Steve picks up the story:Īfter poking around with flashlights for about 30 minutes, I decided I did not want to dig through a pile of marquees and bezels in search of Defender parts. He wasn’t convinced at first that he’d strike lucky and pick up the boards he needed.Īrriving at the warehouse after work, the guys got to work and started hunting through what was left. He and his friend had purchased some full-sized cabinets from the same operator previously, but from his recollection all that was left were scraps and a few parts. Speaking briefly with Steve earlier this week, he said that he realised when he got there that this was a warehouse he had actually visited before. He also mentioned that he might be able to find a marquee and bezel for his Defender in decent shape if he had a good look round.Īlways up for a raid, Steve figured he’d go along and agreed to meet his friend the following evening. Hitting a brick wall with trying to source a boardset to put in the cab, he spoke to a fellow collector who said he had a hunch on where he could find one, and invited him to check out a local warehouse, owned by an ex-operator. This one was a little different.Ĭollector Steve Moritz, from over the Pond in Florida, was working on a Defender restoration in 2009. These usually result in a collector acquiring a haul of abandoned arcade cabinets. I’ve written before about arcade “raids” here on the blog. So this week’s post is rather timely, as I’m in Florida at the moment to do a talk at the Freeplay Florida Arcade Event about Arcade “Raids”, as well as playing some exhibition games on Missile Command – please come say hello if you’re there this weekend!Īnyway, this is a quick tale of searching for one thing and discovering something else. If I could trouble you all for a vote, it would be much appreciated! My arcade room has been shortlisted for “Gamesroom of the year 2016” over here in the UK.
Before we get into this weeks article, a bit of housekeeping if I may.
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