I'm on a mad tear....picked up 3 this week.

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Someone stop me....it's a sickness....I...couldn't help myself. :)

Sunday - picked up Transporter: The Rescue. Played it at CAX and thought it was neat. It's a little rare ~800 made. The price was right and figured it'd be a while since one popped up again.

Tuesday - Dracula! I sold my BSD about a year ago...and honestly, kinda missed it. This one pops up for sale w/ pretty much perfect cabinet & playfield. Dirty but will be MINT as hell when I'm done w/ it. Same guy had a similarly nice Fish Tales, so...

Tuesday - went back for the Fish Tales! LOL. Might be HUO. Almost totally unfaded...right side has partial fade. Zero playfield wear.

The BSD and FT were home use since '93...if it wasn't for the lockbar holes on the BSD, I'd say for certain they were HUO. My theory - the distributor they bought it from had it prepped for an arcade, but it never made it there.

I have way too much to shop out....where to start.... :)
 

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holy crap, dude. LOL.



nice scores. love BSD and fish tales. that fish tales looks freakin' perfect. very nice.
 
BSD - man if i had another slot it would be over here. I think at some point i may free up room for it (have alot of vids taking up room, someday one will need to go not sure which as i am enjoying them).

Congrats on the scores. You need to take a breather and make sure Tron has a slot too. Just hold off for now - enuffs enuff.
 
BSD - man if i had another slot it would be over here. I think at some point i may free up room for it (have alot of vids taking up room, someday one will need to go not sure which as i am enjoying them).

Congrats on the scores. You need to take a breather and make sure Tron has a slot too. Just hold off for now - enuffs enuff.

I think I'm going to sell off some more vids....probably Pac-Mania and Crystal Castles. Gonna re-arrange a bit this weekend and decide of they've gotta go.
 
Nice finds. I've always wanted to see and play a Transporter. I think because it is so strange looking.
 
Nice finds. I've always wanted to see and play a Transporter. I think because it is so strange looking.

It's pretty neat. Rules seem simple, but interesting. As you hit the spinning bowl (the Transporter!) the point values light up around the transport beam on the backglass....like you're charging the transport beam! If you hit the "X" target, you get the points, but the beam powers down. So - in a way, you have to try to NOT hit the "X" target, spin the ball in the bowl enough times to charge the beam - then hit it to transport your stranded space-dude.
 
nice find.. I just love BSD.. and you don't often find a FT without playfield wear anymore..
 
Nice - they all look to be in good cosmetic condition!

You noted that this will be your second BSD - do you find that it holds it's replay value pretty well? I've got a Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, and a TFTC, and have often thought about adding a BSD to the mix as a reasonably priced pin in the same theme. When I've played the game, I've enjoyed it, but I've also pretty consistently beat the crap out of it, so didn't know if I'd get bored of it quickly as a result if I had one available for daily play...

A pretty pin, and relatively cheap compared to comparable William's pins.
 
You noted that this will be your second BSD - do you find that it holds it's replay value pretty well?

Well that's the reason I sold it at first...I got bored of it and wanted the room/money for something else. I've rearranged a lot lately which has given me more room....and it's a legitimately awesome game, so - even if I'm not gonna play it non stop, I definitely wanted to have it again. :)
 
I think I'm going to sell off some more vids....probably Pac-Mania and Crystal Castles. Gonna re-arrange a bit this weekend and decide of they've gotta go.

Yeah one of my vids is Crystal castles. But that stays, its my wifes favorite (besides Iron man).

Hoping Tron becomes a staple over here. We will see.....
 
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