Beautiful! Let us see their playfields!

Hmm, I know at least two of those machines! Nice line up!

My new Central Park (thanks rat and o-din!) is finally where it belongs in my EM row (or as my wife calls it, The Ding Dong Wall).

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The Sweet Hearts slot will rotate with Majorettes and Sky Line every few months, unless SH sells, in which case Majorettes will take over as the prime tenant.

It's taken a few iterations, but I think I finally have my EM line up set!

Very nice row of machines

Ooooo Sittin' Pretty... haven't tried that one yet but love the classic look of it.

My wife calls them "bleng-bleng" machines!

I think Jeff was full on begging for it earlier this year!

Thank you Jim! The motherlode of games just arrived here as well and Fireball is now on it's way to Texas. I'm in short flipper heaven! The backglasses on all of these are exceptionally nice. I was thinking I would make River Boat my next back to life project, however I am finding no legs, bolts or keys. Keys I could probably live without...

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Nice haul! Of all the games I've had in the past, I think Teacher's Pet might be the one I miss the most. Just pure pinball fun with probably the best 'flow' of any EM I've had. Love to know what you think of it when you get it up and running.

Almost picked up a Riverboat about a year ago but simply did not have enough space and I didn't want to get rid of my Heat Wave to make it work. I think for the '60-'65 time frame, Williams was every bit the equal of Gottlieb.

I think you will end up loving the Teacher's Pet the best.
Very addicting.

Yeah, and I hope you have legs for the Teachers Pet.

No legs for the River Boat is one thing... but finding legs for a TP would likely be a lot more difficult.

Ai least I will be able to replace the two legs they bent on Surf Side. The smashed end cap on the lock down bar may be a bit more difficult. There was also quite a bit of the bottom of the sides of the particle board cabinet from Wishing Well left on the pallet once it unloaded including a nice chunk, but hey, at least they didn't break any glass!

I don't ever have a problem with bent legs, broken wood, or broken glass when I ship a game.

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Not that the moving guys aren't nice capable people, they are at my place 10 minutes tops on a pick up.

They could still find a way to miss with the forklift I'm sure. Or use it to push with. The damage here is minor as long as those legs show up. I have never had a problem before legs on or off. I will however be filing a claim...

But congrats on the Teachers Pet and the River Boat.

Good additions to your sixties Williams games.

Gotta have a Norm Clark game in there too!

Sure! Apparently after they picked up the machines at Jim's they set them flat on a pallet without blanketing them or wrapping them enough to protect the bottom. No problem on the plywood machines. But particle board.... Jim is not at fault here as I hired the movers and their "white glove" service so he wouldn't have to.
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That looks familiar! Thanks Mike O, great pin! Just set it up to play. I will fit it into the line up in the next couple of days!

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Yeah, since Teacher's Pet is one of those special WMS drop front cabinets
the front legs are considerable shorter than normal.

The bent legs usually come from when a mover attempts to dolly the gameby lifting all the weight of the game on its hind legs from behind.

You're welcome, Larry.

I'm a mechanic! Not an auto body man...
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Ouch!!

I hear that. I am taking it with a grain of salt. It is what it is. I did not know they had used particle board on the sides of pinball machine cabinets in the 50s. My Universe and all the others I have are solid wood there.

At least they did not scratch my River Boat and Teachers Pet.

odin I doubt you will be able to repair that lock bar. you might make look better but it will still have dents.
if you need a replacement I can dig you one out just let me know

Thanks boilerman. If the legs don't turn up at any of their docks, I will also be needing that set for Teachers Pet if anybody has them. Alex informed me they are 25" in the front and 28.5" in the back.

All in all it's been a pretty good day and I am not really feeling the least bit disappointed as I ended up with four games that otherwise may have never come my way. And after dinner we are going to play Surf Side.

OK, I finally got to put a few games on Surf Side and it really is a great playing game. Not to mention how pretty it is. I was not a big fan of roto targets on the other games I had, but this one is very well placed. It may have got a few bumps and bruises along the way, but it survived! I had to clean the pop bumper switches but now they are very active. Still looking for the wing nut that holds the tilt bob on. Soon the other Bob will be stopping by for some real competition.
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Really sucks about Wishing Well - that is definitely new damage.

Just a shame, since I thought they did a good job wrapping the bodies. Didn't realize it was particle board either.
This is why I hate shipping pins - once they are out of your sight all you can do is keep your fingers crossed that some bozo doesn't do something stupid or careless.

Sorry to hear about the damage.

Wishing Well is the only game Gottlieb ever used particle board on so it is much heavier and more fragile.

Did you use STI?

Yes.

Yes it was STI thru the usual channels. Nothing more to do now but try to find where the legs ended up and get these back on their feet and ready for playing. Wishing Well will get the same treatment. Particle board will be particle board. It will end up between other machines. I'm still glad I got them because I like fixing them and I don't remember having played any of them.

finished cleaning up the blue note. it plays fast and so far I like it. not sure if it is a long term keeper but I will give it a far shake.

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Congrats! I play Blue Note a lot! Rio Pinball Club has one! I'd definitely consider it a keeper!

Nice game!! Only played or seen one at Silverball museum, lot of fun. I would keep it.

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Some lovely pics of the Gottlieb factory in 1971...is that my Outer Space?

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nice line up
astro
pop a card
orbit
lawman
outer space
drop a card

Always sad to see a former manufacturing beehive that is no longer. I wonder what that building (if it still stands) now houses?

Sadly, I believe that building is long gone.......

You're welcome! I think it is about as nice an example as you could find. I'm glad you got to come here and check it out first so there were no surprises. Fireball is a very unique machine with artwork and features that stood apart from the rest of the games at that time. One of the very last two inch flipper games with bells as well. After having three of these, I have got my fill so I am glad it went to someone that will really enjoy it. But I did enjoy it while it was here.

I always thought that was just one of his fiery balls.

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My 2 new EM additions

Got the Jackpot at Allentown, and the Bazzaar off CL,
from a very nice guy that held it a few days till i could get there

The Bazaar need some switch cleaning, and adjustments to play 100%
but she works, and will clean up great !

The JP is dialed right in and is SOOOO much fun, what a great game !

Very Bizarre!

Thanks RAT

I'd like to add a 73 Wiliams OXO to the herd soon...

Workin on that now