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I'm pretty sure that Gorf was a conversion at the last auction. I
should have bid on the Missile command he is selling/sold but I had
already bought 2 games and my wife wasn't gonna like a third.
(Especially since the garage was full)
I think he just takes the best cabs from the auction and throws a
working boardset in them. I think he knows there are a lot of
collectors out there looking for the original stuff and doesn't butcher
anything original. he just takes the bad conversions nobody wants and
makes a few bucks off them.
Pat D.
thrushguy wrote:
> Is he actually converting all these games now to sell them? I figure
> they're just conversions he picks up cheap and resells after a cleaning or
> so. There are far more converted games out there than there are originals.
> For an Op it's probably always going to be alot cheaper to buy a kit and
> swap it into a game that's not making money anymore than to store every cab
> (working or not) in hopes to resell it someday. Back in the 80s there was
> no Ebay or worldwide outlet to sell or part out games on. I've restored
> dozens of converted games and it's really not worth the time and effort to
> make little $$ off of it just for resale anymore. If it's for your own
> collection then it's totally worth it.. I've really slowed down reselling
> games and working on them and have started working on my collection these
> days. I don't have much room for a large collection but I don't need too
> many games.
>
> just my 2¢
>
> Scott
>
>
> "Art Mallet - Artfromny - formerly A218@aol.com" <artgames@nycap.rr.com>
> wrote in message news:QCj_e.8949$7b6.8384@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>
>>and this is a problem because . . . ? Seller seems to have a good rep,
>>maybe a bit of a blowhard in his advertising but he definitely knows how
>>to sell. It all boils down to his cabinet, his choice, his business not
>>yours.
>>
>>--
>>Art
>>"Matty-t" <matthews@audio-doctors.com> wrote in message
>>news:1127843868.876721.109910@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>
>>>Ladies n gentleman... you know him as the man who converted a GORF
>>>into a PITFIGHTER last month.
>>>
>>>He's done it again! and this time with no boundries!
>>>
>>>http://tinyurl.com/9qtyl
>>>
>>>Whomever you are ... I implore you... STOP.
>>>
>>>- Matt
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
It's not like you converted a Computer Space into a Pac Man
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