Warehouse find

[Bryan Kelly]

Or how my buddy Brian and I spent 2011 New Years Eve.

http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/album1060

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Lloyd Olson]

What an assortment. MM, RFM, BG, SP, BB, WW, BoP, etc. etc.

Nice score !

If those are headed to the fair you'll have a great Pinball on a Stick this
year.

LTG :)

"Bryan Kelly" <bske...@aol.com> wrote in message
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[Goonie]

Nice score. Seriously, how do you people find these things!

Is there an Embryon in there for me? :>)


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[JahBarron]

Storage Wars!


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JahBarron

[Tom G WI]

Did you cream in your jeans when you saw the MM? :)


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Tom G WI

[Josh A.]

On Jan 2, 4:24 pm, Tom G WI <tgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you cream in your jeans when you saw the MM? :)

I doubt whether anyone would drive 650 miles one way without having an
inventory of all 22 machines first. I am curious about where they
were found, though. Gillette, Wyoming? Tulsa, Oklahoma? Kitchener,
Ontario? A 650-mile radius from Minnesota covers a lot of territory!
http://i41.tinypic.com/2ir2jac.jpg

[Ben Yetter]

ND

[pinghetto]

I had the time of my life on this trip this weekend. So many more
stories than any pictures could tell... Plus, the cops at the grocery
store didn't really seem to want their pictures even taken!! Kelly,
you are a bad influence!! =)

Brian

[Mike D]

Crazy.


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Mike D

[CEllison]

Jeebus Cripes - I get so sick of seeing these things! Jealousy of
course but damnit dude, I look all over hell and all I find are OP's
that think their worn out routed crap is worth a mint.
Congrats - and you suck ;)

-=Chris=-

[TMD2]

You...lucky...bastard! ;-) Congrats on an awesome find. Whatever you
make on the MM alone will probably offset the entire ordeal...

[KD]

Nice,Thx. for posting,Didn't see any Stern machines-were there any
that you saved?,lots of great looking pins.

[dasvis]

Dammit. I hate you guys :)


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dasvis

[Mike D]

TMD2;1853603 Wrote:
> You...lucky...bastard! ;-) Congrats on an awesome find. Whatever you
> make on the MM alone will probably offset the entire ordeal...
>

> Goonie <akpinball (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> > Nice score. Seriously, how do you people find these things!
> >
> > Is there an Embryon in there for me? :>)
> >

Right....


--
Mike D

[Tom G WI]

pinghetto;1853591 Wrote:

Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. Congrats on your find and haul.


--
Tom G WI

[jetzxi]

Nice assortment Bryan, looks like you will be busy for awhile!

Chris

[Ben Yetter]

oops i meant SD Wall Drug has been around for ages. Damn near Wyoming.

[Kory]

A www shucks, not a single EM. :-(.

Nice score though!

Kory


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Kory

[cody chunn]

South Park, Monopoly, Nascar and maybe High Roller Casino.

-cody

"KD" wrote in message
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[djcharlie17]

Brian & Bryan... the envy of the pinball collecting universe right
now!

Great job guys, and can't wait to hear all about it in person. We'll
do something about the entire adventure on Spooky Pinball... one for
the ages!

Charlie
http://www.spookypinball.com

[dvandentop]

shit shoulda let me know you had an EATPM coulda sold a machine on way
back I am in sioux falls


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dvandentop

[Bryan Kelly]

Of course we had an inventory of the 22 games but the only
descriptions we were given were either working or not. Trust me, the
prices weren't great until they threw in the MM and LOTR.

No sense asking where they came from. They were the last of the pins
the op had.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Bryan Kelly]

Please do not Email me privately asking about the games or prices
unless you want to offer me $10,000 for an unshopped, routed MM. ;-)

Brian and I will be going through the games in the next couple of
weeks, guaging condition and setting prices. They will all be for
sale and prices will be posted here.

[Pin Del]

Dang Bryan,,, Did you really think nobody would email you after you
posted those Pictures ?

Congrats anyway on a nice score ! =)

[shlockdoc]

Nice - seems like one of those trips you will never forget. Great way to
start the year. Now get a pint and some ludafisk ( im sure there is a
better spelling ) and you have your winter projects.


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shlockdoc

[NM]

RGP score of the year thus far.

Congrats Bryan & Brian!


--
NM

Current: AFM, CFTBL, FGY, MB, NGG, SS, STTNG, TAF, ToM, TSPP, TZ, WH2O,
'54 Gottlieb Stage Coach.

[William Brower]

On Jan 2, 5:58 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> Or how my buddy Brian and I spent 2011 New Years Eve.
>
> http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/album1060
>
> Bryan (CARGPB 14)http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

Dudes, nice score.

I bet they will all look like they are new, after you guys get done
with them.

Bill

[Taylor-VA]

Jaw just crushed keyboard.
Excellent score.

[JahBarron]

Good! Maybe I'll be employed by the time you get done!


--
JahBarron

[MrBally]

Where the heck is Wall Drug?........ ;o)

[Woz]

> Where the heck is Wall Drug?........ ;o)

http://tinyurl.com/6uu44we


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Woz

[Bad Bob]

On Jan 2, 4:58 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> Or how my buddy Brian and I spent 2011 New Years Eve.
>
> http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/album1060
>
> Bryan (CARGPB 14)http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

Why didn't you guys come up to Cando, No. Dak? It's only 400 miles
from the Twin Cities. We were having a big NY Eve party. 60 pins on
free play, FREE BEER, food, housing and no foot tapping code at the
urinal. I've a couple hundred pins I'd like to get rid of, including
a couple Embryons. No MM or new pins, mostly early EE. Last time I
did a warehouse raid I filled a semi, 4 pickups with U-hauls and went
pheasant hunting on the drive over to Plentywood Mont. If I remember
right about 80 pins fill a semi. The owner said he thought he had
several pins in an abandoned building in a just about abandoned town I
could have. They were still there but the dead cat under one of the
pins, Sea Witch or Surf Champ, was almost too much to take.

Keep your eye on the raiding ball, Bad Bob

[BLACK_ROSE]

Awesome Find ,,, I'd like to Buy BB & EATPM, and several more .. B_R

[Bryan Kelly]

I know you've invited me before, Bob, and I'd love to make it
sometime, but this trip involved the Dakota just south of you.

It's also nice to know we can get what we need without the toe
tapping. :-)

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Bryan Kelly]

All I'm going to say is, if you ever buy a pin from an operator, the
first thing you should do is remove the operator's information from
the machine before anyone else gets a chance to take a pic of it. :-)

No need for us to do this cause these were all the pins the op had
left. On a side note, the op told us the best pins in the best
locations were making about $30 a week which means he got all of $15 a
week.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

On Jan 2, 5:10 pm, Goonie <akpinb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice score.  Seriously, how do you people find these things!

>

> --
> Goonie

[Ben Yetter]

On Jan 3, 7:18 am, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> All I'm going to say is, if you ever buy a pin from an operator, the
> first thing you should do is remove the operator's information from
> the machine before anyone else gets a chance to take a pic of it.  :-)
>
> No need for us to do this cause these were all the pins the op had
> left.  On a side note, the op told us the best pins in the best
> locations were making about $30 a week which means he got all of $15 a
> week.
>

> Bryan (CARGPB 14)http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

>
> On Jan 2, 5:10 pm, Goonie <akpinb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Nice score.  Seriously, how do you people find these things!
>
> > --
> > Goonie
> > This USENET post sent from  http://rgparchive.com

I just noticed where you stopped for lunch and Googled it lol.

[Jim McCune (honda350r)]

Awesome pull Bryan and Brian ! I am jealous . It was fun talking with
you guys on the way and back !

Jim

[Bryan Kelly]

You're not the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you Ben. ;-)

I really have to mention one more thing. This op was the nicest guy
you'd ever want to meet. Not only did Dave and Leo help us for 3
hours on New Years Eve, but when we told them we'd be another 2 hours
and we'd call them to come back and lock up, Leo says don't worry
about it. Here's the light switch, just make sure you turn the lights
out and lock up when you leave!

We also told them we were spending the night in Rapid City (about an
hours drive) so Leo says, why don't you guys take my van instead of
that gas hog of a truck. Just bring it back in the morning.

I'm tellin ya, the farther you get from the big city, the nicer and
more trusting people get.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

On Jan 3, 8:00 am, Ben Yetter <yetter...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I just noticed where you stopped for lunch and Googled it lol.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[Bryan Kelly]

Yeah, whatever, Mr. I can't answer the phone cause I'm in the shop
using my fansy pants Festool tools!! ;-)

It's always nice talking to you, Jim, and having gone through
something like this yourself, I knew you'd appreciate the story.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

On Jan 3, 9:51 am, "Jim McCune (honda350r)" <honda3...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Lloyd Olson]

Probably explains why he was getting out of pins. And why there weren't any
Tron LE's or Transformer LE's in the bunch. LTG :)

"Bryan Kelly" <bske...@aol.com> wrote in message
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[shlockdoc]

On Jan 3, 11:42 am, "Lloyd Olson" <l...@ssbilliards.com> wrote:
> Probably explains why he was getting out of pins. And why there weren't any
> Tron LE's or Transformer LE's in the bunch.  LTG :)
>

> "Bryan Kelly" <bskel...@aol.com> wrote in message

>
> news:e88b9ce8-7919-4a81...@r5g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > No need for us to do this cause these were all the pins the op had
> > left.  On a side note, the op told us the best pins in the best
> > locations were making about $30 a week which means he got all of $15 a
> > week.
>
> > Bryan (CARGPB 14)

> >http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -

Bryan

I spoke to the operator and offered another 1k. He asks that you
return the games to exactly where they were and sorry for any trouble
this might cause ;-)

[Pinsational]

What an exciting adventure! I'd love to be involved with something
like this one day. Sadly, a find like this is becoming increasingly
rare.

[Rompen]

I don't suppose you would reveal what you paid for that lot? I can't
help but be insanely curious what an op would unload that many
machines for? Obviously he knew the value of the games, especially
the MM, so exactly how good a deal can you get? I've always known ops
to be the hardest people to buy from in terms of getting good deals.

[hugh]

Congrats Bryan! What a find.

Hugh


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hugh

[Bryan Kelly]

The op did NOT know the value of the pins. But that was a good thing
and a bad thing. He valued the pins based on how old they were. That
was good for the W/B titles but bad when it came to the newer Sterns.

Would you pay $2450 for a routed Nascar or $1750 for a routed High
Roller Casino? We did.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Steve (in Escalon)]

On Jan 2, 2:58 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> Or how my buddy Brian and I spent 2011 New Years Eve.
>
> http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/album1060
>
> Bryan (CARGPB 14)http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

Great score and thanks for sharing. Awesome, simply awesome...

Have you tried wiping the smile from your face yet?

Steve (in Escalon, CA)

[Pinballed]

great find!

[dothedoo]

Lots of fun.......except for the South Dakota cold!

I'm sure there were more good finds in the parts room.

Love the shot with the Bone Busters. If you didn't know the topper
was encased in plastic (or didn't know it had a topper at all) it
looks like the machine behind it has a 15" sub in the bottom.

Bill Stahly

[MrBally]

I was being funny (note smiley at the end of my sentence). I was
making reference to the billboards all along I-90 that say "Where the
heck is Wall Drug?" Almost as obnoxious as Pedro's "South of the
Border" on I-95 near Dillon, SC.

[yenningComity]

Bryan Kelly;1854195 Wrote:
> The op did NOT know the value of the pins. But that was a good thing
> and a bad thing. He valued the pins based on how old they were. That
> was good for the W/B titles but bad when it came to the newer Sterns.
>
> Would you pay $2450 for a routed Nascar or $1750 for a routed High
> Roller Casino? We did.
>
> Bryan (CARGPB 14)
> http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins
>
>

> On Jan 3, 11:18*am, Rompen <rompe... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> > I don't suppose you would reveal what you paid for that lot? *I can't

> > help but be insanely curious what an op would unload that many

> > machines for? *Obviously he knew the value of the games, especially
> > the MM, so exactly how good a deal can you get? *I've always known

> ops
> > to be the hardest people to buy from in terms of getting good deals.

Sounds like you ended up overypaying on a few, and way underpaid on the
others. In the end congrats and enjoy!


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yenningComity

[stevenp]

Bryan Kelly;1854195 Wrote:
> The op did NOT know the value of the pins. But that was a good thing
> and a bad thing. He valued the pins based on how old they were. That
> was good for the W/B titles but bad when it came to the newer Sterns.
>
> Would you pay $2450 for a routed Nascar or $1750 for a routed High
> Roller Casino? We did.
>
> Bryan (CARGPB 14)
> http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins
>

hmmm... so you paid less than that for the MM? DAY-um!


--
stevenp

[Bryan Kelly]

Funny you mention the billboards. After 20 hours in a truck with only
one other guy, that's about all we had left to talk about. :-)

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Bryan Kelly]

Yes, I bought out the parts room too, but there wasn't a lot to brag
about. It did involve about 90 new coils and a ton of white rubbers.
No idea why an op would put white rubber on a route game.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[pintastic63]

Bryan Kelly;1854032 Wrote:
> Y

>
> I'm tellin ya, the farther you get from the big city, the nicer and
> more trusting people get.
>

> http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins
>
> You haven't ventured much outside of the "big city" then :-), consider
> yourself fortunate to run into somebody as trustworthy as the old op.


--
pintastic63

[Bryan Kelly]

I have to admit, it was hard to smile yesterday after an 18 hour day
on Saturday, about 3 hours sleep and a 16 hour day on Sunday. And I
can't tell you how brutal the winds are in SD. We battle them all day
both days in a 26' truck that was like a f'ing sailboat on wheels.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

On Jan 3, 2:35 pm, "Steve (in Escalon)" <sgligo...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

[HandsOfStone]

On Jan 2, 4:58 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> Or how my buddy Brian and I spent 2011 New Years Eve.
>
> http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/album1060
>
> Bryan (CARGPB 14)http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

Wow! I had to move 20 games 50 miles in a day, but they were mostly
turds.

It was summer in Alabama so we were covered in nasty, sweaty grime.

I can't imagine doing a 650 mile move in blizzard conditions. That had
to suck.

[Walt]

Good God Bryan, where in Rapid City did you stay? I live there and
although we are a tourist area, I didn't know we had any motels with
rooms like that! :-)

The Ops in the Black Hills are great. Some do know what they have,
but still sell off the games at reasonable prices - they aren't out to
screw anybody as long as people don't try to screw them. Most are
small time guys who put pins in tourist traps during the summer months
and are glad to sell them off in the lean winter months when
everything is closed down. I've got screamin' deals on quite a few
games....

[Bryan Kelly]

Walt, that pic was taken at your lovely Super 8 motel. We were
supposed to stay at the Radisson downtown but I f'ed up the
reservation and they had no rooms left by the time we got there. I
think that was a good thing, because the Radisson looked like the hip
happening place to spend New Years and by midnight, all we wanted was
sleep. :-)

You are right about the op. I think he was more than fair with us
because we were more than fair with him and didn't try and nickle and
dime him.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Rompen]

On Jan 3, 1:39 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> The op did NOT know the value of the pins.  But that was a good thing
> and a bad thing.  He valued the pins based on how old they were.  That
> was good for the W/B titles but bad when it came to the newer Sterns.
>
> Would you pay $2450 for a routed Nascar or $1750 for a routed High
> Roller Casino?  We did.

So..... how much did he charge for the MM? Give all of RGP a chance
to collectively sigh. ; )

Want to sell any of the white rubber?

[Bryan Kelly]

Warehouse raiders rarely raid and tell, Rompen. All I can say is, he
was happy with the collective deal and so were we.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Bad Bob]

On Jan 3, 3:35 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> Funny you mention the billboards.  After 20 hours in a truck with only
> one other guy, that's about all we had left to talk about.  :-)
>

> Bryan (CARGPB 14)http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

>
> On Jan 3, 3:10 pm, MrBally <americannleag...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I was being funny (note smiley at the end of my sentence). I was
> > making reference to the billboards all along I-90 that say "Where the
> > heck is Wall Drug?" Almost as obnoxious as Pedro's "South of the
> > Border" on I-95 near Dillon, SC.

Yep, looked at all the billboards, east and west, been there, ate
there and have their free bumper sticker on the back door of the
Pinball Palace in Cando, NO. Dak. You have to be from a long way away
not to know where Wall Drug is. The first time I stopped there it
wasn't much more than one building and a water fountain. Now it's an
entire block plus. It's funny seeing all the 'free ice water' signs
in the winter.

Keep your eye on the ice cold wild and windy ball, Bad Bob.

[Bryan Kelly]

The MM has been sold.

[David B.]

> The MM has been sold.

Email sent.

Oops. Too late!

[dvandentop]

how much for Elivira?? Never saw a listing stating prices or what
machines for sale, must have missed it


--
dvandentop

[JahBarron]

Bryan Kelly;1853674 Wrote:
> Please do not Email me privately asking about the games or prices
> unless you want to offer me $10,000 for an unshopped, routed MM. ;-)
>
> Brian and I will be going through the games in the next couple of
> weeks, guaging condition and setting prices. They will all be for
> sale and prices will be posted here.

>
> Bryan (CARGPB 14)
> http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

He said he'd list the prices when the games were ready. I'm guessing the
MM went to somebody locally that he knows that isn't a stickler.


--
JahBarron

[Bryan Kelly]

We haven't listed any prices or even a list of the pins we got. I
think it's going to be a while before we do. The MM was sold sight
unseen.

We'll be spending the entire weekend getting the games on their legs
and performing triage. Needless to say, we need to find out what
works and what doesn't. And for those that don't work, we need to
determine whether it's in our best interest to fix them before selling
or just sell as is.

There'll be more to come.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Rompen]

On Jan 6, 12:58 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> We haven't listed any prices or even a list of the pins we got.  I
> think it's going to be a while before we do.  The MM was sold sight
> unseen.
>
> We'll be spending the entire weekend getting the games on their legs
> and performing triage.  Needless to say, we need to find out what
> works and what doesn't.  And for those that don't work, we need to
> determine whether it's in our best interest to fix them before selling
> or just sell as is.

Yea, I understand about keeping mum on the price - you can't blame me
for tryin though.

I'm also curious about what problems you run into with machines. I'm
now starting to document what I find and fix -- which is always a lot
more than what I remember after it's all been done.

[Bryan Kelly]

Well, we finally sold the last game and for anyone interested, I
thought I'd spill the beans, so to speak.

This is a list of the games we paid $19,000 for. Four were pretty
much parts games, six were said to have various board issues and
twelve were said to be in good working condition. Needless to say,
there wasn't a one that didn't have some kind of issue.

MM
LOTR
2-DM
HRC
Elvira
BOP
Starship Troopers
Pool Sharks
Getaway
Nascar
Dr. Who
Monopoly
South Park
DE Simpsons
NBAFB
Leathal Weapon
Dr. Dude
RFM
Big Guns
Bone Busters
Whirlwind

Total sale price on all games came to $33,400. Our expenses were
about $2000 which included rental truck, fuel, hotel, meals and
various game parts. Total profit came to $12,4000.

And before you say, "Holy Shit, I'd do that!", you don't even want to
know how many hours were spent cleaning and fixing games.

Having said that, Brian and I would do it again in a heartbeat. It
was certainly a roadtrip to remember.

BTW HUGE thanks to our buddy Jesse who provided the warehouse space.
We coudn't have done it without him. Now that I think about it, we
could have rented a space for less than what the beer cost us at
Jesse's. ;-)

[Rompen]

Thanks so much for sharing the info Bryan!

I totally understand where you're coming from. You all probably spent
countless hours working on the games getting them into some sort of
saleable condition. When all is said and done, if you valued your
time along market values, I bet you almost broke even. But obviously
we don't do it for the money. Congrats on your find!

[Frank Furhter]

Thank you for sharing the numbers, finally :) Its a good thing to know
there is profit to be made, but yes I suspect the 100s of hours and
speciality knowledge comes to a 10-15 an hour on average considering all
folks/time/tools/whatever that was involved. Its the journey man, and
to say you have done it, well done and thanks for sharing.

[dvandentop]

you forgot to post where you cleaned em out of pins at :D

[Frank Furhter]

dvandentop wrote:
> you forgot to post where you cleaned em out of pins at :D

He's no doubt doing the :O on the seller for reach around followup
business. :)

[Rick Swanson]

On Feb 24, 6:46 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
>  Total profit came to $12,4000.
>

Just as I suspected... you're a couple of capitalists. ;-)

Rick Swanson
cargpb6

[Bryan Kelly]

The op was located in Sturgis SD. No need to call around. We bought
the last of their pins.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Hans]

On Feb 24, 8:51 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:
> The op was located in Sturgis SD.  No need to call around.  We bought
> the last of their pins.
>

LOL I've probably played that BoP, if it was the one up in Ludlow 4
years ago.

-Hans

[cody chunn]

124000 is nothing to sneeze at.

-cody


"Rick Swanson" wrote in message
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[Rustylizard]

I thought you were keeping Bonebusters? Did you sell it to yourself for
$12,400 and break even on the rest of the deal? :.)


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Rustylizard

[Walt]

Steve and Leo at Midwest Vending....couple of good guys.

[KD v8torino]

Thanks for sharing the whole story Bryan,has been fun to live stuff
through other peoples adventures-(Something like that anyway)

[Mr. 68]

On Feb 24, 4:46 pm, Bryan Kelly <bskel...@aol.com> wrote:

Hey Warren Buffett, come Expo I’m gonna milk you like holstein cow.

Kim - CARGPB #36 - Basement Pirate
http://www.WrongCrowdProductions.com/

[dvandentop]

what would be most interesting is how you guys even came across this lot

[KD v8torino]

I'm pretty sure Bryan said he saw a sticker on a pinball machine from
an operating/amusement company on a machine somewhere and called them
about machines for sale and that was the story,yeah that's it.

[Frank Furhter]

Previous thread said previous seller had a machine with sticks as you
mentioned. They called, couldn't believe the seller had not removed the
sticker, and many months later the deal was done (4+ weeks of back and
forth chitchat/discussions about pricing). The podcast details were
interesting, recommend the listen (guess which podcast is anyone's
guess, they all sound the same to me now).

[Bryan Kelly]

Don't forget Leo's wife, Sinnette. They were all extremely nice
people.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

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[Bryan Kelly]

Bonebusters was given to Jesse for the use of the warehouse.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Bryan Kelly]

Listen, AH, I only get half of that. I had a partner in this
mess. ;-)

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[macrossplus]

Frank Furhter.;1892620 Wrote:
> KD v8torino wrote:

> > On Feb 24, 11:40 pm, dvandentop<dvanden... (AT) msn (DOT) com>

It should be the latest Spooky Pinball Podcast (#23). As always, a great
podcast and a fun listen. We are really lucky to be having so much
content thrown our way lately..


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macrossplus

[Bryan Kelly]

A previous buyer of most of their A title games left one of Midwests
stickers on a game they bought.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

[Tlamb]

Cool story and nice score. Sounds like a lot of time and effort went into this but it the end, it is was pretty awesome pinball adventure. Congrats!

TL

[dvandentop]

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sounds like liberman left the stickers on the machines they had around
christmas time :D since i know they had a nice haul from a SD location
from around christmas time

[Walt]

The Ops in the Black Hills are a funny lot (I'm in Rapid City). Since
tourism is the main staple around here they tend to be reluctant to
sell off the pins since they make money during the summer months
sticking them in campgrounds and such (which often explains why alot
are really beat to hell). But hey, in the winter months times can get
tough.

I was surprised when MWV sold off the first batch of A list games last
fall. I was interested in the Elvira, but selling one pin at a time
wasn't really worth it to them - glad you guys were able to get a good
deal and find homes for all those pins. Had I known they were going
to pull a MM and LOTR out of their ass I would have paid more
attention!! :-)