AUSyTyIN
Well-known member
Wow, I can't believe it's only been a year since I bought my first game. It all started with a 1 hour trip to pickup a Simpsons cab for $200 in a Namco Cyberstation on 9/11/10 (sold 6/8/11). Since then I've bought:
Star Wars Trilogy with Namco seat, 10/2
X-men 4 player, 12/3 (my grail)
Ivan Stewart multicab conversion (ugly, parted), 12/14
Neo Geo 4 slot, 12/21
Tron, 2/4
House of the Dead 2, 3/1 (sold 8/22)
Discs of Tron, 3/9 (sold 5/2)
Jurassic Park Lost World pin, 5/11
Donkey Kong, 6/4
Ms Pac, 6/4 (sold 8/5)
Atari Tetris, 7/2 (quasi-grail)
Street Fighter 2, 7/2
Heavy Barrel, 7/31
And to cap it off, I ordered a Tron pro pin on 9/9
Grand total of 13 vids bought, 4 of them being sold, and 2 pins. Not bad for my first year, if I do say so myself. Over all it's been an awesome year. I was almost to the point where my games had paid for themselves (only $1100 out of pocket), but then I ordered the Tron pin. I'm going to cut back for a while now and only buy after I have sold something out of the collection, partially since I am out of room and partially since I will be paying off my Tron pin for the next 3 years (lol).
Through out this whole experience KLOV has been a great resource for me. The technical know how on here is amazing, and the people are very helpful (for the most part, lol). The sense of humor on here is completely different from any other site I'm on. So thank you, fellow KLOV'ers. A big thank you to eXidy for helping me out locally. Without his knowledge and soldering ability, I wouldn't have 1/2 of my machines in playable condition.
Sorry for my long winded trip down memory lane. I just wanted to share my thoughts with you all about my inaugural year of collecting. I can't wait to see what the next year has in store…
Star Wars Trilogy with Namco seat, 10/2
X-men 4 player, 12/3 (my grail)
Ivan Stewart multicab conversion (ugly, parted), 12/14
Neo Geo 4 slot, 12/21
Tron, 2/4
House of the Dead 2, 3/1 (sold 8/22)
Discs of Tron, 3/9 (sold 5/2)
Jurassic Park Lost World pin, 5/11
Donkey Kong, 6/4
Ms Pac, 6/4 (sold 8/5)
Atari Tetris, 7/2 (quasi-grail)
Street Fighter 2, 7/2
Heavy Barrel, 7/31
And to cap it off, I ordered a Tron pro pin on 9/9
Grand total of 13 vids bought, 4 of them being sold, and 2 pins. Not bad for my first year, if I do say so myself. Over all it's been an awesome year. I was almost to the point where my games had paid for themselves (only $1100 out of pocket), but then I ordered the Tron pin. I'm going to cut back for a while now and only buy after I have sold something out of the collection, partially since I am out of room and partially since I will be paying off my Tron pin for the next 3 years (lol).
Through out this whole experience KLOV has been a great resource for me. The technical know how on here is amazing, and the people are very helpful (for the most part, lol). The sense of humor on here is completely different from any other site I'm on. So thank you, fellow KLOV'ers. A big thank you to eXidy for helping me out locally. Without his knowledge and soldering ability, I wouldn't have 1/2 of my machines in playable condition.
Sorry for my long winded trip down memory lane. I just wanted to share my thoughts with you all about my inaugural year of collecting. I can't wait to see what the next year has in store…

