I try to avoid judging people on first impression, but this guy is a classic. Check out his listing on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA.....K:MEWA:IT&ih=010

Who made him the most famous collector in the history of the hobby?

Well, he does have a 98.5% feedback on ebay.  HAHA  

What a dork - I would never be the arrogant and I am the #1 seller/buyer on ebay with a perfect 100% feedback over 100 transactions.  hehe  

Wow...I'm impressed Where does the line start to buy games from this guy?
Maybe he'll give me an autograph too

This is Gary, he is well known on RGP... for beeing just what you just called him  

Saw his ads in the classifieds:

Addams Family $8795
Attack From Mars 9395
Black Hole $5995  
Circus Voltaire $7795
Earthshaker $8000  
Whitewater $8295  

Geez, they must have a solid gold coin door or something.

What's even better is most of Gary's machines lately are rebuilt by Karl rather than Chris Hutchins....check out the $8000 ES before redo. Karl does nice work but not $8000 worth when the base game looked like this:

http://karlzona.smugmug.com/gallery/3634897#207130035-A-LB
http://karlzona.smugmug.com/gallery/3634897#219410705-A-LB

Well the restoration probably consisted in an entirely new machine, from top to bottom in that case  

Quoted from HP5P

Who made him the most famous collector in the history of the hobby?

...you just did

What I find funny is with all his hype about his games, there is wear in the shooter lane on that TOTAN.  

Most famous on RGP equates to being the biggest a**. They are the ones that prompt the most discussion on there.

I guess he is the Grand Poobah then.

That playfield has gone through a heavy repair. The saucer is completely built up and painted. It should be wood finished and beveled at the edges. Mine is a little worn, but quite frankly I would rather have that then this.

If he says what he has is the greatest then people are going to pick him apart. If he just said nice machine, this is what I did, then he wouldn't get this sort of response.

Never heard of the dude. Maybe he should get a new publicist.

I'm with Mr.Hide, do we have to drag RGP cr@p here into MAACA? If you don't have anything nice to say.... my mother always told me....

Quoted from websherpa

I'm with Mr.Hide, do we have to drag RGP cr@p here into MAACA? If you don't have anything nice to say.... my mother always told me....

My mother told me - life can always be peaches and roses...