Hopkins, MN
Quoted from brobra:Nib stern left flipper switch not gapped right out of the box. Wtf?
Long one is bent to sh*t.
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Quoted from brobra:1st application of Millwaxx. My favorite local tech Guru turned me on to it. I really try to avoid anything abrasive on a pf, and prefer solvents and elbow grease.
That is a cleaner ( abrasives ) and a wax ( silicone ). And eats plastic.
Get a new Guru.
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Quoted from Methos:Is that the way the MMr came with all the pink shit on the pf?
The GRB lighting doesn't always look good in pictures. And the one he has is a Royal.
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Quoted from brobra:Kind of feel the need to head over and visit potc stern at LTG’s. Also want to get some plays in on his nice who dunnit. Ohh and visit Lloyd
Thank you for stopping in. Sorry not much of a visit. Everything was going wrong at the same time.
Safe journeys my friend !
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Quoted from EJS:I did screencap the original CL post in question
CL doesn't take this stuff lightly. I hope they were alerted. And if subpoenaed will provide ISP info for potential lawsuit.
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Quoted from JohnTTwo:What time works for picking up the furnace. I have to run up to Rosedale Apple to get my fixed phone so no phone. PM me if that works better. Thanks John
7pm curfew tonight. In case you didn't know.
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Quoted from JohnTTwo:No reason I just like doing things like that!
As the Gramercy Riffs descend on the Rogues, Nooooooo!
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Quoted from EJS:Alright, good, now you have to take a picture of the song you are currently listening to…
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Quoted from EJS:Only thing that can compete with this was if LTG posted a picture on his wall of that old pickup truck with like 8 pinballs stacked on top of each other.
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LTG (resized).jpgQuoted from chad:Thank you for posting the video.
Listen carefully. There is a tornado warning going off. Neither sleet nor rain nor dark of night will keep brobra from his appointed rounds.
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Quoted from chad:You're right, I did catch that but thought it was the monthly siren test.
It was. Thank you for spoiling the illusion of the tremendous asset brobra is to pinball machines everywhere no matter what.
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Quoted from EJS:Too bad he wasn’t moving a Wizard of Oz
He was. The tornado was so powerful it changed the whole darn game into a different one.
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Quoted from skink91:That’s easy enough to fix if you have the right color shoes...
He's got them.
Quoted from brobra:Might have to cross-dress for you guys
Again ?
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dorth (resized).jpgQuoted from brobra:WtF is wrong with people???
I often wonder that.
Years ago in the newspaper, News Of The Weird section. A guy stabbed his wife 97 times. They asked him why he did it. He said he told her three times not to put the ketchup in front of the toaster.
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Quoted from RustyLizard:I heard that if you throw them in the camp fire you get pretty flames.
Well hopefully take them off first.
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Quoted from EJS:I don’t see a microswitch on the glass they probably didn’t think up the whole networked tournament thing until shootout?
Which is weird because Sharkey's Shootout had the micro switch. But didn't have the Golden Tee topper.
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Quoted from EJS:I don’t even remember seeing an extra board like TOPS in the Shootout I had years ago.
Shootout never had it.
Quoted from EJS:Maybe that was a thought that never made it to production?
Dumped before production got very far.
Quoted from EJS:I feel like you and I have had this conversation before.
You aren't that guy on Reddit that got tired of me telling the same stories over and over, are you ?
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Quoted from EJS:Does Reddit have a group for pinball?
No idea.
I only read it once when someone posted some nice things about SS Billiards and a few others posted positive comments too. A friend alerted me to it after some butt head posted some disparaging things.
I joined so I could post and thanked everyone for their comments. I don't recall going back there since.
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Quoted from Agent_Hero:If you're into toppers, you can also apparently/possibly wire in an old Golden Tee Fore-era scrolling marquee:
Looks like something custom made out of a Golden Tee topper. Note DMD and Golden Tee toppers are orange dots. That topper is in color. Not what Sega was doing.
It does look good.
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Quoted from Agent_Hero:It's not the DMD images, right?
Definitely not DMD images, or even from the game.
Note : I made a mistake with the Golden Tee toppers being orange dots, they are red. Though I don't recall if red dots or a red mask over the display.
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Quoted from brobra:Paid a little visit to LTG. Great line up at S&S Billiards. Always nice to feel welcome when dropping in.
Thank you for stopping in. Always nice to visit.
Quoted from Ryancaseystudio:You still there?!?
This was last night.
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Quoted from Agent_Hero:Why choose 14 for the age of being able to play the pinball machines?
14 is for pool. Not pinball.
Arbitrary number picked 47 years ago when Hopkins wanted me to post a house rules sign. Now if a child is twn or so and with a parent, no problem. I can't have a baby in a bassinet by the pool tables. They'd have no way to defend themselves if hit by a ball or stick.
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Bugs isn't in the line up. It belonged to a customer who asked me to go over it and he's going to sell it. Brobra may be buying it so I let him play it.
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Quoted from EJS:I was going to say, masking tape over the coin slot probably not the best business strategy
Quarters don't work anyway. The coin mechs and inserts are for Sweden's Krona coins.
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Quoted from EJS:Nice bed! I have the same one in my kitchen right now.
At least your wife left you back in the house.
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Quoted from EJS:Picked this game up from Brobra a few months ago and gave it some lovin. It’s almost ready to shine!
Nice Egg Head !
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Quoted from EJS:I’d say he’s got it pretty good being able to take all these road trips
If you were Mrs. Brobra, would you want him hanging around the house ?
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Quoted from brobra:PM if you need my services....
A good thing most people don't know about bulls and cows.
When they take the bull to the cow for a romantic encounter. They call it servicing the cow.
So your trip may have more than you expected once word gets out.
Especially if you are any good at romantic encounters.
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Quoted from brobra:He ended up getting splint so he could perform
Doesn't always work. Sometimes it's off to the butcher.
Please be careful Bro. Worst case scenario you might not even be edible. I found this searching for potential help for you.
"My mom's cousin and her husband took over an Angus ranch way back when and she regaled us all with tales of the doofy bulls stepping on their penises, then standing there bawling cause it hurt but they couldn't walk away. :
She said that the meat was so tainted with adrenaline that it wasn't fit for dog food".
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Quoted from brobra:Everyone is entitled to their opinion. It’s all in good fun, right?!
No. Someone like you who is wheeling and dealing. Buying, selling, transporting for others. And very reasonable. Doesn't deserve to be ragged on.
You've been a big help to many. More so than some can say.
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Quoted from brobra:So did the game use no decals or these stars when new?
Nothing on them. Decals or stars were for a different game.
There was a time the manufacturers tried to standardize the drop targets so a repair guy out in the field might not have the exact one, but he'd likely have a target that would work so game play wasn't effected.
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Quoted from Pinzap:Better triple thick or mylar it while it’s still pristine!!
A translite ? You thinking backglass ?
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Quoted from Pinzap:No, I’m thinking why post a pic of the back of a translite.
By now could be yellowed or cracked.
Quoted from Pinzap:Thus the sarcasm
Please type slower so us old guys get it.
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Quoted from brobra:Your place is legendary, a great place to unwind, catch up, play some good games.
Personally, I find it refreshing that it’s more family-oriented, simple, and lacks booze…
Is fun to catch up. What is new in the pinball world. And stuff we didn't know about. Always something exciting going on.
Thank you !
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Quoted from EJS:Is that a complete mug collection I see there?
Not quite. None of the Goose party mugs are in it. There are Expo mugs, Pinball Circus mugs, Pinball News mug, Talk Pinball mug. One SS Billiards mug.
I need a different, stronger, cabinet for all the mugs.
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Quoted from gorditas:How cool! I'll have to start bidding for MSP overnights. Love the LTG neon sign.
Hope you can make it. Let me know if you are coming.
Glad you like the sign. It's animated.
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Quoted from gorditas:Ha! Did you commission that yourself, or was it a gift? I've always had an affinity for neon.
I had it made by neon images around 2003, when times were better. It was in St. Louis Park then. Different owner now, and it's in Hopkins. Still does great work. Repairs and new signs. Though I believe local. I don't think he ships.
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Quoted from gorditas:I've always had an affinity for neon.
I was going to get this one made 5 years ago. Animated with the streams and slimmer moving. Marlon quoted me $2300. But the Stern store never happened and I never got the Ghost Busters pin.
Would have been cool hanging in the front glass door I don't use.
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gbsign (resized).jpgQuoted from brobra:What’s the backstory on it.
Been in use since about 1975. Many times people on RGP were trying to guess what it stood for.
From Pinball News :
They were initials I used for video games. In the early days of the video game fad you could enter three initials. I have four initials. And I didn't care for a lot of strangers knowing my full name. So about 1980 I started using LTG, which stood for “Lloyd The Great”, which was a joke because any time I got to enter it when I serviced a machine, the scores were reset, and anybody could get their initials in. So it wasn't on a game long. And anybody who asked what my middle name was got "The" and got laughed at. It became a big inside joke at my business. Then when I got webTV, it asked for a nickname for email, so I used “lloydthegreat”, and of course couldn't change it. So that stuck, then when I sold stuff on Ebay, I needed a seller ID, so why invent a new one, use one that is known as me and by my reputation. Questions arose on the rec games pinball news group what LTG stood for, David Gersic coined the "Launch Those Geese", and the rest is history.
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Quoted from brobra:Cafetto has a diverse lineup and good coffee…
Great coffee ! Latte's are the bst.
Quoted from brobra:local pin-bro BFG…
Hey, no gang signs.
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Quoted from brobra:I certainly need to change some other lamps
Top right lane right side should have an empty hole and no #44 socket or bulb. Left out of production because it was one too many GI bulbs.
People putting in #47's or LEDs, have added it back in. If you have a socket there. All #44 bulbs in the GI string will be a problem.
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Quoted from brobra:Also want to plug PinballPlus for local outcall repairs…you won’t find any better folk than JR…
https://pinballplus.com/ Call John Ross. You'll be glad you did.
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Quoted from EJS:Just need to get my profanity software out
Just remove the profanity game ROM and replace with the normal game ROM.
Leave the profanity sound ROMs in. The normal game ROM won't know to call them up.
Makes switching back and forth easier.
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Quoted from Krupps4:It’s a skill set I do not have.
Sure you do. You just haven't unleashed it.
brobra wasn't born knowing how to do this. He learned along the way.
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Quoted from roffels:I find a screw or random bolt extra. EVERY TIME. I worry what a full playfield swap would entail.
An extra ramp, wireform, and a couple plastics.
Then post pictures on Pinside so you can find out where they go and how much you need to tear apart to put them back.
Then you'll be back to a random screw or bolt.
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Quoted from RustyLizard:What are the differences from production model?
Prototype has six pop bumpers instead of three. That's a good start.
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Quoted from ChrisPINk25:I’m a train guy as an adjacent hobby,
Stop in anytime and talk trains.
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Quoted from EJS:My Nathan P3 is on loan to someone. If I ever own my own vehicle again I want to mount it back on.
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Quoted from gorditas:I had a MSP layover tonight, and brobra picked me up for a pilgrimage to SS Billiards to meet LTG and play his games. I got my first experience with BBB, and had some fun chats. By the time I got back to the hotel, I saw a few posts by Lloyd in the Cactus Canyon thread that were probably typed while I was there: a funny intersection of the online and real world experience.
A pleasure meeting you ! Thank you for stopping in. I hope you have a safe trip home.
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Quoted from Dan_Halen:Was this right after I left?! Dang it!!
Sorry Dan. It was tonight. Came in around 10pm.
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Quoted from Methos:Which covered bridge was that?
https://www.exploreminnesota.com/profile/zumbrota-covered-bridge/2507
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Quoted from EJS:What a bunch of goofy looking weird….oh shit that’s me.
That's good.
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Quoted from brobra:This is a Congo conversion kit playfield,
Good luck. I heard of a few of these back when and they never were able to get them to work.
Quoted from brobra:I believe designed to drop into a No Fear.
Not sure that is right. I heard it was for NBA Fastbreak.
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Quoted from Ryguy80:One of these days I'll get my hands on a Whirlwind.
I hope it happens for you.
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Quoted from brobra:Can’t resist an extremely nice original wedgehead, I’m extremely happy with my new addition….
So clean, from playfield, to wiring, mechs, cabinet, etc….looks and smells new. Just a stunning find….
Wow ! Amazing condition. Glad you found it.
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