$39.50!
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Quoted from Ericpinballfan:ODIN, i owe you a 12 pack!
Home safe, and plays great
So stoked, owe you bro.
Congrats! It's a super game, one of my favourite purely mechanicals up there with World's Series.
My copy is out being worked on at the moment.
Quoted from cait001:Congrats! It's a super game, one of my favourite purely mechanicals up there with World's Series.
My copy is out being worked on at the moment.
I saw on pinside map there was one in Canada, guessing that was you.
We played it all night, fun when all 3 wheels move. Glass is off and doing cleaning on it today.
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:We played it all night, fun when all 3 wheels move.
i recently saw a nice video showing all the mechanics:
Awesome machine, congratulations!
Medina, OH
I have a 1950 Williams "Nifty" and a 1946 Exhibit's "Big Hit" (Flipperless) , both now have the wood legs. Nifty has a tilt issue (still working on that one..lol) but both can be had for a bundle price if anyone is interested. PM me. Thanks!
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WHYYYYYYYYY did you post this???? Im trying to control my addiction to buying sweet ass older pins!
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:ODIN, i owe you a 12 pack!
Home safe, and plays great
So stoked, owe you bro.
Congrats! Hope you didn't pay more than the $39.50 for it. haha. Just kidding.
Nice looking piece of Americana memorabilia.
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goldcountry.craigslist.org link
JigSaw | Master Play-Boy | Mills Bagatelle style game?
$3000 for the lot
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here's a purely mechanical game with some unique features.
1) The ball lift is integrated into the shooter rod mechanism. Pushing the rod lifts a ball to the shooter lane;
2) Shooter rod knob is wooden;
3) A triple chime unit activates when a ball lands in any of three "hurdle" holes. These balls will strike one or two chimes, very melodic;
4) An internal tilt mechanism utilizes a captive ball to shift a "flag" from the twelve o'clock position to the "tilted" ten o'clock position. This "flag" was advertised as visible from a distance of 20 feet by the merchant.
The gameplay invites the player to land balls in the six trap holes. Each of the three top hurdle holes creates a cascading hurdling effect, corresponding to the two trapped balls below. Hurdled ball scores are doubled and are deposited in the cast register. The "hurdle" hole ball is returned to the player for additional shooting.
Since this is the only known example, it's the IPDB game, where additional photos are posted. Hurdles is an extraordinary effort by a short-lived and long-forgotten company, which clamored for attention in the most significant and most innovative year in pinball history: 1934.
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Quoted from ZNET:1934 Van-Scho Hurdles. For my prewar pinball friends who are not on Facebook, where I originally posted these photos,
here's a purely mechanical game with some unique features.
1) The ball lift is integrated into the shooter rod mechanism. Pushing the rod lifts a ball to the shooter lane;
2) Shooter rod knob is wooden;
3) A triple chime unit activates when a ball lands in any of three "hurdle" holes. These balls will strike one or two chimes, very melodic;
4) An internal tilt mechanism utilizes a captive ball to shift a "flag" from the twelve o'clock position to the "tilted" ten o'clock position. This "flag" was advertised as visible from a distance of 20 feet by the merchant.
The gameplay invites the player to land balls in the six trap holes. Each of the three top hurdle holes creates a cascading hurdling effect, corresponding to the two trapped balls below. Hurdled ball scores are doubled and are deposited in the cast register. The "hurdle" hole ball is returned to the player for additional shooting.
Since this is the only known example, it's the IPDB game, where additional photos are posted. Hurdles is an extraordinary effort by a short-lived and long-forgotten company, which clamored for attention in the most significant and most innovative year in pinball history: 1934.
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That’s amazing man thanks for sharing!
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sacramento.craigslist.org link
Rockola Big Game - $1200
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Extremely collectible because Rock-ola, but also it's the first pinball machine with a "synthesized sound". Seems like an odd mech to claim that since we had electric buzzers 2 years earlier. but ah well. This will easily sell for $1k imo
Quoted from cait001:if it works, $1200 for a Rock-ola Big Game is right on the money.
Extremely collectible because Rock-ola, but also it's the first pinball machine with a "synthesized sound". Seems like an odd mech to claim that since we had electric buzzers 2 years earlier. but ah well. This will easily sell for $1k imo
Agreed. Now if only Bec would let me buy another rockola
My god I’d love to have this sitting next to my ‘47 United Rio but MO is too far for me. Someone buy this and put me out of my misery.
Quoted from mrm_4:My god I’d love to have this sitting next to my ‘47 United Rio but MO is too far for me. Someone buy this and put me out of my misery.
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/102124
Heh looks like someone moved the bottom left rubber to make it even harder to get good scores!
playfield looks unfaded and backglass is in great shape, someone should definitely grab this.
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Who does nice restores in the northeast? I have a couple of games and would love to have them nice. Any reccos?
Quoted from way2wyrd:Mike Hasanov is the restore guy. Just amazing work
I thought I pinged him on FB. Is he on pinside?
Quoted from RyanClaytor:1948 Exhibit "Chico"
This one is buried in a giant estate listing, so no price...
sfbay.craigslist.org link
...but there is one photo:
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Good luck bay area folks! ...and let us know if you find that lock-down bar.
Any idea on rarity/value of this pin?
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$500 obo 1993 Rocket in California
ebay.com link: 1933 Bally ROCKET Auto Race PAY OUT Pinball EM Coin Operated Arcade Game Project
Have the Rocket flyer. The game was $150 new. "Playing field is a panel of natural walnut selected for unusually beautiful grain". Would love to find one on the east coast. "Six payouts possible on one coin". "Operate in 'open' or 'Closed' territory". The payout door is on the side and can be locked. Missing legs and I don't know what else. Would want more pictures of the mechanism if I were a buyer.
Quoted from cait001:$500 obo 1993 Rocket in California
ebay.com link » 1933 Bally Rocket Auto Race Pay Out Pinball Em Coin Operated Arcade Game Project
Quoted from RyanClaytor:Title: 1937 Pamco "Hi-De-Ho"
Price: $750
Description: I have a Pacific Amusement Company Pinball Machine. It's a PAMCO Hi De Ho Pinball Machine. It is complete & in good condition. Unrestored but well cared for. I am unsure of the year but I believe it is between 1931 & 1937. I am looking to sell it. I have been told that the legs may not be original but everything else appears to be original.
- --- ----- --- -I chat with the seller today via Facebook and he seems awfully cool. He agreed to take additional pictures and send them to Jay at IPDB. I asked if I could post his email here and he said that would be fine:
Well it looks like the pictures aren't up at IPDB. 
Here's an attractive game. Looks like it would be something Cait001 would have in her collection. Says it's from Cincinnati but looks English or German to me? Also l imagine this had lock instead of a latch on it originally.
https://www.ebth.com/items/12081775-coney-island-wondermatic-wooden-tabletop-penny-pinball-machine-1920s-1930s
Quoted from AlexF:Here's an attractive game. Looks like it would be something Cait001 would have in her collection. Says it's from Cincinnati but looks English or German to me? Also l imagine this had lock instead of a latch on it originally.
https://www.ebth.com/items/12081775-coney-island-wondermatic-wooden-tabletop-penny-pinball-machine-1920s-1930s
Yup, totally up my ally. That's an allwin, a British machine. Not from 1920, from the mid 1950s.
I've owned a handful of allwins before. simple machines, but also simple fun. And purely mechanical!
Some non-original parts on the inside, and one thing you see in a lot of British machines is the wood worms. But if it goes for under $500 that is a fair price for a 24 Cups.
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Quoted from RyanClaytor:Here's a beauty that just showed up on Facebook today!
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Title: 1937 Pamco "Hi-De-Ho"
Price: $750
Description: I have a Pacific Amusement Company Pinball Machine. It's a PAMCO Hi De Ho Pinball Machine. It is complete & in good condition. Unrestored but well cared for. I am unsure of the year but I believe it is between 1931 & 1937. I am looking to sell it. I have been told that the legs may not be original but everything else appears to be original.
- --- ----- --- -I chat with the seller today via Facebook and he seems awfully cool. He agreed to take additional pictures and send them to Jay at IPDB.
That post was 1 year ago.
Quoted from cait001:Well it looks like the pictures aren't up at IPDB.
That post was 66 days ago.
I have not received any pictures yet. Dennis Dodel also twice tried.
Thank you all for the effort! Sometimes, it just doesn't happen.
Jay
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I'm in the market for some 19th century stuff if anyone wants to sell...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wtb-19th-century-redgrave-bagatelle
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After some manic digging through Facebook Marketplace, I've found some interesting pieces --
A 1937 Chicago Coin "Topper," asking price $250. Wilcott, Connecticut. Nonworking, but cosmetically very nice.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4216118671799550/
Gottlieb "Five Star Final," home version, asking $150. Punta Gorda, Florida.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/203131178507617/
Perhaps most interesting (and most expensive!) is the Baffle Ball basketball arcade game. $2000, Fort Smith, Arkansas. I think Richard Bueschel said in Encyclopedia of Pinball Vol 1 that David Gottlieb named his game after the one pictured here.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/595678674774113/
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Quoted from Irishbastard:Curious, I'm not a flipperless guy, any idea what this is worth?
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As it sits, probably $200
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