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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Sonic 1992 on September 07, 2009, 06:34:23 AM

Title: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Sonic 1992 on September 07, 2009, 06:34:23 AM
We were headed to lunch on Friday,  We went on a few back roads to avoid red lights, and we saw this on the side of the road:

(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/IMG_0015.jpg)

Let's Stop & Look!!
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/IMG_0016.jpg)

Tons of stuff, Boxes of PCB's

(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/IMG_0013.jpg)

(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/IMG_0014.jpg)


(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/IMG_0017.jpg)



(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/IMG_0018.jpg)
The arcade games were beyond repair, they were water damaged, One used to be a Stargate, the other a Joust.  THe Pinball machines were totaled!

I did find a few things to keep:

A New Area 51 Sideart Set:

(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/DSCN2108.jpg)

Even though I dont really like wrestling games, I couldn't leave behind a complete set of WWF Rumble Sidearts, CPO and Marquee:
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/DSCN2109.jpg)

Lastly, I found a Spyhunter Glass Bezel and a Midway Coin Door
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/DSCN2110.jpg)

(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/DSCN2111.jpg)

This just goes to show, you never know where you will find this stuff!  And arcade operators don't care about this stuff unless it is making money, if not in the trash it goes!






Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: level42 on September 07, 2009, 07:02:05 AM
No monitors and PCB's picked up ? These look salvageable ?
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Superully on September 07, 2009, 07:42:58 AM
OMG - you americans are lucky guys, you find stuff like that lying by the side of the road. we europeans can be lucky if something like that shows up on ebay  ;)
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Muerto on September 07, 2009, 04:28:21 PM
+1
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Sonic 1992 on September 07, 2009, 04:49:51 PM
Quote from: Level42 on September 07, 2009, 07:02:05 AM
No monitors and PCB's picked up ? These look salvageable ?

Well, they might have been... but they look like they got rained on...
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Zorg on September 07, 2009, 05:59:17 PM
rained on, that's a good thing, maybee you won't have to bath them :D
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: level42 on September 07, 2009, 06:31:03 PM
Loads of people who bath or hose their monitors.....I'm not saying they will be fine but there's a chance....That G07 is at least worth trying.
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: slowcade on September 07, 2009, 08:02:07 PM
Quote from: Sonic 1992 on September 07, 2009, 04:49:51 PM
but they look like they got rained on...

But then they dry, and they are probably ok.. You should pick it all up!  :)
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Ghost Soldier on September 07, 2009, 09:41:51 PM
Nice trash find, congrats.
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: DarthNuno on September 07, 2009, 09:50:21 PM
The Atari cabinet on that first picture doesn't look too bad  :arrow:

(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/IMG_0015.jpg)

...it's maybe possible to do something with this one? It seems to be a Paperboy... but ... I see a driving wheel on the panel ???
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Sonic 1992 on September 08, 2009, 12:15:21 AM
Quote from: DarthNuno on September 07, 2009, 09:50:21 PM
The Atari cabinet on that first picture doesn't look too bad  :arrow:

(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/sonic_1992/Message%20board%20pix/IMG_0015.jpg)

...it's maybe possible to do something with this one? It seems to be a Paperboy... but ... I see a driving wheel on the panel ???

It might have been,  :'(   I just didn't have the time to inspect, and the guy who was dumping it all out seemed to be mad at me for looking through the stuff.  He started to hint around about wanting money for some of it, so I just got out of there.    :-\
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: slowcade on September 08, 2009, 08:45:29 AM
Waaah.. If I ever passed such a treasure, I would just give him fifty bucks and get a bigger car.
It's not easy living in Europe..  :-[
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Superully on September 08, 2009, 09:03:16 AM
Quote from: slowcade on September 08, 2009, 08:45:29 AM
It's not easy living in Europe..  :-[

at least not when it comes to arcade collecting!
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: level42 on September 08, 2009, 03:33:15 PM
If he is dumping that outside............I wonder what still is INside !!!!!

Doesn't sound like a friendly guy, and in a country where people can shoot someone for just trespassing..... :D
Title: Re: Look what I found in the trash on my lunchbreak!
Post by: Alpha1 on September 08, 2009, 05:02:08 PM
Rain on pcbs isn't a problem, they will dry off. Go get them all.

Secondly, knock on the door and see what's inside..