What a $50 Battlezone looks like

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Scored this and an Asteroids cabaret off of Craigslist today for $100 for the pair, it's a little rough about the edges and doesn't work but it looks promising.
 

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You couldn't rent a truck?

With what money? As it is I owe the guy $25 which I'm going to pay when I pick up the BZ, the Asteroids came apart without any real damage anyway and it'll make it a lot easier to clean it up, it's pretty moldy, and the top panel is a little swollen so I'm probably going to replace it.

DON'T TAKE OFF THE PERISCOPE!!!! It kills the nostalgia of the game! (IMO at least)

HELL NO! :p It appears to be in mint condition too!
I'm going to try to restore it, periscope included, whatever I take apart is going back together later! For the BZ I might sleaze a favor off a friend with a truck who owes me a few, but I'm a little reluctant because it'll be a pretty good drive for him, and it might end up being taken apart anyway because I think the bottom might be significantly water damaged.
 
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Make sure to post a link to this thread in the official "This is what a $50 XXXX looks like" thread. ;)

I think GackAttack made that one...? :confused:
 
Ok got the BZ Yesterday in one piece thanks to my buddy, it needs a SERIOUS cleaning up to say the least, there's some swelling at the bottoms of the sides and it needs a new floor, might take a crack at replacing that this weekend as it doesn't look too tough. Fortunately all the guts look pretty clean with little corrosion so things look very fixable, I tested the big blue and the caps on the reg board with a ESR meter and they check out, so I'm hoping that maybe it was a bad connection.

Stay tuned, I'll have to start a thread with pics for this and the Asteroids in the restore section.
 
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