Personal Grail Conquest: Payphone. Yep. :D

[olePigeon]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTE120B-Vintage-80s-Payphone-New-in-Original-Box/402292246808

Bought one of these with my stimulus check.  I'm fortunate enough to still be employed as I work for the city.

I'm super stoked.  I can't wait.

New Old Stock payphone from 1985.  There're even additional parts and upgrades for that particular model on eBay.  It has the (apparently) rarer 1/2 size key pad, but I might pick up a full-size key pad as that's the type we had here in California.  Would love to pick up some old Pacific Bell branding stuff, hopefully a coin box door and a sticker.

Price seemed nice compared to the others out on eBay.  They also seem to be selling pretty quick.

 

[olePigeon]

Forgot to mention there're all sorts of adapters and what not to get it working, even with a cell phone.

 

[Juror22]

I thought that home, rotary phones were cool to pick up, but these are WAY better.  VeryNice!

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Got Pinball Machine next to a bit of bare wall? LOVE IT! :approve:

 

[olePigeon]

@Trash80toHP_Mini  Not quite yet.  I do have three arcades:  Joust, Centipede, and Defender.  Pinballs are expensive and difficult to repair unless you know what you're doing.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Sub Hunt & Duck Hunt rule.

 

[olePigeon]

Oops.  That was just a replacement case.  Luckily I noticed it in time and the seller's going to swap it out with a fully functional one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTE120B-Vintage-80-s-WORKING-Payphone-New-in-Original-Box/402078300573

 

[LaPorta]

Got Pinball Machine next to a bit of bare wall? LOVE IT! :approve:

That is funny, I actually do! Restored my Firepower about three years ago! That plus my Street Fighter II are all I have beside the Mac collection.

 

[olePigeon]

@LaPorta  I'd dearly love to get a Funhouse, Bride of Pinbot, and a Cyclone.  Those are my top 3 on my list should I ever get one.

 

[LaPorta]

I played Bride of Pinbot at the 2018 Pintastic expo...that was pretty fun!

 

[Torbar]

I played Bride of Pinbot at the 2018 Pintastic expo...that was pretty fun!

Ever been to The Sanctum in Meriden?  

https://tothesanctum.com/

 

[CC_333]

@olePigeon The Musée Mécanique up in SF's Pier 45 seems like a place you'd like?

It's been awhile since I was there last (I remember first seeing it on my 11th birthday when it was under the Cliff House), but it had a section of 1980's era arcade games that seems like it'd be of interest to you.

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