- I have no real room for another pinball machine
- The wife has her eyes on a house before more pinball machines
- Its 11:30am and I'm getting on a plane in a few hours for international flight that I have yet to finish packing for
- The wife is leaving soon with the van to goto a family function - so I have no suitable transport
A Blog simply to put ideas and thoughts back out onto the net for others to find and gain from
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Another member added to the family - A Craigslist Story
Wow - I'm so far behind. Time for some catching up!
On March 29, I got an email from my friend Brian. Brian has a great collection of games, but he's really got the bug for finding and adding games to his great collection. He spotted on Craigslist that morning a Indy 500 game... local... for only $1000. Normally a solid sample of this game would demand $1800-$2200.
Brian already has a Indy 500 and knows I love it because I go straight for it when I play at his house. I've always liked the game since it was first on location and I'd play it at the shopping plaza in Greenbelt in the arcade there. It's a great balance of the humor that was popular in pins at the time and toys in the game. However, probably more because of the time of its release near the end of pinball for Williams.. it wasn't a big seller only 2,249 units according to IPDB. Historically samples are plagued by bad cabinet fade and broken LED targets (a unique design for this game).
So when a deal pops up for only $1000 and its local... this is big news. It's listed as only have a broken display. A few problems though
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