smokinfish
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Got My Grail! Is it a 1982 Atari Vector HUO? You be the judge!
So Thursday night I get a text from DC2010 asking if I still want a Black Widow, (I have a WTB Thread on KLOV) because he knows a guy who has a "NICE ONE".
I said, sure send pics, he says it's in KANSAS. KANSAS, WTF? Turns out he's going to pick up a very rare pinball and the guy has a BW as well. I said let me know when you have pics.
Friday night at 11:30pm I get a mms of a BW front, and a BW side. Then a call from Darren (DC2010). He tells me this machine is near mint and I definitely should get it. After checking a few details, and one paypal payment later. My grail is in Darren's truck heading to Dallas.
Fast Forward to Saturday at Super Auctions in Mesquite. Darren shows up and he's got my Grail. So Gutsman004 (Greg), RickB68 (Rick), DC2010 (Darren) and I head out to the truck.
First out of the truck is the very rare Defender pinball. WOW! What a beauty!
Next out the Black Widow! HOLY SH*T! NICE? WTF? More like MINTY FRESH! I am not kidding you when I say the four of us stood around and looked at this machine for a good 15 mins. Just in AWE!
This machine looks like Darren got in to his DeLorean went back to 1982, walked in to the ATARI production facility and walked out with a brand new BLACK WIDOW.
Per Darren, here's the seller's story: the seller bought it from an Arcade who kept it in a store room the whole time they had it. The buyer has had it ever since. Could it be HUO?
The left side art has very small white scratch in the middle of the art, the right side is perfect. CPO is cracking at the bend as normal and the joystick shafts are tarnished other than that this thing is ridiculously fresh!
The Serial Number is 06958, number of plays on the counter 19,694.
If 28 years is 10,220 days. Then 19,694 divided by 10,000 is less then 2 plays a day!
So today I vacuumed out the dust, wiped it down and took some pics. By far the fastest, cheapest, and easiest restoration I have ever done!
I know, I know, no pics and it didn't really happen! Well here are the pics! I forgot to take close up pics of the right side art, but I promise you its in better shape then the side I did take close up pics of. I'll add those pics tomorrow.
Enjoy the pics and please post your verdict on HUO or not. Thanks!
In all honesty the pictures don't do it justice.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48400772@N04/sets/72157624964959339/
For more info on Darren's trip for a Defender Pinball and this Black Widow, check out his thread here:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=153197
So Thursday night I get a text from DC2010 asking if I still want a Black Widow, (I have a WTB Thread on KLOV) because he knows a guy who has a "NICE ONE".
I said, sure send pics, he says it's in KANSAS. KANSAS, WTF? Turns out he's going to pick up a very rare pinball and the guy has a BW as well. I said let me know when you have pics.
Friday night at 11:30pm I get a mms of a BW front, and a BW side. Then a call from Darren (DC2010). He tells me this machine is near mint and I definitely should get it. After checking a few details, and one paypal payment later. My grail is in Darren's truck heading to Dallas.
Fast Forward to Saturday at Super Auctions in Mesquite. Darren shows up and he's got my Grail. So Gutsman004 (Greg), RickB68 (Rick), DC2010 (Darren) and I head out to the truck.
First out of the truck is the very rare Defender pinball. WOW! What a beauty!
Next out the Black Widow! HOLY SH*T! NICE? WTF? More like MINTY FRESH! I am not kidding you when I say the four of us stood around and looked at this machine for a good 15 mins. Just in AWE!
This machine looks like Darren got in to his DeLorean went back to 1982, walked in to the ATARI production facility and walked out with a brand new BLACK WIDOW.
Per Darren, here's the seller's story: the seller bought it from an Arcade who kept it in a store room the whole time they had it. The buyer has had it ever since. Could it be HUO?
The left side art has very small white scratch in the middle of the art, the right side is perfect. CPO is cracking at the bend as normal and the joystick shafts are tarnished other than that this thing is ridiculously fresh!
The Serial Number is 06958, number of plays on the counter 19,694.
If 28 years is 10,220 days. Then 19,694 divided by 10,000 is less then 2 plays a day!
So today I vacuumed out the dust, wiped it down and took some pics. By far the fastest, cheapest, and easiest restoration I have ever done!
I know, I know, no pics and it didn't really happen! Well here are the pics! I forgot to take close up pics of the right side art, but I promise you its in better shape then the side I did take close up pics of. I'll add those pics tomorrow.
Enjoy the pics and please post your verdict on HUO or not. Thanks!
In all honesty the pictures don't do it justice.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48400772@N04/sets/72157624964959339/
For more info on Darren's trip for a Defender Pinball and this Black Widow, check out his thread here:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=153197
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