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Decatur, IL
Quoted from Rascal_H:Thank you! I love my books as much as my pins.
Which book opens the bookshelf to the secret dungeon?
A few snaps of my area of joy and wonderment
Down stairs and up stairs
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Down stairs and up stairs
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Great job and nice use of space!!
Quoted from Rascal_H:Thank you! I love my books as much as my pins.
Make a few custom features that only you can do and patent this as a new product... bookstadium lighting. You’ll corner the market for sure!!
Quoted from Roostking:Great job and nice use of space!!
Quoted from Viggin900:Real custom neon lights! Spectacular.
Thank you, it took about 2years to build, the neon is rgb led flex neon, lots of great color combinations!
Ok so I have posted previously but have some updates. Space next to the Star Wars is for my BKSOR LE. I then put up room divider curtains on the unfinished side, wires up some recessed lighting and made myself a little pinball annex off of the main area.
I need to finish up the electrical to move the ceiling outlet and then get to painting the ceiling black. I’ll need to pull all the curtains and games out to paint without ruining anything but I’ll get to that eventually.
Right now I am just flipping!
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Man I need to know more info on the old man slot machine. Never seen that before. Nice Seeburg btw!
Quoted from tatman9999:here is a couple of pics of my game room and theater.
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The steep room, I even envy a little 
I repair myself and it’s garbage.
It’s funny, I was thinking the same thing. I mean this awesome place has it all...pinballs everywhere, cool signs, beer signs, a bowler, girls in bikinis, a great bar, jukebox...
But, Cowboy Slot Machine!? Cowboy. Slot. Machine. Daaaaaaaaaaaammmmmnnn.
I want one.
Many people here confuse a "pinball room" with a game room. If you have 60 pins in your room, it's a pinball room, not a game room.
Game rooms require variety. Arcade games, bowlers, crane games, signs, and so on.
So we can now draw a distinction between the two. Hope this helps.
Bermuda Triangle
Quoted from ramegoom:Many people here confuse a "pinball room" with a game room. If you have 60 pins in your room, it's a pinball room, not a game room.
Game rooms require variety. Arcade games, bowlers, crane games, signs, and so on.
So we can now draw a distinction between the two. Hope this helps.
But pinball is a game?
Didn't know there were requirements to a game room. Honestly, who cares? Love seeing all the game rooms here! Always something cool whether a small collection or big. I'm not really into slot machines but want that cowboy one!
So i did some research on the Cowboy Slot Machines.
Originally designed in the 1940s by Frank Polk. Made 92 of them. Hand carved wood with Mills High-Tops.
1979 Mannie Sanchez made 15 of them. Again hand carved with Mills High-Tops slots in them.
Very rare. The pic is of the ones Sanchez made. I want the devil one!
Quoted from ramegoom:Game rooms require variety. Arcade games, bowlers, crane games, signs, and so on.
So we can now draw a distinction between the two. Hope this helps.
Absolutely. This distinction is very helpful. Thank you.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:So i did some research on the Cowboy Slot Machines.
Originally designed in the 1940s by Frank Polk. Made 92 of them. Hand carved wood with Mills High-Tops.
1979 Mannie Sanchez made 15 of them. Again hand carved with Mills High-Tops slots in them.
Very rare. The pic is of the ones Sanchez made. I want the devil one!
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That’s not a devil, that’s a native American Indian. It’s been 400 years, and people are still confusing this !
Great research by the way, those things are really cool
Quoted from Chosen_S:That’s not a devil, that’s a native American Indian. It’s been 400 years, and people are still confusing this !
Great research by the way, those things are really cool
Lol. I just saw the horns.
Cowboy slots are not as rare as you might think. I've seen many different ones over the years in different places from game rooms to auctions to shows..... Prices probably average less then $2K on certain ones..., it just depends. They are neat though.
John
Quoted from Dayhuff:Cowboy slots are not as rare as you might think. I've seen many different ones over the years in different places from game rooms to auctions to shows..... Prices probably average less then $2K on certain ones..., it just depends. They are neat though.
John
I found a few selling/sold in the $1500 - $2500 range with not much research. There's only 107 total made so rare enough.
Quoted from jorro:But pinball is a game?
Arguably, you can call a pinball machine a game...but you can't call an arcade game a pinball. In fact, you can't call ANY other game room machine a pinball unless it's a pinball machine.
So pinball has its own designation, rightly so, and shouldn't be categorized as a game.
Does any of this make any sense?
While I impatiently wait for my battle pod, I bought one of these today.
Seems pretty cool. I am sure the kids will love it! Lol
Quoted from ramegoom:So pinball has its own designation, rightly so, and shouldn't be categorized as a game.
Pinball is the single greatest GAME ever devised barrrrr none! Every single game played is absolutely unique to the moment, can't say that for arcade games.
Quoted from ramegoom:Arguably, you can call a pinball machine a game...but you can't call an arcade game a pinball. In fact, you can't call ANY other game room machine a pinball unless it's a pinball machine.
So pinball has its own designation, rightly so, and shouldn't be categorized as a game.
Does any of this make any sense?
This thread is among the few that is consistently positive and doesn’t degenerate into semantic nonsense. After 13k posts it doesn’t seem like anyone is in need of rules about what should and shouldn’t be posted here.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:I found a few selling/sold in the $1500 - $2500 range with not much research. There's only 107 total made so rare enough.
Aren't the cheap ones repros? I've seen some with repro Hi Top slots in them....
Grimsby, ON
Well it was a long time coming. And didn't get started on time. Was supposed to be done around Oct 2018. Because I got diagnosed with MS. But it's coming along now. And I'm feeling fantastic.
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Originally designed in the 1940s by Frank Polk. Made 92 of them. Hand carved wood with Mills High-Tops.
1979 Mannie Sanchez made 15 of them. Again hand carved with Mills High-Tops slots in them.
Very rare. The pic is of the ones Sanchez made. I want the devil one!
The picture you posted was used by Bill Harris / Royal Bell LTD as part of their sales effort. Possibly Sanchez carved the originals however Royal Bell sold many more than 15. I purchased my miner from them in 1981. The carving shipped was $1524 and I added my own Mills Jewel Hightop.
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That’s incredible, congratulations!
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Wow sorry about the MS diagnosis and love to see that your game room is coming along finally to bring you some much needed joy. Life is short, glad to see you enjoying it!
Quoted from marioparty34:Where did u get the red Tron neon?
It's awesome!
My wife bought it off some website for Christmas, it was made in China and took 3 months to get here. It looks red in the pic, but it’s orange, I’ll try to find the exact website
Quoted from Chosen_S:Hung up some playfields this evening...
Can anyone name them all?
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Can not name them all but what I see is:
- Earthshaker (love that pin, got rid of it a while ago but I am missing this one)
- Funhouse (got one)
- Space station (got one, but sold it)
- Wizard of Oz
- Bride of pinbot (got one)
- Attack from mars.
6 out of 14. That's bad 
I like all what I see here, just some guys building their dream rooms, with only pins, or arcades or anything, I do not care. Just build those dreams and share it. If you like and love it, that is all that matters. I am always getting great ideas in this thread.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:I found a few selling/sold in the $1500 - $2500 range with not much research. There's only 107 total made so rare enough.
I think I've seen more then that over the years...., there has to be more then one manufacture of them then. 
John
Quoted from PeterG:I like all what I see here, just some guys building their dream rooms, with only pins, or arcades or anything, I do not care. Just build those dreams and share it. If you like and love it, that is all that matters. I am always getting great ideas in this thread.
You're right. That's what this hobby is all about, to feel good and enjoy the journey. Occasionally share it with friends.
For me personally I like a good mix between pins, arcades and goodies to dress up the gameroom. Finish that off with some proper lighting and a place to sit and drink and you've got yourself a winning combo.
Quoted from Dayhuff:I think I've seen more then that over the years...., there has to be more then one manufacture of them then.
John
Yeah must be. Repops I'm going to assume were the ones I was seeing in those price ranges. I guess anything that has value you have to assume someone is trying to fake it.
Quoted from Dayhuff:I think I've seen more then that over the years...., there has to be more then one manufacture of them then.
John
One of the manufacturers that has not been mentioned is Richard DeLong. He passed away last year but produced carvings for 30+ years.
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I want one..
Quoted from toyotaboy:You have video showing the audio replacement on big lebowski shuffle board?
I would also love to see a video of this. I have a Strikemaster and think it would be great to try something like this.
Quoted from OTRChief:One of the manufacturers that has not been mentioned is Richard DeLong. He passed away last year but produced carvings for 30+ years.
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I want the Indian 
Quoted from mollyspub:I want the Indian
I want the knight, and the “1 arm bandit”!
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