(Topic ID: 294970)
La Porte, TX
Quoted from LateCenturyMods:Sweet, where was that photo taken?
At a Gold Mine arcade 40 years ago ?
LTG : )
Quoted from Gorgar666:I do see some spiked Priced Pins Dropping in price.
The pin prices aren’t all that’s spiked
Quoted from johnnyutah:My local Gold Mine turned into a Tilts in the late 80’s early 90’s. Super cool place. I have this on the wall in my gameroom:
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where did you get that epic photo???
Utah get me 2!
Quoted from nicoy3k:I see a lot or over priced games in the market and the only things selling are good deals or a handful of in demand games
Yeah nothing moving at all.
Market has totally collapsed!!
Anybody have any photos of one of those Chuck E. Cheese ripoff places? It was like, a dog or something, instead of a rat. Parents did a birthday for me once; didn’t give a shit that it wasn’t the real Chuck E. Cheese as they had a ton of video games. It was awesome!
Quoted from topkat:where did you get that epic photo???
Utah get me 2!
My buddy had an artist friend paint it for me and gave it to me on my 40th. Pretty cool gift!
Quoted from johnnyutah:My buddy had an artist friend paint it for me and gave it to me on my 40th. Pretty cool gift!
is it Bay Area artist ? Super cool
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Yeah nothing moving at all.
Market has totally collapsed!!
Anybody have any photos of one of those Chuck E. Cheese ripoff places? It was like, a dog or something, instead of a rat. Parents did a birthday for me once; didn’t give a shit that it wasn’t the real Chuck E. Cheese as they had a ton of video games. It was awesome!
You talking about Showbiz Pizza?
8D1B651D-57C5-48BF-AD65-6368E62E99A4 (resized).jpegQuoted from PantherCityPins:You talking about Showbiz Pizza?[quoted image]
Show biz pizza was the shit. He's gotta be talking about something else..
Quoted from PantherCityPins:You talking about Showbiz Pizza?[quoted image]
It was some riverboat theme place. Maybe it was a one off in suburban Maryland. I think it was a dog in a captain’s outfit.
Also the bubble has totally burst. Again!!!
I’m so sick of this happening and devaluing my collection 6 times a year.
Quoted from PantherCityPins:You talking about Showbiz Pizza?[quoted image]
We didn’t have Showbiz Pizza where I grew up…. Is the bear on the left eating a child?
Quoted from PlanetExpress:We didn’t have Showbiz Pizza where I grew up…. Is the bear on the left eating a child?
If I remember correctly, he had a comic act and that was supposed to be his sidekick puppet.
Quoted from LTG:At a Gold Mine arcade 40 years ago ?
LTG : )
Was wondering which mall. Here are my pictures (Westwood Mall, Houston):
Quoted from johnnyutah:My local Gold Mine turned into a Tilts in the late 80’s early 90’s. Super cool place. I have this on the wall in my gameroom:
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I have the same print. Love it
Nowra
Quoted from LTG:3 Eras of signs.
LTG : )
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Now show us three eras of Lloyd 
Quoted from Jace:I have the same print. Love it
No way the “Gold Mine” would pass inspections nowa days. Very Dark and gloomy. Smelling of smoking Cigarettes. Wires and extension cords everywhere.. Grown men and children all in the same spot...lol..
Quoted from PantherCityPins:You talking about Showbiz Pizza?[quoted image]
Drinking beer and watching those mechanical things was always a blast and the pizza wasn’t that bad.
Quoted from LateCenturyMods:Was wondering which mall. Here are my pictures (Westwood Mall, Houston):
https://arcadepreservation.fandom.com/wiki/Gold_Mine
This wiki is pretty badass
Surrey, BC
Quoted from jokerpoker:Now show us three eras of Lloyd
LTG : )
1975 (resized).jpg1994 (resized).jpglater (resized).jpgQuoted from PantherCityPins:You talking about Showbiz Pizza?[quoted image]
My dad was a technical manager for ShowBiz, I grew up with a Fats in my basement and spent many days being “watched” by my dad running around ShowBiz with an endless supply of tokens.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Yeah nothing moving at all.
Market has totally collapsed!!
Anybody have any photos of one of those Chuck E. Cheese ripoff places? It was like, a dog or something, instead of a rat. Parents did a birthday for me once; didn’t give a shit that it wasn’t the real Chuck E. Cheese as they had a ton of video games. It was awesome!
Bought this when it closed.
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Damn LTG is that you in your Dojo? Your a black belt 
Quoted from LateCenturyMods:Was wondering which mall. Here are my pictures (Westwood Mall, Houston):
https://arcadepreservation.fandom.com/wiki/Gold_Mine
I remember playing in the Westwood Mall, when I worked in the offshore oil Industry, before it went bust in 1986. I even worked at Isaac's Hobby Shop and flew R/C planes in front of Brown & Root, where a toll road is now.
Quoted from Jace:I have the same print. Love it
Quoted from Gorgar666:No way the “Gold Mine” would pass inspections nowa days. Very Dark and gloomy. Smelling of smoking Cigarettes. Wires and extension cords everywhere.. Grown men and children all in the same spot...lol..
Sorry I meant the print underneath the gold mine sign. Unfortunately there were no “gold mines” over here in the 80’s or 90’s. A few places like that though 
Quoted from johnnyutah:My buddy had an artist friend paint it for me and gave it to me on my 40th. Pretty cool gift!
They did? Because I have Seen that exact print before
Screenshot_20210612-135002~2 (resized).pngQuoted from Tophervette:I remember playing in the Westwood Mall, when I worked in the offshore oil Industry, before it went bust in 1986. I even worked at Isaac's Hobby Shop and flew R/C planes in front of Brown & Root, where a toll road is now.
Isaac's, that rings a bell. Somewhere on Westheimer, I think?
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