Greetings from Kent!

playoldgames

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Hi folks,

I'm Dave, currently residing in Ashford, Kent, but born and raised in Folkestone - home of Jimmy Godden's various arcades for years and years. Still fairly new to the whole collecting thing, but have found my feet, and I've popped up 'across the road' to occasionally ask questions or make the odd purchase.

After a bit of restoration and wiring work, I'm currently the proud owner of an original Bubble Bobble board in a generic Silverline cab - which I'm slowly converting to a dedicated cab. Which, of course means I'll need another generic cab for my other boards... and so, the slippery slope gets that bit steeper, and the nudges off the top of it get more insistent.

Also trying very hard not to buy a pinball machine at the moment. Always said that all the moving parts means they'll need too much maintenance... but I've learned that videos aren't without their own pitfalls in regards to maintenance!

Cheers!
 

forcefulfil

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Hello There!
Welcome to UKVAC...

It does usually start with just one.and just one more
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solong as you have room to house all the machines it can be good fun!

and a blast from the past

Phil
 

chubsta

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I'm just outside Folkestone and have very find memories of the rotunda arcade and mr b's in tontine street, fantastic arcades, we will never see their like again...

Welcome to the slippery slope of collecting
 

IndyJones

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Welcome
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I like the sound of your dedicated bubble bobble you are working on, that will be a nice looking cab to own. You are quite right though, you will then need another jamma cab, then come up with the idea of making another dedicated & so on & so forth, a dangerous but enjoyable slipery slope
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playoldgames

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Thanks very much folks!

Chubsta - The dark 'Tomorrow's World' bit of the Rotunda always filled me with fear as a nipper - until I ventured in there and found things like Popeye and Tron! And El Dorado in Tontine Street was always worth a stop to play Wonder Boy in Monster Land or Side Arms!

taito6581 - Mrs playoldgames won't thank you for that, you know
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mission65 - Thanks very much! Got my eye on a Data East WWF Royal Rumble at the moment, but my main fear is shelling out for it, only for literally seconds later, a beautiful Midway Pac-Man to show up!

IndyJones - Cheers! Hoping I might have it looking good for South Coast Slam next year... but I can't promise the results will be as jaw-dropping as Olly's. And I'm keeping it JAMMA in the hopes of stumbling across a Rainbow Islands board someday.
 
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