KidVidiot
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Well kinda at least. It popped up on craigslist but it took me a few hours to notice, so I assumed it was long gone. The guy was cleaning out his father-in-law's storage unit and found it and had it out in his YARD SALE on saturday!
I called him immediately and actually got through. He said he had had a few calls about it and some low ball offers so I flat out said I would take it for his asking price. He wasn't sure if it worked but said all the boards were there and it lit up and seemed to coin up when plugged in. I couldn't make it out there until today so I sent him a deposit via paypal and happily there was no funny business between then and today.
Got it home and looked it over and it's actually in really nice shape - side art is fully intact on both sides, glass has very minimal flaking in a couple spots, and the cpo is decent although I will probably replace.
So I opened up the back to start to see if I could eyeball anything that was wrong before plugging it in. All the boards and everything else looked practically brand new, all the wiring looked nice...and then I notice - no belts! I find the remnants of the belts scattered along the bottom of the cabinet. Hoping that this is the only problem, I turn the game on, and sure enough, all the lights come on, the scoreboard display comes on, and even better, both motors start going.
So I guess I still don't know for sure if there are any pcb issues, as (assuming because no belts) it wouldn't cycle into the start of a new game, but I'm pretty happy with my purchase. Just a few days ago I was seriously considering biting the bullet and paying for an expensive one on ebay and having it shipped...but now so glad I didn't.
Also I find it kind of hilarious that some people could have stopped by this guy's yard sale and browsed through his stuff like "Hmm...shoes, baby clothes, board games, Ice Cold Beer, ...."


