Erwing Listen to Jomm, he is telling you to read the words you was aiming at me, you know it makes sense to keep my name from you tongue, No one likes you, you have been banned from The Dragons Lair Project website, and I can see Bruno banning you from here, I dont think he appreciates you bad mouthing other collectors.
Sonic,
I Played dragons Lair "Atari" version back in the day of 1984 (UK Release Date) and spent every penny I had, That game had such an impact on me, the cab design, the art, but mostly the visual, the game was almost alive to me, I played that when I had a chance until one day I turned up to play it and it was gone forever, I was devastated, and vowed one day to own my very own, I used to go to game stores hoping that they would have a consol version...but no one did, well it never left my thoughts for the next twenty years, and the internet made it possible for me to get my own, I actually got a DL 2 while looking for a Dragons Lair...DL2 is my favourite game of all time, I never played a DL2 before I got one, I was totally hooked, some months later I got my much sort after Dragon's Lair.
I wanted to collect every Laserdisc Game there was, I came to the conclusion that most Lasergames were Rare because of that reason "They were Crap" My passion was with Don Bluth Lasergames DL, DL2, and SA, so my quest was to find the missing treasures, Let me remind you there is no reason to be jealous of my collection, it's not just "Money" that gets the games, art and collectibles, Its also dedicating all your time and effort passion inlocating and getting contacts, its also a matter of getting stuff that you know collectors want to be able to prise Items I needed from them, I even done a 2500 mile round trip to collect two games, I had to swap a NOS space Ace and a mint Dragons Lair for just one of those two games I picked up, that game cost me a fortune, but is the best example in the world of only a few!! I am not Rich, however my collection has exceeded £120,000 thats without the time and effort which on my part is the most difficult, there is one version of DL that I need to complete my collection and that is the (Australian Leisure and Allied) version, I have a contact, It was myself that made this cab known to the community, it had taken me a year to track the cab, the guy who owned it then realised my interest and we talked, we are still in nogatiations.
Artwork became hard to locate,I became good friends with Gary and Don, Don also emails from time to time to just have a chat, he has invited me to stay at his place in Arizona, which I have yet not had time to do, but me and my friends spent a few days with Don and Gary at their Studio,I had aquired a fair bit, and then I got 40% of my art when at the studio and took two of my collector friends with me, James Richardson and Richard Savine, I had taken all my Marquees and sideart for Don and Gary to sign, My passion is other collectors enjoying what I do, my collection is not just for myself but every collector out there. Gary called me up when they found rare stuff, was very good them letting me know first, gary said that because my artwork collection was the biggest he would also sell me stuff that wasnt for sale, Ie the Poster artwork, prototype artwork for the cab, and also the original cab artwork, Marquee, CP!! I am benifitting from my hard work now, because when I go to "Finny's lair" which is not very often, I cannot believe how much stuff I have, and really enjoy being in among all the stuff. as i said before, my most enjoyment comes from other collectors enjoying it, ok I paid for it, but other collectors can enjoy it like myself without costing them anything LOL.
all the best to everyone
regards
-Jason