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Reunited and It Feels So Good!

By chuckwurt

5 years ago

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#1 5 years ago

ERW

Not sure how many people here sell off their first ever pins, and how quickly they have done it, but I was really bummed after I sold off my first ever game. I do not sell games often, even if they are not that great of games. Luckily I sold my first ever game to a good friend, and knew it was going to a good home. Not only did he take amazing care of the game, he restored it to its former glory. About two years after I sold it to him, he calls me and offers it back to me, and I jumped all over it.

I just got it back home tonight, and I could not be happier. This game holds a special place in my heart and now it looks better than ever!!!

I cannot wait for this thing to kick peoples' asses come tournament time at my house! haha.

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#2 5 years ago

RAC

Gunnut40

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Spottsville, KY

6y 75,800 1,442 8

Nice! Looks awesome! You might have to change one of the flipper rubbers...

#3 5 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

Pincinnati

10y 193K 31,342 16 13

Quoted from Gunnut40:
Nice! Looks awesome! You might have to change one of the flipper rubbers...

Duh. Haha

#4 5 years ago

S S

PinsideTroll

Inactive member

New Castle, DE

10y 49,650 937 12 10

nice, congrats. still have my first pin, 20+ years now.

#5 5 years ago

DUG

TopMoose

Pinside member

Cincinnati, OH

9y 111K 2,267 10 126 1

Does your friend take on restoration commissions?

#6 5 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

Pincinnati

10y 193K 31,342 16 13

Quoted from TopMoose:
Does your friend take on restoration commissions?

I don’t think so. Should get with Weirpinball though. He might be able to help out depending on what it is.

#7 5 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

Pincinnati

10y 193K 31,342 16 13

Quoted from PinsideTroll:
nice, congrats. still have my first pin, 20+ years now.

That’s awesome. I hope to have this beast until the end of my days. Haha

#8 5 years ago

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Yoko2una

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9y 125K 4,327

Just introduced my 9yr old to his first EM yesterday - Doodle Bug.

He absolutely loved it except that it was single player so we had to play individually.

He’d love this game. Also, that game is F’ing gorgeous. Congrats!

#9 5 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

Pincinnati

10y 193K 31,342 16 13

Quoted from Yoko2una:
Just introduced my 9yr old to his first EM yesterday - Doodle Bug.
He absolutely loved it except that it was single player so we had to play individually.
He’d love this game. Also, that game is F’ing gorgeous. Congrats!

I do like that the doodle bug value can go much higher on doodle bug. Dipsy tops out at 100 per tick. I doubt I’d ever get past that anyway, but cool that doodle bug has those extra values.

#10 5 years ago

MGE

MattElder

Alvin G & Co. Museum

13y 98,300 1,855

OP
Quoted from chuckwurt:
Not sure how many people here sell off their first ever pins, and how quickly they have done it, but I was really bummed after I sold off my first ever game. I do not sell games often, even if they are not that great of games. Luckily I sold my first ever game to a good friend, and knew it was going to a good home. Not only did he take amazing care of the game, he restored it to its former glory. About two years after I sold it to him, he calls me and offers it back to me, and I jumped all over it.
I just got it back home tonight, and I could not be happier. This game holds a special place in my heart and now it looks better than ever!!!
I cannot wait for this thing to kick peoples' asses come tournament time at my house! haha.

Nice. Congrats on getting her back!

I have the same thing going on here. I sold the first game I ever bought (a super gorgeous BSD) after owning it for almost 8 years. I regretted it immediately, but luckily the buyer said I’d have the first crack at buying it if he ever sold it. Well, here we are 6 years later and I’m driving across the country to pick it up next month. So happy to be getting it back and it’s never leaving again!

#11 5 years ago

COS

cosmokramer

Pinside member

11y 120K 8,451

My first was Honey, I would like to have one again someday...incidently, my second game was dipsy doodle...although it looked nothing like yours.

#12 5 years ago

ZLM

ZMeny

Flip N Out Pinball

Evansville, IN

8y 174K 5,452 35 18 11

Looks amazing! Congrats on the return

#13 5 years ago

TWP

rollitover

Pinside member

South St Paul, MN

10y 76,550 2,070 5 19

Peaches and Herb=
CW and Dipsey Doodle.

Congrats!

#14 5 years ago

DIA

mrossman5

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Warren, PA

6y 197K 3,175 7 253

Awesome!

#15 5 years ago

PUF

Puffdanny

Pinside member

7y 101K 2,854 19

I bought my first game Captain Fantastic when I was 12,I am now 44 and it's not going anywhere.I always said I would trade it for something modern with ramps and multiball then I found pinside and learned why trade 1 when I can buy a dozen.

#16 5 years ago

DAN

gunstarhero

Pinside member

15y 104K 3,432

Glad you got it back! My first game also went to a good friend but when he offered it back to me I stupidly said no. Then it went to another good friend but after him we lost track of it, and there ya go. While I did get another one later, it would have been nice to have had the original back.

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