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Quoted from kruzman:

Ken white in CA has a nos SPY HUNTER that I perfected and cleared, for sale. He is not going to use it. He also has a stock wade krauss sky jump for sale.
He is a very reasonable guy and his email is
[email protected]
you can contact him for price and info. I am doing this as a favor.

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Do you think it could be done for the kzoo or ohio show? That may be a reason for me to go to the ohio show its been like 4 years.
A beautiful narcissistic dream would be a kruzman section at the kzoo show, with games with my pfs.

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wow, Thanks a million for the heads up. I laid 2 coats last night, but I really said the first set, so I will be able to make the adjustment. I will check out your info, and i cant say thanks enough.!!!!!

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CONCERNING THE CORONA VIRUS:
I dont know how many of my customers follow my thread here, but I wanted to talk about the finance side of my business during this situation. The only thing political I will say is I dont think this is a hoax, or media sensationalism. Many people including my customers are going to get knocked on their asses both physically and financially.
My state got locked down yesterday. I dont have many close friends and I still got texts from 4 people that lost their jobs, just yesterday. One fella works for a local company that laid off over 200 people.
So most of my jobs got here before this epidemic started, and I totally understand if your financial situation has changed. I am pretty easy to talk to, so if I have your pf and you are concerned please write me, and I have no doubt we can figure out something. If you want to try to see the positive, some people just got an opportunity or the time to do a restoration (making lemonade from lemons). I know from experience that occupying your mind and hands with a Project or challenge that is enjoyable, will produce something that when done, you will look at in the future as the most positive thing to come out of the months of this change of life.
I am using my job to keep me from freaking out. I think it is from the times I have lived in big cities like Detroit, L.A, Chicago, London, and NYC, that I became hyper stressed about germs and what not. So lately with this virus, I am getting gray hair.
There is no doubt that when I finish the jobs I have in house right now that my business is going to seriously decline. Perfectly cleared pf's are not really a top priority. So I am going to ask and tell folks that in the future, if you have a job you want to do and payment is an issue, please feel free to communicate with me with what you can offer and what you want to do. Anything is an option. Thankfully I am used to going without discretionary income, and my obligations are only the compound here where I live and work. Its not cheap, but I am used to living on mac and cheese from most of my life. No payment on the 24 year old truck, which doesn't run currently, so I zoom around in a 13 year old KIA (with no payment). So Off the top of my head, there is barter, payment plans, discounts, and any other thing you can think of. Its been about 13 years since I went "full-in" as my full time job and I want to keep at this job, and I will continue to do so as long as I make only enough to pay the morg and lights.
I have never never taken for granted the work people send me, as well as trust. I know what I do cost a lot of money, so I figure I owe a lot of karma out there. So please feel free to be open and talk to me if you want to do something and have limited funds. I really hope that peoples health is minimally effected, and we are able to look back on this nightmare as the time we made lemon-aid from the lemons and had the opportunity to do the best game restoration that you will never sell. Or maybe you do sell because you did a couple games, or you sell to pay me for the pf
I hope I am able to get my point across in this letter, and I hope we all get thru this as unscathed as possible. I know plenty are going to get way screwed, and dont deserve it, but I am going to stay positive while I can.
So KRUZMAN PINBALL PLAYFIELDS will stay open full time until something stops me. Thank you to all of my supporters, and please stay in contact. (I am starting to get compound fever)

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When I saw those pics, I was blown away by how sweet they looked. I could tell it was old chicago, but I was thinking I never noticed how cool they were. I love christiansesn art. So they are not the original? could you share some info on them? who makes them, how much, ect?
I am always doing at least one pf for whitey (ken). He does amazing bally restorations. If I wasnt married to this compound, I would be better off moving back to CA, close to him and several others who do amazing work on the left coast. I have been wanting to get involved in some entire game restorations, and I would rather work with someone as an apprentice, rather than learning lessons the hard way, over 10 years. Someday.

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So I thought this space rider was done and I was polishing it, and I noticed it was not what I wanted, so I cleaned all of the polish out of the holes and sanded and recleared. This is what it looks like before I block sand it going from 600-3000 then polish with different grit compounds, then clean. It looked so good to me I just wanted to take a couple pics. they didnt come out well, and the battery died after 5 shots because its flip phone from 2010-12 I think.
If you dont know this is the alt pf for h. globetrotters. I have alt pfs for this, matta hari, and KISS
This pf actually belongs to tommy "2 knuckles" skinner
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So I posted pics of this pf 2 weeks ago. It was cleared, and i still had to sand it to 3000 and polish it and clean. I got to about 75% done with polish and I didnt like it. it needed more depth in the clear. so i cleaned all of my polish, sanded it down (which is so painful when its good enough for 95% of people) and laid 2 more coats.
waited 2 weeks, sanded it to 3000, polished, cleaned. Now I am glad I did what I did, even if I may have bummed out tommy for taking longer.
We will serve no box of wine before its time.
so more pics. I have not one little thing to complain about on this one.
Maybe if tommy sees this and has a pic of the back glass that goes with it, you could post it here.
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How much do NO fear games sell for now?

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I took some detailed pics of this pf I have for sale so a prospective customer could see the issues (I think this was made in 1981). Anyway, the one I wanted to point out which is hard to see but is a potential deal breaker, is there is a line where the 2 pieces of laminate but up against each other. The laminate is the high grade, paper thin, piece of wood glued to the top of cabinet stock plywood. Its very common, and after 30 or so years it will start to show. Its not a functional problem, just aesthetics.
On this pf look between the 400 and 500 inserts on the bonus counter area. The line is slightly right of center, and its not horrible but its there, and I wanted to point it out to the person asking questions about it.
So I repeat; its not a joint of the plywood, but the laminate. Its not structural, though it needs to be painted.
I will mention, but try not to sound like an ass, but when you buy pfs from someone, who is not goofy for pfs, he is not going to mention this. 50% of people dont know what it is. I get a lot of pfs shipped here to clear and fix up, and when it is one that I have for sale, MOST of the time it comes with a lot of surprises and cost more than the one I have for sale. Sometimes its less, (very rarely) but then it needs a lot of work bringing the price up.
Occasionally its very nice, and cost less than mine, and it bums me out that the seller didnt call me... ha
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If this IS that rare.. maaaan, hold on to it.
Mos Def. I bought it for me. I am in no hurry to sell it. I call my self a collector, others have said hoarder. If I dont stick to my rules about selling the pfs though, who ever buys my foreclosed house will prob get them!

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Either that or DE tommy?

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Yea!! hookers or drugs?

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So I went and supported one well brewery in kalamazoo with tommy skinner. They have about 50 pins. Tommy also have games on route, so he knows all of the newer games. Its been so long since I totally fell for a game. I think metallica was the last one, until godzilla. what a great game.
To me ( person who cant afford todays 8 grand games) all of the new stern games look exactly the same with different titles or bands. Godzilla really looks and plays different, and still has great flow. Then the rules which are imaginative (yes imaginative I haven't used that term describing a game in a long time) fun and deep, seem different also. Lucky for me I was with someone who has played it since he owns one. The display work is better than any other game I have played. there were all of the original monsters I grew up with plus a couple extras I have never seen. I couldn't really hear any sounds or call outs because of being on location, but I did recognize they paid for a Blue oyster cult song. Plus the way I understood it, is you are playing as godzilla, fighting the other monsters, with some allies like mothera. such a cool game.
So I have to start saving every penny, and sell some games and pfs, and get me a godzillia fer sure.

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Quoted from kruzman:

Are you going to make it so you can disconnect your assemblies with a plug rather than having to desoldier them? Life is so much easier to be able to unplug a couple wires and pull off an assembly and work on it at your bench

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Quoted from kruzman:

Who is going to Pin at the zoo this year. I usually go out for tacos after the show at a place by the compound. I am exactly 11 miles to the parking lot of the show.
If you are coming,, are you bringing a game? for sale?
Does anyone have any pfs they want to bring to sell to me? any sisters? ha.

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I have a lot of pfs that I need to get up on the website very soon. But I dont have a MM. They are still available over in germany, as I am sure you know. you may be better off buying it from a dealer in the states incase you get one with issues, I have heard that the customer service is lacking for whatever reason.

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Quoted from kruzman:

I have a Mirco Quicksilver repro that i cleared for a customer, and he since sold the game, so we traded it for other work I did for him, so I have it for sale. Its the one pictured the page before this. its amazing!!!!!

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Some Lizard porn.
This is the first time I have cleared a pf that was not restored. The owner is going for that "Rat-rod" look on a pin. If you dont know what that means, its when someone builds the hell out of a bike or car, making it super fast, but the uglier the better. The clear will make it play super fast and smooth but also show its been loved, and its suppose to look like that
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I have set aside the rails from populated pfs I have bought cheap, and depopulated them. I keep them in a tube in the corner and I just cut them to size when needed. I also use them if I have a twisted/warped pf that will not straighten out, no matter how hard I try.
These are not nearly as nice as the rails that come with the matta hari pf, I am just mentioning a resource, or should I say confirming a mentioned resource
Its very hard for me to throw away used parts, but my shop looks do bad because I have used parts stacked every where. I guess I just have to find the balance.

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8k! I have never been a fan of the "well if someone will pay it..."
ok good to know about dmd games about 4k plus.
Thank you

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I got a letter from mirco and he is in the process of making embryons right now. He said he is very backlogged (like everyone else) and they prob wont be ready till Christmas time.
I think that cool as hell!!! Thats a restored game I would love to own!
Tommy Daane, keep your eyes open for a game for sale in the 4 state area.
I finished 2 jobs this weekend. heading out to photograph them soon as my last cup is done. I cleaned the holes out this morning while watching south park.

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Quoted from kruzman:

with a reported 1870 produced, Dragonfist must have went mostly over-seas, because except pics of yours, I have never seen one. it is a sweet game. I would like to play it. do you have it on route or at home?
Similar to Iron maiden (old stern) and viper (also old stern) most of those titles went over seas.

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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?

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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.

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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!!!!!

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AMAZING WORK!
thanks for posting that tommy. I love his work. the stuff I have seen that you have looks better than anything else. Plus the fact that it ships across the pond with no problems. And if I remember correctly his prices are the same as everyone else or lower, for the best!

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found this under my hickory tree. anyone know what it is?
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