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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: ften on November 05, 2005, 09:04:48 pm
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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
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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!
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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?
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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
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..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......
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..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......
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They're comin from where?
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..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.
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..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
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..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
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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.