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    #5672
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭geotrig


    Time ,space and money are my hindrance these days, could lend a hand if needed this side of the country...
    I'd make a trip anywhere for an Atari centipede though :lol:


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    #5673
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ah jeasus ,


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    #5674
    beejee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Did you ever consider renting a lockup? I used to have one in Sandyford for a few years. Was 100 a month. Would fit 6-10 cabs in it. They've much bigger ones available too.

    Considered everything under the sun. Just the circumstances weren't in my favour. Its only when youre standing in front of a 770lb outrun that you have to move, that's when it gets real all of a sudden :)

    Storage would have worked, but when I thought of the headache of getting everything into it, and then OUT of it again, it was a non-runner.


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    #5675
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭geotrig


    beejee wrote: »
    Im going to have an interview process and bootcamp for the next one!

    Haha too right

    So are the big one staying on this isle or going overseas :( ?


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    #5676
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    should of asked the local lads first. :(


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    #5677
    beejee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    geotrig wrote: »
    Haha too right

    So are the big one staying on this isle or going overseas :( ?

    This thing got so out of hand, its probably best for me to say nothing at this point, not yet. Ridiculous, I know.


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    #5678
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,789 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    beejee wrote: »
    Im going to have an interview process and bootcamp for the next one!

    Hard to get genuine people who just want to add to their collection....in every collection scene.


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    #5679
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,789 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    beejee wrote: »
    This thing got so out of hand, its probably best for me to say nothing at this point, not yet. Ridiculous, I know.

    I assume you've gotten Death Threats and all yeah?


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    #5680
    beejee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    should of asked the local lads first. :(

    I knew that there were a few members near the place on ukvac. It was simply that little nudge that brought me that direction. Lessons learned all over the place.


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    #5681
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭geotrig


    Jack burton wrote: »
    I assume you've gotten Death Threats and all yeah?

    O_o


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    #5682
    beejee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    Jack burton wrote: »
    I assume you've gotten Death Threats and all yeah?

    You just have to laugh, got so out of hand! At one point it seemed likely that there would be a literal showdown between two groups right at the place. Gas stuff!


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    #5683
    beejee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    Anyway, if someone wants the 3 cabs for hundred quid, I'll check again tomorrow. Catch ye later!


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    #5684
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭geotrig


    beejee wrote: »
    You just have to laugh, got so out of hand! At one point it seemed likely that there would be a literal showdown between two groups right at the place. Gas stuff!

    Oh both ended up there.. I'm just interested where had a outrun dlx back in the day as I've never seen one here in any arcade :(


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    #5685
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,789 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    geotrig wrote: »
    O_o

    Only speaking from experience :pac:

    I've gotten Death Threats off people on Facebook for trolling on ridiculous posts

    Had one guy PM me last week saying he was going to to fly to Ireland and beat me up. All because I commented on a t-shirt design and said it was "uninspired and pretty crappy"


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    #5686
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭geotrig


    Lol some people take things too serious, I know some of the other raids in the UK got sketchy and their was some f drama when sf4 was coming out as well.. Puts you off the hobby or any hobby in fairness


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    #5687
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    geotrig wrote: »
    Lol some people take things too serious, I know some of the other raids in the UK got sketchy and their was some f drama when sf4 was coming out as well.. Puts you off the hobby or any hobby in fairness

    When i was buying my white water pinball from a guy in wicklow he posted on an american pinball site looking for valuations (deal was done with me allready).
    they nearly scuppered the whole deal by giving him american prices and even saying they would buy it off him and ship it to the sates.Then they called him a troll etc etc and he told them to go **** themselves
    I seen the post,left work and drove to his house with cash :D


    still have it too!!


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    #5688
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Jack burton wrote: »
    Is say the mods could accommodate a thread in the marketplace, im sure one of them will see this soon anyway.

    No projects for me anyway, have way too much on my plate to take on a new cab

    I haven’t caught up on what’s going on but I’d be open to A&R marketplace posts as long as deals are done on thread until agreed then brought to PM. Rules in the charter but I’d let the 50 posts requirement slide for this.


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    #5689
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,781 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Great news Beejee, glad it got sorted and you weren't out of pocket.
    I'd always lend a hand if needed and could store some cabs if needed also.


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    #5690
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    So who got the tmnt and simpsons in the end?
    Sounds like a disaster, I’ve used places like ustoreit in the past and they do good deals and are great places for temporary storage, so easy with lifts, 24hour access etc.
    If you ever come across anything like this again give me a shout and I can lend a hand, unlikely there is anymore room at the inn for arcade cabs but pinballs and Jamma boards are a different story, would make room ;);)


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    #5691
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,554 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Optimus Prime wrote: »
    I haven’t caught up on what’s going on but I’d be open to A&R marketplace posts as long as deals are done on thread until agreed then brought to PM. Rules in the charter but I’d let the 50 posts requirement slide for this.

    I approve this message!


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    #5692
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,554 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    beejee wrote: »
    There was a virtua racing upright, nice machine :)

    How much did that sell for?
    That's one of those games I'd give my right arm for, only I wouldn't then be able to play it...

    :eek:


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    #5693
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Just read that thread on UKVAC, its a pity people can get so greedy over these things, Ive a few cabs\pins myself like most people on this forum, but I would have helped you move these cabs just for the experience of being involved in something like this, seeing all those old cabs again and sorting them out\testing. I wouldnt have even cared if i came away with a cab or not!


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    #5694
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,639 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Same here, would love to be involved in something like this. Really don't have the space for anymore machines but just interacting with and having a nose around old bits and pieces is good enough for me. Even the idea of looking through and identifying jamma boards is always a bit of fun.


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    #5695
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,789 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    215TApM.gif

    Seriously though, it's cool to get a few cabs when they are going. Like I have gotten good deals with games before and passed them on. If I got a outrun racer for cheap money I'd rather sell it to someone I know who really wants it and will cherish it for a good deal.

    The most important thing that we all need to agree on and make a pact about. We don't leave any arcade machines or pinballs leave this Island.

    I've seen too many amazing vintage 80s cars be sold and brought to the port never to return to know it's a bad idea.


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    #5696
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,639 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    It's a good way to interact with a hobby tbh. I never make huge profits from things. It just doesn't really sit right. Likewise, I've had people sell me things at way under their market value. If you build up a good community with that kind of an ethos (which I think we have) then everyone wins in the end.

    As mentioned, the only thing that would bother me about this is as Jack B said, big items leaving Ireland. I know sometimes it can't be avoided (and might even be needed to save something as huge as an Outrun Deluxe), but it's sad to see.


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    #5697
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭geotrig


    its good to know that some dedicateds are still about and havent been all scavenged or scrapped already , especially the scrapped !!! #segahotrod dream lives on !!!!

    jb re the, cars also shocking what some ,price wise left these shores for but thats what our insurance has gotten us , at least they live on elsewhere!


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    #5698
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,554 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I'm pretty sure the sit down twin version of Sega Rally remains in Fingallians club house, in Swords, just never had to nerve to ask about it because I've nowhere to put it!


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    #5699
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,789 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    o1s1n wrote: »
    It's a good way to interact with a hobby tbh. I never make huge profits from things. It just doesn't really sit right. Likewise, I've had people sell me things at way under their market value. If you build up a good community with that kind of an ethos (which I think we have) then everyone wins in the end.

    As mentioned, the only thing that would bother me about this is as Jack B said, big items leaving Ireland. I know sometimes it can't be avoided (and might even be needed to save something as huge as an Outrun Deluxe), but it's sad to see.

    I have a huge section of my garage pretty free so I can fit it :D


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    #5700
    beejee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    CathalDublin wrote: »
    So who got the tmnt and simpsons in the end?
    Sounds like a disaster, I’ve used places like ustoreit in the past and they do good deals and are great places for temporary storage, so easy with lifts, 24hour access etc.
    If you ever come across anything like this again give me a shout and I can lend a hand, unlikely there is anymore room at the inn for arcade cabs but pinballs and Jamma boards are a different story, would make room ;);)

    They've all gone to the same place, arcade club. That wasn't the intention, it was a last minute thing (almost literally) Its too long a story to show how it got to that point. But it is what it is now.

    But yeah, I know a few people who can be relied on now, and I'll try to do things with you lads here from now on :)


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    #5701
    beejee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    Jack burton wrote: »
    215TApM.gif

    Seriously though, it's cool to get a few cabs when they are going. Like I have gotten good deals with games before and passed them on. If I got a outrun racer for cheap money I'd rather sell it to someone I know who really wants it and will cherish it for a good deal.

    The most important thing that we all need to agree on and make a pact about. We don't leave any arcade machines or pinballs leave this Island.

    I've seen too many amazing vintage 80s cars be sold and brought to the port never to return to know it's a bad idea.

    That was the original plan! I was just going to save them from destruction and then pass off some killer deals just to recoup expenses. And it was going to be a fairly even split between cabs staying here and moving further afield.

    But as ron burgundy would say, that escalated quickly!


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