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Does anyone remember this?

By usmcss

11 years ago


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    #1 11 years ago

    Was sitting here thinking about when I first got into pinball. I thought I only owned one Pin in my life which is a TZ until I remembered the Marx's Sweepstakes Pinball I had as a kid. I can still remember playing that thing with my dad in the 70's.

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    #2 11 years ago

    If they do there not saying 11 pop bumpers and one flipper, how many MB modes are there? Can you stack'em? Do you have LED's in it?

    #3 11 years ago

    LOL! I was about 8 when I had that machine back in the 70's, just a toy but thought it would bring back some memories to someone. That was funny though!

    #4 11 years ago

    Is that an LCD in the backglass?Looks to be very maitenance free!Did you get that NIB?Wonder what it is worth now?

    #5 11 years ago

    Very cool. My mom picked up a pinball machine from a garage sale that was either a Marx or something from Sears in the late 70s. Different than that one, but I loved it. Then one day it was gone from our garage sale along with my comics. The seed was planted though. 17 pins later - oh my.

    #6 11 years ago

    I was only cool enough to own the little smaller table top versions.

    I have seen and played these but never owned one back in the day.

    #7 11 years ago

    I like how the flipper is the replay.

    #8 11 years ago

    It was new and probably came from sears because that is the only place my parents shopped. Don't know the cost but was probably a lot for my father as he was a bartender and my mom was a house wife. I took those pictures off an auction that stated they go for $100 to $150 now.

    #9 11 years ago

    I had something like that. It was a Race-o-Rama with TWELVE pop bumpers. Here's a pic of me playing it while my brother, dad and grandfather watch. Pic was taken Christmas morning 1976.

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    #10 11 years ago
    Quoted from SunKing:

    I had something like that. It was a Race-o-Rama with TWELVE pop bumpers. Here's a pic of me playing it while my brother, dad and grandfather watch. Pic was taken Christmas morning 1976.

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    Hah, awesome pic. I want one!

    While we're being nostalgic... I think this is what first peaked my interest in pinball.

    #11 11 years ago

    1 2 3 4 5... 6 7 8 9 10... 11 12..................

    I was just watching this the other day. There was an updated stop motion version on YouTube that was really cool.

    #12 11 years ago

    And here it is:

    #13 11 years ago

    Love the "free ball" feature!

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    #15 11 years ago
    Quoted from SunKing:

    I had something like that. It was a Race-o-Rama with TWELVE pop bumpers. Here's a pic of me playing it while my brother, dad and grandfather watch. Pic was taken Christmas morning 1976.

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    Wow, that is a great pic Sunking!!!

    #16 11 years ago

    original box

    #17 11 years ago

    I had one of these that probably started the obsession: http://tinyurl.com/7xoblj8

    #18 11 years ago
    Quoted from fusion301:

    I had one of these that probably started the obsession: http://tinyurl.com/7xoblj8

    That is too funny Fusion, you just made me remember I had one of those as well! Think mine was black.

    #19 11 years ago
    Quoted from usmcss:

    That is too funny Fusion, you just made me remember I had one of those as well! Think mine was black.

    I think the black one was the LE version...LOL

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