Here's my Top Score. I used to ditch school and play this at the local pizza store back in '75. It will get a cabinet refinishing soon.

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PM Sent on the Top Score bg.

I uploaded a vid of my only pin for now. I figured I would show it here as well as on the video thread.

That looks great!

I notice that the pop bumper skirts are reversed on the Tiger. Good score on that, btw.

Nice work Boilerman. Looking forward to seeing it when you are finished.

That is a significant catch.

Congrats on the Super Soccer. I played that game many times in the 70s. One of my favorites.

Boilerman, looks good!

You guys need to keep these old machines out of the sunlight!

Yeah, I never got that.

I spot a 300 in there

I got a Top Score last year and already posted that one, and here it is with the Volley I got a few later. It was HOU for the last 25 years, had all the paperwork and the schematic was still taped in the lightbox. A very clean unit.-

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It had 29k when I got it.

Thanks, Boiler. Coming from you that is a huge compliment The pic looks like the red is washed out, but it's not at all. It is in excellent shape. I was lucky to score this.

I, too, have give a thumbs up to boilerman for sending me a couple of parts.

That explains a lot.

Nice line up

Looks like the playfield needs a coat of wax before you play it and switch out those Gottlieb bats.

One more for Volley!

Set correctly? They look too low. I have mine set even with the rail.

I disagree as it introduces randomness for shots coming off the return rails. Having the upper edge of the bats lined up with the rails refuces that.

I have used leds behind a BGResto glass. I think that they are kinda needed due to the density of the color film used. Tried them for Top Score in various other locations, but there were some ghosting issues so I went back to 47 bulbs. I prefer the incandescent look, anyway.

That is correct, but for me 47s do not seem that much dimmer and do run cooler.

My Top Score has one of those blocks. Sometimes the operators don't pull them, I guess.

That Volley playfield looks nice. I love my Volley. As others have said, it is underrated.

Congratulations on the Volleys, Boilerman! I was super lucky to find the one I have. Do post pictures please.

That Volley has the normal playfield, yet a sample serial? My playmeter was 29k when I got it, along with the schematic taped to the door as well.

Just checked the serial number db and I see your entry, but nothing earlier, and no other playfield pics from other samples. Hmm.

That Champion from Nordamatic has art from Gottlieb's 300/Top Score. Is that the arrangement they had?

I feel the same way about mine. It's a sleeper. Great to see the title getting so much good press.

Beautiful, as always. Exceptional work.

Nice Volley. Where did you find it?

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.

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

Here is an interesting article about Volley. No mention of the webbing, though.

https://creditdotpinball.com/2014/06/10/featured-game-gottlieb-volley/

You can print out a set of instruction and replay cards at this site-
http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/

Can you have aab on a multi player Gottlieb em??

Hmm. Yep just checked ipdb. I didn't know that.

(Cringe)

I have worked on quite a few Gottliebs and find their materials and general workmanship better than others, but they do have sensitive relays, for example, the dreaded AX relay. But once, set, they keep going and going and going...

What a find! Amazing condition.

No, no, no. No leds on an em. Nope.