If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you’ll have read several articles where I’ve been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to go through old collections or stashes of arcade cabinets. This is where arcade collectors get together to acquire, rescue, save (call it what you will) artifacts from the arcade industry. Often cabinets…
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Arcade Raid! Nashville Barn Haul
Finding larger stashes of classic arcade cabinets is becoming an increasingly rare event these days. Outside of individual cabinets listed on eBay, Craigslist and Marketplace, arcade “raids” of the type written about on this blog seem to be a thing of the past. The hobby has become more widespread in recent years and quite simply,…
Arcade Raid! Huge Arkansas Barn Find
After something of a drought of Arcade Raid reports in recent months, I have another great classic arcade cabinet stash find to share on the blog this week. Maybe we’re on a roll! Check out last weeks’ arcade raid tale here if you missed it. So we go from South Dakota last week, to Arkansas…
Arcade Raid! South Dakota mega-haul
Here’s a cool arcade raid tale from a few years back that turned up several rare titles. US-based collector Joe Magiera received a message from a fellow collector back in 2006 with a lead on some arcade cabinets being sold off. It read: I got a cold-call email stemming from my web site from some…
The Arcade Raid That Wasn’t
Been a while since I wrote about an arcade raid here on the blog. For the uninitiated, an “Arcade Raid” usually involves the discovery and subsequent removal of classic arcade cabinets. A typical raid will occur in an old warehouse, barn or storage area, usually owned by an ex arcade operator. These buildings house stashes…
Arcade Raid! Ireland, EU
Another arcade “find and rescue” adventure to report on the blog this week! This raid came out of the blue. I got word of it early 2019, but it took many months to finally execute. A collector in Ireland got a lead that a local arcade was closing down, and the operator was looking to…
Arcade Raid! The Cincinnati Trailer Experience
Well its been a few weeks since we featured an arcade raid here on the blog, so I reckon its high time we rectified that. Arcade collector Adam was at home one night when his phone rang. It was his friend, who asked him what he was doing the following day. “Not much” was Adam’s…
Arcade Raid! Wisconsin Rural Warehouse
Welcome to another Arcade Raid here on the blog! A slight departure from the usual write-up process this week. Blog subscriber Alan got in touch and shared a bunch of pictures with me, asking if I’d like to share details of a raid he took part in. I asked a few questions about the circumstances,…
Arcade Raid! Jacksonville Flea Market Rescue
It’s high time we featured another arcade raid tale here on the blog. My buddy Steve is a collector we’ve featured previously – he was responsible for the NOS artwork raid I featured some time back. This particular haul was discovered earlier this year, but not by Steve initially. He received a call from a…
Arcade Raid! Warehouse Find, UK
It’s been a while since I’ve reported on any arcade raids here on the blog. What’s more, it’s been even longer since a decent one occurred here on UK shores. But I was able to buck that trend back in January this year, by being involved in this three-man warehouse raid. So, here we go:…
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