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« on: September 13, 2015, 05:51:17 pm »

I don't normally post my arcade finds here but this one was too good to be true.

I had turned off all my 'arcade finder' notifications a few weeks ago because I was full up on games and out of $$.

But then a buddy who was buying a pinball off of Craigslist texts me and asks if I wanted a Space Invaders/Qix 15th Anniversary Silver Edition. There are no photos, but it works and it's priced so low that I can't say no, and he says he'll bring it to me.

When it arrives, I'm am completely floored by it's condition: One owner, HUO, bought direct from distributor, and it's in near mint condition. There was still factory film on some of the chrome. There was also a bag of leg levelers unopened, and as I opened the bag my buddy asked to have 'a whiff of that namco factory air'. Haha.

Total cost: $200, delivered.





I guess sometimes when you are not looking for the games, the games are looking for you!
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2015, 04:12:51 am »

Congratulations on that.  That is an insane set of circumstances.  Beautiful game.
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2015, 08:44:05 am »

Great find.  Those are still on the list of things that distributors like

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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2015, 05:57:01 pm »

Awesome, looks great :thumbs up icon is missing:

I wish I could find something similar here in europe Sad
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« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2015, 05:07:52 am »

Not bad, not bad at all!!
Congratz!

Would never been found for that price here in Japan!

 
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