Play Pinball in Indianapolis, Indiana
Looking for locations around Indianapolis where you can play pinball? With my readers help, I am going to start listing pinball machines in and around Indianapolis. I don’t come across many in the wild on my day to day travels, but hopefully some of my visitors can submit locations in Indianapolis where you can play pinballs. (more…)
Winter Indianapolis USAmusements Auction March 2008
The USAmusements auction had a much better showing for games this March than it appeared to have in January. We had a number of classics, including two Ms. Pac-man’s and a Galaga, but for me the main attractions were a really nice looking Williams Moon Patrol, complete but not working and a Super Pac-man Cocktail. (more…)
Little Chief Pinball Sold!
That was pretty easy! I found a buyer named Dan in Carmel who came over yesterday and bought the Williams Little Chief off the owner in Castleton.
We helped our own cause in the sale when the owner put the game back together first, including the back display back. I found out later it had not been attached in two years, so I was relieved the pinball still worked. He powered up the game, it was a little glitchy at first but did play a couple of full games. The buyer says that the Little Chief needed an adjustment made to the main logic in relation to the scoring unit, and the “gate” needed some work as well. But a great deal on a classic pinball in the Indianapolis area.
The Night Rider pinball machine is still for sale. Hope to get some video of that pinball in action soon. $400 and it’s yours.
Edit ~ I find this a little strange. I had never heard of Little Chief before, but all of a sudden a second machine comes up for sale in Rossville, IN on Craigslist? I don’t think this was our buyer, that would be really rotten to relist for $1900, but it is another nice looking instance of this Williams pinball, even if the seller (765-379-2429) has the year and the name are wrong.
Winter Indianapolis USAmusements Auction January 2008
I was pretty bummed that I didn’t make it to the Indianapolis USAmusements arcade game auction for the first time in a year and a half. But, with an opportunity like the Tiger Fantasy Spring Baseball Camp, I had to make an exception.
I asked Mike if he could take photos and prices of the arcade games, and like a peach, he came through. Huge nod to Mike, thanks so much.
All that he had to say was that there weren’t a ton of items there, as you will see from the photos, and everything got to be really expensive, especially the typical items like the Ms. Pacman(s) and the Galaga(s).
Maybe March will be better. I was just glad that two of the games I have been waiting to pop up here didn’t come when I left, an Xevious and / or a Mappy.
Here is a list of the pinballs not pictured above that were at the auction with prices;
- Championship Pub – $1850
- World Cup Soccer – $1000
- Kick Off (Bally EM) – $250
- Theatre of Magic – $2100
- NBA Fastbreak – $750
- Monopoly – $1850
- Gladiator – $675
- Goldeneye – $975
- Jurassic Park – $800
- SpaceJam – $725
- Dracula – $1000
- Congo – $950
- Tales from the Crypt – $875
Fall Indianapolis USAmusement Auction October 2007
Quite a turn around from the April auction, I couldn’t believe how many different lots were at this auction. I am sure that with the Christmas season coming, the October auction will always have a decent turn out.
I stayed for a little while, said hi to Robert and to Mike (who was there for his first auction), but I wasn’t really in much of a mood to do much networking being a little bit burned out myself. I did try to play a bunch of games, with little luck with the video games, but decent luck with the pinballs, as well as take photos and prices for the machines that sold while I was still there.
Of the few auctions I have been to, this auction had the most mid 90’s pins, which is what I am looking for. There were a number of pins that I played that were buggy, they needed a tune up and made gameplay almost impossible. But of the ones that were there, my favorite was Jurassic Park Lost World, a really fun game.
Spring Indianapolis USAmusement Auction April 2007
Looking forward going to this auction this time around, specifically because I am on the lookout for a short list of machines. I would say most of them won’t show up, but two or three might and this might be a great place to get them because of the drop in attendance. But because of the attendance dropping, this could also mean an even worse show than the last one.
At the very least, I will be going early in the morning to check out what is available.
Now that this auction is over, I will say that this one was better than the last for selection of classic arcade games. That row had a couple of mini’s (Pac and Ms. Pac), a Galaga, and even a Defender that went for a pretty penny. I left with a great deal on a Dig Dug, and I thought there seemed to be a few more items this time and more people.
Winter Indianapolis USAmusement Auction
What a serious drop in attendance and machines. In the three auctions I have been to, I have seen quite a change and the downfall of the US Amusements auctions. I don’t want it to go away by any means, but from the people I have spoken to, it seems like a lot are upset that there is now a buyer and seller premium at the auction. The only thing left now for them to charge would be attendance, and that would keep me away. It is already inconvenient that you have to pay parking at the fairgrounds.
