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Artifacts of Gene Cunningham/Illinois Pinball

By dudah

3 years ago


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Post #1 2020 photos of what’s left of Gene’s place. Posted by dudah (3 years ago)

Post #8 Dougram’s first installment of their part of Gene’s story. Posted by dougram69 (3 years ago)

Post #14 Dougram part 2 Posted by dougram69 (3 years ago)

Post #19 Link to an article about the history of Big Bang Bar. Posted by WODKA (3 years ago)

Post #28 Dougram part 3- some inventory arrives. Posted by dougram69 (3 years ago)

Post #83 Link to TOPcast episode 11, interview with Gene. Posted by wallybgood (3 years ago)

Post #87 Dougram part 5- musing about Atlas memories. Posted by dougram69 (3 years ago)


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#239 3 years ago

As far as IPB being difficult to deal with for purchasing parts. I called twice about obtaining a FunHouse playfield. Each time I got Kim and she said she'd call me back to complete the transaction but she never called back. I ended up driving down there and picked it up in person. This was the first run of FH playfields, no dimples or T nuts. When I got there they had about a dozen playfields left. Kim picked thru them showing me the registration issues each one had. She said we thought we could make them all perfect but silk screening playfields is hard, there's always some issue. When I was there two guys were going in and out with boxes of Big Bang Bar parts heading off to the building they were using to build them in. The warehouse was huge. Parts as far as the eye can see. They had a fence set up to keep the small kids close while they worked the phones and computers.

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#584 3 years ago

I heard a similar story about why Jack started his own pinball company. From what i remember the LOTR LE's were his idea. He had a price for the games that he stood by. Other distributors got them as well but marked them up and that pissed him off. I also heard the other distributors got their games first. I don't believe the run of 250 games was ever finished. I think they stopped in the high 180's or low 200's? Wasn't the Monopoly Platinum run of games his idea as well?

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