the call outs are great
“The snaggers got my ball!”

169 Minnesota river???

Love that Monster Bash

LTG : )

Actually a big clue. I did have to look left to be sure.

LTG : )

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Thank you for stopping in. Sorry not much of a visit. Everything was going wrong at the same time.

Safe journeys my friend !
LTG : )

Watch those rumble strips!

The Shadow

LTG : )

Glad to bead back!

I mean....glad to be back.

You should be able to attach pictures on the forum but if you are on your phone you now have to turn your phone landscape as the attach icon is jumbled into other things holding your phone portrait. I don’t want to mention anything to Robin yet cause it’s not a huge deal and other things take priority.

As long as we are on that subject my avatar is see through....that or the monkey from Tropic Isle has escaped to capture another replay.

Seriously, what was that all about? That was some borderline personality-level stuff.

Hats off to you brobra for all that hard work. Its nice you are able to connect buyers and sellers while making money for your time.
Driving and moving,cleaning those games is no easy task.

My guess is narrow market, but if you find the buyer they pay well.

Okay, here's my whole take on the Brobra thing that happened the other week. Keep in mind I don't know the FULL story.

Going back more years than I can remember, I used to buy and sell pinball machines a LOT. I don't think I ever took a loss at the time of sale. Keep in mind this was back when pinballplusMN was happy to sell me a quality CV for $2400, which I did buy and polish up and sell for.....more.....in trade value to an awesome guy in WI who I did lots of trades with for a period of 5-10 years or so. With all the games I had coming and going, toes were bound to be stepped on and they were, fortunately very rarely. You do the best you can. You also do the best you can to not damage the trim in your house with a high volume of machines. That area I didn't have so much luck in.

Back then pinball wasn't nearly as cutthroat or desirable as it is today. I've thrown away things pinball related that make me cringe today. Mostly because of low value and nobody wanted it....and I had a lot of it. Now it's worth something.

From what I am seeing, Brobra is able to turn these games around a LOT faster than I ever could, probably because of this unprecedented demand. Now, I've had conversations with Brobra about his buys and sales and I'll just say it really seems like he's doing all this as a service to the community rather than a business. If you look at the pics, these games are all going in and out of his basement and that's a lot of work, even though a stair climber is used. Sometimes they even need a little work (I even fixed a flipper for him when he wasn't looking!) and changing all those LEDs out is not easy work either. Now there's all that driving and sleeping in peoples driveways. That's some dedication right there. The way I see it, Brobra is able to get these games to where the market is demanding them. A lot of people, myself included, get shy about using shipping services due to a lot of the unknown. Much better off having a pinhead move something with care rather than a forklift with a disgruntled dock worker behind the wheel. We all know the outside of the cabinets are just as important as not twisting the game the wrong way to have a playfield glass or backbox glass pop into a million pieces.

(As an aside Brobra was willing to help a mutual friend of ours who he hadn't met before, get a game out of their basement for them the same afternoon the help was requested!)

The prices the games are currently going for are out of my budget generally speaking, but I can respect the market. When you've been around pinball long enough it's hard to look at those games for the prices they are going for after you've bought and sold them for a fraction of the price. No, I'm not trying to turn this into a bubble thread/post. But what did bother me about that CL post was a few things;

1) An issue that wasn't really known by a lot of people was brought into public light as more of a smear than addressing the issue, if there really was one to be addressed. Maybe it was just an expression of opinion. I really don't know.

2) This area was far out of context where people are going to have more questions than anything. A different website too.

3) This 3rd point impacts ALL of us. This posting was in an area where people who are not into pinball (general public) might be coming to buy or sell a game. What kind of image does this present the pinball community in terms of gaining new hobbyists or the average Joe coming to sell their pinball via a WTB ad we see on CL? Stuff like this doesn't help ANYONE, maybe other than some really short term relief for whoever posted that. The point is, we have people coming into the hobby more than ever and for a short period of time in history, THAT might have been peoples first impression. If it was, you better hope they are into that sort of stuff.

Anyway, maybe this is me letting off some steam too but in a more positive presentation. On the east side of the cities the Brobra is among many friends myself included and I hate to see things like this happen to people. I haven't known him for more than a few months but consider him a friend. I even bought a game from him last time I saw him. Who knows, maybe he made a few bucks off me. But I don't care. I wanted an Egghead and he had one at a price I was willing to pay and I'm happy! I don't have any plans to sell it either and even if I did I don't he'd care if I made a few bucks.

That aside I don't see myself selling games other than a couple that might be duplicates among other local collections I visit frequently. I'm more interested in collecting older games many people haven't had a chance to experience and (pending covid) have people drop in to enjoy them. Soon I'll have 7 wedgeheads in my living room and someone needs to help make sure they are playing properly!

On a lighter note I did screencap the original CL post in question but prefer not to post in here for more than one reason. With Brobra's permission I could PM to whoever wanted to see it if you are <3+

Bring her on over!

You'll be the 5th member of Pinball Outpost's "save haven" from spouses and domestic partners who are subject to ultimatums of "if you bring one more game home......"

CL doesn't take this stuff lightly. I hope they were alerted. And if subpoenaed will provide ISP info for potential lawsuit.

LTG : )

I was actually surprised how long it was up on the site. I'm assuming it was flagged mostly by the locals. But if I was Brobra I'd be all over this from a characterization perspective.

Unfortunately I was up on a ladder pulling fiber cable when all that happened so I couldn't even flag.

I don't see why anyone should get mad you snoze you lose. But, I thought the craigslist ad was rather humorous.

brobra if you can help get the snow blower up on the scaffold we should have plenty of room.

If anyone wants that furnace in the left corner today’s a good day to come get it haha. It works and it’s free.

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