Edgerton, WI
1962 Williams Friendship 7 and Vagabond. Must have been an AAB state.
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Anyone have an opinion on Vagabond? I have heard some good about it, but IPDB reviews are mixed. I don't put too much stock in pinball ratings, but specific comments from folks on the EM forum are worth considering. (Look at the current top EM games on this site) They come up for sale here once in a great while, but don't see them on people's wishlist, etc. Usually roached glass/cabinet.
Well done Alex!
Both are quite rare, but down under? must be super rare!
Hope these are still around somewhere.
Quoted from stashyboy:Anyone have an opinion on Vagabond? I have heard some good about it, but IPDB reviews are mixed. I don't put too much stock in pinball ratings, but specific comments from folks on the EM forum are worth considering. (Look at the current top EM games on this site) They come up for sale here once in a great while, but don't see them on people's wishlist, etc. Usually roached glass/cabinet.
Never played one and it seems to be an elusive title. I'd like to give one a whirl as well.
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Here's my garage game room during a PITA rearrangement job, let's see what you got... (Some early-SS mixed in, bonus points!)
There's a total of eight here, one body can't be seen so it's only the head and can be fairly well seen, the other 7 are assembled completely or have their bodies shown (likely with it's head somewhere around too)
Checking my collection is cheating! 
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Resurrecting this old thread. Saw this cool pic on Shorpy. One of my favorite places to kill some time. See if you can name this pin in an old diner (1940). I have no idea.
Larger version here.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/22973?size=_original#caption
Leduc, AB
Quoted from AlexF:See if you can name this pin in an old diner
It is a 1 Ball, Horse Racing pay out machine. There is an extra door at the bottom of the front of the game. There were many of these made during the decade of the 1940's. I could not find it on IPDB. Since the back box is smaller it could be from the 1930's.
Quoted from pinwiztom:What is french fried popcorn and what are those tubes of PHOS behind the counter girl?
Apparently they deep fry the popcorn kernels. No idea what PHOS is. I've had a few machines that were POS though. 
Quoted from AlexF:Resurrecting this old thread. Saw this cool pic on Shorpy. One of my favorite places to kill some time. See if you can name this pin in an old diner (1940). I have no idea.
Larger version here.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/22973?size=_original#caption
Bally 1937 'Arlington'.
You may ask yourself, Why would they call it Arlington? Was a track I used to got to back in the '70-'90's. Opened up in 1927.
Quoted from Mikala:You may ask yourself, Why would they call it Arlington? Was a track I used to got to back in the '70-'90's. Opened up in 1927.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Park
Yep, Horseracing was the sport of the rich. Bally then President Ray Moloney used to bet on the ponies at times. The track is still owned by Richard Duchossois who is like 96 years young.
Quoted from MrBally:Yep, Horseracing was the sport of the rich. Bally then President Ray Moloney used to bet on the ponies at times. The track is still owned by Richard Duchossois who is like 96 years young.
Duchossois sold it to Churchill Downs in 2000. I have a lot of great memories about this track. After the fire in '85 and during the rebuild, my brother along with about four friends were paid $300 each to replace every bulb in the TV board. They had to do this under the cover of darkness starting at 1:00am. Duchossois didn't want to pay union electricians to replace the bulbs.
Quoted from pinwiztom:what are those tubes of PHOS behind the counter girl?
My guess is some kind of pre-war version of alka seltzer.
Or maybe even-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphate_soda
Quoted from DennisDodel:Bally 1937 'Arlington'.
One just popped up on e-bay today.
ebay.com link: 1937 Bally Arlington Payout Pinball Machine One Ball Extremely Rare
Quoted from Mikala:Duchossois sold it to Churchill Downs in 2000. I have a lot of great memories about this track. After the fire in '85 and during the rebuild, my brother along with about four friends were paid $300 each to replace every bulb in the TV board. They had to do this under the cover of darkness starting at 1:00am. Duchossois didn't want to pay union electricians to replace the bulbs.
Classic Duchossois. I recall the Churchill Downs deal was a "merger" and the Duchossis family still has like $6-7M ownership in the COmpaNy. This is after the cash payment Dick received and after selling boatloads of shares.
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