Obscure title I know but this game has great sentimental value to me. It was the first game I bought as a teenager for $30 and it broke my heart to leave it behind when our family moved across the country.
My search for another one ended 2015 when DirtFlipper PM'ed me that one was available 5 1/2 hours away on CL and I eventually did the 11 hour round trip to purchase and bring it back. It was kept in a basement for about 40 years that I don't think was climate controlled so there's a little planking but overall it's good. The backglass has some bad paint loss. The owner turned it on and it reset then I played a game but stopped immediately because the rubbers had fallen apart and the ball would break something. This game was also obviously heavily routed because it had some security metal pieces screwed in and someone'd drilled a hole through the side of the playfield in an effort to win free games.
Then last year I found out about another one available and was able to purchase/have it shipped here because it seems to have been lightly routed then taken care of by the owner for about 40-50 years. The backglass is beautiful and the playfield is better.
The warm weather is here and I've been restoring these two games. The "A" game on the right with the glass is the keeper and the "B" game is the one on the left.
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