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Quoted from Garrett:And a nice looking example too!
There are a few Cleo fans out there but most people hate it due to the high difficulty and I get that. But if lucky enough to have this pin in your collection then you can really get to know the table, and it's brilliant. The player must constantly be anticipating the ball as with any pin but the high ball speed on this pin will absolutely test your skills. Cleo is insanely fast when set up properly. It is a shooters table with a brutal layout and that's why it makes me want to play "just one more game".
And not many other EM's have the abilty reset the drops and score the double bonus and/or extra ball on every ball! Saying it is easy, doing it is extremely difficult.
The playfield art is ok but it has to be one of Morrison's best back glasses. Cleo is always ponting at me and calling me out...so she can whoop my ass!
Really looking forward to playing this pin with a flat playing surface. The William's Aztec was a fast playing EM and after clear coating, it is very fast and more importantly has accurate ball trajectory once again. Hopefully will have this Cleo project done by Christmas. As you can tell, I'm a big Cleo fan
Yes, super fast game and the shots back to the top are very narrow and difficult. Also one of the best looking Gottlieb games ever made. I believe the Cleopatra EM’s play faster than the SS versions! I’ve also had a couple Pyramids over the years, same game, but I like the 4-player Cleopatra EM the best. That’s a game you can’t put on high tap or you will break drop targets, happened on one the examples I’d had in the past. Good luck with your game and send pictures when it’s completed.
Quoted from Garrett:You are one lucky dude to have had more than one Cleo/Pyramid.
When I first got this pin up and running 10 years ago, played two games before obliterating two of the existing drop targets and chipping the pop skirts. Beleive it or not, after 10 years I have to replace the pop skirts once more due to one of them chipping again. She is brutal.
Yes, been collecting pinball machines for a long time. One of my pyramid machines was sample #2. I still have a Pyramid and SS cleopatra NOS glass, beautiful art.
Really interesting how the art is so different on each version. The cleopatra EM art is all indoors and Pyramid is all outside. The SS Cleopatra is half inside and half outside. I do like the green statue on the top left of the cleopatra EM and the purple columns in the background. That Pyramid is cool as well, but mostly hot pink. Also interesting how Cleopatra herself skin tone is more tan on the SS, you’d think they use the same color on all three? The lion is different colors as well. Which is your favorite art?
2989770B-EBCF-4939-87C3-F30F786CCB65.jpegAABA79A8-14CC-411C-BED2-0989AD16FAD9.jpegQuoted from Garrett:All of them
I’m a huge Morison fan. The Cleo EM is my first choice, the SS second and then Pyramid. But all three are just cool works of art.
Currently have a Gridiron too. Now that is the total package from back glass to playfield. It is…a work of art. [quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Wow that’s the nicest Gridiron I’ve ever seen! Glass always seems to be flaking on those, that one looks great. Very cool game, I like the last of the EM era Gottlieb’s, they all play so fast. I currently have a close encounters EM, cleopatra EM, Egg Head, and a Poseidon as far as Gottlieb EM’s go. I’ve had a lot of them over the years, but I agree with you that Cleopatra is one of the very best and fastest EM’s ever produced. No plans on ever selling that one.
Quoted from Garrett:I think the upper arch should be yellow instead of red.
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That card holder is from Sinbad, and just curious if those rails were red when you got the game? The clear coating looks amazing, the best I’ve seen.
Yes looks really nice! Just noticed by the video you have 100’s and 1000’s chimes reversed. The lowest chime should be 1000’s and the middle chime 100’s, the 10 point is correct as the highest. No biggie, just saying. It fooled me in the pop bumpers, then noticed when the return lanes scored lowest chime as well
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