What "firsts" did you have this year?

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Memorable firsts for me were:

  • 1st vid bought at an auction (x3)
  • 1st complete pin bought for less than $100
  • 1st time renting storage
  • 1st time lending out games to make space
  • 1st monitor restoration
 
My first full restoration Hypersports


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Restoration of two games: The Simpsons and Q*Bert. In the nearly 7 1/2 years since I got my first cabinet, I had never done a restore like I did with these.
 
  • First board repair(s!)
  • First "blind" repair without posting on KLOV for help (it was a real diagnosis and repair, not part swap luck)
  • First pinball acquisition
  • First auction attendance
  • First repair for a paying customer
  • First incoming tech support call
  • First game sale
 
My first Atari game! (Assault)
My first flyback replacement (Also Assault)
My first cockpit game! (Omega Race)
My first free game! (Also Omega Race)
My first non-video game (Pachinko)
My first run-in with a typical, sleazy craigslister! (Almost got a $50 NEOGEO)

And that is about it!
(Great thread, btw)
 
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1st conversion (Tempest --> Major Havoc)

1st time attending CAX

1st trade involving more than one game

1st time selling a game

1st cocktail
 
I made it past Earth on Gyruss for the first time.
Lost my virginity (again).
 
First multi-cab purchase, along with first time hauling four games in my pickup.
 
I just got into this hobby, so everything has been a first for me :D

Most notable being:

buying my first cabinet
beating my first arcade game (I've never done that before)
getting my first free thing off CL (crummy multicab with 4 good boards)
first time repairing a whole in the drywall (SWT install incident)
currently undertaking my first monitor repair
 
First CAX
First Rejuv
First full Restore (SF2-monitor, patch, paint, and new CP)
First Raid (greg/pauls)
First time renting a trailer
First pinball (gumball)
First free cab (Neo Geo)
First shipped cab
First out of state purchasE
First parted out
First CPS3 battery change
 
  • First, but definitely not last, CAX.
  • First 2-at-once game buy in another state. (Thanks again Chris!)
  • First real "Arcade Room"
  • First mega road trip to CO to get my grail.
  • First 'home improvement' to make it easier to move games into the arcade. :rolleyes:
  • First game I spent 5 bills on.
  • First house burglary. :( :mad:
  • First gumball machine purchase.
  • First time skating in a skating rink since childhood. (Tonight, actually)
 
My first game! (NeoGeo)
Also:
my second game (BurgerTime)
my third game (Tempes)
my fourth game (Frogger)
my fifth game (Joust)
Wow, these things really are addicting!
 
First time I had all the games in my gameroom working (since I've owned more than 5 games)
First arcade party

DogP
 
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