My best pinball experience just happened within the last 2 weeks. A friend of mine sent me a few pics of an old pinball machine that he was looking for some info on. I didn't find much info on it, so I posted in another thread looking for some information on it. Within minutes of posting a few pics, my messages and phone started blowing up. It turns out, this machine is the 3rd known example to exist. I never would have guessed that things like this are still around. I was able to put my friend in touch with someone to buy the machine and he will restore it. Since this started, I've talked to some interesting people and have learned a lot about the pre-war machines. I finally got a chance to see the machine in person and the pictures don't do it justice. We didn't take the glass off the machine and its pretty dirty. Looking forward to seeing the playfield after the glass is taken off. Its been a fun and memorable few weeks.

1934 Rock-ola Pleasure-Island

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This machine does appear to be all original. I don't have a great eye, but I couldn't see any touchups or paintwork anywhere. There was some question on the cabinet color, but the frame around the playfield matches the cabinet. Some comments I got from people thought it should be a red cabinet. I couldn't tell if the cabinet is something like Robin Egg Blue or more of a green. Once it gets cleaned, I'm sure the color will pop.

It does seem like World Series is more readily available. A conversion kit would be neat.

Thanks for the FB link. I'll look around there. I've heard the same about the baseball

My friend came across the machine by dumb luck. He is into antique furniture and bikes mostly. He was at this house, very close to his house about some other items. While he was there, the guy asked him if he was interested in the machine and didn't really know anything about it. Thats when he sent me the first couple of pics and it all blew up from there.