My $100 Zaxxon pickup adventure

animesuperj

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Responded to an ad on craigslist for a $100 Zaxxon. The guy mentioned he had other cabinets as well, so thought I would stop over after work. It was on the way home, anyway.

Once I get over, we make some small talk for a bit. He had about 5 or 6 cabinets, most of them gutted. He said he was more of a mame guy, and was just getting out of the hobby. I took a look through everything, and the only complete (but non working) cabinets were the Zaxxon and Dr Mario. Those were actually the only two cabinets I wanted anyway.

So I asked on what he wanted for Dr Mario, and he says $50. I'm not looking for that many projects, so think it over for a bit. Eventually, I asked "you wanted $100 for zaxxon then?". He responded back with: "oh, I meant only $75. And if you buy it, I'll just throw in dr mario". I countered with $50, and he accepted!

After getting everything loaded, he asked if I wanted the Jungle Hunt cocktail that was also in the basement (complete and non working). Uhhh, sure. So I run the other two cabinets home, run back over, and load jungle hunt. After that's in, he said he found some boards that I could have, if I wanted them.

All in all, I walked away with the following, for $50:
- Complete non working Zaxxon
- Complete non working Dr Mario
- Complete non working Jungle Hunt cocktail
- Extra Jungle Hunt top glass
- 3 nintendo vs boards
- Frogger board
- Nice condition midway coin door, with wiring and mechs
- Populated PigOut control panel
- Extra dolly

Not a bad haul for randomly replaying the a craigslist ad.
 
WOW! Thats quite the score you got!! Wish I had a story like that to tell! I have my own Zaxxon Adventure but its not as good as yours! LOL My son was living in a place and the guy he was renting off got evicted, so i was loading my sons stuff to help him move and see the corner of a game under a tarp. I went over, pulled up the tarp and much to my amazement a Zaxxon was under it. Complete, a little dirty but there. so i asked the guy what he wanted for it, he said 40 bux, i said sure, gave it to him, loaded it, and before i left he said he want a cocktail? Im sure, he just gives me one. its complete other then top glass was cracked and its missing a board, but hey free is good. So took the game home, plugged it in and i got a power up, but the screen was all wonky. So i removed the back, played with the adjustments and got it working nice. :) Cleaned her up and i got my first arcade game. :)

I still like your story better though! If you want to get rid of the non working Zaxxon board drop me a msg ;)
 
Nice haul, you beat me to this one. I responded like an hour after the posting asking about Dr. Mario and he said he would throw in the Dr Mario if I bought another cabinet from him. But I couldn't get there until sometime today anyway. Timing never works out for me on stuff like this.
 
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