Soooo.....your buying the one on Mr. Pinball ??

John

That's an awesome lineup! Still on the hunt for my Barracora.

No I bought the one that was listed here.

Almost forgot a Space Shuttle too

Still one of the best "undiscovered" games in pinball!!

Sooooo who wants to sell me theirs?

Here you go.

Baracorra, 1982 Williams: $7,900.00 or best offer
Overall nice but does have some wear at inserts and backglass had some minor peeling which was sealed.
[email protected], Normalville, Pennsylvania 15469

I got one nearly matching that description (maybe slightly better condition, particularly the BG)

that my wife would be willing to sell for only $7500.

Just for a bit of a thread bump here is a picture of the apron from the Barracora project I'm cleaning up.
Before and after shots, gee I wish people wouldn't put stickers on the apron.

But, for interest sake it looks to me like some artwork was left off where the purple arrow points?

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Looking for a Barracora... Anyone have one for sale?

Ummmm txs? Lol

I'll keep looking

Barracora for sale right now on Mr Pinball (not mine) for $2k. Somebody nab it!

Yeah, its this one: https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/50888

Joined the club! What a great game! After collecting modern machines for the last couple years, I got a bit of an itch for an 80’s machine. I bought this from a great Pinsider @berzerk. Couldn’t be happier with the gameplay and the neat rules. Definitely a nice change up from the modern machines.

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Congrats and looks like a nice example!

Wow that's pretty! Congrats! Sometimes I miss Barracora

Thanks! Pretty stoked.

I agree, Nice looking Barracora! Crispin, I still have the one I bought from you. She's still playin' great!

LED tip: Use pink (yes, pink) leds under the inserts of the target bonus center ladder, they will give a warmer orange color.

Spinner decal question.

So I'm finishing up the rebuild of a project Barracora and purchased spinner decals. Both decals are identical, which is a bit unusual as you often get an animation effect by having differing images. My question is which way were they placed? Can someone have a look at their game and tell me.

There's two options;
- one places the decals so that from the players view as it spins the fish stays the right way up (you put the reverse side decal upside down to achieve this).
- the other way has the players view as it spins the fish swaps left to right directions and swaps upside down

The picture below shows what the two options would show to the player as yhey watch the spinner go around.

Any comments welcome - thanks.

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Nice.
Where did the plastics come from on the front of the coin door?
Looks awesome with the eyes and free play.

The reverse side spinner decal is upside down on my machine. The same as described in your first option.

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Thanks! I really like how they look. They were installed when I bought the machine. I believe the previous owner said they came with the CPR plastic set. I think the set also came with this topper...

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I believe the second image is deferent and that it is to be a mask out of the first image.
But it was printed upside down. So the effect would have been the fish face strobing off and on.

Thanks - that's interesting and makes sense but the repo decals I have (complete with licensed laser effect sticker) are both identical as seen in my picture a few posts earlier.

Yea, at times it is a joke. Nobody really cares about accuracy.

Note: take a black Sharpy and mask out one decal.
Place the first decal in its normal position.
Next place the masked out decal on the back side BUT, place it so the two images are lined up
and NOT have the back decal upside down and facing backward.
Then place new spinner in the spinner bracket and give it a twirl.
See if the image flicker flashes off and on.
Note: you are only filling in the fish head.

If you have not done so, PLEASE go sign up on CPR for the playfield! This one really needs to happen!

Gang, last night Stu posted on FB that we need 30 more people to sign up if we want this playfield to reach production, so spread the word...commit to buy 2 (and then make good on that commitment), let's do what it takes to make this happen!

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Hell yes! PLEASE make this happen folks!

Please also spread it out to other social media so we can hit that number soon. I know there are enough barracora owners and many need a pf to return this great game to glory!

For all of you unaware...repro backglasses are now available. As full blown install ready edition, or colors slightly off - dramatically marked down wall art edition! Please support CPR's efforts to make our Barracoras beautiful again!

http://www.classicplayfields.com/store-backglass.html

http://www.classicplayfields.com/photo210b.html

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YES!!

To me the colors of the glass look a bit off, the reds and the flesh tones I think.....but it's hard to tell sometimes until you see it in person.

John

Just voted for CPR to make Barracora PF. 29 more to go i guess. I have a used one that with touch up and clear could be nice for sale .

Need some help guys. I joined the club yesterday. I have one wire off a switch stack at the flippers. I'm not sure where it goes. See attached pick. If you lift
the playfield up, the wire is green/black stripe and comes off the center stack. Can someone take a pick where the opposite end of this wire attaches to? I
circled the terminal where the wire is hooked up. Thanks

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Picked up a great looking Barracora this weekend. Backglass is perfect and the cab is about 9/10. Playfield has a little planking but not much wear.

Anyway...I am having an issue with the 1-6 lights and the specials. Obviously a yellow-orange wire issue but I am not seeing anything obvious. I get a voltage across the sockets similar to other sockets. Is there another way to check this? Are there any typical places to find issues with these games?

Thanks

John

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Anyone got the cabinet and bandbox scanned? Please send me a message.

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http://pinballpimpstencils.com/?page_id=4461

All you need.

Thank you

Anyone have 1 original pop bumper cover that they would be willing to sell? I have one that is chipped that I would like to replace if possible.

Thanks

John

Added LEDs yesterday and there is some pretty significant ghosting. These were just stanard LEDs not the non-ghosting variety. Anyone else have issues?

Any way to resolve this on older machines? I know they have LEDOCD for newer machines and altek boards for older Ballys. Anything similar for old Williams machines?

Thanks

Just watching Bowen's tutorial on it, and he says to "use the opportunity to cash out as many letters in ACORA and BAR as possible, aim for the dangerous stuff and either light more locks, get more multipliers, or get more bonus."

Multiball starts at around 5:20 in video below:

Should be double scoring with 2-ball and triple while in 3-ball. The home rom version supposedly changes that to 3x and 5x respectively to make it worth the hassle of obtaining 3 ball MB. The other player's displays should show a 2 or 3 when in MB.

sorry, maybe a dumb question...

where can I get the home ROMs?

The scoring of the lower saucer and the upper right standup target (lane awards) are multiplied by the number of balls in play. I try to light the 40K on the right target, then get 3 ball multiball, making the target worth 120K per hit!

Found this earlier in this thread...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/barracora-club-members-only/page/4#post-3169003

Stock roms have no multiplier. Home rom version has the 2X/3X for multiball play (2 balls/3 balls).