Mike Pacak has them. His pinside name is mikepin.
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Quoted from dave2236:Gundam Pilot, you have a Dozer too! I bought mine 15 years ago from Sturgeon Bay, WI and that game gets played the most at parties.
The only issue I have is the stupid scoring mechanism that I cannot get working correctly no matter how many times I take it apart, clean it, or swap out parts.
If yours works would you consider folding the back down and taking some pictures of scoring mechanism...I may be missing a spring or pieces, but since there are very few out there it is nearly impossible to get help with fixing them.
I also don't have the 8 track player with mine, but the wiring is still in the cabinet for it if I every wanted to track one down.
Shoot me a PM with your phone number. I can certainly help you.
Quoted from Gundam_Pilot_:Shoot me a PM with your phone number. I can certainly help you.
I have a cubic Ass-ton of EM arcade machines. Its what I do other than Pinball.
5 months later
Quoted from RustyLizard:Parts game[quoted image]
As long as the internals are all there, it should be worth putting it back together. I know someone re-did the handles. so those are available.
3 weeks later
What are reproduction glasses selling for nowadays? I have a glass that I laserjet printed and can certainly burn off a few more for pinsiders. Especially considering CLE-Pin is only a month and a half away
Quoted from tstone:Of course that's right, no argument.
But if one is better than another, I'd like to know that when I'm buying to see if any price difference makes sense to me.
It's like if I have a nasty rotten molded apple at home. When I get to the store, I see 2 apples there for the same price...both much better than mine, but one better than the other...obviously I'm going to buy the better one.
BTW, I like your original glass. It doesn't seem to have much flaking. I'd rather have a slightly worn original than a perfect reproduction. I only resort to repros when my originals are horrible. If you're near me and interested in a trade, feel free to PM me.About 300 shipped (240-ish +60-ish)
Gross. I should sell a bunch of these things. for $200 and be done with it.
1 month later
Quoted from northvibe:How do you free play
There is no freeplay. I set out about $20 of nickels for people to play with. Its an honor system. Do people walk away with nickels? Yeah. But its part of the show experience. I like to bring rare and popular games. So games like Skill Roll, Williams Ringer, Ice Cold Beer, Slugfest, but also rare pins like Capcom Pinball Magic, Alvin G Mystery Castle, Gottlieb Diamond Lady, Have a couple EM arcades in there too like Midway Sea Devil, and Williams Match Race (1 of 4 made).
Either way its all for the show.
Quoted from ryan1234:Thank you
Rare machines are fun to see at shows.
Yeah rare machines are pretty much 2/3 of my collection. So I enjoy sharing with people that just dont have an opportunity to play them since they never show up at shows.
Quoted from northvibe:I was joking, but figured you'd have to do a bin of nickels. LOVE seeing these types of games at shows! Thank you for bringing them! I remember playing my first Ice Cold Beer at MGC. Only regret was not buying one at such a low price
Yeah I know. ICB used to be so attainable. Now the game is stupid money.
Quoted from cait001:same. Do some people walk away with nickels and dimes? Sure, it happens. But at the end of the show it's just a couple of bucks and hundreds have played these amazing machines.
Yeah I typically walk away with about $5 less every show. I figure I lose it between kids, or someone desperate needing $0.35 more for a hot dog.
Quoted from o-din:I haven't investigated yet, but a buddy tried two nickels and it tilted. Then tried it again and it tilted again. Is this normal operation? If so, a great way to deter that behavior.
I guarantee. mind you this is a guarantee......... You have a bad fuse holder on the back door. I have had 3 skill rolls, and all 3 did the same thing. Its always been the fuse holder, cold solder, broken solder, bad holder. Just replace it. Its a 4 fuse assembly.
Quoted from wolverinetuner:Thank you so much for bringing your Skill Roll to CLE-Pin, gundam_pilot_ . I’m not the best at it, but I always have fun trying when I can. My best score was 190 on yours, my wife did better, 200! I try to play it at VFW whenever I’m there, too.
Absolutely! I am glad you and everyone at the show enjoyed it
1 year later
If someone were to sell theirs, What do you guys think real value on one in fair market? Working example, from a collection.
8 months later
Quoted from egyptrus:That's true, it is, but if I'm hoping to get a bit of help, looking/posting in this thread probably isn't going to get it done
Depends on what your question is. A lot of eyes watch this page and yet never post 
Quoted from egyptrus:Good point, I know that often times I'll see something that seems unrelated, but might spur a though that could be helpful. In this case, I was asking about whether a coin entrance plate (that's what I'd call it) had been reproduced, or if a decal might have been made for this plate, for a completely different game. Now, it's entirely possible that some of the skill roll owners may also own a criss cross hockey like me, but it seemed like my chances would be better in the Chicago Coin thread.
I'm still going to hang around here though, and I'll probably interject unrelated remarks or ask questions that have nothing to do with skill rolls though
Is your plate missing all together? Does it look like the following?
I may know of a control panel floating around
Quoted from egyptrus:I have the plate, but it's blank, just like the one in the ebay ad. I actually saw that ad on ebay and was really hoping that it had the metal score plate - it did, but it was also blank.
Now, if you know of a control panel floating around that has that plate with the writing in tact, I'd be interested.
it will likely be a couple weeks, but when I go back, I will check it out and let you know.
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Quoted from snyper2099:Just in time! I think we should start a movement to get ALL Skill Rolls into the state of Ohio. Great entertainment during a blizzard!
At one time I had like 3 of these things. I stood them on their side and laid one on top. I lived in that house for 2 years rent free
Quoted from snyper2099:I spit my coffee everywhere when I read this. Are you coming to the show next month?
Assuming you meant me, Yes I will be there. Unfortunately grandpatopia is driving. On lesser news, since we did not see a H-oops! at Cle-pin, so Thunderman will not be waken from its slumber.
As I have been saying for years............Say it with me......
I hate pinball, and I hate pinball people
Quoted from grantopia:I'll be there with Brian and Tim in tow. Already excited for Brian to eat a bunch of McDonalds breakfast and then light up the bathroom in our room.
I think it's funny you think i will make it to the hotel..........
Quoted from DudebroWTF:Another example is there is a company called Retro Arcade Remakes that is about to launch a licensed remake of Taito Ice Cold Beer (sort of the same style of cabinet). It will be priced north of $5k. I bet their costs easily exceed $1500 even at scale.
Yes the company’s overhead could easily be under $1500 per machine. As an owner of both machines, I can vouch that it can be done. There’s not much to these considering the most expensive part to an ICB would be a PROC to run the machine with software with probably 1 custom printed board. and 2 motors.
Of course they are going to ask 5k. Why would they sell for less knowing the market sits at 3500 for them. They are going to make themselves a desirable product, they have to price it competitively, without being out of touch.
No dog against the company that is remaking these ICB machines. But if I am going to be honest, their website is abysmal at best. I view their website like a few guys threw this shit together, and are looking to resell at the show. I could be wrong. But honestly, where’s the challenge when every item is available on aftermarket except the plastic vacuum formed catch behind the playfield. A pretty simple setup to redesign if you didn’t want to remake it to original.
I feel people are a lot more hesitant to rebuilt a skill roll because the parts don’t exist aside from expensive handles, plastic overlay, and BG art overlay instead of backglasses.
Just my .02
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Quoted from AlexF:Along those same lines maybe you have a switch not scoring and then any row after will not score. I'd see if the problem starts with the same switch.
I would agree with this more. The next level cannot score unless the previous level scored. If a switch doesn't register, the game wont progress because its still waiting for the switch to engage on any point value from the level before. In essence level two can't score unless level one scored.
I also have experienced people burning through the levels so quickly, that the motor is still spinning in the backbox while the switch engages. At that point the game misses the row completely. If someone's just trying to get to the bottom, and max-tension flicks as fast as possible to get down there, this occurs. It happens very commonly. Especially after 30 or so missed attempts and a lot of frustration.
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