Hmmmm. Capacitors were invented in the 1700's and a it seems like resistors are from the 1800's, so I always looked at it like EM parts making their way into SS games??

Just got Hot Tip for free a few weeks ago off craigslist. Hope you don't mind the other pictures too.

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EM version of Hot Tip tougher to find. Quite a few more were Solid State versions.... EM for Free too - Looks pretty nice !

Like many young boys raised on 1960s television, I had a crush on Barbara Eden. Three decades later, I fell in love with the woman I would later marry, a musical theater performer, during a weekend together in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, while my future wife was on tour with none other than Barbara Eden, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Barbara was delightful and entirely unassuming at the after- parties.

Below is a promotional photo news clipping, circa 1998, of that Gentlemen Prefer Blondes tour. My wife is the tall brunette, front row left end (to Barbara's right). Barbara still had the magic on stage. While I remain fond of everyone's favorite jeannie, who turned 85 last August, it turns out that this gentleman preferred her brunette castmate.

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Wow, great story and picture.
Thanks

You did well! Nice story.

Depends on how long they're doing their thing. Generally speaking the sand resistors used in EMs have to dissipate a LOT of heat, despite being a relatively low resistance, they have to handle a large Wattage.

Pretty darn hot, most of the time.

I have a game from 1950 that steps down 17V to 6V via resistors.

Plenty of resistors and capacitors used in bingos in the 1950s, 60s and up to 1980. Even transistors and true early solid state in the 1960s.

Bingo pinball machines are truly marvels of engineering (and fun to play).

Genco and Bally had a mixture of A/C and D/C circuitry waaaaay back in the 30s-50s as well.

Yup, they used selenium rectifiers to convert AC to DC back in the day. Big ass monsters.

Some little guys, too. Depends on how much juice was needed.

I just seen the biguns

Been looking quite a while for a really nice volley and today I found it. Beautiful condition, very happy about the find and goes great with my attlantis. Now I just need a grand prix!

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That's a nice setup.

Nice Volley. Where did you find it?

Local guy had it for sale. Nice guy, had a few modern games and this volley. He rebuilt most of the drop targets. I'm really happy to have such a nice volley, it's nicer than my Atlantis, which is also very nice. No wear at all on the playfield, cabinet really nice.backglass good, some touch ups but presentable. Once in a while you get lucky and today was one of those once in a while days.

Congratulations. Your timing was good. I saw that ad, well-priced and local.

If I hadn't just acquired a Volley in April, I would have been interested in that one. Should you wish to upgrade your backglass, I know a collector in NJ with a good one. . .perhaps a step up from your current one. PM me and I'll send you his contact information.

I picked up mine from a cl ad about two years ago in similar shape and that was just dumb luck. Out here the pins are expensive, few and far between.

Where exactly is "out here?"

I live in a suburb of San Diego (in my profile) and the entire area up to LA is slim pickins on clean EMs.

My space mission

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Beautiful Space Mission. This is what my eyes saw playing it new in 1976.

I too remember this game brand new. They seem to have been outfitted with different colored pop bumper caps from game to game. Some had yellow, many seem to have blue, and I've seen white and red too. Good player, and many are still around.

Nice!!

I miss my Space Odyssey

My latest aquisition

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This happened tonight - all 2's plus the match!

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I had this happen one night whilst playing against a mate.

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Similar coincidence... a friend had just finished a game of Playball. When he entered the room I asked, "How'd you do? 7630 points?"

"Yep"

!!!

Got all "1's" on "Buckaroo" once, plus the match. Then, played two more games on it and ended up with the same score twice, like 835 or something.
Ended up with a score of 00,000 on "Card Trix" once. Exactly 100,000 points!
Once was part of a triple match on a three player game on "Target Alpha".
A friend once had two "Pop a Card" machines set up side by side. At a party at his house, my brother and another guy played each one at the same time, and ended with the exact same score!!! Crazy stuff!

Love that game. Many of them, such as yours,
came with the blue and green card tray which may have been left over from "Bank A Ball".
It doesn't match that game as well as the red and blue variety IMHO.

I went to Pinball Owners and found 4 Ice Revues in the US with pics showing the apron and 3 of 4 had the Bank a Ball apron.

Nice game Hoov. Saw that on Craigslist but just couldn't pull the trigger. Seemed like it was in very nice shape.

Yeah, quite a few had the "Bank A Ball" card tray; maybe most of them even. Really great player and underrated and/or overlooked for some reason.

I was finally able to hit the special in Domino, alas it was while draining the last ball in the right outlane.

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Nicer than most I bring home

Turns out A Go Go is another super fun Norm Clark game. Might have introduced pinball to abstract art in the 60s too. I like it here.

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Ice Revue is in top 3 of my favorite 60's games - great ruleset.

That's saying something because you've acquired some nice games. It was one I hadn't had yet.

Nice score! A-Go-Go is blisteringly fast and a good multiplayer. Also the first appearance of Norm's roulette wheel in a pinball machine. But wow... a real beast to restore! I recently completed a commissioned restoration for a friend-of-a-friend (it was his childhood game). Over 100+ hours easily but got best runner-up restoration at TPF.

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It didn't take me 100 hours, but then again I'm not looking for a trophy. That era Williams score reels are much easier and faster to go thru than some of the others I've worked on. The roulette wheel was a little tedious to take apart and clean up, but it was worth the effort.

It is a much better playing game than the other roulette game I played when I was young (can't remember what title). Norm liked to incorporate casino games into his pinball designs and this one may have to go next to his blackjack game, Lady Luck. It's a lot of fun.

Yeah, it didn't take 100 hours, but at least I positioned the flippers correctly. You might want to check the left side ones on yours. They look off.

Taking out the 6 targets, landing in the KO holes to score 200 points and lighting all the top lanes was a real rush.

A better theme and this would be way higher rated as not many better players than this game.

Picked this up today. Wasn't really looking for one, but couldn't pass up on the price. Happy that I did because it turned out really nice after cleaning it up and it's a fun player. Hundred point bell sounds awesome when hit for 500 points!

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I picked up one last weekend, the bells are awesome!

Your looks fantastic!

Glad to see you have time on your hands now. I still have an empty Tropic Isle cabinet to contend with...

Noticed this Add-A-Ball version on eBay (Play Mates) has a very different playfield. Anyone know about gameplay differences?

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Some info here (click on the flyer)

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In Domino you advance the pieces one at a time via upper roll overs if lighted, the 2 kick out holes, the roto target (you have to hit the matching domino or the star of course) and the 6 alternating targets in the lower playfield.

Making it to the final domino lights the 4 special locations and if you hit them win a game credit and knocker for your trouble.

I did it tonight after playing all week, it was on ball 5 but I finally lit the special and collected on the right outlane to win a free credit.

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Another underrated wedgehead and not sought after by collectors. I remember playing this game on route and the players back then were crazy for this game. Lots of quarters lined up on the playfield glass every time I walked into the candy store to play it. The 100 point gong bell really is loud when it fires off! Nice addition to your collection. Good pick up. I have mine for over 20 years.

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I know this title had been getting a lot of press lately (hopefully not over-hyped), but I felt I had to share this one with the group. Not sure why, but seems like lots of nice examples around. Maybe the theme just didn't appeal to the mostly teenage boy audience? This one had just over 18k plays, perfect glass with just some very, very minor work done on the body and field. Before anyone asks, it's not my game, and not for sale. I just did the restoration.Enjoy!

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HUO by chance?

No, but low use only in some well cared for location for sure!

But my guess would be that the pics were takin'
at your place! HDR was the clue..