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By awarner

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#1 9 years ago
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awarner

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US Cumming, GA

11y 79,550 2,050 19 37

Interesting to see what people's first purchased pinball was. Add your own - mine is below!

Mine was Data East Simpsons and I think I bought it in 1998. I had it for about a year and during that time, got my Doctor Who which played a lot better. I paid around $700 for it at an auction in Mt. Holly , NJ (Superauctions) and sold on eBay for $1200. I remember replacing a plastic and the bumper caps. I also had a few wires that needed re-soldering, but overall it ran well. Shoot the Ramp - Shoot the Ramp! TSPP is a lot better game - I still own that one!

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#2 9 years ago
 
CPB

Max_Badazz

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20y 132K 4,320 21 226 1

Mine was a Williams Indiana Jones back in 1999. Just traded it away last year

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#3 9 years ago
 
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QuarterGrabber

Inactive member

CA Ottawa, ON

10y 73,900 6,723 9 34

Bally Elektra. And it's still my favourite.

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#4 9 years ago
 
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Foo

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12y 77,550 1,350

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#5 9 years ago
 
MPH

jackofdiamonds

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US Brewster, NY

14y 55,650 1,434 10 11

The Machine:Bride of Pinbot

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#6 9 years ago
 
DCK

burningman

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US Vero Beach, FL

11y 86,550 3,218 9

6mdm in 1979. Still working and in my fathers game room

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#7 9 years ago
 
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dmacy

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12y 173K 11,078 1

HS2 and still have it. Rough around the edges but very reliable and plays great.

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#8 9 years ago
 
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MiamiRedSkin

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US Cincinnati, OH

10y 116K 1,855 15 2

Road Show! Still love it!

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#9 9 years ago
 
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pinplayerinva

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US Chesapeake, VA

11y 36,900 508 1

Stellar wars!

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#10 9 years ago
 
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Pdxmonkey

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12y 170K 7,309

Monopoly!

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#11 9 years ago
 
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drscottsmith

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US Duncan, SC

10y 44,400 559 7

Mars Trek - Christmas present when I was 12 years old (1984)...wish I still had it!

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#12 9 years ago
 
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Snurdley

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US Cincinnati, OH

12y 51,800 634 1 121

TMNT, and will never sell!

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#13 9 years ago
 
NDE

Spyderturbo007

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9y 108K 5,648

The same one I have now....Demolition Man.

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#14 9 years ago
 
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rygar

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KP Pyongyang

10y 86,300 709 19

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#15 9 years ago
 
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burningman

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US Vero Beach, FL

11y 86,550 3,218 9

Quoted from Pdxmonkey:

Monopoly!

Dude.........

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#16 9 years ago
 
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Pbgixxer

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11y 64,550 348

Mine was a diamond plated whirlwind that I would love to get back someday .

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#17 9 years ago
 
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thedefog

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10y 93,350 5,673 72

Pin*Bot, first and will be the last to leave if it ever comes down to it.

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#18 9 years ago
 
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jdoz2

Inner Orbit Pinball

11y 132K 2,446 26

WWF Royal Rumble. She was good to me

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#19 9 years ago
 
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KrustyBurger

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12y 81,900 1,014 30

I was a pin-virgin until I 'scored' with Roadshow back in '96!

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#20 9 years ago
 
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hawkeye11

Pinside member

US Arvada, CO

14y 70,900 1,217 16 64

1969 Gottlieb Road Race. Dad brought it home as a gift for my brother and I. Was probably 82 or 83.

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#21 9 years ago
 
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stevevt

The Pinball Co-op

US South Burlington, VT

11y 137K 2,690 1

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#22 9 years ago
 
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kosmo

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BE Eupen

11y 40,900 269 8

Funhouse in 2008, still here but i'll probably sell it soon.

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#23 9 years ago
 
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Taygeta

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12y 86,550 1,188

The Machine: Bride of Pinbot in November 2010. Still waiting on the repro playfield for a full restore

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#24 9 years ago
 
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Cheddar

GoldenStatePin

US Lodi, CA

11y 117K 5,182 17 10

Black Hole September 2012. poor things not getting enough attention now. Might be time to go

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#25 9 years ago
 
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Dayhuff

Pinside member

US Battle Creek, MI

11y 126K 6,358 79 11

Bought my Harlem Globetrotters at a Garage sale, over the phone and site unseen for $200...without even knowing it was a HG game...LOL. That was August 10th 1996 and since then I've owned 557 pins and this game would be the last one to leave.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi.
269-979-3836

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#26 9 years ago
 
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dothedoo

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12y 106K 7,266

Can't remember which one was first, but it would have been one of these. This was back in the mid-80's and I've slept since then.

Xenon
Bally Star Trek
Space Riders
Orbitor 1

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#27 9 years ago
 
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joeraptor2003

PinGraffix

US Valley Stream, NY

12y 100K 1,641 10

BIG GUNS 2002

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#28 9 years ago
 
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woz

Pinside member

14y 77,050 1,866

First game I owned was Jack in the Box - bought it back in 1983. The game was only 10 years old then!

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#29 9 years ago
 
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blondetall

Pinside+ Member

11y 99,300 6,269

Technically my parents owned the Twin Win (that I now have) in their basement for about 15 years, but it sat mostly covered up and never played. The first one that I bought was Jurassic Park, and it will be the last one to ever leave. My original pinball-playing days were spent playing JP and it was the first I sought out, plus I have a whole room decorated around it.

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#30 9 years ago
 
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zaphod

Pinside member

10y 60,300 442 16

The first was a freebie - '72 Grand Slam in pieces and still in the rebuild process many years later now that I finally found a bg. The first complete was a Vulcan, a very solid machine.

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#31 9 years ago
 
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fattrain

Pinside member

15y 118K 5,140

Jurassic Park - 2004

(Plus I defied the odds and it was my "only" game for 5 years)

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#32 9 years ago
 
DJP

Chitownpinball

Pinside member

US Aurora, IL

11y 102K 7,316 5

Super Orbit

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#33 9 years ago
 
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davewtf

Pinside member

US Madison, WI

12y 84,400 9,740 1 114

jokerz! $700 delivered. 2010. yep, i overpaid.

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#34 9 years ago
 
JNS

TecumsehPlissken

Pinside member

US Longwood, FL

9y 115K 2,559 10 103

C.V

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#35 9 years ago
 
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EchoVictor

Pinside member

12y 88,800 1,790 39

Johnny Mnemonic

Bought Xmas of 2011, sold fall of 2013 to a buddy (so I can still go play it!) to fund my RoadShow.

I soooo would have converted it to a Matrix if that project would've had legs....

Later,
EV

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#36 9 years ago
 
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o-din

Pinside+ Addict

11y 158K 58,848

GnR. Still have it.

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#37 9 years ago
 
EZG

EZG

Pinside member

US Lakeville, MN

13y 73,700 211 5 6

The Shadow...still have it, still play it, still love it, still kicks my a**.

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#38 9 years ago
 
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RCA1

Pinside+ Addict

US St Joseph, MI

12y 128K 8,694 29 11

1973 Williams Gulfstream.
Had it in my apartment and rental house during college. Very popular at parties.
It was also awesome, under-appreciated, over-played, beat upon, and generally abused.

Man, I never should have got rid of it.

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#39 9 years ago
 
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DocRotCod

Pinside member

US Edmond, OK

11y 60,150 1,551 2 6 1

Funhouse. Still have it. Not the best condition game but a good players.

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#40 9 years ago
 
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Whysnow

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12y 187K 35,340 30 1

TAF. Still have it. Still my favorite.

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#41 9 years ago
 
LOU

Goner

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US Houston, TX

10y 33,400 59 15

Purchased a Blackout back in '93 for $500. Not a perfect backglass, but very nice. It's never leaving.

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#42 9 years ago
 
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Astropin

Pinside+ Member

11y 125K 8,909

Pinball 1.0 :

Very first game I purchased was F-14 Tomcat in 2000. Paid too much at $600 but I learned a ton. It taught me how to solder and how to read a wiring schematic.....both were entirely foreign to me until then. I completely stripped the playfield and cleaned it up as best I could and fixed what I could. Played great for a while but kept breaking down. It had been stored in an outdoor pole barn for decades.

Game #2 was a NIB LOTR in 2003....lol. Went from one extreme to the next....tired of working on them I guess

Then I fell out of the hobby

Pinball 2.0 :

2012 Sold the F-14 and then two weeks later traded the LOTR for two machines (plus some cash). A very nice Getaway and WCS94.....that kicked me back into the hobby and I've been going strong since. Also discovered "Pinside" at that same time.

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#43 9 years ago
 
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ReallifePin

Inactive member

US Salt Lake City, UT

11y 61,550 716 6 23

A beat up but lovable Quick Draw.

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#44 9 years ago
 
CRS

SilverUnicorn

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US Quakertown, PA

12y 115K 6,710 21

Black Knight - in 1986

Chris

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#45 9 years ago
 
TOM

mot

Inactive member

US Sharpsville, PA

11y 60,650 1,833 5 18

Creature from the Black Lagoon!

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#46 9 years ago
 
NRP

ozno

Pinside member

US Los Angeles, CA

12y 52,650 801 10 25

Twilight Zone was my first home pin. Bought it in 2005.

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#47 9 years ago
 
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jimk71

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11y 31,900 30

In 2006 I was visiting an operator who was close up operations / selling his route. I had already bought about 60 project vids from the warehouses he was clearing out over the last year and was looking for a few more. This visit was a little different then the others; it was probably going to be my last look at what he had left before the sale and my wife decided to come along. Well after looking through what was left, I decided I just didn't have the room to take any of the project cabs he had left so, we walked out to say goodbye.

The op was in the process of loading a couple of pinball machines in the back of his truck. My wife turns to me and says what about those? The op responds before I could and say any “he is my video guy, he is not interested in pinballs”. Few hours later, I drove away with a Big Hurt and a Hook.

I've since sold both machines, I don’t miss Hook; I wouldn't mind playing Big Hurt again.

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#48 9 years ago
 
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krivoap

Pinside member

US Lake Bluff, IL

11y 68,150 398 15 7

Our family bought a 2001 back in the 1970s that eventually became mine, but my first purchase was Dr. Who

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#49 9 years ago
 
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Captain_Kirk

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Unknown

10y 55,400 3,497

This was my first.

Now get off my lawn!

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#50 9 years ago
 
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Liftserv

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