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I'm breaking the golden rule of posting before I pick up a game but the payment and purchase is locked in through eBay and Paypal so I think I'm in the clear.
I promised my mom I wouldn't get another game until I finished my truck and I was really promising myself I was going to save up money. I feel quite bad about breaking this promise (mostly to myself) but hopefully it's going to a good pickup. After this I'm officially out of room in the garage and then I think I will want to save up. Every time I buy something it pains me to spend money because when you're 16 / 17 + have no job you get little trinkles of cash twice a year, Christmas and birthdays if I'm lucky (I'm very grateful.) My 17th birthday was on the 4th and I did get some money and I'm also doing art commission work to hopefully get some funds and I was really hoping to save it all up to do something big with or buy my grail of a late 80's Williams pin (Taxi is grail) and I was honestly of getting tired of the effort into picking up games for now. Not just the physical labor, but it goes: Find ad, wonder if I really want this -> Count all of my money in my possession, I have no "arcade budget" or extra funds it's literally all I have and if I don't have it that's too bad -> Fret over asking parent to help transport and store ANOTHER game (thanks mom <3) -> Fit game into mint condition minivan with the risk of getting killed if something gets messed up -> Unload game with mom (thanks again mom lol) -> Adjust a billion other HEAVY games to get it into the row, alone. Voila.
Well, this decision was a bit rushed. Somebody posted this ad to Pinside, New Jersey is pretty dry with any arcade related and the video scene is definitely a lot more dead than the pinball scene. $300 for a Gottlieb Spring Break, made 1987. Gottliebs would probably be my choice of EM pins but I'm a Williams fan all around, not too much a fan of the backbox on this era of Gottlieb games but I've been yearning for a pin with attract mode (Flash should be up and running the same weekend too, power supply cap kit is IN ROUTE!) and more of the 80's playfield art style for a long time now and I hope this game is fun! It looks really fun and I never thought I would own a game with ramps and whatnot, multiball, and whatever else. It was a quick decision and without growing up in these eras I have nothing I really want from experience or nostalgia which is difficult so every purchase I make is pretty much a plunge. I'm a big 80's fan and these pin really has that feel maybe even too much but it definitely looks cool and fun, big fan of the playfield art (quite possibly for the reason you're thinking, I'm not sure).
I'm really excited, I didn't think my next step up would be a pin this advanced and I was (and totally am!) honestly very happy with my project Flash and I think that still might be my favorite piece but I couldn't pass this deal up and hopefully from a financial aspect it was a good choice too. I had $10 leftover from money given to me as a birthday gift to purchase a steering board in my PayPal wallet (thanks to my uncle who I suppose was slightly shocked he couldn't play Double Axle) so I ended up paying $290 for the entire machine. The short description claims everything work, has free play mod already installed. I hope I love this machine or at least like it enough, I think upgrading it and reselling it can get some major profit or definitely my money and time back if I really don't like it but I think I will, I try to take everything with an open mind and I suppose if I can spend a lot of time on EMs way before my time I'll definitely enjoy this. Soundtrack is cool too, definitely gives some vibes.
So, this weekend. Spring Break. Flash working, I hope. Double Axle fully working. 1 and a half games left to repair and I've repaired my entire collection, only 2 out of 7 came to me working or partially working and now 5 are going at this moment in time.
Fingers crossed it looks like this in person and it doesn't wreak of cat piss or something crazy like that. The eBay handle is very soccer-mom-esque so I'm thinking possibly a divorce situation or the playfield's a bit too racy for their house? No clue. Wish me luck this weekend.
Spring Break: (eBay photos)
I'm breaking the golden rule of posting before I pick up a game but the payment and purchase is locked in through eBay and Paypal so I think I'm in the clear.
I promised my mom I wouldn't get another game until I finished my truck and I was really promising myself I was going to save up money. I feel quite bad about breaking this promise (mostly to myself) but hopefully it's going to a good pickup. After this I'm officially out of room in the garage and then I think I will want to save up. Every time I buy something it pains me to spend money because when you're 16 / 17 + have no job you get little trinkles of cash twice a year, Christmas and birthdays if I'm lucky (I'm very grateful.) My 17th birthday was on the 4th and I did get some money and I'm also doing art commission work to hopefully get some funds and I was really hoping to save it all up to do something big with or buy my grail of a late 80's Williams pin (Taxi is grail) and I was honestly of getting tired of the effort into picking up games for now. Not just the physical labor, but it goes: Find ad, wonder if I really want this -> Count all of my money in my possession, I have no "arcade budget" or extra funds it's literally all I have and if I don't have it that's too bad -> Fret over asking parent to help transport and store ANOTHER game (thanks mom <3) -> Fit game into mint condition minivan with the risk of getting killed if something gets messed up -> Unload game with mom (thanks again mom lol) -> Adjust a billion other HEAVY games to get it into the row, alone. Voila.
Well, this decision was a bit rushed. Somebody posted this ad to Pinside, New Jersey is pretty dry with any arcade related and the video scene is definitely a lot more dead than the pinball scene. $300 for a Gottlieb Spring Break, made 1987. Gottliebs would probably be my choice of EM pins but I'm a Williams fan all around, not too much a fan of the backbox on this era of Gottlieb games but I've been yearning for a pin with attract mode (Flash should be up and running the same weekend too, power supply cap kit is IN ROUTE!) and more of the 80's playfield art style for a long time now and I hope this game is fun! It looks really fun and I never thought I would own a game with ramps and whatnot, multiball, and whatever else. It was a quick decision and without growing up in these eras I have nothing I really want from experience or nostalgia which is difficult so every purchase I make is pretty much a plunge. I'm a big 80's fan and these pin really has that feel maybe even too much but it definitely looks cool and fun, big fan of the playfield art (quite possibly for the reason you're thinking, I'm not sure).
I'm really excited, I didn't think my next step up would be a pin this advanced and I was (and totally am!) honestly very happy with my project Flash and I think that still might be my favorite piece but I couldn't pass this deal up and hopefully from a financial aspect it was a good choice too. I had $10 leftover from money given to me as a birthday gift to purchase a steering board in my PayPal wallet (thanks to my uncle who I suppose was slightly shocked he couldn't play Double Axle) so I ended up paying $290 for the entire machine. The short description claims everything work, has free play mod already installed. I hope I love this machine or at least like it enough, I think upgrading it and reselling it can get some major profit or definitely my money and time back if I really don't like it but I think I will, I try to take everything with an open mind and I suppose if I can spend a lot of time on EMs way before my time I'll definitely enjoy this. Soundtrack is cool too, definitely gives some vibes.
So, this weekend. Spring Break. Flash working, I hope. Double Axle fully working. 1 and a half games left to repair and I've repaired my entire collection, only 2 out of 7 came to me working or partially working and now 5 are going at this moment in time.
Fingers crossed it looks like this in person and it doesn't wreak of cat piss or something crazy like that. The eBay handle is very soccer-mom-esque so I'm thinking possibly a divorce situation or the playfield's a bit too racy for their house? No clue. Wish me luck this weekend.
Spring Break: (eBay photos)
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Completely refunded it seems. Really stinks though, I was so excited and I was hoping this could get my mind off of all the other not-so-fun stuff that's been going on recently, really kinda needed that too. Bummer. I guess I'll go back to saving up. Ugh.
