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Approximately 7:45 AM, Friday. I've got the camera propped up on the hood of my truck, since I didn't feel like setting up my tripod in the mud. This is a shot of the flea market area, and to the right are the back entrances to the show, which are locked for security reasons. The show didn't actually start until 10 am on both days, but setup is allowed between 8 and 10 am. |
Here's a closeup I shot before I walked around to the front entrance. When I got to the front, there were about 10 other people waiting to get in, but more soon followed. Some were bringing in games, some just wanted to to look at what was coming in. |
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This Gottlieb "Panthera," was the giveaway pin on Saturday night. I left 45 minutes before the drawing. I didn't win anyway. |
This year "Mr. Bingo" brought "Golden Gate," and "Surf Club." Jeff, by the way, wrote the book or actually, books on bingo pins: "Bally Bingo Pinball Machines," and "The Bingo Pinball War: United Vs. Bally, 1951-1957." |
On the left, a Chicago Coin "Twinkie" pin, complete with backglass animation, which you stop by hitting what looks like a start button on the front of the cabinet for a wide range of points. I couldn't afford this working one, so I bought a project one in the flea market, which I traded or maybe sold, then bought again years later, then sold again, for good. Great game, but a challenging project. |
From left to right, a rare Sega "Grand National" horseracing game, a Sega "Turbo" cabaret videogame, and a Bally Midway "Pac-Land" inside a Ms. Pac-Man cabaret cabinet. |
Play for extended time. |
Is it just me, or does this look like part of the navigation panel on The Enterprise on the original Star Trek series? |
Basically, the game is a treadmill, and you clear the objects for points, and eventually, extended time. |
It's tougher than you might think. |
The rules. |
Asking price $350, working, 8-track tape missing, sold Friday evening for $250. |
I bought this Sega "Turbo" cabaret videogame. Some of the sound didn't work, and the steering wheel had some damage, but at The York Show 2003, I got a better steering wheel panel, and years later, got a spare board set. |
I dropped a lot of quarters into the non cabaret version at the former Sears Eastgate Mall arcade. |
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"Pac-Land" sold with an asking price of $375, soon after I bought "Turbo." |
With music by "Slash" from Guns N' Roses, this 1998 Sega classic was for sale, asking price, $2,150. |
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This game also features animated raccoons, a "devil's tower," blacklights, and... |
classic cars. |
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A rare Stern "Wild Fyre," asking price $199, no sound, some bad lamps, sold quickly. |
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Speaking of Stern, here's part of a Pinstar "Gamatron" conversion kit, meant for games like "Flight 2000." |
Also in the flea market were these "Black Pyramid" projects, with some incomplete boards, $125 for the one on the left, or $150 for everything, eventually marked down to $80, I think. |
