Quoted from Pinchroma:I am going to make this clear. I am locking the entries and voting at a specific time.
In the event of a Tie, I will do BOTH games. I am not going to cheat someone out of getting their machine done or make it a popularity contest That's not the intent at all.
This doesn't make sense. You are leaving entries open until 9 pm, but you are letting people vote now?
How can you let people vote when not all the entries are even submitted yet?
No no you mistook this. Entries end tonight. Voting ends tomorrow night. People can vote now, vote later or change their vote later. Makes no difference to me. When voting is locked I will tally. Winner wins. 
What an awesome thread, many great entries!
I am gunna have to vote Whysnows FT too, he's a great pinhead and I can't wait to see what it looks like, it will be truly amazing I am sure. Once I see it I am certain I will have to pull mine and send them to you, heck I should do it now, as my FT mini Play field is currently out at CPR for scanning, good news tho for all FT owners looking to restore!! 
Quoted from jamespin:Pimp my huo IM!!
A great way to show off your work as I bring a game to Expo in Chicago, Pinball at the Zoo and maybe this year one to Detroit. Would be great to have one in contention for awards!
Quoted from Pinchroma:No no you mistook this. Entries end tonight. Voting ends tomorrow night. People can vote now, vote later or change their vote later. Makes no difference to me. When voting is locked I will tally. Winner wins.
Then I didn't misunderstand.
It doesn't make sense that people can vote now when all the entries haven't been placed. Voting shouldn't be allowed until after the entries are closed at 9. It obviously puts the late entries at a disadvantage vs the early entries.
But it's your contest! 
I want to win too! But I'm struggling to get pictures uploaded from my phone.
i have five possible entries.
safecracker, afm, bsd, ac/dc prem. and monster bash.
but my vote is for the fish tales, i'd love to see the finished pin with that powder coat.
but to be honest, i plan on sending my hardware to alex anyways, so i guess the voting is moot.
Quoted from Whysnow:If I were to win, could I add on and pay for the shooter and the coin door or can those not be powdercoated?
If you win we will work something out.
Quoted from RobT:Then I didn't misunderstand.
It doesn't make sense that people can vote now when all the entries haven't been placed. Voting shouldn't be allowed until after the entries are closed at 9. It obviously puts the late entries at a disadvantage vs the early entries.
But it's your contest!
I want to win too! But I'm struggling to get pictures uploaded from my phone.
I don't think there is a disadvantage to someone entering at the last minute because people can change their vote All they have to do is edit their original post. It gives everyone 24 hrs to initially vote or make sure their vote is what they want it to be
Ok, lets give this a try.
This will be the first pin that I've had restored. It's a pin that I've owned previously, and while that example was fairly nice, it had a few issues that are to be expected from a pin that was obviously on route for several years in a bar (I never did get the cigar/cigarette smell out of it completely). The pin is AFM, and I let that one go because it was still early in my pin career and I was addicted to trying new pins. Can't wait to get one back into the lineup, but this time...I want something special, and have decided to go all out on this one!
I've seen Jim McCune's threads here showing his work, and attention to detail is as good as I have seen. Jim and I had a big argument here at Pinside last summer, and we spoke to each other about it and we were able to see where each other was coming from and worked things out to the point that I have decided to have him do the AFM restoration for me!
And here's the thing: Jim will really have his work cut out for him on this one!
This AFM is a mess. Jim says that it really doesn't matter where he starts from, it will be sweet in the end. So I'm going to attach pics showing what a challenge he will have.
I was going to go with Chrome trim. I was thinking about it, and decided that since most of my other pins already have chrome trim, AFM should be different. I want that pin to be set apart. So I'm thinking of going with the black powder coat. That's where Alex would come in!
One thing that I love about this project is the fact that this pin is truly being saved from the dead. Wood splitting at the seams, tweaked metal hinge, freaking BAILING WIRE on the slingshot, and the fact that this pin had obviously been thrown on its side means that this one was close to being put in the graveyard.
The candidate:
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While I don't have a ton of restoration experience under my belt (just took the plunge into ownership last year), I am pretty proud of my Whirlwind topper restoration. I'll include a few photos here, but I documented the entire process on my website. Here's the perma-link:
http://www.elephanteater.com/8088
Great looking product, Pinchroma. It's no wonder you won all those awards. I'd love to give my grail...er, I mean...Whirlwind machine a little pop with your powder-coating. Thanks for offering this contest.
Sincerely,
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
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Thanks Alex for this great contest. I would like to add my MM into the mix. I bought it moderately to heavily routed in 2006 with the intention of restoring it then. Two bouts of non-Hodgkins lymphoma since then prevented me from doing anything more than adding a topper, color DMD and cliffys. Finally, at this past year's expo, I was feeling well enough and decided to get a new playfield for a swap. I also got an extra set of trim with the intention of sending it in for powder coating. I'm getting ready to start the restore in a couple of weeks and winning this contest from Alex would be a fantastic way to get started. If this goes well, I hope to powder coat the trim on most of my other games. If selected, your creativity in design selection is encouraged. Here are some pics:
Quoted from Pinchroma:Charcoal sparkle is by far and away the most common color i do on AFM. Mirror black would be awesome. I have a new color called Steel Sparkle. Its darker than charcoal sparkle and not quite mirror black. It would look awesome on an AFM
Nice. Do you have a sample pic of the Steel Sparkle?
I'd like to submit my TZ that I recently swapped into a Doug Huse cabinet. This would really bring the machine over the top! I'd be fully open to your color suggestions .
I vote for Johnwartjr! I thought I saved a TZ that was on its last leg; yours is ridiculous! 1352608546054.jpg 1353878558779.jpg 1354933231897.jpg
Quoted from RobT:Nice. Do you have a sample pic of the Steel Sparkle?
That's it on that bottle.
Quoted from Pinchroma:That's it on that bottle.
Got ya, I thought that was the Charcoal. Probably still too much sparkle for me, so I'd probably go with the mirror black.
Heres my baby my first and only pin...Batman Forever...i worked endlessly getting her into working condition. Just had the habitrails done in a awesome riddler green color. Imagine the rails in a bright Riddler green, it would make this machine one of a kind. You could really show off your custom colors on this thing, plus who doesnt like batman!!!
Heres my baby my first and only pin...Batman Forever...i worked endlessly getting her into working condition. Just had the habitrails done in a awesome riddler green color. Imagine the rails in a bright Riddler green, it would make this machine one of a kind. You could really show off your custom colors on this thing, plus who doesnt like batman!!!
These wireforms look familiar? Just finished them for a pinsider.
Quoted from Pinchroma:These wireforms look familiar? Just finished them for a pinsider.
Hey my wireforms look good!
My vote is for John and his TZ on the first page. Glad to see someone taking a flood damaged machine that might have been destined for the scrap heap and giving it some tlc. The supply of classic machines like that only goes one way and it isn't more!
Quoted from McCune:I vote for Robs AFM . Rob needs all the help he can get with this project ! It will also be done in steps on Pinside for all to enjoy or hate !
Jim
I vote for the AFM black edt you restored for Docscotts last spring, that machine was sick with all the mods and the complete restored finish. Blown away 
Quoted from Donnyman:I vote for the AFM black edt you restored for Docscotts last spring, that machine was sick with all the mods and the complete restored finish. Blown away
Since my AFM is WAY worse than the one that DocScott gave to Jim to restore, and since I'm going to go with the black trim too, I think that this should count as a vote for me! 
Ok. I am going to add a stipulation to keep it fair for everyone.
In order to stop box stuffing from any and all accounts that come out of the woodwork or ones created for the sole purpose of voting, all voters must have at least 1500 karma points.
Does anyone think this is unfair? I just don't want Florida style voter fraud 
If people genuinely have a problem with this ill remove the stipulation but I don't think its unfair to everyone to make sure the people voting have established accounts
I'm tempted to post my AFM resto. it's nothing special. Just another new playfield AFM resto but a local guy ( i think his handle here is pinballmike) made a gorgeous one and now the bar is set way too high. I also have Dr Dude with an awesome story that I purchased twice and brought back to life twice . It would be awesome with some glow in the dark or funky colors on the wire ramps or siderails or legs. This game does not get enough love. If my Dr D won, I promise I will pay full price for the AFM stuff!
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The mirror black would look killer on this game.