Thanks for all the kind words. It was an awesome day, although my body was aching for about two days after. Hats off to Martin who does this day in day out.
It's a shame the Simpson's cab was skipped before I got there, but I'm grateful for what I did manage to salvage.
qjuk said:
Nice find there Jase! …and great video too
I really think that Outrun is going to need to be restored in a new cabinet
, however it looks pretty much complete, it would looking cracking when it done.
Yeah I think your right, we even considered stripping it there and then for parts, but managed to get it home in (almost) one piece.
bonehead said:
I grabbed the two Atari driving cabs.
Must have gone just after you Jase!!!
Nice! Cool you managed to save them.
Lardonate said:
Great job! You certainly don't see Mechanized Attacks come up very often at all! Would be lovely to see that up and running again. Always interesting to see the pre Neo-Geo SNK stuff.
Yes definitely, as a massive SNK fan it's awesome to see. I may have to move this one on though as I also have a Beast Busters, and don't really have the room for both.
K1ngarth3r said:
Nice video and great scores!
Would love that Cab with the WonderBoy marquee!
If your interested in the cab message me, I've got too many projects and could do with reclaiming some space!
Venom said:
Out of interest how do raids generally come about, is it word of mouth or just luck sometimes, or a lot of effort!!. Also how does pricing work when you have no idea if even working or not. I remember the raid on the ship, was quite a logistical nightmare. Just wondered how smaller raids tended to get started. I should think the number of raids slowly diminishes. Unlike the fake car barn finds !!
Sometime it's a lot of effort, sometimes just luck, being at the right place at the right time. I once made an enquiry about old machines they had back in the day in a local pub, and the person I contacted had nothing to do with the pub, but just so happened to live in an old bed and breakfast guest house with some machines in their basement!
I used to call Ops and make enquiries, maybe one in fifty I'd get a lead. It can also be as simple as seeing something for sale and asking if they have anything else. Pricewise, it's just a case of making an offer your happy with and taking it from there. I normally give a price based on the items being not working / untested. Old machines and boards are getting harder to find though and some Ops have seen the rise in popularity and have unrealistic ideas regarding pricing. It can also be frustrating when they use ebay to reference pricing. "Yes mate, I've got an original Space Invaders cocktail, I've seen them on Ebay for £10,000."
Also it's worth noting that you have to be very patient with some Ops, some deals have been years in the making.
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