Deadly Weapon
Gottlieb, 1990
Rollergames
Williams, 1990
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Williams, 1993Playing STTNG last night when suddenly the left flipper no longer returns to the rest position. Still works -sort of-, but does not return. I thought this was the return spring, but no. The flipper plate is broken clean. Never saw this before. Is it common?
I had a Rollergames with a compromised plate. Wasn't as bad as that but there was a clear fissure. Had to be replaced.
From the look of it there is rust on one side, so it's probably been partly broken for a while and finally collapsed yesterday. It's in excellent shape though so it's not a game that been ridden hard. The funny thing is that this happened right after someone came to look at the game.
It happened on a Robocop I owned years ago... That's a DE example of it happening. The plate that broke apart on mine was not rusted or corroded.
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