My neighbor has an Egret 29!!!

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I'll try and make an extremely long story as short as possible:

I sold my electronic drum kit tonight to free up some room/cash. The guy that picks up my kit notices my arcade shit (it's hard not to) and says "If I had known you were into this stuff, I would have traded you for the kit." He tells me that his friend lives across the street from me (and I mean RIGHT across the street), and the he's into "That stuff" too. He calls up his buddy, and we head over to see what he has. I'm expecting to see a MAME'd-out Space Invaders, but instead I'm greeted to an Egret 29!!! I flipped my shit! The dude had tons of Neo, PGM, and F-3 stuff. He told me he's looking to sell his cab, so it looks like I'll have a twin for my cab soon enough. It was crazy knowing that another Egret 29 was right across the street from me this whole time. He's coming over later this week to talk business. I'll let you know how it goes.
 

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Fuck You :D

When you get it post some pics
 

DZ

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damn..guess were not the only members of our exclusive club....

i bet you its cleaner then mine too huh?:crying:
 

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damn..guess were not the only members of our exclusive club....

i bet you its cleaner then mine too huh?:crying:
Not even close. At first I thought it was yours. The header on this one is bent and banged up too from when it was shipped originally. He does have a 6 button panel and marquee though. There's a lot of cigarette burns on the panel too. It would definitely take some work to make it look nice again.
 

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What pure luck lol. An E29 across the street. Gonna try for a package deal /w the PGM/Neo/F3 stuff?
 

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What pure luck lol. An E29 across the street. Gonna try for a package deal /w the PGM/Neo/F3 stuff?
I thought about it, but I'm not sure yet. He has a lot of stuff, and I'm not even sure I could afford it all. I want to focus on grabbing the cab, and then see if I can talk him into some of the boards.

The guy also had a Tommy Pinball machine and a Claw redemption game. On top of that he had more Vectrex stuff than I have including a boxed 3-D imager! It's crazy how small a world it is.
 

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That's Pretty Awesome..

I'd SHIT myself if a neighbor had a big red or candy cab..or generally anything near this type stuff..I just don't see or hear about stuff like Candy Cabs.Big Reds around here.....The closest with Candy cabs was another member across the river from me....
 

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Doesn't matter....the plain fact is that you have E29s all around you and I have none.



FUUUUUUUUUUU
 

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E29s are definitely hot stuff. I can't wait for Adam to restore his (he's in the process now and it's looking fantastic) and show it off.
 

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6 button panel you say.... ;)
 

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Just got an email back:
He told me that he's still on the fence about selling out. I think I'll just have to throw some bigger numbers his way to seal the deal.

DZ: I don't know if I'd keep the 6 button panel or not. I thought of two options:

- Keep the 6 button panel and link it with my other Egret 29 for heads-up fighting action.
- Trade with you to get my four button panel back so I could have one vert Egret 29 and one horizontal Egret 29.

Decisions, decisions. . .

Either way you'll be the first to know.:buttrock:
 

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This is bullshit I say.

Good luck with it. You bastard.
 

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Dang, that's an awesome neighbor to have :)

Closest thing to this kind of awesomeness I've had was a prior complex manager who would cook dinner for us with fresh seafood. But that's not nearly as cool :(
 

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nice find
 
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driph

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Hey, that's cool!

I've got a garage full of arcade cabinets and my neighbors (aside from the kids) don't even give them a second glance when they walk/drive by.
 

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Stop lowballin and snag that thing up!
Hahaha! I can assure you it isn't a matter of lowballing, but more whether or not he wants to sell his cab.

He stopped by my place today to check out my set-up. He's a super nice dude, and it was fun to talk shop with him. He didn't mention selling today, but he did say that he rarely (if ever) plays the cab anymore. I would be surprised if he doesn't look to sell it in the next month or so. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

He also expressed interest in going to the next MASScrew meet-up.
 

DZ

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haha...so when you putting the addition on that place.:tickled:
 

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Hahaha I was just giving you a hard time Beagle...hope it works out for you. Again what a coincidence!!!
 

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Slap him around a little bit. MAKE him sell it to you.
 

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That's awsome! Having a neighbor with similar hobbies is awsome!
 
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