builttofail
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Well, last Saturday cyberflexx, MacPDaddy, shardian and I went out to a warehouse we were made aware of earlier last week. We got there around 9:30 am and were a bit surprised and overawed by the amount of stuff he had. It was the most games I'd ever seen in one place. Some were pretty crappy looking, but for the most part pretty good. On the second floor of the warehouse there was a "loft" that had tons of monitors, marquees, bezels, pcbs, and even a couple of cocktails. From the get go it became pretty apparent that the operator had a pretty big imagination when it came to prices. AND he wasn't willing to budge one cent on anything. He was wanting like fifty bucks for marquees and stuff like that. Mac offered him less for one and his response was "i'd rather break it in half than sell it for that." That pretty much summed the guy up. Initially there was a Dig Dug that caught my eye, but it wasn't working and for the price he was asking, I wasn't willing to put that much work into it. I even dug underneath a bunch of stuff and found a Star Wars cockpit! I swear he had no idea that it was there, and then said he wanted like $1500 for it. It was in pretty piss poor shape, missing a few parts. His refrain kept going "do you know how much (fill in the blank) goes for on Ebay?!"
He showed us around to two other places that he had games at. None were close to as big as the first. The one place had a DK, Galaga, Double Dragon, Pac-Land (hahahaha), Simpsons, and some other newer stuff. The third place had mostly newer stuff cept for a Gyruss. But in the end cyberflexx ended up taking a DK, a generic Nintendo cab with a bootleg game (B-52 Bomber) in it, and the Gyruss. shardian ended up with a Karate Champ, and a crane. I got a pretty decent Popeye. And Mac got a crane and an Outrun. Of course the Outrun was the funniest part of the trip. As we were sitting there loading up our crap some guy pulled up and said he had a game for sale. Obviously unafraid of rape, Mac jumped in the car with him. And lo and behold not too much later had a great looking Outrun that he paid NINETEEN dollars for. It was supposed to be twenty, but he only had nineteen on his person, hahaha.
Overall it was a really really fun trip. We should definitely go back when that old timer isn't around, and his business associates are. Highlights include: cyberflexx telling every human that he met about our local forum, possibly children and homeless people were included. The constant refrain from Mac and shardian about how deep of shit they were in with their ladies when they got home. Mac becoming more and more incredulous of that guys stupid prices. shardian's eyes lighting up at the Karate Champ. One of that old guy's cronies trying to sell me oxycontin after asking "are you in a band?". shardian telling me "you're not as short as what they all said you were" (thanks a lot local crew!). cf telling some more people about our forum. The fact that on top of his other shitty prison tattoos, that old guy had a TRAMP STAMP!
At the end of the day I ended up sunburnt, tired, and covered in a fine layer of dust that i imagined to be 30 year old petrified geek sweat. As soon as I got home I cracked a beer and laid in the tub for a bit and washed the filth from myself. Then took a nap for a bit before cf came by to help me try to get this Popeye back in shape. Here is the (crappy) video I took with my iPhone, and some pictures from the raid.
a few views from the top floor
the full haul before the fate-granted outrun
good view of the popeye i got. i used damned near a whole roll of paper towels and cleaner on this thing. looks MUCH better now.
view from cf's car, notice the god-given outrun in the back
He showed us around to two other places that he had games at. None were close to as big as the first. The one place had a DK, Galaga, Double Dragon, Pac-Land (hahahaha), Simpsons, and some other newer stuff. The third place had mostly newer stuff cept for a Gyruss. But in the end cyberflexx ended up taking a DK, a generic Nintendo cab with a bootleg game (B-52 Bomber) in it, and the Gyruss. shardian ended up with a Karate Champ, and a crane. I got a pretty decent Popeye. And Mac got a crane and an Outrun. Of course the Outrun was the funniest part of the trip. As we were sitting there loading up our crap some guy pulled up and said he had a game for sale. Obviously unafraid of rape, Mac jumped in the car with him. And lo and behold not too much later had a great looking Outrun that he paid NINETEEN dollars for. It was supposed to be twenty, but he only had nineteen on his person, hahaha.
Overall it was a really really fun trip. We should definitely go back when that old timer isn't around, and his business associates are. Highlights include: cyberflexx telling every human that he met about our local forum, possibly children and homeless people were included. The constant refrain from Mac and shardian about how deep of shit they were in with their ladies when they got home. Mac becoming more and more incredulous of that guys stupid prices. shardian's eyes lighting up at the Karate Champ. One of that old guy's cronies trying to sell me oxycontin after asking "are you in a band?". shardian telling me "you're not as short as what they all said you were" (thanks a lot local crew!). cf telling some more people about our forum. The fact that on top of his other shitty prison tattoos, that old guy had a TRAMP STAMP!
At the end of the day I ended up sunburnt, tired, and covered in a fine layer of dust that i imagined to be 30 year old petrified geek sweat. As soon as I got home I cracked a beer and laid in the tub for a bit and washed the filth from myself. Then took a nap for a bit before cf came by to help me try to get this Popeye back in shape. Here is the (crappy) video I took with my iPhone, and some pictures from the raid.
a few views from the top floor
the full haul before the fate-granted outrun
good view of the popeye i got. i used damned near a whole roll of paper towels and cleaner on this thing. looks MUCH better now.
view from cf's car, notice the god-given outrun in the back
