Fish Tales
Williams, 1992Just seen this on another pin site and thought i'd share, who would have thought it a brand new Fish Tales opened for the first time in 2010.
Sat in a warehouse in Egypt of all places along with a NIB Dr Who.
Just goes to show that there are still a few gems still out there, wish I was so lucky.
Unfortunatly I only speak english so can't read much on this site, but I just looked at this collection of pins, WOW can anyone top this.
bugray thanks for sharing!
Can't believe it...new fish tales haha - or should I say old..check out the batteries..VARTA couldnt keep fluids inside for 18 years 
Great collection but no TZ and I didn't saw STTNG he's got a picture in a frame of TZ :)But where can this guy get a Big bang bar for example?!
Wow, that's an impressive collection. If you look through all his pictures, his game room is his re-finished garage, and he's done a ton of work on it to make it into a 2 level pinball showroom.
That is cool, thanks for sharing. There were a lucky few that bought NIB Black Knight machines a few years back. Batteries were dead, but did not leak.
Chris
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Fish Tales NOS (zero plays, unpacked January 18 2010)
Something you secretly fantasize about, but you know that it will probably never happen. And then it happens anyway. A Fish Tales, 18 years old and new in the box!
That is what this story, but first just something general.
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Actually, a Fish Tales but a downside: the poor quality of the voice. Barely audible, the annoying off. That is also something that all enclosures in this period (early 90s) suffer from (Whitewater, Getaway, Addams Family to name but one example). It is in these flippers happy little voice, that makes a lot of good.
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With the sound of the FT is different. It is still less than the speakers eg Data East, but very acceptable. And what comes out of the speakers? My music hero Chris Granner (including Funhouse, Earthshaker, F14 Tomcat, Roadshow but also Lord of the Rings and The Simpsons Pinball Party), the audio portion of this cabinet for his account. This man is a master at creating catchy tunes and sounds supportive.
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The game design is by Mark Ritchie. Indeed, the brother of Steve Ritchie. And that is again the king of flow, in my opinion. Mark has a number of known cabinets to his name like Indiana Jones, Taxi and Dinner. Fish Tales is the only cabinet that flow in terms of the feel of the cabinets of Steve Ritchie approaches. And that flow that makes this a wonderful wardrobe closet to play!
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Long Cast, Boat ramp Left, Right Boat Ramp, on and on and on. The ball is never quiet, always comes down fast and is an impure placed shot almost uncontrollable. The playing field is far from open, the contrast outlanes seem wide open. Enough challenges, and if you then once that flow is ... heerrrlijk!
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There were in 1992 no less than 13,631 units produced. So popular pinball. That means two things: you have enough against them and if you encounter is almost always a much-recorded state. And that means: verrrrry hard to find in summary. What exacerbates the difficulty is that the cabinets of Fish Tales almost always discolored.
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Well it was me in 2009 succeeded to an almost colorless FT to find. Mind you. And even the playing field was little played. Unfortunately, and also that they have almost all, were the inserts between the slingshots damaged. The disaster and some plastics also otherwise, however, the disaster has now been reproduced by Pinballinc and a NOS set of plastics was already in my possession. The challenge was therefore to find a beautiful and unspoiled playground
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Simply impossible not to find. The scope of the Monster Bash and the Attack, the inserts and the trapdoor of the theater, just some examples of cabinets and their known wear areas. The inserts of the Fish Tales fit in the same row. I had given up hope ...
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The long journey of a German adventurer years ago I would however go rejoice in 2010. This gentleman moved to Cairo and took 21 games into his suitcase. He would take some Egyptians who learn pinball ...
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That dream did not come out. Egyptians could build pyramids beautiful, delicious kebab making pinball but apparently they are not hot. And so those 21 games moved to a dusty warehouse where for years they stood unconcerned.
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My German colleague André collector (let's call him that) now has many (former) operators and heard of the adventure. The story goes that there are 19 games somewhere were languishing, flippers who would find themselves in a pitiful state.
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Eventually, Andre the man in question to approach and a very small price was made for this, indeed in poor condition, machinery. He had another surprise, he had two pieces new in box. Dr.. Who and Fish Tales. Whether he was also interested in him?
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Unfortunately, the owner understood that NIB cabinets not usually sold for a song. The price of the two NIB's stood in stark contrast to those of other castes. And Andre had already keen on the idea that it contained 19 units with solid profits could sell. Hence André these cabinets really did not want.
I had regular contact with Andre on this matter. And at that moment it was time for him a reprimand to speak. Collecting has little to do with ratios, making money. A NIB possess and possibly unpack unpacking brings no money. But is veeery nice!
To make a long story short, I offered to take Fish Tales. He wanted the Dr. Who. There's been going for us someone to watch and arrange transportation to and in December began the 21 levers to their return to German territory to be there then early January in Hamburg to arrive.
For a moment I thought of the closet in the box to leave. Just for a moment, then quickly unpacked. Probably I will never arise. I like playing, but here I am again too much for collector ..
I remember this- Speaking of Mark Ritchie, where and what happend with him? He made some of the greatest pins back in the day
Quoted from shacklersrevenge:I remember this- Speaking of Mark Ritchie, where and what happend with him? He made some of the greatest pins back in the day
I remember this, wasn't he looking for the missing reel shooter handle. I think Mark Ritchie was working at Raw Thrills.
Quoted from shacklersrevenge:Speaking of Mark Ritchie, where and what happend with him?
Quoted from bugray:Unfortunatly I only speak english so can't read much on this site, but I just looked at this collection of pins, WOW can anyone top this.
http://www.hyperballs.com/gameroom.html
I think the most impressive collection i've seen with my own two eyes is owned by Clay. I bought a HUO game from a few years back and he had every "A" list game made...and then some. There must have been a least 50 mint condition games in his basement. It was very impressive to see. This guys collection is indeed very nice, but it doesn't hold a candle to Clay's collection.
Quoted from Firebaall:This might be the very first FT in history that has less fade than mine.
My FT comes from the EE faculty at my local university. It has exactly the same exposure to girls and sunlight as most of the electrical engineers that I know of...do.
lets see some pics. Mine is pretty close to unfaded, as it spent its entire life in a bar basement.
Quoted from Firebaall:This might be the very first FT in history that has less fade than mine.
Might know of at least one more floating around out there with no fade 
Quoted from Firebaall:It has exactly the same exposure to girls and sunlight as most of the electrical engineers that I know of...do.
Okay, I don't care WHO you are, THIS was funny!
Chris
lets see some pics. Mine is pretty close to unfaded, as it spent its entire life in a bar basement.
The one I grabbed was exposed to fluorescent light since it was placed there new. Not as harsh on a decal as direct sunlight, but the lighting still had enough UV output to cause some faded browns, oranges, and reds.
A dark basement bar would have faired much better!
Quoted from vid1900:There was one last year that went for $27k.
Explain that one to the wife...
No wife yet but soon. So I'm scrabbling to build a collection before I start to take heat.
I have visited this gameroom and it is awesome.
He opens his gameroom frequently, so come to holland and get an invite
IT helps if you become a member of the Dutch pinball club, www.nfvpinball.nl, with over 1000 members it is apparently the biggest pinball club in the world
He doesn't have a TZ because he dislikes this pin, I thought I saw a STTNG but not sure
Was to busy playing BBB and CY
His FS is untouched and will remain so as no plunger or balls are installed
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