Holt, MI
1935 Mills "Ten Grand"
What an odd machine with that giant coin-holder (payout unit?) right in front of the player. In a change of pace, the pictures in this ad are the exact images listed on IPDB. o_O
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The header is a slug viewer. Payout unit (slot machine guts) are shown in a photo of cams and levers. Mills made slot machines as well as some gambling pinballs.
Quoted from bingopodcast:The header is a slug viewer.
I mean, I believe you, but that is a BIG slug viewer! 
Ha-ha!
Game: Midget Racer
Manufacturer: Bally
Type: Flipperless EM
Month/Year: Oct 1946
Production: Unknown
Cost: $250
Location: Detroit, MI
Link/Contact: detroit.craigslist.org link
OP: Pinball machine (non-functional) great graphics needs parts to work but a great addition to a man cave
RYAN Claytor Well you've done it...gone and driven me out of my lurker's cave and made me make a post on Spinside.
I just had to commend you publicly on your love of, and dedication to the flipperless pin world. These beauties are underappreciated and run the risk of being forgotten if it wasn't for the work of you and a handful of others.
Keep the faith Brothers!!
OH!! And go buy that Midget Racer!! Cool game...but aren't they all...
Sean Kavanagh
Quoted from Stoomer:Ryan Claytor Well you've done it...gone and driven me out of my lurker's cave and made me make a post on Spinside.
I just had to commend you publicly on your love of, and dedication to the flipperless pin world. These beauties are underappreciated and run the risk of being forgotten if it wasn't for the work of you and a handful of others.
Keep the faith Brothers!!
OH!! And go buy that Midget Racer!! Cool game...but aren't they all...
Sean Kavanagh
Ha-ha! I consider the fact that you posted anything here a personal victory. The fact your post contained some awfully nice words is icing on the cake. Thanks for post, Sean!
...you can even come back, you know. 
Quoted from Matesamo:I would 100% buy that Midget Racer if it wasn't half way across the country! Love everything about it!
That price isn't bad. Cool lookin' game, for sure! Looks like it might be missing a lockdown bar, part of the backbox frame, and the glass has some pretty sizable scrapes.
...but, you know, motivation and some elbow grease can fix all that. COME VISIT MICHIGAN! It's...lovely(?)...this time of year. 
Regardless, thanks for posting in the flipperless thread, Matesamo. Good seein' you around these parts.
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Speaking of posting in the flipperless thread...MY TURN!
1934 Genco "Criss-Cross"
Supposedly this works(!??!) for $350! 
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Now you're speaking my language. Nice looking Criss-Cross for a nice price.
Head trim on midget racer is sitting on top of the backbox and lockbar is underneath the game. Go grab it, Michigander!
Quoted from bingopodcast:Now you're speaking my language. Nice looking Criss-Cross for a nice price.
Head trim on midget racer is sitting on top of the backbox and lockbar is underneath the game. Go grab it, Michigander!
Then I'll have two project pins stored in my workplace office.
Happy Thursday.
1940 Genco "Powerhosue"
Despite the ad stating:
"Hi i have a 1933 pinball machine in great condition. Let me know wha you have I'm open to trades"
IPDB lists it as a 1940 production machine and it's hard to tell from the worst pictures ever, but it might actually be in decent shape(?). That blurry picture of a picture on a cell phone showing some of the backglass doesn't look half bad! In fact, the glass looks like it has retained more color than the photos on IPDB, which show a lot of white.
IPDB:
The best product photographer of our (or any?) generation:
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Someone in Jersey go offer this guy a "trade" in photography lessons and windex.
Quoted from bingopodcast:...and I thought my photos were bad.
They are. 
A two-fer today, since it was a zero-fer yesterday:
1. 1932 Atlas Indicator Works Incorporated "Home Tango"
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2. 1932 Pace Manufacturing Incorporated "King Pin"
ebay.com link: ALL ORIGINAL KING PIN 1932 PINBALL MACHINE COIN OP ART DECO
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1947 Gottlieb "Marjorie"
Lockdown bar actually missing on this one (ad confirmed). 
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That "Marjorie" looks like a pretty cool game. Looks like it would be fun to nudge the ball from letter to letter as they kick down into the rubber.
Hoping the rusty balls come with it! Wow, those are rough.
Quoted from bingopodcast:Hoping the rusty balls come with it! Wow, those are rough.
All three games, Home Tango, King Pin and Marjorie have rusty or rough looking pinballs. Hope they aren't playing these games. 
They might as well be using sandpaper on the playfield. 
1940 Bally Triumph Pinball Machine - RARE - $350 (concord / pleasant hill / martinez)
sfbay.craigslist.org link
1938 Swing Pinball Machine by Chicago Coin Machine Co. - RARE - $400 (concord / pleasant hill / martinez)
sfbay.craigslist.org link
More rough looking pinballs!
Rough pinballs but cool looking machine! The mechanical diverter at the bottom is really neat, along with the kicker in the center.
Quoted from Pecos:1940 Bally Triumph Pinball Machine - RARE - $350
Quoted from Pecos:1938 Swing Pinball Machine by Chicago Coin Machine Co. - RARE - $400
Oh.
Em.
Goodness.
*dies*
These are INCREDIBLE finds, Pecos!!!
*Ryan retires*
Quoted from RyanClaytor:*Ryan retires*
Ha ha! You can't do that. You're just getting started! 
I will pitch in just a bit when I find something that looks interesting. I'm not the woodrail expert that you and the others on this thread are, so they might not all be so 'INCREDIBLE!!'
Quoted from RyanClaytor:*Ryan retires*
Quoted from Pecos:Ha ha! You can't do that. You're just getting started!
*LOL* Seriously, I don't know how you keep it up. Everyday I think to myself,
"Well, maybe I just won't be able to find anything today."
Hasn't happened yet, but I am starting to see a fair number of repeat listings. ...but I certainly didn't find those couple listed above. So thank you for listing those really beautiful examples that are reasonably priced to boot. WHERE'S Colsond3 WHEN I NEED HIS MANTRA!??!
Here's a squeaky clean 1947 Genco "Broncho"
ebay.com link: RARE 1947 Broncho 1 player pinball game By Genco
...and the glamour shots. *wipes the drool from my lip*
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I was wondering how you are supposed to achieve the final "H" and "O" at the bottom of the playfield, but then noticed the two kick-out holes near the cowboy hat...which I THINK(?) kick the ball into those bottom two bumpers? If so, looks like a cool and challenging mechanic.
Bonus post:
ebay.com link: 1941 Genco Victory PINBALL MACHINE in Post Exchange postcard TOPEKA Kansas
My impulse buy of the day, I just nabbed this postcard. *LOL*
The colorist actually got the Genco "Victory" colors PRETTY accurate, too! 
10,000 bonus points if you can identify the sliver of a pinball machine flanking "Victory". While you're squinting, here's the back.
Any interest in a 1943 Paratroops I pickup up last week? IPDB says it is a retheme of a Genco Power House. Appears complete but needs tlc. Backglass has some flake but not too bad.
Hi MichiganPinball,
Thanks for posting your...
Quoted from michiganpinball:...1943 Paratroops...
...to the thread here. Funny you should mention a conversion of a...
Quoted from RyanClaytor:...1940 Genco "Powerhosue"...
...as I just posted an ad for one 5 days ago. Anyhow, regarding...
Quoted from michiganpinball:...Any interest...
...in your Paratroops, please post some pictures and information on this thread.
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In other news, happy (almost) Wednesday. This next one...KINDA has a flipper. However, it doesn't do much AND THIS MACHINE IS JUST SO DARN COOL!!! Here we go:
1952 Genco "Jumpin' Jacks"
ebay.com link: 1952 Genco Jumpin Jack Pinball Machine Clown Theme Retro Arcade Game
Here's a nice video of one in action (I don't believe it's the one in the ad):
...and the pictures from the ad:
Alright, who in this thread is in Seattle? Here's a nice condition, fully functional, very reasonably priced, flipperless pin:
1947 United "Mexico" for $300
There's even a link to a video of it being played:
https://carr-family.smugmug.com/Pinball-machine/i-7x4r4nv
...and here's the pics:
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Quoted from yancy:What an amazing piece of art for three hundred bucks. And you get to play it!
Amen! It really looks to be in amazing condition, too. I think this might be the "steal" of this thread so far.
Quoted from way2wyrd:No creepy clowns!
Fortunately I think Genco made 4 uprights if you don't like clowns. A friend once had them all and was starting to complete the Bally uprights. It was neat to see them all lined up together.
Here's a "400". A bit overpriced I think?
fayetteville.craigslist.org link
Quoted from way2wyrd:No creepy clowns!
Send all your multi-tiered backglass creepy clowns my way. Those guys are SWEET!
Quoted from AlexF:Here's a "400".
NEAT!!! Thanks for the post here, Alex.
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Speaking of posts...
1941 Gottlieb "Spot-A-Card":
FYI: I couldn't locate the 3 or the 11 cap...and it sorta looks like the 11 cap might have been shattered. 
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Quoted from RyanClaytor:Amen! It really looks to be in amazing condition, too. I think this might be the "steal" of this thread so far.
Nasco made a conversion games for many of these United titles...Mexico turned into Bazaar: http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2849
And many had interesting and unique toys added as part of the conversion...like the "spinning disk" on Bazaar. But they always jammed them into places that weren't really designed for it - like on Bazaar, they stuck it in an old kickout hole.
Check out the "compression bumper" on Madame Butterfly...and my finger! lol
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1505
Sean
I've been on a low-key lookout for a game with a compression bumper or two. Really neat.
The spinning disk is pretty cool, thank you for sharing!
Quoted from bingopodcast:I've been on a low-key lookout for a game with a compression bumper or two. Really neat.
The spinning disk is pretty cool, thank you for sharing!
Exhibit seemed to use them for a while...I wonder how they worked compared to POP bumpers...
And like an enigma, Sean "Finger Model" K reappears. Thanks for mentioning these points of interest, Sean! Very interesting about the compression bumper and spinning disk(?)...triangle(?).
Quick question on the compression bumper; is there a solenoid that draws it downward to sort of push out the springs...akin to a pop bumper? Or does it stay at rest and the ball just sort of careens off of its at-rest springiness?
Quoted from Stoomer:I wonder how they worked compared to POP bumpers...
I'm guessing not very well, or we would be talking about how hard it is to find pop bumper parts today. 
My fascination with them is that they add a really unique visual element to the game, and I bet they change up the challenge of the typical passive bumper sequence. I'm excited to try/own one one day and find out for sure.
Quoted from RyanClaytor:Alright, who in this thread is in Seattle? Here's a nice condition, fully functional, very reasonably priced, flipperless pin:
1947 United "Mexico" for $300
seattle.craigslist.org link
There's even a link to a video of it being played:
https://carr-family.smugmug.com/Pinball-machine/i-7x4r4nv
...and here's the pics:
I posted the link to the "Mexico" that was on Craigslist in Seattle. Post # 246.
Quoted from RyanClaytor:in your Paratroops, please post some pictures and information on this thread.
Here is the BG and head art. Will put up the rest after I unload the body from the trailer.
So, you ask, how do I find these pins?
Quoted from RyanClaytor:*LOL* Seriously, I don't know how you keep it up. Everyday I think to myself,
"Well, maybe I just won't be able to find anything today."
Hasn't happened yet, but I am starting to see a fair number of repeat listings. ...but I certainly didn't find those couple listed above.
From the Project Pin thread.
Quoted from Pecos:There aren't any secrets. I start out at a major city like Cleveland or Portland, scan all of the posts and then hop to nearby cities from the city drop-down box in CL. I try to start in sections of the country that I haven't visited for a day or two. Other than that it is just a lot of hard work to find the Project Pin gems less than $500 by viewing as many posts as possible in as short a time as possible. Sometime I can find three or four in half an hour and sometimes I won't find one after an hour of searching. If CL goes dry, I try eBay. I used to Google for "Craigslist project pinball" but have gotten out of the habit since I find so many in my regular searches. I can usually find a Project Pin in the Northeast, Florida or on the West Coast when having trouble finding Project Pins. Salt Lake City and Albuquerque are usually 'draino' so I feel for those of you in New Mexico and Utah.
Currently, I just highlight the first part of the Craigslist URL and type in another city to jump around to different parts of the country.
If this URL is in the URL box: "h-ttps://dallas.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=pinball"
I highlight "h-ttps://dallas" with the mouse.
Then I type in a new city, like "Tucson" and press the enter button.
Tucson.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=pinball
I have been searching the Internet since 1995 so I have a bit of experience. I don't use search engines to find the pins I post here but if you are, here is an article that might help you weed out some of the noise:
https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-tips-for-smarter-more-efficient-internet-searching/
Quoted from Tyamry:I posted the link to the "Mexico" that was on Craigslist in Seattle. Post # 246.
I knew that sounded familiar. *LOL* Thanks for keeping us honest around here, Tyamry. Honestly, I'm just starting to lose track, and getting occasionally lazy about double-checking.
Quoted from michiganpinball:Here is the BG and head art. Will put up the rest after I unload the body from the trailer.
Neat. Not a bad lookin' glass, especially for a conversion game. Usually I feel like those art packages are pretty sub par. Looking forward to seeing the playfield (and price ).
Quoted from Pecos:So, you ask, how do I find these pins?
From the Project Pin thread.
Currently, I just highlight the first part of the Craigslist URL and type in another city to jump around to different parts of the country.
If this URL is in the URL box: "h-ttps://dallas.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=pinball"
I highlight "h-ttps://dallas" with the mouse.
Then I type in a new city, like "Tucson" and press the enter button.
Tucson.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=pinball
I have been searching the Internet since 1995 so I have a bit of experience. I don't use search engines to find the pins I post here but if you are, here is an article that might help you weed out some of the noise:
https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-tips-for-smarter-more-efficient-internet-searching/
Nice! Thanks for droppin' the knowledge, Pecos! I'll have to try some of that on tomorrow's search because today's search did not come from ANY interweb listing!
*suspense!!!*
So I was having a conversation with the guy who keeps your games and mine playing like a bunch of champs, Steve Young of Pinball Resource fame. We got on the topic of flipperless games and he told me about a BEAUTIFUL game he has. I asked him if I could post it here and he obliged. Here we go:
1940 Gottlieb "Summer Time"
You know as well as I do where and how to contact Steve (and for those new to the scene, his contact info is at the bottom of this page: http://pbresource.com/ ). He's willing to part with this gem for $650, no shipping, gotta pick it up. He also mentioned that it looks even better in personWHICH HOW CAN IT LOOK AT ALL THAT GORGEOUS IN TACT MIRRORING!!! *dies!!!*
P.S. Steve wasn't shy with the resolution, so give these pics a good click if you want to inspect.
Sooo...I'm guessing this is a 1935 Bally "Majestic"
...because it's certainly not from the 40's or 50's (as the ad suggests) and there's no pictures on IPDB:
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4150
Gameplay looks crazy-difficult! ...like every scoring pocket is only accessible from the side, except for that 5000pt jampot that requires you to skate between those upper two holes. That's straight cray!
BTW, I just realized after staring at this thing for about 10 minutes straight that it is a nautical theme; playfield graphics show a big overhead shot of a ship, flanked by little metal ships for those 200 and 300 scoring pockets (perhaps life boats?). Also, does it really say S.O.L. near the drain (Sh!t Out of Luck!??! *LOL*), or is that a nautical term I'm not familiar with?
Regardless, enjoy your gander of another title not on the database:
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Quoted from RyanClaytor:perhaps life boats?). Also, does it really say S.O.L. near the drain (Sh!t Out of Luck!??! *LOL*), or is that a nautical term I'm not familiar with?
I owned one of these and Jeff in florida does now. Great game and lots of fun.
The nautical term is short on landing which indeed would be shit out of luck
It's in the pinside db and ipdb as Majestic jr
-Jeff
Quoted from RyanClaytor:Sooo...I'm guessing this is a 1935 Bally "Majestic"
boston.craigslist.org link
...because it's certainly not from the 40's or 50's (as the ad suggests) and there's no pictures on IPDB:
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4150
Gameplay looks crazy-difficult! ...like every scoring pocket is only accessible from the side, except for that 5000pt jampot that requires you to skate between those upper two holes. That's straight cray!
BTW, I just realized after staring at this thing for about 10 minutes straight that it is a nautical theme; playfield graphics show a big overhead shot of a ship, flanked by little metal ships for those 200 and 300 scoring pockets (perhaps life boats?). Also, does it really say S.O.L. near the drain (Sh!t Out of Luck!??! *LOL*), or is that a nautical term I'm not familiar with?
Regardless, enjoy your gander of another title not on the database:
It's the Majestic Jr. http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1522
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