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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: ChadTower on December 23, 2005, 02:55:17 pm

Title: Holy wantage
Post by: ChadTower on December 23, 2005, 02:55:17 pm: Erf. (http://cgi.ebay.com/bally-fathom-pinball-machine_W0QQitemZ6238459132QQcategoryZ13725QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

That is WAY up there on my pinball dream list. It may actually be #1 and it's within short driving distance.

Sadly, the funds are not there. I would gladly sell off my Shadow if I thought I had time and could be sure to get this one.

Sigh. ;D
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: romperwomb on December 23, 2005, 03:23:00 pm: Ugg you got me browsing e-bay pin auctions and came across this Elvira's Personal Home Use Only Pinball Machine (http://cgi.ebay.com/Elviras-Personal-Home-Use-Only-Pinball-Machine-HUO_W0QQitemZ6237101796QQcategoryZ13725QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

...and you get to meet the Queen of slowly sagging Boooo'soms (ha!) in person.
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: fredster on December 23, 2005, 09:24:12 pm: Oh yeah...

I love Elvria.
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: RayB on December 24, 2005, 12:19:01 am: Quote from: fredster on December 23, 2005, 09:24:12 pm
Oh yeah...

I love Elvria.

You love this:
(http://www.robertwinter.com/ebay/ss/feature.jpg)

;D
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: Necro on December 24, 2005, 11:02:52 am: Man, I really hope she's not that hard up for money that she's hocking off her stuff on e-bay. Used to love Elvira when I was a kid.
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: menace on December 24, 2005, 02:31:40 pm: I saw here at a sci-fi convention in toronto this past summer--she is a genuinely nice person (unlike some star trek personalities) from the money she was raking in at that gig i can't imagine she's too hard up for cash...
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: ChadTower on December 24, 2005, 08:08:27 pm: I'd hit it.
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: Level42 on December 26, 2005, 05:31:22 am: Mmm, think I'll just dig up my Lynx and play some games of "Elvira and the party monsters"......which is quite a good pinball conversion actualy...

Guess Cassandra won't be saying "Leaving so soon ?" when you have piked up the pinball at her place ;)
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: fredster on December 27, 2005, 10:47:16 am: Quote
Man, I really hope she's not that hard up for money that she's hocking off her stuff on e-bay.

I'd take care of her. She would have no worries. I'd build an alter to worship her upon....
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: quarterback on December 28, 2005, 03:17:50 pm: Quote from: RayB on December 24, 2005, 12:19:01 am
Quote from: fredster on December 23, 2005, 09:24:12 pm
Oh yeah...

I love Elvria.

You love this:

Was this the pic?:
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: RayB on December 28, 2005, 05:09:44 pm: yah
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: ClubNinja on December 28, 2005, 10:49:53 pm: This one's a good candidate for a reproduction playfield - the seller sent me a slew of closeup playfield shots and there's some hideous wear on there.
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: paigeoliver on December 29, 2005, 08:16:04 am: I personally think the buyer way overpaid. True it was ELVIRA'S ELVIRA but that STILL doesn't make it worth 5x as much as normal. Buyer would have been better off spending $3-$4K on the best one out there and getting Cassandra Peterson to autograph the translite or something.
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: ChadTower on December 29, 2005, 07:19:11 pm: Quote from: ClubNinja on December 28, 2005, 10:49:53 pm
This one's a good candidate for a reproduction playfield - the seller sent me a slew of closeup playfield shots and there's some hideous wear on there.

I guess it depends on what she used to create that playfield wear. This IS the Mistress of the Dark.
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: ClubNinja on December 30, 2005, 09:38:02 am: Heh. I suppose I should've clarified that I meant the Fathom, but you probably knew what I meant. I'd gladly take a little playfield wear from Elvira.
Title: Re: Holy wantage
Post by: ChadTower on December 30, 2005, 11:40:27 am: Honestly, I wouldn't care, if it meant that I could get one at a price I was able to pay... repro Fathom playfields are out there and probably will be again someday.