Quoted from Arcane:I wish I could find any pinball machines in the trash..... I suppose this only happens in remote places and under-developed areas.
In large cities, you never find anything of value.
Yves
My wife and I, and another two local collectors, pulled a Judge Dredd out of a dumpster. The playfield had been removed, but everything else was there. We stripped it clean and let the cabinet go to the landfill. I took all the boards, the DMD, the backboard lamp board and wiring harnesses. The other guys took all the cabinet hardware, speakers, coin door, etc.
This was a good while ago, but still have the wire and light board. Wires are definitely going to get used in my project that I want to do..