FS: Star Wars boardset, Amplifone HV board

Speaking of which, who was the guy in PA that destroyed (sledged) a Minty Gravitar cabinet after stripping it out? He took some heat for it and the mods removed the thread for some reason.

Now if the cab is damaged beyond repair, more power to ya! But a minty cab, that's survived almost 30 years and is in mint condition (like the guy in PA), that's messed up.
 
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I fully support your (OP's) choice to not sell to scavengers, cab-crushers, or whatever detrimental offense you feel anyone has committed. Some people choose not to sell to people they dislike, have bad experiences with, or any other willy-nilly reason they can come up with - it's your stuff, your choice.

You have EVERY right to judge the home your things go to. Just like LeBay chose Arnie to buy Christine ;) Some people just want money, others actually care - RESPECT.
 
khabbi said:
Speaking of which, who was the guy in PA that destroyed (sledged) a Minty Gravitar cabinet after stripping it out? He took some heat for it and the mods removed the thread for some reason.

Now if the cab is damaged beyond repair, more power to ya! But a minty cab, that's survived almost 30 years and is in mint condition (like the guy in PA), that's messed up.
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I just got edited and then banned by Klumpy for posting in that thread and making the seller feel "uncomfortable". The guy made a bunch of poor decisions that ended up with a nice game being destroyed. You know what ? If you come on a forum that is supposed to be about preserving games and part out a machine like that, you SHOULD be pretty fucking umcomfortable. Go to a Chevy forum and part out a nice 69 Z28 and see what happens.
It's pretty sad that the mods here and Greg, the owner of the site side with the hacks instead of the preservationists. The hacks are the ones that should be banned, not the guys trying to save the games...

7146aaron said:
Did you see the condition of the cab that these Star Wars parts came from? How do you know the Op was not just lazy or tired of a non earning game. Still dont see the difference from your explanation. Kinda do as I say, not as I do. Dont you think?
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I recently pulled some boards out of a box that was in the rafter of a garage at an ops house. They are being fixed and sold. They had been sitting there for years. If you guys can't see the difference between buying those and a board from a fresh kill on klov, you are a lost cause. To answer your question, no, in this case i did not see the exact cab, but they were not coming from a nice game currently being parted. Does that make it ok ? I dont know. All I know is that I bought them from a collector that I have never known to part a nice machine. That is about all I can do.


jj mann said:
Very true. We are all out helping others preserve other machines. I could see your point if people are buying these parts to destroy them. I don't think that's the case. How are you to restore a cab if these parts are no longer in production? If no one parted games out, I think we would see a lot less of these games in our collection. My 2 cents
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There are PLENTY of parts floating around if you are PATIENT. Instant gratification and hobbies that involve the collecting of vintage items just don't mix.


audiomidiman said:
+1... Really he should be "donating" these parts to games in need instead of profiting from the sales of destroyed games!!!
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As for all the "profits" I am making... right. Do the math. By the time I buy all the parts and spend the hours to rebuild or repair anything, it's barely worth it. If it was that lucrative there would be a lot more people doing it. We all see how many people that are willing to work on Amplifones and Star Wars boards...

Some of the little bit that I do make is reinvested to buy more test equipement to fix more dead boards. The goal is to have what I need to fix as much as I can for as cheap as I can and fix the boards that are all ready in circulation and keep games from getting parted.
If that makes me a hypocrit like some of you want to label me then ok...


Boardset is sold, thanks to all that responded.

HV board is still available.

If I don't respond right away I am probably banned again . Be patient.
 
ArcRevival said:
There are PLENTY of parts floating around if you are PATIENT. Instant gratification and hobbies that involve the collecting of vintage items just don't mix..
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Quote of the day.
Smashing up nice Gravitar cabinets and then posting about it here because they want to show that they follow through on a threat to destroy a classic cab for some reason=big no no.
 
ArcRevival said:
I just got edited and then banned by Klumpy for posting in that thread and making the seller feel "uncomfortable".
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If you are referring to the Gravitar post, that's absolutely untrue. I knew nothing of the replies in the post and made no requests to have it taken down/removed/edited/whatever. First I knew about it was via a PM from the person who removed it.

As I stated in another thread, that game was for sale for over a year as a Gravitar, a Major Havoc, as a stripped out cabinet, etc. NO ONE stepped forward with cash in hand - I had I think ONE offer of $20 for it and it wasn't worth the hassle to me for a lousy $20. Lots of long distance tire kickers and quite a few time wasters, but it did not sell and I made no secret of its fate if it wasn't out of my garage by a certain time frame.
 
taylormadelv said:
Quote of the day.
Smashing up nice Gravitar cabinets and then posting about it here because they want to show that they follow through on a threat to destroy a classic cab for some reason=big no no.
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Trust me, it wasn't that nice -- maybe a 6/6.5 on a scale of 1 to 10.. Most of the people asking about it commented about the crack in the control panel cut out and of the beginning stages of swelling along the bottom from moisture. The pics might have looked awesome, but it wasn't like that in person and this was the reason I turned away long distance folks who were asking about shipping and those who were talking about 1200 mile road trips to pick it up. It just wasn't as nice in person as it was in pictures. I didn't want to deal with long distance expectation failures from an out of state buyer who couldn't see the cabinet in person.
 
2084 said:
If you are referring to the Gravitar post, that's absolutely untrue. I knew nothing of the replies in the post and made no requests to have it taken down/removed/edited/whatever. First I knew about it was via a PM from the person who removed it.

As I stated in another thread, that game was for sale for over a year as a Gravitar, a Major Havoc, as a stripped out cabinet, etc. NO ONE stepped forward with cash in hand - I had I think ONE offer of $20 for it and it wasn't worth the hassle to me for a lousy $20. Lots of long distance tire kickers and quite a few time wasters, but it did not sell and I made no secret of its fate if it wasn't out of my garage by a certain time frame.
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You should have never bought the game to begin with. That said, if after parting it out, it wasn't worth ANY of your time to see to it that the cabinet found a good home, then you don't belong in this hobby. Do us all a favor and don't ever buy another game.
 
My name is jawhn, and I approve of this thread being restored, as well as approving of this thread.

It took me a while to understand Dave's viewpoint, and I will not side with him when he is rude about it, but he is right. ;)
 
ArcRevival said:
You should have never bought the game to begin with. That said, if after parting it out, it wasn't worth ANY of your time to see to it that the cabinet found a good home, then you don't belong in this hobby. Do us all a favor and don't ever buy another game.
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This isn't a puppy rescue. If he bought it, he can burn it if he likes and post pics. Sure, to that extent, it might make him a doosh, but if no one really came through to buy it and whatever..who's business is it to say he should have kept it, despite the space/wanting it, or should never have bought it? That's ridiculous and really tips the geek scale.

I'd like to see old games saved..that's why I'm building a replica Missile Command cabaret cabinet, buying a biscuit joiner in the process. I'm also going to build a replica BZ cabaret cabinet, rather than part that POS cabinet out. I'm also going to restore a freakin bingo pinball. That's my business though.. if I choose to talk about it on here, fine, I welcome opinions, but it's no ones place to tell me if I shouldn't part something or whatever.

I have extra parts for some of my projects, half a dozen Football boards, and have parted several Centipede and Asteroids cabinets that were swollen and crap. I'd rather have the extra parts, sell some to fund my hobby, and say goodbye to a game than bondo a swollen particleboard POS cabinet.

Given his situation, I would have either burned it or dropped it off at an apartment dumpster in the middle of the night..
 
ArcRevival said:
You should have never bought the game to begin with. That said, if after parting it out, it wasn't worth ANY of your time to see to it that the cabinet found a good home, then you don't belong in this hobby. Do us all a favor and don't ever buy another game.
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I am going to go part out a game tonight, just for you. I have a star wars trilogy that i need a fuse out of for another game, so it wont be working when i part it out. Im going to put the cabinet at the curb, if you dont come save it with all your holiness, then shut the fuck up on your mission of saving games. PETA doesnt work only in one town, they have to go out and sacrifice themselves for the cause. So either do that, or be a part-timer. But spreading your opinion and saying that others part out is just ignorant.

Im troy, I part out at least 50 games a year, if you dont like it, then dont buy from me.


ps, i have no problem with you chosing not to sell to someone for personal reasons, just keep it that, personal. When you go public, then expect public opinions
 
jawhn said:
My name is jawhn, and I approve of this thread being restored, as well as approving of this thread.

It took me a while to understand Dave's viewpoint, and I will not side with him when he is rude about it, but he is right. ;)
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Thanks Jawhn. You know, sometimes I am rude. And for that I apologize. But there comes a point where I can just no longer stay quiet and watch the slaughter of these games because someone is lazy, impatient, greedy, "needs space asap" ( usually because they have another game coming, how lame is THAT ?!!! ), or just simply can't be bothered with any hassle whatsoever or go out of their way to help a game survive. I have heard all the arguments over the past 15+ years of my collecting.

" Parting out one helps a lot of others survive"

I lost count of all the machines I have saved about 50 games ago. If you are patient, the parts will come around without having to buy them from a fresh klov kill. There are tons and tons of parts out there. Repair instead of replace when you can.

"I tried selling it whole"

I have sat on games for months before and then suddenly someone comes out of the blue and buys it. Don't give up so easy.

" It's my game, i can do what I want"

It is and that is true. So why not want to do the right thing and preserve it ( if it's worth preserving) ? !!!

" I need space, i have another game coming"

Really ?!!! This is probably the single worst reason I have ever heard. If that is why you are parting a game, then you really don't need to get another game. You need a new hobby.

I will never understand how collectors can smash nice games and sell the parts off it.
 
MtZRcade said:
I am going to go part out a game tonight, just for you. I have a star wars trilogy that i need a fuse out of for another game, so it wont be working when i part it out. Im going to put the cabinet at the curb, if you dont come save it with all your holiness, then shut the fuck up on your mission of saving games. PETA doesnt work only in one town, they have to go out and sacrifice themselves for the cause. So either do that, or be a part-timer. But spreading your opinion and saying that others part out is just ignorant.

Im troy, I part out at least 50 games a year, if you dont like it, then dont buy from me.


ps, i have no problem with you chosing not to sell to someone for personal reasons, just keep it that, personal. When you go public, then expect public opinions
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It's funny how people try and sound macho when talking about parting and scrapping games. The notion that I have to save every game shows how fucking ignorant you are. There just needs to be more collectors like me, and less hacks like you and everything will be fine. Don't worry about me being able to handle public opinions. I can handle them, even if they are wrong.


joeycuda said:
I have extra parts for some of my projects, half a dozen Football boards, and have parted several Centipede and Asteroids cabinets that were swollen and crap. I'd rather have the extra parts, sell some to fund my hobby, and say goodbye to a game than bondo a swollen particleboard POS cabinet.
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Swollen cabs are a different story.
 
My name is ScumBum , and I approve of this thread being restored, as well as approving jawhn of his approving of this thread.
 
This thread has everything. Happiness, sadness, funniness, silliness, douchiness... I believe all bases have been covered.
 
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