sugar_ray
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MOTHER LOAD warehouse in my home town!! SCORED some grails!!
In our small town of about 15,000 people we have had a family owned bowling center for over 35 years. During this time, as you would expect, we have had pinball machines, pool tables and classic machines. I got to know the supplier quite well. About 11 years ago I asked him if he had a Punch-Out!! in his collection. To my delight he said "yes" and sold it to me for a mere $100. Just the other day I ran into him while out shopping with the wife. I asked him if he still had any machines left. His response, "well UNFORTUNATELY I have too many left to count!" Out of curiosity I asked if he would mind if I popped by some time. He said, "No problem! I have been out of the business for years now and had to get a REAL job to survive"
So.....today.....I had a chance to visit his warehouse. INSANITY!!! There must have been close to 500 machines including numerous pool tables, air hockey, and bubble hockey machines all in various condition. Everything from Jamma to the real classics. He realizes that he could make a lot MORE by parting them out rather then selling them complete but claims he doesn't have the time or desire to do so after being in the business for 25+ years.
So this summer he will be taking out a full page newspaper add to get rid of ALL of them!
NOT auction! Just, first come first serve basis. Surprisingly he does NOT want a fortune for this stuff. Luckily I got first dibs on selection. Made one hell of a deal for an nhl open ice, a fully functional coin operated 86 ultracade near mint! Trying to convince the wife that we NEED a bubble hockey. Hey....Im Canadian. Air hockey out of the question! Much too big for my house.
I have some pics. I am in the Okanagen area of BC - Canada and can keep anyone CLOSE to this area posted on what DATE he has in mind to unload all of these. Almost everything I listed he seemed to have had. Especially Jamma. Although.....he was clean out of cocktails. NOT a single one!!
In our small town of about 15,000 people we have had a family owned bowling center for over 35 years. During this time, as you would expect, we have had pinball machines, pool tables and classic machines. I got to know the supplier quite well. About 11 years ago I asked him if he had a Punch-Out!! in his collection. To my delight he said "yes" and sold it to me for a mere $100. Just the other day I ran into him while out shopping with the wife. I asked him if he still had any machines left. His response, "well UNFORTUNATELY I have too many left to count!" Out of curiosity I asked if he would mind if I popped by some time. He said, "No problem! I have been out of the business for years now and had to get a REAL job to survive"
So.....today.....I had a chance to visit his warehouse. INSANITY!!! There must have been close to 500 machines including numerous pool tables, air hockey, and bubble hockey machines all in various condition. Everything from Jamma to the real classics. He realizes that he could make a lot MORE by parting them out rather then selling them complete but claims he doesn't have the time or desire to do so after being in the business for 25+ years.
So this summer he will be taking out a full page newspaper add to get rid of ALL of them!
NOT auction! Just, first come first serve basis. Surprisingly he does NOT want a fortune for this stuff. Luckily I got first dibs on selection. Made one hell of a deal for an nhl open ice, a fully functional coin operated 86 ultracade near mint! Trying to convince the wife that we NEED a bubble hockey. Hey....Im Canadian. Air hockey out of the question! Much too big for my house.
I have some pics. I am in the Okanagen area of BC - Canada and can keep anyone CLOSE to this area posted on what DATE he has in mind to unload all of these. Almost everything I listed he seemed to have had. Especially Jamma. Although.....he was clean out of cocktails. NOT a single one!!


that's the first time I ever seen games stored like that, had to do a double take on the photo to make sure I wasn't looking at it wrong.
