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So the warehouse where I've gotten a few cabs still has a fair few left(Mostly sitdown drivers and some gun games), theres some decent cocktails as well. So as you may or may not know, I'm 13(14 on Wednesday!) and obviously how many kids parents let them stuff 20 cabs in their garage. Well I recently thought on my nans house. She's got a ton of unused space I could use to store some cabs and they don't give a shit about the mess in their garage/basement. Sooo I could restore a few there and then bring them here to my place later on or even maybe rent one out. So If I can do this I'll probably pick up a few cabs after I get some bday money on Wednesday(I think there maybe be an asteroids cocktail as well).
Since this would be my last warehouse haul before he sells the place I'll see if I can get anything for my fellow klovers(Name some parts or something and I can give it shot). I believe there may be a baby pac board there I can get free.
Anyways thats about it for now, I'll let you guys know what happens.
 
So the warehouse where I've gotten a few cabs still has a fair few left(Mostly sitdown drivers and some gun games), theres some decent cocktails as well. So as you may or may not know, I'm 13(14 on Wednesday!) and obviously how many kids parents let them stuff 20 cabs in their garage. Well I recently thought on my nans house. She's got a ton of unused space I could use to store some cabs and they don't give a shit about the mess in their garage/basement. Sooo I could restore a few there and then bring them here to my place later on or even maybe rent one out. So If I can do this I'll probably pick up a few cabs after I get some bday money on Wednesday(I think there maybe be an asteroids cocktail as well).
Since this would be my last warehouse haul before he sells the place I'll see if I can get anything for my fellow klovers(Name some parts or something and I can give it shot). I believe there may be a baby pac board there I can get free.
Anyways thats about it for now, I'll let you guys know what happens.

If you can get a baby pac board for free you should grab it. The two main boards are always in demand.
 
Yeah, he I may grab a Megatouch XXL(Or whatever it is) as well. I also forgot to mention that my grandfather(Where I'd store some cabs to be restored) has MUCH more tools available then at my house. He does all sorts of things, Hes a roofer, mechanic and hes a great guy. He has a Sawmill(Nothing huge, the size of a normal building), A drill press, welding tools, dremels, paint, sanders and tons of other miscellaneous tools that I'm not going to list.
 
Grab as much free stuff as you can , you can probably sell it to fund the restoration of your games .
 
Grab as much free stuff as you can , you can probably sell it to fund the restoration of your games .

last time he gave me 2 jamma harnesses and a bunch of game boards for free. I wish he was selling the pin he has....Its pretty nice but I believe hes keeping that and fixing it up a bit to sell for full pop.
 
So this warehouse full of arcade stuff...

Is the owner not into fixing games? Or is he unwilling to help fix games?

It seems to me this guy could help you with your "mame" cab your trying to figure out. If he can't, I'm sure he would know a tech in the area.
 
So this warehouse full of arcade stuff...

Is the owner not into fixing games? Or is he unwilling to help fix games?

It seems to me this guy could help you with your "mame" cab your trying to figure out. If he can't, I'm sure he would know a tech in the area.

He was his own tech I believe. Its not really a "Warehouse" so to speak, its kind of small. But he does have a decent amound of games there. He used to rent them out to arcades, bowling alleys etc but around here it just wasn't enough to support himself. He's selling the building/ property soon and he doesn't really have the desire to fix these machines. There mostly ones that had a small problem in the first place and didn't get fixed so they just sat there.(Cocktail I got, he thought it was a flyback problem. All I needed to adjust was a few of the chassis pots. It hadn't been on in a good 20 years or more and was used as a cup holder in the warehouse). Some of things worth a fair bit more hes keeping(Pin, mis pac board). But what saddens me is everything else is going to the trash when he sells. That includes cocktails, jukeboxes,parts,boards, gun games...everything.
 
you need help... why cant you be a normal kid and smoke pot and listen to rap music
 
I just want to say that it is refreshing to see someone your age in this hobby and I'm impressed with your writing skills. Your posts on this thread were written better than most of the older guys around here (including me!) :D
 
I just want to say that it is refreshing to see someone your age in this hobby and I'm impressed with your writing skills. Your posts on this thread were written better than most of the older guys around here (including me!) :D

Seconded! There have been a few teens show up here, and drop the leet speak crap. Punctuation??? Sorry, they no comprende.
 
I just want to say that it is refreshing to see someone your age in this hobby and I'm impressed with your writing skills. Your posts on this thread were written better than most of the older guys around here (including me!) :D

Thanks and well I do have to keep my writing skills up there for my mini "Job". Which includes doing online game reviews and interviews (got payed today actually). That Leet speak garbage drives me nuts though.


H3Y GUISE WUT UP U LIEK ARCAED COL3CTNG??!!?!!!! WTF LOL
 
All I can say is to try and salvage as much stuff as you can. If they're throwing complete cabs away try to get someone to help you pull the boards, guns buttons and anything else you can save. The trash you save today could help bring a game back to life in the future.
 
All I can say is to try and salvage as much stuff as you can. If they're throwing complete cabs away try to get someone to help you pull the boards, guns buttons and anything else you can save. The trash you save today could help bring a game back to life in the future.

Grab a Jamma harness to throw in your upright. :)
 
So the warehouse where I've gotten a few cabs still has a fair few left(Mostly sitdown drivers and some gun games), theres some decent cocktails as well. So as you may or may not know, I'm 13(14 on Wednesday!) and obviously how many kids parents let them stuff 20 cabs in their garage. Well I recently thought on my nans house. She's got a ton of unused space I could use to store some cabs and they don't give a shit about the mess in their garage/basement. Sooo I could restore a few there and then bring them here to my place later on or even maybe rent one out. So If I can do this I'll probably pick up a few cabs after I get some bday money on Wednesday(I think there maybe be an asteroids cocktail as well).
Since this would be my last warehouse haul before he sells the place I'll see if I can get anything for my fellow klovers(Name some parts or something and I can give it shot). I believe there may be a baby pac board there I can get free.
Anyways thats about it for now, I'll let you guys know what happens.

Sounds like a potentially fun situation. The only caution I would give you as a long time collector is to not let it become an imposition on your family. It's an easy line to cross.
 
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