I brought this one home on Saturday after it was chilling in a guys basement for 25+ years!! Great score!

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I called my dad, asked him if he wanted to go on a 12 1/2 hour round trip to pick up a few pins and he was like “let’s do it”!!
Picked up a sweet BSD and JM, but more importantly, met a great pinsider @dee-bow! I wished I could have stayed longer to hang out...
It was an awesome day with my dad. Talked about literally EVERYTHING, counted grain elevators and discussed their construction methods, had the best damned burgers in Saskatchewan, Canada! A day I won’t soon forget...

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I picked this project T2 up the other day. It was an 8 hour round trip but we all went as a family and had a blast! The game suffered from alkaline corrosion on the CPU and was unplayable. Happy to report that it’s working 100% as of last night! Thanks Bay78 for your master soldering skills on those nasty chips! Now that it’s working, time to order parts and restore this bad boy!

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It’s been a busy few months in my collection! Since picking up T2 in July, I have nabbed a Road Kings and a Volley (finished the restoration on those ones), an Elektra, Seawitch (a.k.a. The Beatles before they were famous) and BK2K. I’m half done the BK2K which was a pretty big project but it’s turning out great!
*sorry my pics are all out of proper order...can seem to change that?!?!

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It must be an Earthshaker weekend huh @corvair61?! I grabbed this one yesterday and couldn’t be more excited! I’ll post playfield pics once it’s all set up!

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Today was a good day! I picked up a couple of great EMs that are in perfect working order and decent condition! Strange World is added to my collection while Solar City is going to Malibu-SS which is great because I’ll get to play it!

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Picked up a nice Laser War today from a home that is 6 minutes away from me (in the middle of nowhere)! I’ve known the family all of my life and had no idea they had a pin! It’s not currently booting but the playfield is in amazing condition. The cabinet has some planking but is still presentable. Can’t wait to get it going!

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Another great weekend for me! This time I snagged a Gottlieb Lights, Camera, Action! What a fun theme and good player! Unfortunately the topper is missing but I’ll be building a replica this summer because this games needs the topper!! It has a few minor switch issues and some scrapes/scuffs on the cabinet but otherwise it’s quite nice...once you see past all of the dirt!!

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Today was a great day! It was my first day back to work after a few months off for summer holidays...I teach at a local college so summers off are sweet and it’s a little hard to go back to be honest. What made my day so great was I finally found an Addams Family after about 7 years of actively trying to purchase one locally!! My friend offered me his and I had to jump on it...it’s my 40th birthday on Saturday so I told my wife this is my “midlife crisis” purchase!! Came with a CPR Gold playfield that I’ll tackle next summer.
Also snagged a Stern Trident while I was there because I needed to fill the classic Stern void I created when selling my Seawitch to Malibu-SS fund the TAF purchase. Fun pin for sure...I’m a fan of those old Sterns.

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Grabbed a Future Spa project today! Very unique looking pin with an interesting art package for sure!
The game was dead with only two flashes on the MPU. Changed up 5101 RAM from one of my donor boards and it booted right up with 7 flashes! There are still issues as none of the switches are registering and the flippers don’t work but at least the project looks like less work than I first anticipated.
Condition-wise it’s quite nice minus a knicked and faded cabinet with a vertical stile on the backbox that needs to be reattached. The fully Mylared playfield has held up real well!

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I purchased and had shipped a really nice The Shadow! I love this game but none were around locally...well there is one but he’s a buddy of mine and it definitely wasn’t for sale. When this one came available I had to sacrifice a few really great pins to fund the purchase but I feel it was worth it! So much fun!
Any thoughts on where it should go in my lineup? I put it next to TAF because it was the easiest spot but what do you guys think? I’ve got another open space next to Johnny Mnemonic and Earthshaker. Should I rearrange and put it next to some similar WPC Games?
Thanks for the input,
Eric

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Went on a 25-hour round trip to pick up a few games! This was a great adventure with an awesome new friend! You really get to know someone while riding in a truck for that long. Luckily we get along great and have the same sense of humor.

I picked up a Centigrade 37 to bring home as a trade for WPT. Then we went to the next seller’s place to grab a Funhouse for myself and a Demolition Man for my friend.

Both sellers were amazing guys and so easy to deal with! Thanks allicks and Graeme for being awesome! Thanks Beaster for being an amazing travel companion and keeping me laughing the entire trip...also, no country music! Lol

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