Whats the rarest arcade or pinball related items you own!

Now put the knife down before you hear this. When I first got in to collecting a guy gave me a dozen or so boards right after I bought my first game: Frogger. Not knowing any better I did what? You guessed it, plugged every single one of those suckers in to see if they worked. After frying most, including Spelunker, I threw them away... :eek: *runs and hides for the Labor Day weekend*

You are dead to me now.... J/K Sav ;)
 
My rarest piece is probably the one and only original Dragons Lair castle background gouche painting and original thorn cel overlays. I got this directly from Don Bluth and Gary Goldman with Cert of Authenticity. This is the exact piece used in the final animated film sequence for the opening of the game. It was painted by Don Moore (key background artist for Bluth Group.) I had it professionally and archivally framed with UV protection and silk wrapped mats. Bluth Group LTD. made 100 giclee copies of this exact piece.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2248018490054905596aqiIUO
 
Not as cool as some of the items already posted is my Return of the Jedi cockpit back glass marquee.
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or maybe a Tolian Web PCB.
 
my rarest item would be the area 51 resin alien. I got to find someone who can paint it.. I was told only 3 were made.

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But my favorite items are the other arcade related items. atari enamel pins, posters, hats, and mini arcades.
 
I like the alien as-is. If you can find the person that painted one of the other two, then maybe if you want to spend the money. Your raw form might be the rarest of all.
 
I have the original films for video game trading cards from the 80's and the mask used for a character in the MK series. The mask was worn by an actor that was digitized for Mortal Kombat games. I got it from a Midway employee.

here is an snipit from Wiki. This is the mask I have:
The third and final attempt at a Baraka design included a full head of black hair tied up in a bun, and a large red dot on his belt to go along with his familiar red-and-white tunic and black pants. The red dot, added simply as a decoration, was axed because it was misinterpreted as symbolizing the red dot on the Japanese flag, and the hair was gone shortly thereafter, finalizing Baraka's bald look used throughout the Mortal Kombat series. Yet in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, he is seen with a row of spikes projecting off the very back of his head.
 

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i have a mortal kombat rev1.0 board (came in the original dedicated cabinet) and an mk2 comic book signed by john tobias. considering i am from malta, i waslucky in finding the signed comic book
 
My lameness is only exceeded by my dorkiness

Yeah... not much here really. My only "rare" piece is my Offroad Challenge. It actually belonged to one of the artists that worked on the game. It was given to him as a gift once the game was finished. It is game #10.
 
A51 Alien

Wow, MrBill2084 I am jealous of that Alien. I'd love to own one of those - A51 is my favorite game.

Wish I had something exciting to add to this thread, but other than a couple of rare/scarce JAMMA boards, I have nothing exciting.
 
I have a Game Plan/Pac Novelties 'Shark Attack' kit. Bezel, Marquee, CPU, Soundboard, Power supply, CP, full wiring harness and soon I will have repro side art.

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These 2 pins would be pretty rare. I did not know they exsisted until I bought them (liberator and quantum).

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I also got pole position. Its also rare but I knew about it.. Asteroids is uncommon.

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That is very very sweet and probably my favorite on the list so far.

My rarest piece is probably the one and only original Dragons Lair castle background gouche painting and original thorn cel overlays. I got this directly from Don Bluth and Gary Goldman with Cert of Authenticity. This is the exact piece used in the final animated film sequence for the opening of the game. It was painted by Don Moore (key background artist for Bluth Group.) I had it professionally and archivally framed with UV protection and silk wrapped mats. Bluth Group LTD. made 100 giclee copies of this exact piece.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2248018490054905596aqiIUO
 
My rarest piece is probably the one and only original Dragons Lair castle background gouche painting and original thorn cel overlays. I got this directly from Don Bluth and Gary Goldman with Cert of Authenticity. This is the exact piece used in the final animated film sequence for the opening of the game. It was painted by Don Moore (key background artist for Bluth Group.) I had it professionally and archivally framed with UV protection and silk wrapped mats. Bluth Group LTD. made 100 giclee copies of this exact piece.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2248018490054905596aqiIUO

WOW. THAT is SO cool!
 
I have a couple...

Mine would be my ALADDINS CASTLE swag. My TRON tokens were given out when TRON was relased in the arcades. My dad used to work for AC and he snagged a couple back in the day for me.. I can pretty much say these are the only 5 that exist...

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Also i have DON BLUTH ANIMATION FLIP BOOKS (3 space ace and 1 dragons lair) and a Dragons LAir button that was given out when DL was released..

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Also i know this has nothing to do with games, but this is another i think is very hard to find

The original 1977 kenner ALIEN complete even with clear dome on top

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