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KRUZMAN monthly playfield thread

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“If you are going to do a pf swap on a game, which option best describes your opinion between a NOS and a repro pf”

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#2351 1 year ago
Quoted from Coyote:

kruzman -
Was rewinding through this thread and looking at all the pictures. Something occurred to me to ask..
Do you put any clear on the BACK of the field, for any kind of 'protection'?

Yes, I sand and use polyurethane. Automotive clear doesn't soak in, it sits on top. The key is to seal out moisture as well as make it so the finger prints wipe right off and the wood wont grab dust.
usually 2 coats.

#2352 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

Yes, I sand and use polyurethane. Automotive clear doesn't soak in, it sits on top. The key is to seal out moisture as well as make it so the finger prints wipe right off and the wood wont grab dust.
usually 2 coats.

Awesome, awesome. Good to know.

#2353 1 year ago

Here is a list of the pfs I have in stock right now:
Feel free to write for info, price, questions, offers.
Of course you can always make an offer, and I am always looking for pfs for sale or trade.
Also I will trade pf toward my clear service, or drill and dimple.

These are in no order except how they are stacked.
Transformers LE clearcoated
Mata Hari cpr screened/cleared tweeked by me. also plastics/ side rails
Sharkies Shootout restored/cleared by me
Rocky and Bullwinkle restored and cleared by me
Seawitch repro
Rolling Stones stern prem.
Rolling stones NOS bally
willy wonka
Fathom cpr screened/w. starburst inserts
fathom halifax repro
Eldorado repro
flash gordon cpr
Miss World Awesome kiss alt. pf
Bumper Pool
Space rider/ Mata Hari Alt. pf by gieger
Ted Nugent nos
SW episode 1
Monte Carlo gottlieb
NO FEAR
nitro ground shaker/ cpr gold
Space Station nos/ needs an insert fixed. comes with the insert decal
Shadow repro set
Wheel of fortune
DE simpsons nos needs work/drilled and dimpled 1500
Stern Simpsons Pinball party main pf
Bat Man Dark Knight
Spring Break
Wizard cpr repro
wizard NOS
Hobbit
Avengers LE
corvette NOS
acdc pro
Speak easy
Popeye
Knockout bally
Spiderman stern
Addams Family cpr screened silver
Hurricane
Iron man
CSI
Indy Jones 4
Harley Davidson stern
Carhop

Ps soon available
Alice cooper
Houdini
TNA

Plastic sets (cpr)
shadow
wizard
star trek bally
Nitro ground shaker

#2354 1 year ago

I just remembered another:

Eight Ball Deluxe /mirco clearcoated.

I have a Mirco EBD that I just cleared for a customer who changed plans. so if you are interested in that, send me a request for the details.

#2355 1 year ago

DE SIMPSONS PLAYFIELD NOS FOR SALE:

I have decided to give up on this DE simpsons and let it get used by someone. I put 6 days work in to prepping and painting it 5 years ago, and I just havent had the time to get on it. also I am frustrated because I double coated my yellow and it still didnt coat.
I am not interested in finishing it and clearing it. I am only interested in selling it as is.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST RARE NOS PFS IN PINBALL
finish it or have someone finish it. here is what I have done so far.
Leveled the inserts,
epoxied all of the inserts from behind. Its been sitting for years, and the inserts didnt crack the clear. so they are not moving with the changes in temp and humidity and are stable for the next 40 years.
sanded and sealed the back.
There was planking at the bottom from being stored on cement. I sanded, and sealed it.
There is 2 coats of clear sanded down level/ perfectly flat
I did a lot of paint work, and I wanted to clear it to lock down everything so I could go back and tweek the black lines (but it needs more than that). All of the inserts had cracks in the paint around them.
the back wasnt dimpled so I drilled and dimpled the whole thing.

What it needs:
Finish the paint work
clear coat

Price is 1500 as it is. plus ship.
I have got more than 1 call a week on this pf for years. So hopefully someone will put it to use.

#2356 1 year ago
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#2357 1 year ago

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#2358 1 year ago

Ron

Thanks for the communication the last few days. Playfield looks great. I don’t have the skills to finish it to the expected standards or anywhere to do the final clear coat. I hope whomever picks this up can make a HD scan to share with the community. It would be a huge help on fixing other Simpsons playfields.

#2359 1 year ago

After looking at the pics of the DE simpsons pf, I can totally see why I put it aside. In my mind that pf is so packed with so much stuff. Its not balanced and has so much art everywhere.
To me the issues make it look horrible, when others dont see it that way. I have no idea when I will, if ever, get to it, but I would rather make it available for someone, since so many people are interested in it.
This title reminds me of totan. Just packed with art.

#2360 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

First coat on a BSD to see how it looks. I think I am just going to work the circle insert right by the rat hole. you cant see it because its under art, but the crack around it always bothers me. This is a used pf that is not getting restored, but cleared. I still have to give it a look over and decide if I need to do anything first. I dont mind a couple hours., I just cant do a restoration, unless you want to pay the 65 per hour shop fee.
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I missed this before, but excited it is underway!

#2361 1 year ago

I have to give myself a birdy on this one which really pisses me off because my work is a hole in one. Usually when cpr gets the inserts off center, the whole pf is off to one side and all of the inserts have the issue. On this pf, only one insert is off center. I would have had to make the key line thicker all the way around it. whatever. There usually is one little thing I would do differently. Otherwise I like this one. Owned by mike?? I forget the last name, sorry

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#2362 1 year ago

This 9 ball and quicksilver are the most popular titles to go thru my studio in the last year. Both amazing games. Mirco was smart to do the best classic sterns.

If this or the space shuttle are your pfs please get a hold of me and I will get an invoice out, and get them home to ya.

Thanks to everyone who supports me and makes it possible for me to do this.

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#2363 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

This 9 ball and quicksilver are the most popular titles to go thru my studio in the last year. Both amazing games. Mirco was smart to do the best classic sterns.
If this or the space shuttle are your pfs please get a hold of me and I will get an invoice out, and get them home to ya.
Thanks to everyone who supports me and makes it possible for me to do this.
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The owner of that Nine Ball is lucky. That thing is going to be screaming fast, on an already fast game. Nice work Ron.

#2364 1 year ago

Thanks daane. Every time I tried to play 9 ball at expo, there were always people playing and ignoring the fact that I was lurking, so I HAVE NEVER PLAYED 9 BALL!!!!
Though my attraction to the sterns was the flippers and pops hit harder and faster than williams and way way faster than bally once I started playing heavy in about 1980. In detroit, I didnt see too many sterns. A friend named pete botsicarious (boot C care is) had a ted nugent at home that way pretty dam cool. I thought it was cooler than my gorgar

#2365 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

I HAVE NEVER PLAYED 9 BALL!!!!

Ho. Ly. Crap. The horror.

I get the feeling it's your type of game. You'd love it.

#2366 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

I HAVE NEVER PLAYED 9 BALL!!!!

You gotta stop by here.

#2367 1 year ago

I took some pics of the dr who before I sanded it for its last coat. I thought it had all of its coats, but I have 2
logs. Every time I spray, I have a log sheet on the wall for the pf title and date. Then I have a list in the shop of each job and how many coats it has. Even though the dr who looked really good it only had 6 coats, so I sanded it down for its final coats. Then I will finally have it done!!!

The last pic is what I thought was a pic of stone gossard wearing a stern shirt, MY glasses were melted when I splashed a cup of mixed clear on my face and neck. It turned the lenses of my glasses to mush. I have 12 pr of 2.0 readers every where, so I can still work. (for reading and painting, the readers are just as good as my regular glasses, but anything more than an arms length away, no deal)
Anyway its mike schudel. If you dont know mike, he just started his retirement phase of his life, and he is getting a butt load of pin work done. He is amazing at restoration and repair. He has about 25 of his bally williams games at a local bar called one well. Its the perfect bar for me because there is enough room in the game room to have 50 games and you still are not butt to butt. If they only had a coffee machine. They have one in the kitchen, but I am told I am the only person who drinks it, so its never made till they make a pot when I ask.
ANYWAY, mike has an AFM with one of my pfs. I think its about 6 or 7 years installed now, and I wish he would have been standing in front of that! The cover pic is really good, and the perspective makes him look way taller than his games.

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#2368 1 year ago

Ron - Great job on Dr Who PF. I am sur the Mini Playfield looks just as great. Looking forward to assembly.

#2369 1 year ago

I took a couple pics of the NOS ij with the paint locked down under the first coat. came out great, this is a beauty. There were only 4 or 5 inserts that didnt need the black key line painted, and I decided to do them also just incase there was a slight difference in the shade of black. So now, one wont stand out, or 4 or 5 wont stand out.

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#2370 1 year ago

Jealous of the IJ owner.

#2371 1 year ago

Oh my, the IJ is going to be a great plank to start a super restore when she's all nice and hard, like 1 year at least. Let's see if I can wait that long, hehe....

#2372 1 year ago
Quoted from flipper_nutz:

Oh my, the IJ is going to be a great plank to start a super restore when she's all nice and hard, like 1 year at least. Let's see if I can wait that long, hehe....

Actually I have found that at the pace I apply the clear, they are ready to install when they are recieved, but if you want to be super careful, 2 months sitting in the open, it will be done.

A production clear does 4 coats, and a dust coat all in one day, maybe 3. so all of the coats are locked down under the top coat, and have to dry chemically. I hate to share my secret, but since I allow each coat to sit for 2-4 weeks, then sand and sit for several days. Each coat is fully done, once it gets locked in by the coat on top.

I have 2 pfs in the shop now that have big notes on them to watch and dont clear. I have then sanded. They were pretty new when they got here, and the inserts had sunk enough I had to do a lot of sanding by hand because I was afraid I was going to hit the wood around the edges of inserts. Its a 9 ball and a Taxi. So its been 2-3 weeks now and I checked yesterday to see if the surface was still flat from the sanding I did and nooo. You can feel and see that they have sunk substantially. I would like to sand them level again, that way I can tell if they sunk more, but I dont have any more depth to sand. So rather that sand it level again before spraying, I am going to have to spray an uneven, but sanded surface, and let the first 2 coats fill and then I can sand level.
So if I would have just went to work as per usual, it would suck. its only been the last 2 r so years that I have been waiting till it quits moving. I waited for a repro IJ for like 5 months, and then I did my process, just because it sat so long I thought it was done and it didnt get picked up for like 5 months after I was done with it, so I got a chance to unwrap it before it went out and it was no longer glass flat. the inserts had come up enough to feel them. and that is a serious pisser. I did a lot of work to get a glass flat surface and then have it move on me.

So this isnt the same as waiting for my clear to be done, I am just mentioning this because some pfs that get here brand new are going to have to sit here while they finish drying (both wood and production clear). I have a theory that the clear drying causes the inserts to sink, and the wood drying causes the inserts to lift, but I havent proven it yet.

So if you want perfection and you have patience, and you buy a repro that was just made, your best bet is to let it sit in the open for at least 6 months at home. Longer the better. I have so many pfs here, its not convenient for me to have pfs doing their wood dry here. I can, but there is always possible accidents, and space is an issue. I have pfs everywhere in the shop and my house.

Actually I think the best thing is to ask me when I ship out your complete pf when it will be ready to install. I should have said that 15 min ago. oh well.

#2373 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

Actually I have found that at the pace I apply the clear, they are ready to install when they are recieved, but if you want to be super careful, 2 months sitting in the open, it will be done.
A production clear does 4 coats, and a dust coat all in one day, maybe 3. so all of the coats are locked down under the top coat, and have to dry chemically. I hate to share my secret, but since I allow each coat to sit for 2-4 weeks, then sand and sit for several days. Each coat is fully done, once it gets locked in by the coat on top.
I have 2 pfs in the shop now that have big notes on them to watch and dont clear. I have then sanded. They were pretty new when they got here, and the inserts had sunk enough I had to do a lot of sanding by hand because I was afraid I was going to hit the wood around the edges of inserts. Its a 9 ball and a Taxi. So its been 2-3 weeks now and I checked yesterday to see if the surface was still flat from the sanding I did and nooo. You can feel and see that they have sunk substantially. I would like to sand them level again, that way I can tell if they sunk more, but I dont have any more depth to sand. So rather that sand it level again before spraying, I am going to have to spray an uneven, but sanded surface, and let the first 2 coats fill and then I can sand level.
So if I would have just went to work as per usual, it would suck. its only been the last 2 r so years that I have been waiting till it quits moving. I waited for a repro IJ for like 5 months, and then I did my process, just because it sat so long I thought it was done and it didnt get picked up for like 5 months after I was done with it, so I got a chance to unwrap it before it went out and it was no longer glass flat. the inserts had come up enough to feel them. and that is a serious pisser. I did a lot of work to get a glass flat surface and then have it move on me.
So this isnt the same as waiting for my clear to be done, I am just mentioning this because some pfs that get here brand new are going to have to sit here while they finish drying (both wood and production clear). I have a theory that the clear drying causes the inserts to sink, and the wood drying causes the inserts to lift, but I havent proven it yet.
So if you want perfection and you have patience, and you buy a repro that was just made, your best bet is to let it sit in the open for at least 6 months at home. Longer the better. I have so many pfs here, its not convenient for me to have pfs doing their wood dry here. I can, but there is always possible accidents, and space is an issue. I have pfs everywhere in the shop and my house.
Actually I think the best thing is to ask me when I ship out your complete pf when it will be ready to install. I should have said that 15 min ago. oh well.

And that’s why Ron is my go to man when I want perfection.

Taxi is the one I sent and like he said was brand new repro and I was told has been sitting a while BEFORE I sent it, but thanks to Ron and his dedication to perfection, he confirmed it wasn’t.

He did my Funhouse and that was\is my grail and words cannot describe how it looks, like glass and I installed that the end of 2020 and it still looks the same even after almost 2 years of plays.

The Taxi is my wife’s favorite, so it’s even more special to me than Funhouse as I want that to be perfect for her and I know it will be now that Ron has it.

Ron thank you for all you do and you take a long as you need.

Take care my friend.

#2374 1 year ago
Quoted from Pinball_Eddie:

And that’s why Ron is my go to man when I want perfection.
Taxi is the one I sent and like he said was brand new repro and I was told has been sitting a while BEFORE I sent it, but thanks to Ron and his dedication to perfection, he confirmed it wasn’t.
He did my Funhouse and that was\is my grail and words cannot describe how it looks, like glass and I installed that the end of 2020 and it still looks the same even after almost 2 years of plays.
The Taxi is my wife’s favorite, so it’s even more special to me than Funhouse as I want that to be perfect for her and I know it will be now that Ron has it.
Ron thank you for all you do and you take a long as you need.
Take care my friend.

That puts the wind in my sails, so thank you. Its going to take as long as it takes for it to stop moving. I appreciate the patience.

Its funny that I had to put big signs on them, because I get forgettful in my age, and next thing you know its cleared and I am totally out of it. So not I take no chances with everything in the shop. Redundant lists and log sheets. messages taped to pfs, and different colored masking tape to tell if its getting a coat or a last coat. white tape for paint work.

#2375 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

That puts the wind in my sails, so thank you. Its going to take as long as it takes for it to stop moving. I appreciate the patience.
Its funny that I had to put big signs on them, because I get forgettful in my age, and next thing you know its cleared and I am totally out of it. So not I take no chances with everything in the shop. Redundant lists and log sheets. messages taped to pfs, and different colored masking tape to tell if its getting a coat or a last coat. white tape for paint work.

Ron, I’d be lost if I didn’t have post it notes LOL

Hope you have a great and safe holiday weekend and hope you take some time for yourself to relax.

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#2376 1 year ago

Ron: i wish I had adopted a system of writing it down or posting notes to myself. I have a shed and garage full of corvette and camaro parts that I do not remember where they are or what they are. Now I have added another layer of stuff, called pinball. Where is that pad of paper I had last week, with the "to do list?"

#2377 1 year ago
Quoted from Tophervette:

Ron: i wish I had adopted a system of writing it down or posting notes to myself. I have a shed and garage full of corvette and camaro parts that I do not remember where they are or what they are. Now I have added another layer of stuff, called pinball. Where is that pad of paper I had last week, with the "to do list?"

I can totally relate, having 2 barns my self. My biggest fear..... moving. I would rather die.

#2378 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

I can totally relate, having 2 barns my self. My biggest fear..... moving. I would rather die.

My wife has threatened me, many times. That if I die and leave this mess of car parts, LGB Trains, RC planes, Tools, Pinball stuff.....she will call the trash haulers and she will throw it all away! I thought to myself, (chuckling), I won't care, I will be dead and gone....

#2379 1 year ago
Quoted from Tophervette:

My wife has threatened me, many times. That if I die and leave this mess of car parts, LGB Trains, RC planes, Tools, Pinball stuff.....she will call the trash haulers and she will throw it all away! I thought to myself, (chuckling), I won't care, I will be dead and gone....

I think of the looting that will happen at the compound when I die. except a loving sister, I only have friends. Its gonna be a free for all!!!!

If anyone "helps" my sister by giving her pennies on the dollar for my pfs, I will haunt your ass or if I am reincarnated, I will put kicking your ass on my to do list.

I pic some fool saying " cash 100 dollar bills!!!!" as if that is suppose to get someone excited? I dont care if you pay with singles.

and cash... what else would I expect wampum?

#2380 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

I think of the looting that will happen at the compound when I die. except a loving sister, I only have friends. Its gonna be a free for all!!!!
If anyone "helps" my sister by giving her pennies on the dollar for my pfs, I will haunt your ass or if I am reincarnated, I will put kicking your ass on my to do list.
I pic some fool saying " cash 100 dollar bills!!!!" as if that is suppose to get someone excited? I dont care if you pay with singles.
and cash... what else would I expect wampum?

You know I got you!

#2381 1 year ago

This weekend I am blocking out a IPB TAF and Iron maiden premium. So if everything looks good, once I get in to the fine polish, I hope to get them done in the next few days.

#2382 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

This weekend I am blocking out a IPB TAF and Iron maiden premium. So if everything looks good, once I get in to the fine polish, I hope to get them done in the next few days.

Yay!!

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#2383 1 year ago

I need to make a Kruzman pinball public announcement:

I do no longer restore pfs. I went bankrupt many years back trying to do that, mostly from people sending me really worn pfs. Maybe they did or maybe they didnt know that the only way I was going to do them was to look like new.
I made less than 10 bucks an hour working 7 days a week until I finally went bankrupt.

I clearcoated a used grand lizard this year. Only because the owner understood that I had to scrape off all the loose paint and I had to sand off all of the lacquer first. I didnt not touch a paint brush to that pf, and the customer didnt want me to.

So since that project came out nice, I said publicly that I would do my clear on used pfs. Maybe people heard I will restore them. On most NOS pfs, I have to match the black and paint the keylines around the inserts. This is not for the function of the clear. Its only because I dont want anything leaving here, that doesnt look awesome. The customer pays me to paint the inserts, hourly. So I am willing to match black, and paint keylines, for an hourly charge, but that is it.

So I will say it again. I will do my clear to used pfs. BUT I am first going to scrape off the loose paint and then sand off the original finish as well as feather the chipped paint. I can do the insert key lines black. No prob, its hourly.

I cant do my clear coat on a surface that is not prepped the way I need to do it, otherwise its not a kruzman clear coat. I have been really surprised what folks think I can clear over.
It will lower or wreck my reputation if I do jobs that are "good enough" for the customer, when its not good enough for me.
I say this with all respect to everyone who has worked with me, and every one else. I can only do my thing.

#2384 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

I need to make a Kruzman pinball public announcement:
I do no longer restore pfs. I went bankrupt many years back trying to do that, mostly from people sending me really worn pfs. Maybe they did or maybe they didnt know that the only way I was going to do them was to look like new.
I made less than 10 bucks an hour working 7 days a week until I finally went bankrupt.
I clearcoated a used grand lizard this year. Only because the owner understood that I had to scrape off all the loose paint and I had to sand off all of the lacquer first. I didnt not touch a paint brush to that pf, and the customer didnt want me to.
So since that project came out nice, I said publicly that I would do my clear on used pfs. Maybe people heard I will restore them. On most NOS pfs, I have to match the black and paint the keylines around the inserts. This is not for the function of the clear. Its only because I dont want anything leaving here, that doesnt look awesome. The customer pays me to paint the inserts, hourly. So I am willing to match black, and paint keylines, for an hourly charge, but that is it.
So I will say it again. I will do my clear to used pfs. BUT I am first going to scrape off the loose paint and then sand off the original finish as well as feather the chipped paint. I can do the insert key lines black. No prob, its hourly.
I cant do my clear coat on a surface that is not prepped the way I need to do it, otherwise its not a kruzman clear coat. I have been really surprised what folks think I can clear over.
It will lower or wreck my reputation if I do jobs that are "good enough" for the customer, when its not good enough for me.
I say this with all respect to everyone who has worked with me, and every one else. I can only do my thing.

Still planning to bring you my spare used Cheetah playfield for one of these rat rod restores! No key lines needed just get that sucker playing smooth and fast as hell!

#2385 1 year ago
Quoted from Tsskinne:

Still planning to bring you my spare used Cheetah playfield for one of these rat rod restores! No key lines needed just get that sucker playing smooth and fast as hell!

That will be super cool. I would like to see it go to the pin at the zoo and see what folks think of it (after playing it). Stern games hit so hard when you go thru and do all of the coil assemblies, then with my clear, I would really like to play it!!!!!

#2386 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

That will be super cool. I would like to see it go to the pin at the zoo and see what folks think of it (after playing it). Stern games hit so hard when you go thru and do all of the coil assemblies, then with my clear, I would really like to play it!!!!!

We can definitely make that happen. I'll add it to the pile of stuff I'm bringing you at some point here.

#2387 1 year ago

SEE A GROWN MAN CRY:

Put your specs on for this one. I cant see this stuff until I get ion to the second from last rubbing compound, which is exactly where I was. So I have to sand out the Gnat. Then block sand up in grits to 3000 again, then polish again. 2 more days work.
This is why I can never put a time on a job. Plus all other jobs will be over 2 days behind now.

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#2388 1 year ago

Is any one near williamsport Pa to pickup a populated pf for me, take it apart and send it to me in a couple boxes? its a mousing around, and I have that game sitting in my basement waiting to be restored.
Let me know if you can help. I will of course pay all of the shipping, and I will gladly owe you one.

#2389 1 year ago

Goin thru a total emotional rollercoaster today. I was so angry I could have stomped a puppy without a thought, and a package came with a whole bunch of really cool swag. I know I was getting a Pinball Panic t shirt which is now my go to sunday church clothes, but I got a Pinball Panic hat which I really need in the winter now that I am bald and old (thanks god). I got a bunch of stickers, and I am a sticker person. I like to go to the bar and put them on peoples cars on the bumper or bottom of the rear window of a truck. I crack up when I see the cars later, like months later and the sticker is still there. I only hit cars that all ready have stickers, and in a liberal/college town like kalamazoo, everyone wears their identity on their bumper.

The christmas type present of the swag box was a Pinball Panic frosted pint glass. How did you know I only have 3 glasses?
I love this stuff, now I gotta get some kruzman pf swag made.
Thank you!!! totally changed my mood

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#2390 1 year ago
Quoted from Coyote:

not sure if/what they meant anything, more than inventory checking.

Those serial numbers where designed to control operators from
buying games outside of distributor regions.
In California it was cheaper to buy in AZ, NM, UT.
Than in San Fransisco or Los Angeles... C.A. Robinson controlled
everything that was Bally/Williams in California.

#2391 1 year ago
Quoted from vec-tor:

Those serial numbers where designed to control operators from
buying games outside of distributor regions.

I was told long ago that the "hidden" UV numbers were for that purpose, not the visible barcodes? (Since distributors could easily just cut the barcode off - which I HAVE seen back in the 90's - and couldn't really do anything with the hidden 'UV' numbers.)

#2392 1 year ago
Quoted from Coyote:

I was told long ago that the "hidden" UV numbers were for that purpose, not the visible barcodes? (Since distributors could easily just cut the barcode off - which I HAVE seen back in the 90's - and couldn't really do anything with the hidden 'UV' numbers.)

Its been a long time since I have owned a WPC game, but wasnt there also a security chip as part of the mpu ?

#2393 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:

Its been a long time since I have owned a WPC game, but wasnt there also a security chip as part of the mpu ?

Yes, the security chip made it so you could not swap cpu boards...
Security chip had to match same game software.

#2394 1 year ago

How do you like your Stern Playboy?

#2395 1 year ago
Quoted from mollyspub:

How do you like your Stern Playboy?

I have all 3 of the playboy games, and the stern is the best player and look'er (close to the bally, but the bally colors suck).
Its a great game. Its odd enough that its great for a collection. the play is different than any other game. its a blast. I love it. I am so bad with the years, but I think its been like 7 since I bought it from greg up in holland. Its the only game I paly upstairs. I like the voice call outs also. For its era I give it a 9 of 10. It would be a perfect route game if not for the title.

#2396 1 year ago

This is a Gnat free, IPB, TAF repro.
Almost every IPB pf is different than the others. Its like sno flakes. no one is alike.
This one had a scrape in the gray on the lower right side, so I painted the whole gray area, about half of the inserts had cracks and many of the triangle and arrow, and lightning inserts needed to be tightened up. IPG screening is pretty sloppy some times. The black screen was clogged up on this one.

I noticed that the pop bumpers wernt drilled, then I noticed the side rails were not either nor the posts that go all the way thru. so it needed 38 holes, not dimples. so keep that in mind when you do a IPB, because, several batches are like this.

I installed the UPC sticker from another TAF pf. I really like this special touch. Personally I would want my game looking stock, and thats the first thing I look for on the pfs.

I have had this pf here for way too long because it was waiting for paint work, and then I got it all done but the fluorescent lines around the round circles by the swamp area. I ordered new paint, and I couldnt get it to look perfect, so I sanded off my work and left it as is. I never got any grief from the owner for it taking too long, and I hope that was because he wasnt in a hurry. Thank you for the patience!

Then the Gnat. stupid bugs.

I am very happy with the results. very happy, this will make for an amazing TAF. BYWI saw one for sale for like 12 grand and it had the original pf, but LED lights.

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#2397 1 year ago

I mentioned this a long time ago when the pf first got here. This is what the black paint looked like all around the pf. I think they did a cut and paste to make the screens.

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#2398 1 year ago

I got a couple more NOS pfs for sale
Houdini 800
Total nuclear annihilation possible proto 675
Wiz of OZ 2011 pre marco pf 700

They will be up on the website in a couple few days
pinballplayfieldskruzman.com

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#2399 1 year ago
Quoted from kruzman:This is a Gnat free, IPB, TAF repro.
Almost every IPB pf is different than the others. Its like sno flakes. no one is alike.
This one had a scrape in the gray on the lower right side, so I painted the whole gray area, about half of the inserts had cracks and many of the triangle and arrow, and lightning inserts needed to be tightened up. IPG screening is pretty sloppy some times. The black screen was clogged up on this one.
I noticed that the pop bumpers wernt drilled, then I noticed the side rails were not either nor the posts that go all the way thru. so it needed 38 holes, not dimples. so keep that in mind when you do a IPB, because, several batches are like this.
I installed the UPC sticker from another TAF pf. I really like this special touch. Personally I would want my game looking stock, and thats the first thing I look for on the pfs.
I have had this pf here for way too long because it was waiting for paint work, and then I got it all done but the fluorescent lines around the round circles by the swamp area. I ordered new paint, and I couldnt get it to look perfect, so I sanded off my work and left it as is. I never got any grief from the owner for it taking too long, and I hope that was because he wasnt in a hurry. Thank you for the patience!
Then the Gnat. stupid bugs.
I am very happy with the results. very happy, this will make for an amazing TAF. BYWI saw one for sale for like 12 grand and it had the original pf, but LED lights.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Looks amazing Ron! I can't wait to get this installed. It'll look better than new

#2400 1 year ago

I am super happy to get a job done, and when it looks like this, I am very super happy.
I have 2 quick silvers in the shop and this is the first one, it is not the one that came with a 9 ball. so if it is yours, write me at [email protected]

I painted the 2 star roll overs that didnt have a key line around them, also added a 3/8 hole under the apron that didnt get drilled in production. drilling holes that big after the clear is done, is tricky, so its best to do them first.

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