Old pic, but, if you've ever owned one, you'd know why its not a daily player. I swear, the inside is lined with lead. Sounds great, but is like wearing an anchor.
Your favorite 'thing' in your collection?
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craigolof28
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I take partial responsibility for turning this into a guitar thread so I will now further cement that by showing off my other two favorite axes lol
First up is my 1995 Fender American Stratocaster Limited Run Series in Burgundy Mist #66 out of 766. My buddy got the same guitar in high school (1996 in Ocean Turquoise) and I'll never forget picking it up for the first time. The way the treble strings snap in your fingers is like a fucking drug. I got mine in 2021 and it was in such amazing factory mint condition that I swapped out the original pickguard for my Squier Strat pickguard. I tucked away the original because I dig really hard when I pick and I wanted to put a Hot Rails in the bridge. This guitar is a fucking monster.
In March 2024 I bought my white HM Strat that I shared in this thread. I've been playing guitar for 19 years and that is BY FAR my favorite guitar ever. I literally can't put it down after I pick it up, it plays that good. That being said, searching for another HM Strat became a daily search for me as I really wanted to have a backup in case I ever gig again. Come September 2024, one popped up at Guitar Center dirt cheap because it had a big dent on the front. It caught my eye not only because of the price but also because it had faded from the original Flash Pink to a Salmon color which I thought looked cool af. My favorite part of this story is I had 3 guitars I liked but wasn't really playing; Jackson Adrian Smith SDX, Ibanez RG450DX and Epiphone SG all that I wanted to sell but didn't want to deal with selling. Ended up trading all 3 for the Salmon HM Strat, so I now have a quality over quantity guitar collection. The 3 guitars I traded are mass produced so I can get them back any time if I ever wanted to, but I essentially got an original 1988 Fender HM Strat heavily discounted. Took it to Michael's and found a pretty closely matching paint to fill in the dent. The dent never really bothered me but now you can't see it from a distance.
First up is my 1995 Fender American Stratocaster Limited Run Series in Burgundy Mist #66 out of 766. My buddy got the same guitar in high school (1996 in Ocean Turquoise) and I'll never forget picking it up for the first time. The way the treble strings snap in your fingers is like a fucking drug. I got mine in 2021 and it was in such amazing factory mint condition that I swapped out the original pickguard for my Squier Strat pickguard. I tucked away the original because I dig really hard when I pick and I wanted to put a Hot Rails in the bridge. This guitar is a fucking monster.
In March 2024 I bought my white HM Strat that I shared in this thread. I've been playing guitar for 19 years and that is BY FAR my favorite guitar ever. I literally can't put it down after I pick it up, it plays that good. That being said, searching for another HM Strat became a daily search for me as I really wanted to have a backup in case I ever gig again. Come September 2024, one popped up at Guitar Center dirt cheap because it had a big dent on the front. It caught my eye not only because of the price but also because it had faded from the original Flash Pink to a Salmon color which I thought looked cool af. My favorite part of this story is I had 3 guitars I liked but wasn't really playing; Jackson Adrian Smith SDX, Ibanez RG450DX and Epiphone SG all that I wanted to sell but didn't want to deal with selling. Ended up trading all 3 for the Salmon HM Strat, so I now have a quality over quantity guitar collection. The 3 guitars I traded are mass produced so I can get them back any time if I ever wanted to, but I essentially got an original 1988 Fender HM Strat heavily discounted. Took it to Michael's and found a pretty closely matching paint to fill in the dent. The dent never really bothered me but now you can't see it from a distance.
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It's a toss up for me between my dedicated original Area 51 cab or one of my Williams rows, specifically the one pictured with Bubbles and Sinistar next to each other. I'm really thankful to have two really good shape, semi-uncommon uprights next to each other that I also love playing.
Area 51 is entirely sentimental to me. I'm a younger collector, only 27. So being born in '97 the Golden Age and even the 90's were really long over by the time I came into the world. So the one game I have intense nostalgia for (other than my Namco/Midway/Pole Position/Dig Dug games because I grew up playing Namco collections on the PS1) is actually Area 51. Class of '81 was pretty common in my time though… as such Galaga is my favorite game… I was obsessed with Area 51 though as a concept and the PS2 game and I just loved blasting alien zombies any time I saw one in an arcade, movie theater, Cici's Pizza, etc. I would beg for quarters from my parents. And now I have one. My very own. So while it isn't the most expensive, rare, or "show off" game out there, to me, it's my childhood.
I have it in its own "shrine" lol in my arcade with the closet doors taken off.
Area 51 is entirely sentimental to me. I'm a younger collector, only 27. So being born in '97 the Golden Age and even the 90's were really long over by the time I came into the world. So the one game I have intense nostalgia for (other than my Namco/Midway/Pole Position/Dig Dug games because I grew up playing Namco collections on the PS1) is actually Area 51. Class of '81 was pretty common in my time though… as such Galaga is my favorite game… I was obsessed with Area 51 though as a concept and the PS2 game and I just loved blasting alien zombies any time I saw one in an arcade, movie theater, Cici's Pizza, etc. I would beg for quarters from my parents. And now I have one. My very own. So while it isn't the most expensive, rare, or "show off" game out there, to me, it's my childhood.
I have it in its own "shrine" lol in my arcade with the closet doors taken off.
WadeLanham
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It's a toss up for me between my dedicated original Area 51 cab or one of my Williams rows, specifically the one pictured with Bubbles and Sinistar next to each other. I'm really thankful to have two really good shape, semi-uncommon uprights next to each other that I also love playing.
Area 51 is entirely sentimental to me. I'm a younger collector, only 27. So being born in '97 the Golden Age and even the 90's were really long over by the time I came into the world. So the one game I have intense nostalgia for (other than my Namco/Midway/Pole Position/Dig Dug games because I grew up playing Namco collections on the PS1) is actually Area 51. Class of '81 was pretty common in my time though… as such Galaga is my favorite game… I was obsessed with Area 51 though as a concept and the PS2 game and I just loved blasting alien zombies any time I saw one in an arcade, movie theater, Cici's Pizza, etc. I would beg for quarters from my parents. And now I have one. My very own. So while it isn't the most expensive, rare, or "show off" game out there, to me, it's my childhood.
I think it's great to see someone younger still taking an interest in coin op games, especially those classics! Most of this hobby seems to be nostalgia-driven with us older guys who grew up in the 80's (or earlier).
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There's a place for my modern PC and my PS5 but there's something special about the gameplay of Golden Age games. I'm not even into 90's beat 'em ups or "continues" or anything like that. Your hand/eye coordination, your skill, and your patience is all you need to play EXTREMELY fun games. I don't need bleeding edge game engines or graphics to be hooked on the dopamine train.
Yeah, the beauty of Golden Age is that the hardware was extremely limited and/or ridiculously expensive. So programmers came up with very creative game concepts with their limited resources.
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Marble madness and Pong hiding on the side of that photo you took! Lmao ( Read the question wrong! I thought i was meant to awsner what my favorite game in your collection was.) I guess I'll go with my X-Arcade Tankstick and Sega genesis for now!Ok, my turn to post a generic question post. Of all the stuff you have today in your collections what is your favorite piece? Doesn't have to be a game, just something that you're happy you have that's gaming/pop culture related. For me it's my Mold A Rama.View attachment 793439
