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Lovely Lucy 1954 - pretty lovely!

By jodini

9 years ago

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#1 9 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

Picked this one up a couple weeks ago and it turned out nice. It had some of the oddest wiring for freeplay and credits that I pulled out and started from scratch.

The whole cabinet was also was covered with contact paper- wood grain...very pretty! Luckily it all pealed off with a hair dryer nicely. Also the cover to the pinball shooter was cracked up but good old PBR had the parts I needed to get it back to original.

Here's some beginning pics....

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#2 9 years ago

WRD

way2wyrd

History Of Pinball

Fort Worth, TX

13y 116K 4,917 21 12

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cool game obviously made after I love Lucy

--Jeff

#3 9 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

That's the story...
https://morphyauctions.hibid.com/lot/14269193/gottlieb-lovely-lucy-pinball-machine--1954--

#4 9 years ago

GTB

DirtFlipper

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Twin Cities, MN

12y 43,900 6,190 38

You'd think they'd take the ad down someday...

kansascity.craigslist.org link

Looks like a great pick up!

#5 9 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

HA! Looks just like this one!

Really nice folks and it turned out great. Had the typical coils that needed to be replaced (hold, one flipper coil, one of the bells sleeves was bad...so the whole coil needed replaced). I cleaned all the contacts and sockets, replaced most the light bulbs, replaced the resistor that was fried. The biggest problem was getting all the stepper units up and running. Over all, very happy with how it turned out!

Here's some more pics!

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#6 9 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

Here's two videos. I do prologize for the second video but I was trying to get the special lit on the roll over in the middle and then realized that the ball needed to drain!

Here it is in play:

Here we are pushing it thru all the bonuses:

#7 9 years ago

DAN

Rat_Tomago

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Plano, TX

11y 107K 3,491 22

That game gobbles more than a turkey 3 days before thanksgiving.

#8 9 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

HA! Nicely put! It's pretty fun, but can get a little frustrating when the gobble you are going for changes! Gobble, gobble, gobble!

#9 9 years ago

GTB

DirtFlipper

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Twin Cities, MN

12y 43,900 6,190 38

Turned out great. What a nice condition backglass on that one!

#10 9 years ago

DMF

dtown

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10y 76,900 1,292 2 20

Great work!

Gobble, gobble holes suck!

#11 9 years ago

JDB

jimmyb

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Strathroy, ON

13y 44,050 120 3 6

Very nice, I love those old wood-rails!!

#12 9 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

Yes, the backglass was in great condition. I sealed it and retouched a little on the back near the credit reel, but other than that...it's perfect. All the illuminated areas were in great condition, which makes a retouch easy!

You really have to look at these gobble holes as part of the skill of the game. They kind of grow on you when you play it!

#13 9 years ago

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JKnPA

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Pottsville, PA

10y 37,400 648

Now for a little paint work on the front cabinet.........

#14 9 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

I'm going to enjoy it for a while and leave the repaint job to the next owner. Better to enjoy what I have than to "over restore".

#15 9 years ago

TPV

gearheaddropping

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Macomb, MI

12y 67,300 2,042 16 20

Wow, excellent shape.

#16 9 years ago

WEN

jrpinball

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10y 115K 10,722

HEY LUUUUUUCCCCCYYY!!! Nice game. Always liked that one.

#17 9 years ago

PMJ

PM_Jeremy

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Nice! Thanks for sharing.

#18 9 years ago

CJM

EM-PINMAN

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11y 111K 5,311

Cool title!

Ken

#19 9 years ago

WEB

Magic_Mike

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Atlanta, GA

11y 56,550 2,985 20

What a beauty! I can almost smell those Gottlieb wires through my monitor.

#20 9 years ago

Shapeshifter

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13y 150K 10,466 8 144

Very nice.

I do like gobble holes, kind of like watching water going down a plug hole sometimes!

#21 9 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

Well, I had my fun and I'm out of room....again! Pinball Past is going to pick up the game tomorrow, so it will be for sale! Fun game, but wife gave me the, "I thought you said, 'Only five pinballs'!" speech! I told her the pitch n bat and the shooting game didn't count!

1 year later

#22 7 years ago

Shapeshifter

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13y 150K 10,466 8 144

A bump to an old thread.

Lucy has good company now

Thanks Joe - 'I Love Lucy' !

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#23 7 years ago

DDS

presqueisle

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Presque Isle, WI

11y 92,550 1,994 10 18

Wow! Beautiful line up there. I like the info cards above the games. I always wanted to do something like that. Either like yours, or in miniature on the key chain (which I always leave in the door).

#24 7 years ago

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JKnPA

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Pottsville, PA

10y 37,400 648

Quoted from Shapeshifter:
A bump to an old thread.
Lucy has good company now
Thanks Joe - 'I Love Lucy' !

******** Very Nice ***********
Thanks for sharing....

#25 7 years ago

JNC

jodini

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Omaha, NE

10y 59,400 1,013 3

Your welcome! Glad it found a perfect home!

1 week later

#26 7 years ago

WEN

jrpinball

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Quoted from Shapeshifter:
A bump to an old thread.
Lucy has good company now
Thanks Joe - 'I Love Lucy' !

That's a juicy lineup of woodies! Niiiiiiiiiiiicccccccce!!!!

2 years later

#27 5 years ago

Shapeshifter

Pinside member

13y 150K 10,466 8 144

Thread bump!

A whole raft of games have come and gone since buying this game, but not only does Lucy remain, it's one of my favorite games.

Crazy in a way, as it is brutally unfair most of the time.

It's the Iron Man of the 1950's....

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