Quoted from Knxwledge:

I've gone to the museum about 3 times and talked with techs behind the scenes who keep the games running. Leadership and planning is not the owner's strong suit it seems. From lack of communication about when public events are taking place, to having techs supply parts out of pocket, to having pretty much *one* guy keep the entire arcade side going. Last I heard the tech I was talking to was telling me they were getting more games and this was about 3 months ago, when the real possibility of moving had to be on the owner's mind.

Quoted from Ericpinballfan:

Been there since the beginning, have the red shirt

Quoted from Knxwledge:

Um... no money to fund a move, huh?
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Quoted from Knxwledge:

One of the chief concerns was the unexpected costs of the Palm Springs location, was it not?

Quoted from Knxwledge:

It's regardless a bit of an F-you to the techs who paid out of pocket for parts, food, drink, etc for themselves and/or other techs.

Quoted from Knxwledge:

In my opinion, you and many other techs have Stockholm Syndrome

Quoted from jay:

It saddens me to hear you talking about Laser War like that.

Quoted from nsduprr:

Your trying to auction off what?? $1,000,000+ worth of games and you can't take the time to present the terms of sale in some sort of reasonable / professional manner?
WFT, how long would it take to get rid of the unnecessary carriage returns?
It make you look like your try to hide something, or just careless.

Quoted from PinBallPeteFromSD:

Neither the auctioneer
nor the consignor shall be
responsible for the correct
description

Quoted from Mrbill:

eventually people run out of money and or space.

Quoted from Mrbill:

Not everyone can drop $200k - $500k in a day. Plus it’s not like you can just put it on your visa. Your going to need a bank letter to guarantee it.

Quoted from Grandnational007:

I'm bracing for the impending "boos!" from this comment...
I played the one at Papa/ReplayFX/Pinburgh a few times.
For those that haven't ever gotten to play one, it's about as fun as a middle of the road cocktail pin, albeit with those signature WMS/Firepower sounds. I knew what it was, and it's rarity prior to playing it, but I was underwhelmed. This game is rare, because, well, I'm only guessing they did very poorly on test locations, and the orders never came rolling in. I get, and can appreciate it's place in history, and the lore of it, but it's not a "player's game". Space Shuttle is 100x the game from the same period, from a game play perspective.
And believe me, I get why the "collector crowd" fawns over these, but I've just never been the type of person, or of the mentality, that a game should be a box that sits in a room (with a bunch of other boxes) to be stared at, simply because it's "rare", rather than the gameplay/re-playability it offers. It's analogous to collecting stamps, or Yugos (Cargument!!!).
But hey, that's part of why this hobby is pretty cool, there's many aspects that attract all different types.

Quoted from Rarehero:

I'm convinced there's something ultra shady going on here.
No way someone just randomly spends $12k+ on a fucking Rocky.

Quoted from fireball2:

Greed kills everything.

Quoted from bkaelin:I wonder how many of the bidders are auction employees.

Quoted from cosmokramer:

Im in the mood to buy a game

Quoted from ZNET:

One possibility is that 2 novice bidders, perhaps with directives to buy certain EM titles, somehow confused Buckaroo with Bronco.

Quoted from bounoun:

If LAH goes for 6500 dollar then a BBB must be worth like, 80K or something?

Quoted from thechakapakuni:

The Knotts Berry Farm hookers. Great childhood memories!

Quoted from Karnov:

That game is all original too. I think we replaced a fuse. No other repairs looks to have been done to it.