EM : Show us your EM Pinball Machines!

Quoted from wayner:
Greg at oldpinballs stocks the kits.
http://www.oldpinballs.com/store.html

Thanks - will order some as much easier than making my own!

#4254 8 years ago

Shapeshifter

Pinside member

Quoted from John_I:
Has anyone tried these? Even in the picture on their website you can see the concentric rings and it looks like it makes the insert cloudy?
Does anyone sell insert decals for Gottlieb?

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Strange as mylar is clear? Well, I will order some and trial them.

#4255 8 years ago

GTB

DirtFlipper

Inactive member

Twin Cities, MN

12y 43,900 6,190 38

Quoted from NicoVolta:
but the next generation will get a lot of enjoyment out of it

Unless they're looking for the elusive preserved nice originals - the true survivors. Then they'll just be cringing. But heck, they're only disposable toys, so no real loss, right?

(I know, I know - I'm a broken record on this topic. I'll just slink back into my cave now. I need a nap anyway.)

#4256 8 years ago

DJG

dgarrett

Pinside member

14y 92,800 1,012 27

My two favs, Lucky Hand and Capt Card add-a-balls.IMG_7033.JPG

Wayne Neyens playing my EM mata hariIMG_0624.JPG

Slick Chick - the topper is signed by Wayne Neyens.IMG_1533.JPG

#4257 8 years ago

SDM

EMsInKC

Pinside member

Kansas City, MO

10y 79,550 4,025 22

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Here's a couple of shots of the Hot Line I got this weekend. It's the third and final game of the games I played most as a kid. Playfield is very good, glass has some minor flaking but has been sealed. I'll try and touch it up, will eventually get a bgresto. Cab will be repainted.

#4258 8 years ago

MFS

goldenboy232

Pinside member

Alamo Heights, TX

9y 79,300 1,816 4 15

Here's the beginnings of my EM collection. I've only been at it since mid-January but I'm very proud of my lineup. Hope to add a nice Gottlieb Bank-A-Ball later this month and then will have room for one more wedgehead after that.

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#4259 8 years ago

MAO

MikeO

Pinside member

Overland Park, KS

11y 88,400 3,625 41

Quoted from goldenboy232:
Here's the beginnings of my EM collection. I've only been at it since mid-January but I'm very proud of my lineup. Hope to add a nice Gottlieb Bank-A-Ball later this month and then will have room for one more wedgehead after that.

Nice start.

Mr. Obvious chiming in here but either the legs on TA and B are too tall(should be 27.5") or the legs on FL are short (should be 31").

#4260 8 years ago

MFS

goldenboy232

Pinside member

Alamo Heights, TX

9y 79,300 1,816 4 15

Quoted from MikeO:
Nice start.
Mr. Obvious chiming in here but either the legs on TA and B are too tall(should be 27.5") or the legs on FL are short (should be 31").

Yes, the legs on Fun Land are too short. I have an order going to Steve this week to get new legs and a few other items I want/need.

#4261 8 years ago

FRG

frg

Pinside member

14y 79,150 460 4 88

I love this thread, seeing all this great stuff out there - finally i can contribute...
Thanks to Rob (Alkmaar), Mirco (Munich), Andreas (Reichenau) and Jochen (Berlin)!
I love this line up

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#4262 8 years ago

WEN

jrpinball

Pinside+ Addict

10y 115K 10,722

Quoted from dgarrett:
My two favs, Lucky Hand and Capt Card add-a-balls.IMG_7033.JPG (Click image to enlarge)
Wayne Neyens playing my EM mata hariIMG_0624.JPG (Click image to enlarge)
Slick Chick - the topper is signed by Wayne Neyens.IMG_1533.JPG (Click image to enlarge)

Wow, when and where did Wayne play your game? I see on the "Slick Chick" topper it says "AKA Party Girls". Yup. That was the original name of that game. They thought it was a little too suggestive at the time and came up with the name "Slick Chick" from the name of a local diner, or so I've heard.

#4263 8 years ago

JSG

oldcarz

Pinside+ Addict

Holland, PA

10y 71,400 478 27 6

JR - you are a walking encyclopedia. From pinballhistory.com:

"1963 Gottlieb Slick Chick. The late/great pinball historian and author, Dick Bueschel called Slick Chick "One of the finest, if not the absolute finest flipper skill game ever made". In the early 1960's, Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine was very successful and Hefner was expanding the Playboy empire by opening Playboy key clubs nationwide. Dave Gottlieb assigned Wayne Neyens the task of designing a game in the Playboy theme without actually using the Playboy name. Neyens designed a extremely clever game using criss-crossed letters and requiring skilled shooting to get a good score. The working name for the project was 'Party Girls' with a R in the intersection. However, it was felt that the name could have other meanings and was too risque so a new name needed to be created. Wayne Neyens has said that while driving to a friends home for dinner one night, he observed a sign for a newly opened restaurant, 'Slick Chick'. Wayne had found the perfect name including a "I" at the intersection. The beautiful artwork was provided by Roy Parker. During the 1999 pinball expo in Chicago, Michael Gottlieb, Dave's grandson said that Slick Chick was among his personal favorite pinball machines of all the Gottlieb line. Even though over 4,000 were produced, it is considered extremely desirable by collectors today."

#4264 8 years ago

DRD

DennisDodel

Pinside+ Addict

St Louis, MO

12y 90,050 2,643

Here's a link to a photo of a matchbook from the old Slick Chick Drive-in in Chicago. https://chuckmanchicagonostalgia.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/slick-chick-drive-in-5940-north-lincoln-ave-matchbook/

#4265 8 years ago

DEH

hoov

Pinside member

Trivoli, IL

13y 83,300 4,133 27

Quoted from DennisDodel:
Here's a link to a photo of a matchbook from the old Slick Chick Drive-in in Chicago. https://chuckmanchicagonostalgia.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/slick-chick-drive-in-5940-north-lincoln-ave-matchbook/

I like the quote by "patrick"

Oh my! My parents would take us to the “Slick Chick in the early 1950’s. They would serve grilled hot dogs with the ends “butterflied”. To this day, my brothers and I call grilled hot dogs “slick chicks”.

#4266 8 years ago

SBS

o-din

Pinside+ Addict

Quoted from dgarrett:
Wayne Neyens playing my EM mata hari

Wayne takes on the mustache man!

#4267 8 years ago

DDS

presqueisle

Inactive member

Presque Isle, WI

11y 92,550 1,994 10 18

Quoted from DirtFlipper:
I'll just slink back into my cave now.

Well you have a very nice cave to slink back too.

#4268 8 years ago

REP

reppie

Inactive member

9y 32,650 72

Quoted from frg:
I love this thread, seeing all this great stuff out there - finally i can contribute...
Thanks to Rob (Alkmaar), Mirco (Munich), Andreas (Reichenau) and Jochen (Berlin)!
I love this line up

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Great collection of wedgeheads frg!

#4269 8 years ago

DAN

Rat_Tomago

Pinside member

Just traded my North Star for this awesome 1964 Big Top. Thanks for the trade Way2wyrd!

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#4270 8 years ago

SBS

o-din

Pinside+ Addict

If anybody can talk us into clowns, it would be rat.

#4271 8 years ago

DAN

Rat_Tomago

Pinside member

Quoted from o-din:
If anybody can talk us into clowns, it would be rat.

Dude this game is super addictive and equal to Surf Side. It makes up for not having Surf Side anymore. (THEY ONLY MADE 750 OF THESE so that makes this game rather rare) The Skill shot A,B,C on the roll over lights the corresponding roll overs below (3 of them labeled A,B and C) for an AAB. The AABs are added by animation in the back glass. The clown will show up to 5 AABs that are being juggled. Another way to get AABs are to complete 1,2,3 and 4 stationary targets at the top. They stay lit throughout the game so you can get 1 on one of the balls and 2 and 3 on another and then 4 and it will trigger the AAB but they have to be hit in order or they dont light. There is one more way of getting an AAB and that would be each 1000 points scored. This can be adjusted to each 1000,2000,3000 or you can set it for the first 4000 points scored adds a ball. Average scores are between 2500-4000 on a 5 ball setting and 1500-2500 on a 3 ball setting. Then there is the roll over buttons that turn on and off the pop bumpers to make them either one point or 10 points per hit. As you hit targets it alternates the scoring on the out drains. Either 100 points for not being lit or 300 points for being lit. Tilt will only end the ball and not the game. There are also two 50 point blue bumpers that alternate when lit for 50 points when lit or 10 point when not lit. Each roll over is worth 50 points. One of the best parts of the game is passing a shot up to the mid playfield flippers on the side and then shooting it at 1-4 targets or getiing it through the roll overs.

So yeah this is a pretty exciting game. If anyone has one of these games please let me know because I would love for you to send the backglass to BG resto because I don't know if mine will be enough to scan or not on the clowns face. Or if you have a spare glass for this game then I will buy it.

#4272 8 years ago

JMS

John_in_NC

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Chapel Hill, NC

15y 95,050 1,963 19 26

I had one of these, let it get away.

#4273 8 years ago

SBS

o-din

Pinside+ Addict

OP
Quoted from Rat_Tomago:
Dude this game is super addictive and equal to Surf Side. It makes up for not having Surf Side anymore. (THEY ONLY MADE 750 OF THESE so that makes this game rather rare) The Skill shot A,B,C on the roll over lights the corresponding roll overs below (3 of them labeled A,B and C) for an AAB. The AABs are added by animation in the back glass. The clown will show up to 5 AABs that are being juggled. Another way to get AABs are to complete 1,2,3 and 4 stationary targets at the top. They stay lit throughout the game so you can get 1 on one of the balls and 2 and 3 on another and then 4 and it will trigger the AAB but they have to be hit in order or they dont light. There is one more way of getting an AAB and that would be each 1000 points scored. This can be adjusted to each 1000,2000,3000 or you can set it for the first 4000 points scored adds a ball. Average scores are between 2500-4000 on a 5 ball setting and 1500-2500 on a 3 ball setting. Then there is the roll over buttons that turn on and off the pop bumpers to make them either one point or 10 points per hit. As you hit targets it alternates the scoring on the out drains. Either 100 points for not being lit or 300 points for being lit. Tilt will only end the ball and not the game. There are also two 50 point blue bumpers that alternate when lit for 50 points when lit or 10 point when not lit. Each roll over is worth 50 points. One of the best parts of the game is passing a shot up to the mid playfield flippers on the side and then shooting it at 1-4 targets or getiing it through the roll overs.

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#4274 8 years ago

DAN

Rat_Tomago

Pinside member

^^^^^^Brian you crack me up! I love it!

#4275 8 years ago

DAN

Rat_Tomago

Pinside member

Sorry folks I guess we are out of EM pinball machines to share.
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But I guess there's always the EM backglass thread.

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#4276 8 years ago

THO

taimaster2005

Pinside member

Here's my current EM collection, enjoy!

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In case you were wondering, yes I did earn a special that game (all 10 numbers spotted)! Has NOS PF installed in Corral.
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A rare AAB at only 650 made, same PF layout as Abra Ca Dabra:
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Repro BG and full cab repaint:
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#4277 8 years ago

WAR

wayner

Pinside member

10y 95,300 2,584 25

A wonderful collection-congrats

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#4278 8 years ago

ASM

AlexSMendes

Inactive member

Really nice EM pictures all over this thread.... The will to acquire one for myself is just getting stronger!

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#4279 8 years ago

ASM

AlexSMendes

Inactive member

I wonder if anyone knows the story behind this particular machine:

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#4280 8 years ago

ARF

AlexF

Pinside member

Edgerton, WI

11y 116K 5,766 9 8

Quoted from taimaster2005:
In case you were wondering, yes I did earn a special that game (all 10 numbers spotted)! Has NOS PF installed in Corral.

Nice!, That's no easy feat on Corral.

#4281 8 years ago

THO

taimaster2005

Pinside member

Quoted from AlexF:
Nice!, That's no easy feat on Corral.

Agreed! It's a drain monster but there's some strategy to it. The most specials I've earned on one game is 3 but usually a special is earned when the last ball drains on the last number I need (either the rollover number or number lighted on the wheel (was the case in that photo) or both for when I need 2 numbers)!

#4282 8 years ago

DAN

Rat_Tomago

Pinside member

I am drooling all over that Sea Shore. One of these days I will own one.

#4283 8 years ago

THO

taimaster2005

Pinside member

OP
Quoted from Rat_Tomago:
I am drooling all over that Sea Shore. One of these days I will own one.

Thanks! I fully stripped down the PF, rebuilt pops and flippers, touched up PF and all the roto-target numbers, cleaned stepper units and roto-target unit, and lastly varathane'd to lock in the touchups. Since there's no specials in that game, I converted it to an AAB using the credit wheel as the extra ball counter. Earning extra balls is set by the "replay" scores you set in back box.

#4284 8 years ago

TAR

pinwiztom

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11y 116K 8,965 311 18

Quoted from AlexSMendes:
I wonder if anyone knows the story behind this particular machine:

looks like a cross between GTB Jungle Queen PF layout with a Ship Ahoy BG artwork.

#4285 8 years ago

ASM

AlexSMendes

Inactive member

Quoted from pinwiztom:
looks like a cross between GTB Jungle Queen PF layout with a Ship Ahoy BG artwork.

Yeah, you got it 50% right!

That brazilian Buccanner is actually a clone of 2 different Gottlieb's machines, merged into 1.

If you look carefully, the overall art is just like the original Buccaneer, but the playfield layout is exactly the same as Jungle Queen.

This rare EM was made by a brazilian manufacturer called J.Esteban.

Actually, I intend to contact IPDB regarding this particular machine. That model is not included in the database!

#4286 8 years ago

THO

taimaster2005

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Here's some games that were sold:

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#4287 8 years ago

HRG

poppapin

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12y 135K 11,338 6 7 1

Quoted from taimaster2005:
Here's some games that were sold:
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Nice Zaccaria Circus!!

#4288 8 years ago

MCD

dasvis

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12y 101K 4,796 11 16

Quoted from poppapin:
Nice Zaccaria Circus!!

Well, except the clowns part. They creep me out.

#4289 8 years ago

THO

taimaster2005

Pinside member

Quoted from poppapin:
Nice Zaccaria Circus!!

Thanks! That game was in fantastic shape and PF was near mint. Unfortunately, the gameplay was lacking and got boring pretty quickly, so it had to go.

#4290 8 years ago

ASM

AlexSMendes

Inactive member

Quoted from dasvis:
Well, except the clowns part. They creep me out.

Love scary clows!

#4291 8 years ago

TAR

pinwiztom

Pinside member

11y 116K 8,965 311 18

Quoted from AlexSMendes:
you got it 50% right!

ship ahoy is the AAB version of GTB Buccaneer,
so i want full credit

cool find none the less

#4292 8 years ago

SBS

o-din

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#4293 8 years ago

Shapeshifter

Pinside member

Re-jigged my wedge line up to go AAB, replay, AAB, replay. These 4 are all great players. Ice Revue is the hardest!

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#4294 8 years ago

DEH

hoov

Pinside member

Trivoli, IL

13y 83,300 4,133 27

Quoted from Shapeshifter:
Re-jigged my wedge line up to go AAB, replay, AAB, replay. These 4 are all great players. Ice Revue is the hardest!

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Looking good!

#4295 8 years ago

MCD

dasvis

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12y 101K 4,796 11 16

Quoted from Shapeshifter:
Re-jigged my wedge line up to go AAB, replay, AAB, replay. These 4 are all great players. Ice Revue is the hardest!

Nice lineup.

#4296 8 years ago

DLL

dave58

Inactive member

Albemarle, NC

10y 32,650 82 11

Some recent EM additions. All are in great cosmetic condition and are great playing games!

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#4297 8 years ago

ASM

AlexSMendes

Inactive member

Quoted from pinwiztom:
ship ahoy is the AAB version of GTB Buccaneer,
so i want full credit

cool find none the less

Yeah right! A quick research on IPDB shows that another version called High Seas was built!

Nice EM history!

#4298 8 years ago

NIC

NicoVolta

Roanoke Pinball Museum

Roanoke, VA

10y 139K 4,059 35 1

Quoted from Shapeshifter:
Re-jigged my wedge line up to go AAB, replay, AAB, replay. These 4 are all great players. Ice Revue is the hardest!

It is? I clicked up 7 replays on Friday's visit to the PHOF and another 7 on Saturday.

Cool game... a new discovery for me. I wonder how differently it plays vs. the AAB version Ice Show with the three outlanes. Looks like an intense nudger.

Great score on that Flipper Fair! I also own one and was entertaining the idea of selling it... yikes! What was I thinking?!?

#4299 8 years ago

Shapeshifter

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