Anyone else attend the auction in Atlanta last Saturday?

[Room 34]

Was it just me, or did that selection SUCK? I made a feeble attempt to bid on the Dig Dug. (I bid at $325; it actually WENT for $425... my wife's stern admonishment not to buy anything was still ringing in my ears.)

 

There was a SWEET Tempest machine that went for $900, but that was just about the only good thing there (other than the game where you pedal the bike and steer the human-powered aircraft around to pop balloons... I LOVE that game!)...

 

The machine that took the cake had to be the cocktail table pinball machine (never seen one before!) that had a LITERAL RAT'S NEST inside on the playfield. YUCK!

 

I hope the next auction's better... but it's 5 days after my son is due to be born so I probably won't make it!

[Inky]

I hope the next auction's better... but it's 5 days after my son is due to be born so I probably won't make it!      

 

I didn't know you were pregnant! How's your wife feel about that?

 

Conga-Rats!

[DEBRO]

I didn't know about it. I couldn't get another arcade game now anyway.

 

How did you find out about it?

[Room 34]

http://www.superauctions.com

 

They have an auction in Atlanta about every 6 to 8 weeks. This was only the second one I had been to.

[Room 34]

I didn't know you were pregnant!  How's your wife feel about that?

Ha ha... good one! Actually, she doesn't know about it yet. Boy will she FLIP when she finds out!

[Rob Mitchell]

Hmm .. Maybe I should find a way to attend and see what's happening .. Have you been to the arcade rehab store on the east side of Atlanta?

 

Rob Mitchell, Hotlanta, GA

[Room 34]

Hmm .. Maybe I should find a way to attend and see what's happening .. Have you been to the arcade rehab store on the east side of Atlanta?

No, I haven't... where is it?

 

I have a pinball machine that needs some board repairs...

[Rob Mitchell]

No, I haven't... where is it?  I have a pinball machine that needs some board repairs...

 

It's called Gameroom Classics .. on Brockett Rd at Lawrenceville Hwy .. (across the parking lot from Value Village Thrift) just outside of I-285. Phone: 770-270-8911 Call ahead as they have weird hours ... Cool dusty pinball/ video arcade repair shop.

 

Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA

[Room 34]

It's called Gameroom Classics .. on Brockett Rd at Lawrenceville Hwy .. (across the parking lot from Value Village Thrift) just outside of I-285.  Phone: 770-270-8911  Call ahead as they have weird hours ...  Cool dusty pinball/ video arcade repair shop.

OK... I stopped by that place one time, when they were supposed to be open (at about 4 PM on a Friday), and it was all locked up. The lights were all on but no one was inside.

 

I guess it would pay to call ahead. Thanks for the tip!