The year behind...the year ahead...the hobby and you

[Phetishboy]

2009 Finally restored:

Turned the gameroom from this:

to this:

due to a pipe bursting. Also added this room for overflow:

2010:

Finish my Berzerk, Moon Patrol, Joust, Pacman, DKJR, and Jungle King.

 

[Droler]

2009:

Fixed and moved in my Tempest - big landmark for me.

Restored and gifted a Missile Command cocktail - another landmark. First time I ever restored and gave away a game. (Thanks, Spanks, for the MC - it was a diamond in the very much rough but turned into a sweet machine)

Restored and rebuilt from individual parts gleaned from garage sales and Goodwill, a complete retro 1980's style stereo system including that little cabinet with the glass front, and magnetic catch, for less than $60. Includes tape player, tuner, DVD player, linear tracking record player, and amp. The amp cost me the most ($20 on the bay) but all other parts were $6 and less. This is related, because I use it to play Journey tunes in the room where my games are.


2010:

Find and restore an Asteroids.

Maybe sell or trade the Blaxxon.

 

[LaserFan]

Fun...

2009:

- Sold four games
- Bought two complete
- Bought one project

2010

- Hope to complete the project cab, which is a Track & Field fron tron guy. Want it done by this summer

- Finish the project DK machine I have had since 2008

- Finally add an Indiana Jones pinball that I have been trying to talk my buddy Dan into selling me for the past 2 years..LOL

- Sell a few, buy a few...like always!

- Try and meet more of the great KLOV people here in the area

- Peace, Love, Joy...all that B.S. too!

Jess

 

[jow]

2009:

Realized this hobby is way more fun when you cycle games in and out. I bought/sold/traded a bunch of stuff. Keeps the lineup fresh.

2010:

See above

Once I get settled in a home I want to stay in, I will have a permanent setup. Right now with the way the garage is setup, I don't have a whole lot of room so its hard to keep a bunch of games and still add a bunch. Its easier to swap a bunch in and out, so that's what I do.

 

[playpin35]

2009:

I aquired return of the jedi, afterburner deluxe, battlezone, a freddy pin and a haunted house pin(project)

2010:

Finish the haunted house project, fix my asteroids deluxe, seawolf, sprint 2 and add an Addams Family to the collection

 

[Fatsquatch]

2009:

I aquired return of the jedi, afterburner deluxe, battlezone, a freddy pin and a haunted house pin(project)

How do you like that Freddy pin? I know it's supposed to suck and all because it's a Gottlieb, but I love mine.

I'm crazy like that.

 

[30FathomDave]

2009: started the year with 1 vid (Berzerk) and 2 pins (Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Addams Family). Finished the year with 7 vids and 3 pins. Took on my 1st "fixer upper" (Satan's Hollow - which now looks and plays great) and pulled off my 1st trade (swapped my 60-1 for a Bram Stoker's Dracula pin). Went from having a room in the house with a few games in it, to a full-blown arcade.

2010: I only have room for one more game, so I have to make it count. Once I get that 11th game, it's time to start selling or trading if I want to pick up others.

 

[R3LL1K]

2009:
Feb: Bought my first game, a Tekken 3 in a Dynamo cab. Performed first, second and third capkit and chassis repair.
Rewired a couple of cabs.
Cabs I bought after Tekken 3-
Mortal Kombat 2 in a centipede cab-sold.
Sky Target Deluxe
2 Seater Road Riot
Golden Tee 2K-converted to GT05 and -sold.
California Speed Sitdown
Marvel Vs Capcom in a showcase 33
Lethal Enforcers in a Bud Tapper-sold.
Dedicated Lethal Enforcers-sold.
converted Tekken 3 to SF2 HF and -sold.
Neo-Geo MVS25
World Class Bowling in a dedicated MK2 cab
Dragon Ball Z in a TMNT cab
Centipede cab
Sega Turbo cockpit-restoring
SNK vs Capcom in a Sega STV cab
Dedicated Lethal Enforcers 2
Dedicated Mortal Kombat

Organized my garage to accomodate all of my cabs.
Hosted my first, second and third party with the garcade going. Constantly disorganized my garage to work on games.

2010 Goals:
Get any unused items out of my garage and have it setup so it's always usable as an arcade.
Setup a workspace in my garage so I can work on games without moving around any of my already functioning games.
Restore my dedicated MK and convert to a Multi MK cab.
Buy and sell more games so I can upgrade to more dedicated cabs.
Finish MAMOX project.
Make a Multi shooting game cab with, Area 51/Max Force, Zero Point 2, Point Blank and Invasion boards.

 

[jar155]

I doubt I'll be able to remember all my transactions, but 2009 was by far my busiest year collecting. This year I really changed my major focus from arcade cabinets to pinball machines, but I still love both. Some of the notable changes...

Bought (arcade cabs):

- Tron (restored it with new art)
- Star Wars (thanks, Spyridon)
- APB (thanks, Frizz)
- Ikari Warriors (gifted this to my brother for his b-day)
- Pleaides (now for sale)
- Punch-Out!! (fully restored with new paint, art, CP, etc.)

(pinball)

- Jackbot
- Hurricane
- Bride of Pinbot
- Taxi
- Twilight Zone
- Indiana Jones (WMS)
- Lord of the Rings
- The Simpsons Pinball Party
- OXO
- The Getaway
- Fish Tales
- Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World

Sold or traded away (arcade cabs)

- Tron
- Neo Geo candy cab

(pinball)

- Jackbot
- Fish Tales
- The Getaway (to spbeyond)
- Taxi (sold to Jow)
- Hurricane

So yeah, lots of movement for me this past year. In 2010 I'm looking at adding a Super Off Road and hopefully a Funhouse pinball machine or an Attack From Mars. We'll see how it goes...

 

[TheDrewster]

2009-
I entered the year having only a DK.
Bought a Defender
Sold Defender to MikeBetz
Bought Paperboy and Centipede
Bought a HUO Burgertime
Bought and somewhat-restored PacMan
Bought Galaxian
Sold Burgertime to FatherPain.
Bought a GORF which is currently being restored
Bought another Defender from pcolson
Bought a Centipede Mini.
Scrapped the Defender to fix the Centipede
Sold the Centipede mini after many trials and tribulations
Brought home my grail, a Super Mario Bros. Pinball
Bought Space Duel, and is currently being restored to sell

For 2010:

Finish restoring the Space Duel and GORF
Sell Space Duel
Get a Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World pinball
Get a Ms. Pac Man
Renovate my Garage into an actual arcade