Bulk Buys

One Warehouse Raid – A Demon, Aztarac and Two Major Havocs

For the scanners out there, this story is not mine, and it is not recent. This is a story of a collector who has been doing this for 20+ years and has scored quite a few deals. This is just one of them, and it was more than just these four highly sought after arcade games. (more…)

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New NOS artwork from QuarterArcade warehouse raid last year

QuarterArcade.com always has the goods. Last year Anthony uncovered a warehouse of games that most of us would have doubted still existed. In that warehouse were 40+ pinballs and 65+ arcade games, plus a ton of NOS artwork that sold for big bucks on eBay. Well, turns out there was a box of that NOS artwork leftover and Anthony listed it on eBay this week. (more…)

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Small bulk arcade game parts haul

In the first week of July I was able to make some arrangements to pick up the arcade game remnants from a former operator here in Indianapolis. I had known about this lot of parts for about three years now so I’m glad to be able to start to get some of these parts out to collectors who need them.

Boxes of arcade game stuff and parts

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How to identify this Nintendo VS. Game Board

There are two websites that are really great for identifying an unknown arcade game board (PCB), PCB photos at Xmission and the good old Crazy Kong website. I have a number of websites bookmarked as PCB identification resources, but these two are the best. (more…)

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Indianapolis operators hate EM Pinball machines

Or so it would seem. When pinball and arcade machines were at their peak, operators view these games as money making machines, and nothing more. Once a game had made back it’s money and then some, the views were two fold – either the games were worthless, or the resale value of said games were just as much as the purchase price. Indianapolis operators were no different, and here is the urban legend of two houses full of EM pinball machines in the Indianapolis area that were bulldozed to the ground, with the pinballs still inside. (more…)

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Small lot of arcade cabinets for sale

I’ve been in contact on and off with an individual in the area that has a small cache of arcade cabinets for sale. They moved out of the area, so coordinating with them has been difficult over the past two years. But I finally got some photos of what empty cabinets they have, four in total and three of them are Midway cabinets that were probably Pac-mans or Galagas at one time.

Indianapolis Arcade Cabinets For SAle

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Buying warehouses / bulk lots of arcade games

If you are in the Indianapolis area, state of Indiana, or in a nearby surrounding state like Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois or Michigan and have a bunch of arcade games, pinball machines, or coin operated equipment that you are looking to sell in one fowl swoop, I would be interested to talk to you.

Buying arcade / pinball games and parts in bulk

If you have a warehouse or storage location that you are looking to clean out and you have just have stacks of monitors, push buttons, manuals, joysticks, wiring and harnessses, and everything else under the sun drop me a line – rothecreations@gmail.com. I would be interested in purchasing all of your remaining inventory in one bulk buy. Some of the searches you might perform if you are an operator or distributor and looking to sell off all of your games;

  • sell bulk arcade games
  • buy bulk arcade games
  • sell lots coin op games
  • sell lot arcade games
  • sell lot pinball machines
  • sell lot pinball
  • sell lot arcade
  • sell bunch arcade
  • sell bunch pinball

Still not sure if we are talking about the same thing? Here is an example or two of what I am talking about, arcade game collectors buying out retiring operators;

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