What the heck happened to this hobby while I was gone

YOU happened.

all of YOU, every single last one of you bastards happened ... that's why this shit is skyrocketing in price.

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you should all be ashamed of yourselves
 
There are hoarders.

There are flippers.

There are multimakers like Chattanooga pinball. Easing the strain of original cabs being made into multis, but they remakes and how they sell for so much is astonishing.

There is a few quality places to get art from that have minimal wait times, Pheonix, Szabo, Escapepod.

Since you have been gone so long, hey buddy that cockpit art started shipping. LoL
 
YOU happened.

all of YOU, every single last one of you bastards happened ... that's why this shit is skyrocketing in price.

you should all be ashamed of yourselves

Is that so Mr. Joined in 2013? I think the culprit behind this all... is YOU!!!

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I heard there's a training film floating around somewhere, narrated by some guy in 1945, to catch you up on KLOV. Not sure where to find it though.
 
I heard there's a training film floating around somewhere, narrated by some guy in 1945, to catch you up on KLOV. Not sure where to find it though.

The one with Tombo with the afro, right? Still trying to dig that out for the bounty :D
 
I left the hobby a few years ago when I sold all my arcade cabinets, but I still kept a bunch of boards, just in case.. I'd be back, I told myself. Well now I'm back. I bought one of those supergun boards on ebay and it works perfectly.

But.. What the f*ck happened? Ebay feels empty now compared to how it was around 2008-2012. The prices went up to insane levels ($200+ for sf2 turbo?!), and the market is flooded with endless multi boards.. Working Mortal Kombat sets are selling for 200-300?!

There's isn't much stuff anymore at all for sales.. It's all gone. Also, the few japanese sellers left have all gone insane with their prices.

Is everybody hoarding all their boards now? Is everybody simply using those damn Pandora multiboards to play?

Did I miss something? I think I have missed a memo or something while I was gone..

You left the hobby but kept a bunch of boards , well there's your answer then :)

Why buy from a Japanese seller on Ebay when you can use a proxy service and buy straight from Yahoo Japan yourself , that's where they buy all their stuff .
Problem now is everything has become very expensive in Japan since the last five years or so .

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A summarization of the last few years...

-Stars Wars Chair threads banned, and the chair has disappeared.
-Nobody knows where the hangar from the stop sign went.
-Pizza and Arcades don't mix.
-Mclemore owns Sundance.
-Crowdfunding is frowned upon.
-The guy Randy on TV shut down his gigantic boardwalk arcade.
-Bob Roberts closed for business.
-We learned how to pronounce Tech Noir.
-The Popeye is no longer for sale.
 
A summarization of the last few years...

-Stars Wars Chair threads banned, and the chair has disappeared.
-Nobody knows where the hangar from the stop sign went.
-Pizza and Arcades don't mix.
-Mclemore owns Sundance.
-Crowdfunding is frowned upon.
-The guy Randy on TV shut down his gigantic boardwalk arcade.
-Bob Roberts closed for business.
-We learned how to pronounce Tech Noir.
-The Popeye is no longer for sale.

Are you sure the Popeye isn't still available? I meant to check...
 
A summarization of the last few years...

-Stars Wars Chair threads banned, and the chair has disappeared.
-Nobody knows where the hangar from the stop sign went.
-Pizza and Arcades don't mix.
-Mclemore owns Sundance.
-Crowdfunding is frowned upon.
-The guy Randy on TV shut down his gigantic boardwalk arcade.
-Bob Roberts closed for business.
-We learned how to pronounce Tech Noir.
-The Popeye is no longer for sale.


I feel like if we put our heads together, this list could be a lot longer. Lol.
 
Dig Dug is one I wouldn't mind getting. I thought they were more in the 700 ish range but I admit I haven't followed prices that close. I too remember when it was 300 game. :)

I only paid $125 for mine....... :D

YOU happened.

all of YOU, every single last one of you bastards happened ... that's why this shit is skyrocketing in price.

you should all be ashamed of yourselves

Perhaps I should be.... but let me be very clear here:

I'm not. :p

The one with Tombo with the afro, right? Still trying to dig that out for the bounty :D

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A summarization of the last few years...

-Stars Wars Chair threads banned, and the chair has disappeared.
-Nobody knows where the hangar from the stop sign went.
-Pizza and Arcades don't mix.
-Mclemore owns Sundance.
-Crowdfunding is frowned upon.
-The guy Randy on TV shut down his gigantic boardwalk arcade.
-Bob Roberts closed for business.
-We learned how to pronounce Tech Noir.
-The Popeye is no longer for sale.

wow you forgot about all the high scores in the early 1980s were all done by cheaters and
scammers like todd rogers and billy mitchell, and the epic drama still battles on!
 
A summarization of the last few years...

-Stars Wars Chair threads banned, and the chair has disappeared.
-Nobody knows where the hangar from the stop sign went.
-Pizza and Arcades don't mix.
-Mclemore owns Sundance.
-Crowdfunding is frowned upon.
-The guy Randy on TV shut down his gigantic boardwalk arcade.
-Bob Roberts closed for business.
-We learned how to pronounce Tech Noir.
-The Popeye is no longer for sale.

Quantum is worth $4000. No more, no less.
 

LMAO! wasn't trying to be racist, there's a topic about a 198X training video for Chuck E Cheese Tombo was cast in as a kid, and he said you could know it's him because he has a huge afro in it--there's a $100 paypal bounty for it but all I could find were vids way before and way after :(
 
A pandemic occurred and a large cross-section of the population stopped using the written word and only communicate using things called "memes"

Collectors began believing that other collectors enjoy seeing pictures focusing on themselves instead of their games and began sharing "selfies" with each other
 
LMAO! wasn't trying to be racist, there's a topic about a 198X training video for Chuck E Cheese Tombo was cast in as a kid, and he said you could know it's him because he has a huge afro in it--there's a $100 paypal bounty for it but all I could find were vids way before and way after :(

Heh... it wasn't the "afro" part, it was the "picking on a Moderator" part. ;)

(btw- I made that meme just for you, but I'm willing to bet ED is going to save it into his collection for use at some future occasion.)
 
Heh... it wasn't the "afro" part, it was the "picking on a Moderator" part. ;)

(btw- I made that meme just for you, but I'm willing to bet ED is going to save it into his collection for use at some future occasion.)

Oh my god, an original vintage Iggy meme, just for me!? I feel so special! :D

Remember ED, the copies you use are merely prints, the original now hangs in my hall of fame... LMAO
 
I feel like if we put our heads together, this list could be a lot longer. Lol.



Ya fizzgig is missing, bradd meltdown,
what happened to building an arcade building? and over 10 grand in momey and parts stolen by ramm controls
 
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