My near-mint Space Invaders Part II cocktail table.

A fun story about how I got it: 20 years ago, when I was 15, one of my cousins was married to a fairly famous motocross instructor. He had a sweet bunkhouse on his property for the students complete with a little arcade. At some point, for reasons I can no longer recall, he decided to swap all of his games out for new ones. He knew that I loved the arcade, and in an act of incredible generosity, he told me I could pick any game and take it home with me. I picked the Space Invaders cocktail table.

I did not pick the pristine Addams Family pinball machine because I wasn't big into pinball at the time. I think he ended up selling it for about $500. Still, I love some Space Invaders, and in 20 years, I've never had to do anything more than reseat a few ribbon cables.

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