Anyone got any ideas how i can transport a pin from Tenerife to the UK???? 
(Talk about not making things easy!)...
(Talk about not making things easy!)...
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Pin transport from Tenerife to the UK?
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Having experienced life as an expat for 10 years, I would find a Tenerife expat facebook group and ask on there. Expats often have to move their s*** around internationally and know where best to go locally to do so!
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It's a fairly Rare machine... Cheap. Apparently "all working", however i doubt it since there is no DMD/Speaker panel....
I can go and see it though... so not an issue.
I actually only want the boardset... however typically the guy wont split, and said "if you want to break it down, feel free to take it away and break it down"....
Cheapest option is for you to pay for my flight, hotel and luggage we carry it back in the luggage broken down.
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If i'm honest all i really want/need are the Boards and the Playfield, however the seller is adamant that i would need to take it away and strip it down for the parts i need... and thats not really practical when in a foreign country, being on my own (other than the misses and inlaws) and also not speaking the language..
The boards i could fit in my luggage easy enough - it's the ripping it apart and pulling the PF out and somehow getting it back, where to do it, disposing of the cab etc etc...
Oh coupled with the fact i would have less than 3 days.....
The boards i could fit in my luggage easy enough - it's the ripping it apart and pulling the PF out and somehow getting it back, where to do it, disposing of the cab etc etc...
Oh coupled with the fact i would have less than 3 days.....
I have another plan.
We just need a dead body, with a death certificate, who has insurance to be repatriated home in the next three days. We use the cabinet as the coffin and …
That is as far as I got.
We just need a dead body, with a death certificate, who has insurance to be repatriated home in the next three days. We use the cabinet as the coffin and …
That is as far as I got.
No..........does this mean you are actually starting to get Jolly Park up and running after all this time.
I Used to use a guy called dave that lived in spain but came back every weekend was well known on the arcade forums i dont have his number now but @hatster should have it,
If not ask @bicton he hasnt been online here for a while but hes sent quite alot machines here or had them picked up you will be able to contact him on his arcade vintage spain website, facebook,insta
If not ask @bicton he hasnt been online here for a while but hes sent quite alot machines here or had them picked up you will be able to contact him on his arcade vintage spain website, facebook,insta
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I used the famous Spanish Dave a few times but brexit may have killed this option . Canaries are going to be trickier than mainland Spain. I used palletline to pick up from Malaga area without too much issue but lots of paperwork. EROI and VAT numbers required etc
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If only... need someone to sort the boards out... and since they are virtually unique to that machine it isnt an easy task.
I have friends not very far from PinballSTR - their english isnt great.. however they are happy to look at them... just a case of getting them there and back (and if they have the ability to test without a machine)..
I have found one here... cheap. Apparently "fully working" - however not sure how they can say that when there's no DMD panel (so no sound, no display)... Asked the Q and hasnt even been read....
I sent a message which said "can i buy just the boards" was replied with "you want to strip it apart, you buy and take it away then strip it down..." - not very helpful...
Is that https://museoarcadevintage.com/ ???
Cheers
Thats it
Fly to tenareef, buy the pin , pull the boards smash up the cab and put it in a skip ..
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If i had the ability to do that, it's exactly what i would have done!