This feed contains the most recent stories posted by Pinsider jbscar. http://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/jbscar/stories Copyright 2010 Pinside.com http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/who-dunnit/stories/who-done-what-for-who http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/who-dunnit/stories/who-done-what-for-who http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/who-dunnit/stories/who-done-what-for-who#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:16:10 GMT Have you ever had a situation where you could get a pinball machine for a 'steal' of a price, but had to actually work for it?  This is the exact situation that happened to me with this machine. I work construction and I was called to work out of town on a job that involved me staying (living) in a hotel for about 10 days. The hotel bar sucked because the waitresses were b**ches, the food was terrible and there was no pinball machines in the WHOLE town.  EXCEPT for 1.  There was a pinball machine in the homeowners basement on ... http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/police-force/stories/first-machine-i-bought-over-the-internet http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/police-force/stories/first-machine-i-bought-over-the-internet http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/police-force/stories/first-machine-i-bought-over-the-internet#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:51:23 GMT I am sure that I played this game in the arcade when I was younger like 18 years ago ,but I didn't really remember it when I first saw it for sale.  It was posted on an online classified ad in a city about 2500 KM away.  Decent price and everything worked 100%.  I talked to the guy over the phone a couple of times, and everything seemed fine.  It's really hard to trust a stranger, especially in these times, and I was in on this one all by myself.  No one I knew, knew about this guy or anything.  ... http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/haunted-house/stories/haunted-house-in-our-basement-that-made-me-money http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/haunted-house/stories/haunted-house-in-our-basement-that-made-me-money http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/haunted-house/stories/haunted-house-in-our-basement-that-made-me-money#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 19:18:10 GMT The first machine I ever bought was this particular one.  It was 1988-89 ish.  I had no idea about pinball machines, but all I did know is that I wanted to buy one.  I paid 600 bucks for it, which was pretty heavty at the time I guess.  Found it in the local paper, and by coincidence it was only about 8 blocks from where we lived.  I was still a young teen at the time living at home with my 2 younger brothers. Got it home and set up.  The next day I had locked it up and had it ... http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/cyclone/stories/the-pinball-with-eyes http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/cyclone/stories/the-pinball-with-eyes http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/cyclone/stories/the-pinball-with-eyes#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:22:08 GMT When I was 12 years old I was in a Saturday morning youth bowling league at the local lanes, and of course, they had an arcade.  Between frames we would run over to the pinballs and play them.  It would take forever to finish our 3 games, because mom and dad and the coaches had to come and get us from the arcade each frame!  That only lasted 2 weeks, then the organizers of the league told the bowling alley to make sure the machines were turned off during league play. The one pinball that I always played there was Cyclone.  ... http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/taxi/stories/yo-taxi-in-a-snowstorm http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/taxi/stories/yo-taxi-in-a-snowstorm http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/taxi/stories/yo-taxi-in-a-snowstorm#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:17:17 GMT                 To fill my pinball 'fix' I came across this particular machine for sale.  I had the money in the bank and I phoned the guy and picked it up that same night.  I had to drive 45 minutes out of town and it was in the middle of winter. On the night that I decided to pick it up it was like -20 celcius out and mother nature figured what better time to have a blizzard outside as well!  Travel was not recommended on the highways but the guy was only going to be home this particular night only ... http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/fish-tales/stories/got-the-pinball-itch-again http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/fish-tales/stories/got-the-pinball-itch-again http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/fish-tales/stories/got-the-pinball-itch-again#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:37:48 GMT                 I used to have a couple of different machines when I was younger and ended up selling them to fund my 'young and dumb' days. Now that I all growed up, I wanted another machine. I saved up some money and went to a local vendor here that specializes in games for home use.  I walked in his garage and my jaw dropped.  I was like a kid in a candy store!  There were a few games that I picked out but when I saw what ALL was in his garage I just got overwhealmed and all my original choices ... http://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/jbscar/stories/how-i-got-the-pinball-bug http://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/jbscar/stories/how-i-got-the-pinball-bug http://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/jbscar/stories/how-i-got-the-pinball-bug#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:06:25 GMT I think I was about 12 or 13 when I played my first pinball machine.   My dad would always take me to the local arcade "BUFFALO BILLS" and even with the increase in popularity with the video arcade games in the mid-late 80's I would always play the pins.  I would bring like 10 bucks from my paper route money, go upto the counter and get a roll of quarters.  I remember that the attendant wouldn't actually give you a roll, he counted the quarters with his thumb and pushed  them out of his palm like he was making them!  ...