My first pin and it will stay till the end. It's a love hate machine but if you could score an average of 140,000 you would love it!

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Just got this 4square on a trade and I'm so happy I did. What a great game! It's a very plain playfield but it gets addicting. Love I art. I wonder why the playfield art is so blank? It has some mechanical issues but I fixed quite a few. The one last issue is whatever number I hit. The number two also goes off. It makes the game easier but why?
In the end I'm very happy

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Thanks guys I appreciate it. I'll give it a shot, j jut haven't able I check it out yet.

So ya had to ruin my glory and excitement by posting your astro............ Thanks. : p. Yeah astro def has a great playfield and backglass. Both games are really fun to play. I love the special..........at least I get replays. I mean once I roll the game a twice within five balls what the heck would I do with an add a ball. ; ) ? Oh yeah the playfield art! Ya gotta have nice art to have this in a add a ball version. ; p. I'm just joking astro is a kick ass pin

Just picked up my big deal today. I'm so happy! Glad to see the cabinet in pretty good condition underneath the plastic. Now how to remove the paint from the backbox

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@ johnnymg. Wow that is a beautiful machine!!! I would not believe my eyes if I owned that machine. How do you like it as a player?

@jimmyb. I'd like to see closer shots of that ring. There was a guy in Lancaster selling one and it's waay out of my league. Awesome though

image-522.jpg. Wedgeheads wedged! Gotta get another gottlieb to keep it going.

Oh it's a williams double barrel.

Wow great games. I'd love to play that klondike

Looks like a fun machine. Art work is very cool

Picked up a abracadabra on sat. He had it listed for 800 and I got him down to 650. It's in amazing shape with a perfect backglass and a amazing playfield. It's really a great machine I've been wanting one for awhile. This is a keeper for sure

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Yeah some guy got it the same day for 650. The playfield was a little rough and had a bad paint touch up toward the lower set of drop targets. The backglass had some lifting.

The acd playfield is near perfect. And cleaned up w no swerels. The backglass is perfect. I think it was worth the 650 I paid for it

I ended up getting a 4 square in a trade for a Mata Hari I had. Dare I say I like 4 square more? Granted to art isn't as good but man I love the gameplay.

Lol I think the story behind the 4 square is about doing mescaline. ."micro dots". And your playing on a blank playfield which is the normal world and your trying to collect all the micro dots. Once all collected you go into the other psychedelic relm. I guess that's the magic or art and how you interpret it.

Picked up a gottlieb sheriff for 250 yesterday. Man this thing had some mechanical issues but now he runs great. I've been wanting to play this playfield for awhile and it's pretty darn fan. Gotta lotta tweakin to do

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>Gizz, you're really on a roll! You stole that game! Nice! You're up to _ games now, and had _ games two months ago.

Yeah I got 5 games (big deal, 4square, beat the clock, acd, sheriff) and sold four(Mata Hari, firepower, solar city and thoro bred.

So I had 8 and now I'm at nine.

I'm just going bat shit crazy for EM machines! If I see a deal on old williams or any EM gottlieb I'm on it.

Well I kinda regret selling any machine( except my solid states) but I look at what I have now and I really think I honed down what type of game I really like. Triple action was cool. I was able to get three of the four targets down with one shot. Spinner was cool and I loved the art. Am I happier with the machines I have now? Heck yeah. Do I regret selling it no but I may end up wi it again if it crosses my path.

I ended up selling the thoro bred to a guy on craigslist for 450. He really got a deal on it cause it was in pristine condition cause it was in the same house since 1967. See I end up selling games cheap cause another one pops up and I can't spend any more money into the hobby. Firepower is a great game. It's a must have. I had it for three years and just didn't play it. I sold it to get my acd. And yes I'm very happy with the switch. But if I see a firepower in the wild ill play some games on it.

Yeah I have the fever bad. I love it though....it's def a drug. The hunt, the deal, the bringing back to life,the feeling of figuring something out, and the game play is what brings me back for more.

That's awesome! I've been wanting to get my hads on that one for awhile. I hope ya like it. And if ya wanna sell it ; ) let me know. I love me my reverse wedges. One of mine the (beat the clock) was painted and I used magic eraser and some alcohol and it came off and the original paint wasn't bad at all.

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Just picked up a slick chick from D.C. I got home from 950 to 700. It's I'm really nice condition. The guy was 60 and it was in his family's house where I bought it since he was fifteen. All original paperwork and everything. I was very sad to let it go I never experienced that before. Well it's going to a good home I can say that

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Thanks man. Yeah it really was a good deal IMO. He said people made him better offers but I was the first one. I really lucked out. Can't wait to play it all cleaned up. This is a keeper for sure

It was in the md, craigslist

Well I was expecting worse. It's all on the backside of the bumpers. What would you rate it?

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I really appreciate it. It's in pretty good shape I just have to go over everything. I'm going to really take your advise and really take my time. I have a issue where all the pops not working for the chick sequence. Hard to explain. I'll let you know. Thanks again

Yeah I think I'm going to leave the playfield as it is. I just think for me it's in a condition where I rather say it's all original than "yeah I touched it up a little" but it would be a pretty simple fix

Once I get it all pretty I'll post more. Is there something you would like to see? I was going to take a pic of the play meter but it says 10,000 plays but I'm sure it was rolled

Lol awesome! Well said

Man I really enjoy playing it. To me this is the best sounding bells of any of my machines. The play is different than anything I played. The locked ball in the middle of the playfield that shoots down for multiball always throws me off. The the way the flippers are also give it a feel all it's own. I love it. If you like early 60s williams I say get it. But your not getting mine: )

Ohhhhhh man I'd like to get that Gigi. (Drool) after getting that slick chick iooove them bumpers! Congrats on finally getting that flying carpet!

Just got my buckaroo. Finally! It's got a long wa to go but at least it's fully working. This a really fun game! It's pretty tough getting the 1-7 on the spinner. This is prolly the first machine with a spinner I really like
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Oh man I knew that. Thanks! Ha ha it even says roto target on the machine. My goof

Picked up a Central Park over the weekend. It gets mixed reviews but it's a real blast to play once you get used to the machine. Even though it's hard as nails to get the specials it makes you want to play it that much more.

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Picked up this rolldown flipper less machine. You actually roll the ball down the playfield glass to the playfield. I thought I was crazy to buy it but it's actually very addictive. image-252.jpgimage-688.jpgimage-127.jpgimage.jpg

Finally received my gottlieb universe. It really cleaned up nice. I still have things to do on ot but it plays like a champ

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>Please give me some info about how Universe plays. I love the look of her. Just like to know how she handles.
Also, I see you have a Sunshine. I got one in the garage waiting to be fixed. What do you think of that game as well?

Well as far as universe. When I first played it I played it I played it without any rules set involved and I was like meh. It was good but was afraid it wasn't going to hold my attention long. once I learned the rules: obtaining 1-8, gobble hole bonus, and gaining "trips" around the world it became a lot of fun. What's really like how the top rollovers are fanned across spaced with the flippers. Since it's not straight across it hard to get some of the rollovers even with nudging. It's hard to get the middle rollovers even with a skil shot. Then since the fan of rollovers at the bottom of the game is going in the opposite direction the ball falls towards the middle and not the sides like the top. The knocker goes wild on this game. Also I like how the ball is basically constantly moving. There is a lot of room on the playfield which I like. I'm not into stuffy games wih big roto targets in the middle to slow things down. On top of it all the art is kicks ass! It's def going to stay in my collection. It def has my attention.

Sunshine....... Well. He concept is awesome. I really like the interaction between the playfield and backglass. I like how the gobble holes sync up w the roto and the top rollovers. The playfield layout is pretty lame. It just doesn't flow the way I would like it. I just don't get the feeling of excitement from the flow of the ball like universe does. Like I said the concept is cool but gameplay is average.

But your talking to a guy who sold his buckaroo but kept his Central Park out of the two. I'm also not a fan of sing along. So really who am I.

Wow spot bowler is amazing!!

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Oh man if it has good flippers it's a blast to play. If you have a phobia of woodrail this will change your mind 100%. The flow is a lot of fun. I will not be getting rid of this machine anytime soon

Yeah I was thinking of getting a woah nellie but your right there are far better machines that need to be brought back to life that are probably better. Plus your stuck with circuit boards and I'm over getting those things fixed.

I'm going to Allentown. I live 20 min away. Maybe I'll bring it to the show. It's really nice so I would be a little nervous bringing it. How much does a universe fetch now a days?

Picked up this pretty rare roy Parker williams majorettes.. Picked it up for 200. I wonder how many were really made.

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Yeah that's the one. lol it was def a barn find. It was so dirty but it really cleaned up. I really wanted this machine and I knew I prolly wouldn't find another so I jumped on it, I appreciate the compliment. I still have more to do but its a start

Just had this Gottlieb Dragonette delivered cross country from Arizona to Pa and man was it worth it!!
I purchased it from Benetboy78 here on pinside and it is exactly what I expected. What a great guy to deal with. He even thru in a repro backglass for free. Talking about pinball carma. She is a bute with just a little touch up and she is off to the races. It helps that Russ from pi rescue is the one who shopped out the machine a few years back. This is a gem.

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Oh woow thanks for the reply. Yeah it really is quite the player. Russ did such a amazing job on this machine.

The trap holes really change the geography of the playfield. Once filled the ball in play travels differently causing change in the game. Getting the 1-8 is a lot of fun and the center special rollover is tough as nails to get in. It def has its play it again factor that's for sure.

Oh by the way I watched your video a million times cause I was so excited to get this machine.

This machines convinces me to save my money for the better machines and not waste my time getting the others. It's that good

My green pastures I'm selling 2500.

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