Trafford Park Raid Manchester 12.03.15
- Thread starter Alpha1
- Start date
dlightbulb
Active member
Amazing! Well done.
Incredible stuff
Incredible stuff
silverfox0786
Beware the Hillman
i hope someone grabbed that NEO print machine
im interested in buying that
im interested in buying that
forcefulfil
EDOT King
Lurvly!
Sciddleybop
Active member
I only know of 1 other Orbitor one in the country and I think that's at pinball palace. Very rare and quirky. I played one at PHOF. Good for a laugh.
KosmikVector
Newbie
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Hi Alpha1,
Regarding
your recent Operators raid in Manchester i noticed the odd Vector UR,
and on one of the pics saw a Tac/Scan sticker on a cardboard box and
thought Wow. Is there any Vector cabs for sale?
I'm unsure as to what Cads are available if any & i guess many
UKVAC members and friends have asked similar Q's A Tac/Scan or Tempest would be marvelous to buy (depending on the prices)
UKVAC members have been a great help and i feel very happy to be a member of this Website & Arcade community.
"Long live those Iridescent Vector graphic games"
KVx
Regarding
your recent Operators raid in Manchester i noticed the odd Vector UR,
and on one of the pics saw a Tac/Scan sticker on a cardboard box and
thought Wow. Is there any Vector cabs for sale?
I'm unsure as to what Cads are available if any & i guess many
UKVAC members and friends have asked similar Q's A Tac/Scan or Tempest would be marvelous to buy (depending on the prices)
UKVAC members have been a great help and i feel very happy to be a member of this Website & Arcade community.
"Long live those Iridescent Vector graphic games"
KVx
Part
One
I was fortunate enough to be (I think) the
last person invited to join this raid. I’ve been on raids before; I know to a
certain extent what to expect, how to behave on the day, what to take with me,
(decent tools, food and common sense) and what the etiquette is between
attendees. There is by the nature of a raid a level of trust and secrecy
required; it goes without saying that nobody says anything to anybody (not even
best friends), conversations you’ve just had in fact never happened and never expect to find out the location
until the night before or even the actual morning of the event. This raid was
all of that and more.
A few of the guys, I believe there were
around 8 in total, were staying close to the raid location in a hotel the night
before and one of them invited me to join them. I accepted. We were to drive
over, have a few beers and get a good night’s rest before the inevitable early
start. That was the plan at least…
Upon arrival at the hotel around 9:30pm, we
checked in and dumped overnight bags, uneaten food and jackets in our rooms and
milled around a bit, (it had been a good few hours’ drive at that point - time
to stretch); before heading down to the bar to see if anyone else had arrived.
I always experience apprehension when I meet a fellow collector for the first
time; even those I’ve known from the forum and via PM’s for years. I’ll be honest;
I worry whether I will come across as an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and
friendly collector. Or a bell end.
We spot some familiar faces sat at a table
that ironically we’d walked by only 10 minutes prior and move to join them.
Everyone shakes hands and everyone has a friendly smile. Introductions are made
and this, for the most part goes well, until the point where, keen to put names
to faces without being told who somebody is, I do the “Don’t tell me, you must be…” act.
By the fourth (incorrect) name I’m starting to sweat. “Steve…no..Dom? No..other Steve? No..Oll….no
wait, Martin? No? Sh*t.” The victim of this awkward scene thankfully smiles
and tells me who he actually is and
we shake hands. It’s all good. Time to get some beers in.
The atmosphere is great. You can feel the
anticipation as more people arrive and come over to say hello; people splinter
off and flit between groups of 2 or 3; rumors start, “Do you think there’s X? What if there’s Y? What if, there’s more than
one of Y?!” Everyone is included. Everyone is excited. The rules of the
raid are gone over in detail again and there is a chance for any last minute
questions or clarifications. One rule is abundantly clear though; tomorrow is
about securing the cabs, removing them quickly, methodically room by room,
safely from site and loading them onto the trucks that have been booked by the
raid leaders. There will be no opportunity for gawking, precious little time to
stand and soak it all in and schoolboy excitement must be kept to a minimum, if
not completely hidden. The last thing the sellers need to see are 10 grown men
having a circle jerk over an I-Robot cab wrapped in pallet wrap. Those are the
actions that cause deals to fall apart, no matter how far along negotiations,
(and even payment) are.
Talk shifts to whether or not any of us are
actually going to be able to sleep tonight; the excitement is just too great
and a few beers have done little to dull the sensation. One by one people
retire; it’s now 1:30am.
Apparently I snore. A lot. When I wake the
next day it is a fact I am completely oblivious to…
One
I was fortunate enough to be (I think) the
last person invited to join this raid. I’ve been on raids before; I know to a
certain extent what to expect, how to behave on the day, what to take with me,
(decent tools, food and common sense) and what the etiquette is between
attendees. There is by the nature of a raid a level of trust and secrecy
required; it goes without saying that nobody says anything to anybody (not even
best friends), conversations you’ve just had in fact never happened and never expect to find out the location
until the night before or even the actual morning of the event. This raid was
all of that and more.
A few of the guys, I believe there were
around 8 in total, were staying close to the raid location in a hotel the night
before and one of them invited me to join them. I accepted. We were to drive
over, have a few beers and get a good night’s rest before the inevitable early
start. That was the plan at least…
Upon arrival at the hotel around 9:30pm, we
checked in and dumped overnight bags, uneaten food and jackets in our rooms and
milled around a bit, (it had been a good few hours’ drive at that point - time
to stretch); before heading down to the bar to see if anyone else had arrived.
I always experience apprehension when I meet a fellow collector for the first
time; even those I’ve known from the forum and via PM’s for years. I’ll be honest;
I worry whether I will come across as an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and
friendly collector. Or a bell end.
We spot some familiar faces sat at a table
that ironically we’d walked by only 10 minutes prior and move to join them.
Everyone shakes hands and everyone has a friendly smile. Introductions are made
and this, for the most part goes well, until the point where, keen to put names
to faces without being told who somebody is, I do the “Don’t tell me, you must be…” act.
By the fourth (incorrect) name I’m starting to sweat. “Steve…no..Dom? No..other Steve? No..Oll….no
wait, Martin? No? Sh*t.” The victim of this awkward scene thankfully smiles
and tells me who he actually is and
we shake hands. It’s all good. Time to get some beers in.
The atmosphere is great. You can feel the
anticipation as more people arrive and come over to say hello; people splinter
off and flit between groups of 2 or 3; rumors start, “Do you think there’s X? What if there’s Y? What if, there’s more than
one of Y?!” Everyone is included. Everyone is excited. The rules of the
raid are gone over in detail again and there is a chance for any last minute
questions or clarifications. One rule is abundantly clear though; tomorrow is
about securing the cabs, removing them quickly, methodically room by room,
safely from site and loading them onto the trucks that have been booked by the
raid leaders. There will be no opportunity for gawking, precious little time to
stand and soak it all in and schoolboy excitement must be kept to a minimum, if
not completely hidden. The last thing the sellers need to see are 10 grown men
having a circle jerk over an I-Robot cab wrapped in pallet wrap. Those are the
actions that cause deals to fall apart, no matter how far along negotiations,
(and even payment) are.
Talk shifts to whether or not any of us are
actually going to be able to sleep tonight; the excitement is just too great
and a few beers have done little to dull the sensation. One by one people
retire; it’s now 1:30am.
Apparently I snore. A lot. When I wake the
next day it is a fact I am completely oblivious to…
vib_ribbon
Active member
thanks for the time & effort. very interesting reading. i look forward to the next chapter.
Mitchell Gant
Active member
Jodo said:
Great story, as ever.
Of course anyone who has met Jodo will be able to confirm that he's a_____/0/0/0/0/0
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Great read Jodo, the first paragraph reminds me of going to illicit raves in the 80's / 90's
I think many people assume everyone knows each other and is super cool headed during these kind of things, it's nice to find out people are normal human beings.
It's super cool the other half of the time traveler was there, I'm sure Alpha 1 will be looking forward to getting it up and running. Looks like there were a number of spare laserdisc players knocking around anyway.
I actually bought the time traveler DVD along with DL, DL2 & Space Ace - the 3D effect on it is a POS, there's no attempt to make the characters stand out at all, just a weird 3D border that isn't present on the original.
Looking forward to part 2...
I think many people assume everyone knows each other and is super cool headed during these kind of things, it's nice to find out people are normal human beings.
It's super cool the other half of the time traveler was there, I'm sure Alpha 1 will be looking forward to getting it up and running. Looks like there were a number of spare laserdisc players knocking around anyway.
I actually bought the time traveler DVD along with DL, DL2 & Space Ace - the 3D effect on it is a POS, there's no attempt to make the characters stand out at all, just a weird 3D border that isn't present on the original.
Looking forward to part 2...
muddymusic said:The cab with Carmageddon on it is actually http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8674
So someone has nabbed a rather tasty prototype Atari cab
According to this I just found, that machine had 10 made
10 machines it says here
Just thought of something.
The last 2 space harriers I saw together where at XYMans storage unit when I collected Champ Sprint and Darius
Can't remember what other machines he had but I did have a good look round and wish I'd had more space at the time, just made me think was this the lot of machines he sold, maybe not but not many times you see 2 space harriers dlx machines, maybe some of them though as they were in Manchester
The last 2 space harriers I saw together where at XYMans storage unit when I collected Champ Sprint and Darius
Can't remember what other machines he had but I did have a good look round and wish I'd had more space at the time, just made me think was this the lot of machines he sold, maybe not but not many times you see 2 space harriers dlx machines, maybe some of them though as they were in Manchester
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guddler said:tronads said:
It's a simple fight to the death of course
Or the godfather interupts and decides
ArcadeAddict77
User
I have to say this is quite an amazing raid. The list of games is a collectors wet dream.
How many Major Havoc machines are there in the UK I wonder?
ArcadeAddict772015-03-19 19:01:54
How many Major Havoc machines are there in the UK I wonder?
ArcadeAddict772015-03-19 19:01:54