I've been on a bit of a tear in 2013. I've been fortunate to check off almost all the remaining games on my wishlist by picking up Black Hole, Banzai Run, Gottlieb Jacks Open and finally this Farfalla!

This is my first Zac and it came off a container. It's a bit rough and I am going to do some restoration/conservation on it. I just thought I would post a few of the issues here and see if anyone out there could offer some advice or point me to some parts I need. I am especially curious how to remove the plastics and nuts without causing any damage? Those things are on there pretty tight!

Aside from the cosmetic issues (which I can address) and a few swicthes that need adjustment, here is a list of other deficiencies:

-Sounds are intermittent. They seem loud at times and then drop down low, or not at all. Some sounds play in full and then sometimes I just get a quick blip of the sound and it cuts out.

-It has a couple of chipped flippers and one chipped plastic (the one on the upper playfield). I have spoken to David Gersic and he has the flipper bats, shooter rod and a few other things, but no plastics. If anyone has any leads, that would be greatly appreciated.

-My headphone jack is gone. It's been ripped out and replaced with a mystery red button that is also diconnected. If anyone has a jack, that would be awesome.

-The outer backglass is a bit worn where the neon rubs, but this is hard artwork to fix. it's busy enough that i may just leave it alone. However, anyone with a good backglass they'd like to sell, please let me know.

Here are some pics. foto_3.JPG foto_4.JPG IMG_2595.jpg IMG_2596.jpg

I will look around for this plastic. Any picture ?

Yup, see below. Thanks for trying.

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Sincerely, I doubt it can be easily found in the US - first because that's the european "nude" version, second because it's a really beautiful one - IMO - and thus a keeper. Be patient. I saw one for sale in France over the last 18 months (100 euros !).

Actually, the backglass and the "nude" lady are two separate pieces. She is a molded plastic and it's in fine condition. The backglass is the art that goes around her and it's real glass. Here is a picture from behind. All versions of this game will have the same one.

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Just a little bump.

I'm also curious if there is a Williams equivalent leaf switch that will work on Zaccaria games? A lot of the switches under the rollovers are mangled... pop bumpers too.
They have the smallest diodes I've ever seen on them.

Thanks guys!
Its a great game and I'm not a condition snob. Hell, I'm having fun just playing it as-is. However, I get a real buzz off restoring games and setting little challenges for myself. If I can get something looking and working like new, I will try.

Greg,
Sending you a PM now!
Thank you

Yeah, she's a beauty!
At first I wasn't sure what to make of the theme and art, but it has a groovy, hippy quality and I know how Italians love their pop-art

It's such a fun player for an early ss, that the theme becomes secondary. It would be nice if the sounds were less "robotic", but what can you do? My little girl's gonna love it

Zaccaria also did so many cool things. The "last chance" mini flippers that give you one flip to save a ball from the outlanes are so cool. The clear plastic upper playfield with retractable ramp, and plastics that do not yellow! They were ahead of their time!

Even the transformer is awesome. Just pull out the fuse and rotate it to the desired input voltage.

I just helped a friend of mine score a Robot and Magic Castle off a container from Italy. Should be here in a month. I'm looking forward to playing them.

I can do better than that. I have a windowpane scanner I use for various restoration tasks. I can likely piece together a high res scan of the whole pf if you are patient. My only issue is I have a tiny bit of flipper drag to correct on the flower just above the Shoot Again insert. I'll need a good pic of that first so I can touch it up. The playfield will be clearcoated like all my other projects.