Yesterdays Pick Up

Kalan714

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Responded to a CL ad and was the first one apparently. Lady was extremely cool and held the machines until the next day (which is rare for craigslist). Unfortunately her husband passed away and she just wanted everything gone. There were a lot of people responding and she even read me some of the emails from people I knew which was funny because I did'nt care enough to ask. She said one guy was a douche and i'm sure all the locals know who he is but i'm not gonna name drop and was trying to outbid me without knowing even what I offered. Anyways games not pictured were a battlezone, Crazy Climber and A Space Invaders Pinball Machine and apparently the playfield was mylared so it was pretty nice (my friend got those 3). I got the two laser games which was fine enough for me because it came with extra players and laser discs. The Dragons Lair is going to my friend John though because that is his grail.

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Sweet grabs, man! For a second there, I thought one of those was a Space Ace. I was prepared to PM you and try to pry it away.
 
Space Ace

Theres a disc for space ace but its scratched, there may be another but the label came off. I know of another space ace. I will let you know if I get it. We may be able to work a trade.
 
Nice of you to share the find with friends. That's how I like to do things as well. Never seen a Thayer's Quest in the wild or anywhere. Thanks for the photos.
 
Don't discount a scratched LD. They can be polished and still work as long as the scratch isn't too deep.
 
Yup. When i saw the thread with no hint of what was getting picked up, and i saw it was Kalan, i figured it had to be good. No surprise when i saw the finds.

There must be a karma / magic vibe you have because you sure do find some neat stuff. Nice machines.

I love DL. thayers is rare, its arcade history and quite a novelty - but sure looks like a crappy game though.
 
Wow! You guys in the west seem to always have the nice finds. Congrats!!!

It's not that we have nice finds out here in the West coast. It the fact we have kalan714 on the west coast LOL

As for scratches. Light scratches can be rebuff out. Deep scratches sometime can be filled. Laser disk rot on the other hand there nothing much one can do.
 
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