it to my place and helped load it into the house.  Truly a gentleman; by the second day he'd realized that he could've gotten more $$$ than he was asking for it from someone else, but he kept his end of the deal.  Mike, I salute you for being an honest man.  :cheers:

Condition-wise, its worn, but definitely playable.

He didn't have a puck so I had to order one of those, and I figured I'd get a gearbox while I was at it; I was sure that I'd find at least one that needed replacement.  Also seemed dumb to order a $15 puck and then end up paying $10-20 for shipping; if I'm spending that much on shipping I better get something substantial in the mail...

Only major blemish is that the rink is cracked under one goalie.  :cry:  Rather than ordering a whole new playfield I decided to super-glue a small piece of plastic underneath, to hold both sides in place.  Still has a bit of a raised edge on one side, making it hard to score on that side, but compared to spending another $200 for a new rink I think I'll survive.

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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2009, 03:29:54 am »
oh man, those bubble hockey games are really cool, nice score.  :cheers:
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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2009, 11:40:31 am »
A Super Chexx for $200?   A steal... awesome deal!

Hell,  it would be a good deal if it were beat to ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- at $200...
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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2009, 11:59:22 am »
I am definately envious of the bubble hockey.. wow.. beautiful.

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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2009, 12:42:13 pm »
Post pics of the Pachinko! Is it a modern one with video screen, or the older style?
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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2009, 01:30:15 pm »
That's gotta be one of the nicest looking bubble hockey games I've seen. I love the overall shape of it. it's not just a big box.

Nice score!

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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2009, 01:33:30 pm »
A Super Chexx for $200?   A steal... awesome deal!

Hell,  it would be a good deal if it were beat to ---Cleveland steamer--- at $200...

Agreed... in any sort of "playable" shape I'd normally see them listed with an extra zero at the end of that price.

The seller said that he'd never been able to get it working properly, but I've got a feeling he just didn't know what he was doing; worked fine for me once I got it wired up right.

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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2009, 01:35:43 pm »
Post pics of the Pachinko! Is it a modern one with video screen, or the older style?

Older style.  Works, but definitely needs some serious cleaning.

I'm expecting this one'll be a total and complete tear down, clean out, and rebuild.  All the parts seem ok, but its gunked up in there; balls stick in several places.

Don't have any pics of it yet, but I'll see if I can hunt down the camera here and take some.

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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2009, 06:03:14 pm »
Congrats....although I couldn't ever see the joy in those hockey machines. In fact, they seemed very little machine, and it was too easy for the puck to go dead. Foosball all the way.
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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2009, 06:15:29 pm »
Congrats....although I couldn't ever see the joy in those hockey machines. In fact, they seemed very little machine, and it was too easy for the puck to go dead. Foosball all the way.

Its a Canadian thing...

My wife can't understand it either, she'd much rather I had a fooseball table than the bubble hockey.  She's dutch, though, so its not surprising that she'd far rather watch soccer than hockey.

Can't say that I've ever seen the puck go dead in one of these either, but just about any game I've seen played usually required that spectators stand back 3 or 4ft lest they end up getting whacked by one of the players flailing arms.

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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2009, 09:18:44 am »
Some day I am going to get myself one of these.
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Re: Craigslist score.... Super Chexx!
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2009, 12:33:58 pm »
Congrats....although I couldn't ever see the joy in those hockey machines. In fact, they seemed very little machine, and it was too easy for the puck to go dead. Foosball all the way.

Its a Canadian thing...

My wife can't understand it either, she'd much rather I had a fooseball table than the bubble hockey.  She's dutch, though, so its not surprising that she'd far rather watch soccer than hockey.

Can't say that I've ever seen the puck go dead in one of these either, but just about any game I've seen played usually required that spectators stand back 3 or 4ft lest they end up getting whacked by one of the players flailing arms.

I dunno ... they were far more popular in the US when I lived there, but maybe that had to do with the timing (not all that long after the 80 Olympics). I've always wanted one and just need to either chip through the project list some more or find the ultimate project score (came close a couple of years ago).

As for Ummon not getting it -- remember that he didn't used to "get" the big, goofy (or was it intimidating?) boxes with excessive artwork either.  :P

EDIT: Oh yeah -- awesome haul!  :applaud:
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