Good question! I don't even know the answer! It just happened! But my collection consists of a few project games. I traded stuff for most of my projects. I was just telling someone this in a pm.

I started out looking for a Turtles for sentimental reasons. My brother and I played it growing up at a local shop, He was also a collector of anything TMNT. He passed in 2003, at the age of 20. My wife and I decided to look for a game years ago to restore as a kind of fun memory type thing and to display the rest of his collection with. Time went on we never bought one for whatever reason. So.....Years later...I had a son 2 years ago. So we thought..We are getting the turtles for sure now! Start looking again. To shorten this all up. I have ended up with the projects I have. haha And now am becoming very interested in anything to do with a pinball machine. Eventually I'd like to do some restorations from start to finish the right way. But money is really tight right now, so I just make things work.

What I'm getting at? There was no funding! hahaha I've traded....A winchester gun safe, a model 12, a model 1200, a ring, Two truck loads of quad parts, and a truck load of Video game collection type stuff. I've only actually bought 3 games. Now? In most cases I lose on the trade but it was all stuff that I didn't need or lost interest in.

One day? I will have the cash to go find the Elusive to me TMNT!!!!!

And if your in the GA area and post projects on C List? Yep! I'm the guy trying to trade you my stuff to get your project game!