Grabs so far this year, would like to see other collectors as well.

[cwilkson]

And thank you for that. I'm sure you have records too, not "vinyls".

Vinyls......

 

[cwilkson]

My pick up was a video game.

Speaking of which..
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Oh damn! I wanted that thing so bad!
I even had money *and* space for it. But no time.....October is too busy for me to even reach out to a seller.

Congrats! That thing is cherry!

 

[Dillweed]

Oh damn! I wanted that thing so bad!
I even had money *and* space for it. But no time.....October is too busy for me to even reach out to a seller.

Congrats! That thing is cherry!

@Aeolus7 is still selling his, I think.. unless he sold it. This one is a little different, I had it shipped from Alberta to London.

 

[Aeolus7]

@Aeolus7 is still selling his, I think.. unless he sold it. This one is a little different, I had it shipped from Alberta to London.

Yup, still for sale! We're doing some room shuffling in my house and my game room was downgraded slightly in size. I was already too heavy on games with no room for the projects on deck...

 

[Jmari98]

Stoked on this one. Had an odd horizontal line problem on some screens when I got it home. reflowed the jrok, disconnected/reconnected chassis connections etc. Turned out B+ was just pretty low, got it to 120 and it's working like a charm. Added an LED light bar.

Side arts rough but I'm pretty sure everything except the marquee is original. I'm happy with it.

 

[Olexo2424]

Suuuuuuper stoked to have just picked up my Pac-Mania from Fastenal thanks to @coinopper! A grail for my Pac collection for sure, love this game! Serial #491 off the line.

 

[ZaxxonBoner]

I'll do a more thorough post in the next week or two, but brought home a white Frogger yesterday.

I've had a few Froggers over the years and even built a white one out of a Moon Cresta, but this is an extremely unusual cabinet to me. I suspect it was a factory conversion.

More to come, but I'm excited to dive into this one. Oof, my project row is getting way too big.

 

[Olexo2424]

Photos of the game on after replacing the bulb with a brand new cool white to make the beautiful 3D marquee pop. Monitor looks great. The joystick cushion ring was sticky and shot to hell as with most Xybots, Assault, etc. style Atari Games sticks. Micro switches stood no chance and Pac-Man struggled to move in his four directions on demand. Took the stick apart and arduously cleaned up the remains of the cushion ring from 1987 and used two nylon hair ties my wife had and they're actually really effective while I wait for the actual repro cushion ring from Arcadefixit. My daughter can't get enough Pac-Man so this latest acquisition is obviously highly approved. This will probably never leave honestly.

 

[geech]

Always nice to be able to actually contribute to this thread and not just attempt pithy comments.

PRGE just wrapped up and there were some deals flying around. I found a great buyer for my weird li'l Karate Champ in a Deco 3/4 cab and that cleared the way for me to pick up this li'l biscuit! @firehawk618 hooked me up and I couldn't refuse. Thanks again!! Now I just need to get to work to beat his high score, which won't be happening any time soon!

My second vector and first cabaret.

 

[Hippster]

Picked up @joemagiera's Joust cocktail project. In the restore/refresh queue after the Dig Dug cabaret. STOKED!

 

[daniel64485]

I picked this up yesterday. Namco Classic volume 2 I think its a Angle arcade cabinet. it has a sliding draw. I have a never seen one like this. It has a door with a cam lock on the bottom and panel that screws on for the crt.
Not sure what I am going to do with it.

 

[TSB]

Picked up an Overdrive, and now I understand why @CharlieG themes everything as such…

 

[cnlmoore]

that poor Gorf

 

[jawhn]

Hell of a gas pedal mod to it. Must have taken them... Minutes!

 

[nerdygrrl]

It's been a whirlwind five or six weeks since getting back into the hobby. I know folks have mixed feelings on these red tent PC10 conversion setups, but I have always wanted one and thanks to @gumby510 I finally do. In all of my years collecting I have only ever seen one listed for sale. Now to get that red tent up and running.

 

[ccie38296]

Picked up a pretty nice survivor of a PC10 Single screen last night. It's definitely a factory PC10, although it's got a VisionPro monitor in it, and a modded NES Zapper. Little over 30,000 plays on the meter.

The finish on the front and side panels is kind of blotchy/faded but all the art seems original and is really good shape so I'm not going to mess with it. Controls feel great too.

It came with 11 PC games plus @joe3693's NES Game Link and about 15 NES carts. A couple of the PC carts were poorly converted so I'm working with Joe to get those corrected, and also ordered a NES controller passthrough adapter from @apswann. I'm about to get started on 3D printing a holster for the Zapper (better than the random metal corner bracket thing installed now).

Back when I was a kid going to Boy Scout Summer Camp at Resica Falls (in the Pocono mountains) we'd always stop at this truck stop along the way to get lunch and use the restroom. There was a PC10 there, and I would always play games until the leaders dragged me out of the place. I'm glad to finally add one to my collection

 

[vintagegamer]

Picked up an Overdrive, and now I understand why @CharlieG themes everything as such…

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"If you saw the Vette first, I have some bad news for you...."

 

[ArcadeKid_Ma]

I picked all these up including a Missle command that we had moved before I remembered to take a picture. Crazy what can be not even 5 minutes down the road from you! Robocop works 100% and will be for sale. EftPoRM works but monitor needs cap kit and a joystick needs rebuild, missle command works but needs some board work, millipede beeps, no pcb in thunderbolt, Tetris and galaxian are both dead.

Dude had bought them for his friends/employees to play with (owned a limousine service) and never really got around to doing anything with them. The shop they were in didn't have power and was in the middle of being put in. The games weren't even posted for sale he had posted a camero for sale and I saw them in the background.

 

[64B1T]

Photos of the game on after replacing the bulb with a brand new cool white to make the beautiful 3D marquee pop. Monitor looks great. The joystick cushion ring was sticky and shot to hell as with most Xybots, Assault, etc. style Atari Games sticks. Micro switches stood no chance and Pac-Man struggled to move in his four directions on demand. Took the stick apart and arduously cleaned up the remains of the cushion ring from 1987 and used two nylon hair ties my wife had and they're actually really effective while I wait for the actual repro cushion ring from Arcadefixit. My daughter can't get enough Pac-Man so this latest acquisition is obviously highly approved. This will probably never leave honestly.
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Awesome pickup. Pac-Mania I think is the best game in the Pacman franchise. I definitely want to grab one at some point.

 

[64B1T]

I picked all these up including a Missle command that we had moved before I remembered to take a picture. Crazy what can be not even 5 minutes down the road from you! Robocop works 100% and will be for sale. EftPoRM works but monitor needs cap kit and a joystick needs rebuild, missle command works but needs some board work, millipede beeps, no pcb in thunderbolt, Tetris and galaxian are both dead.

Dude had bought them for his friends/employees to play with (owned a limousine service) and never really got around to doing anything with them. The shop they were in didn't have power and was in the middle of being put in. The games weren't even posted for sale he had posted a camero for sale and I saw them in the background.

Holy. Shit. A Dedicated EftPoRM?? Dude I'm so jealous hahaha. Incredible.