my house ate my plastics... :( ok, share your lost parts stories...

rant on...

as i've noted in a couple other threads, i'm finally getting my jacks open back together...

got to the point where i'm ready to assemble the playfield, and went to look for the set of plastics i bought from pbr awhile ago...

and they have completely disappeared...

i think my house is haunted and the ghost stole them... i am mightily frustrated, as i know they have to be there somewhere...

fortunately, pbr still has sets available, but it was a 65 dollar hit for another set...

rant off...

has this happened to anyone else? have parts that you cannot find, no matter how hard you look? this aggravates me because i was able to lay my hands on every other part i saved (which is a miracle)...

#2 10 years ago

JMB

Monster_Bash

Pinside member

12y 79,800 2,564 23 17

Had the same thing happen to me on a Crazy Climber control panel. I had a complete kit for the CC put away for years. Everything was there but the CP. I have no idea how you coupld lose something that big

#3 10 years ago

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newmantjn

Pinside member

11y 67,400 1,496 41 9

Just buy them, then put yours on Fleabay if you ever find then again.

#4 10 years ago

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ccotenj

Inactive member

@monster... well, now i don't feel as bad...

@newmantjn... already did... they are on the way...

#5 10 years ago

SBS

o-din

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11y 158K 58,804

The same thing happened to all my money. It all just disappeared!

#6 10 years ago

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ccotenj

Inactive member

^^^

lol... amazing how that happens, huh?

i know where all mine went... wine, women and song... the rest i spent frivolously...

#7 10 years ago

SFC

scasey

Pinside member

San Jose, CA

13y 52,800 473 10 7

Yep, and they usually show up right after you hit the "Confirm" button to buy the replacement set . . and they are usually right in front of you.

#8 10 years ago

TAK

ThatsaKicker

Inactive member

Old Colwyn

10y 41,650 354 1

First pin, first plastic NLA.
Broken so aimed to repair at a later date.
Lost it and went nuts and probably a little bit too upset.

One shows up on ebay a week later by chance

So feel your pain but only for a while.

#9 10 years ago

ALB

alb0711

Pinside member

Denver, CO

11y 40,900 464 8

You'll find them as soon as you stop looking for them!

#10 10 years ago

CBM

spfxted

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Saddle River, NJ

12y 147K 24,661 4 9

Please let us know as soon as you find them. (we need the chuckle)

#11 10 years ago

RPT

Prmailers

Inactive member

High Bridge, NJ

11y 24,150 1,558 19

Happens all the time!

You'll find them when the news ones show up....guaranteed.

#12 10 years ago

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Atomicboy

Inactive member

12y 81,150 7,318

My pinball machines eat my tools. I can't find something one day, 6 months later I open up X machine, there it is.

#13 10 years ago

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ccotenj

Inactive member

@atomicboy... my house eats my tools too in addition to the plastics it consumed... i bet i've dropped at least a dozen flashlights/screwdrivers/etc. inside the walls...

@ted... oh yea, you guys will be the first to know... i'll man up and admit where i hid them from myself when they eventually show up... i can take being the butt of the joke when i deserve it...

thanks for chiming in guys, i feel better now...

plus the new set arrived today (thus ensuring the other ones will be found shortly)... i love pbr... send jimmy an email one day, a box shows up on my front porch the next day... can't beat that...

#14 10 years ago

AAA

Pinballgeek

Inactive member

11y 80,650 2,224

Quoted from o-din:
The same thing happened to all my money. It all just disappeared!

How's your Metallica

#15 10 years ago

Pin-it

Inactive member

Didn't you make fun of me when I stored all my spare parts in my coin box area? Who's laughing now Seriously it will turn up,usually a few Beers gets my mind back on track.

#16 10 years ago

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o-din

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11y 158K 58,804

Quoted from Pinballgeek:
How's your Metallica

Nice! Oh yeah! That's where all the money went. I may have to take it off "Free Play"

#17 10 years ago

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ccotenj

Inactive member

@pin-it...

gee, no, i remember saying what a great idea it was...

i think they went to "the land of misfit pinball parts" and are waiting to be rescued by rudolph...

no doubt they'll show up eventually... and since i was able to get another set, it IS amusing (in retrospect, as i was somewhat less than pleased yesterday)...

i may actually get to play it soon...

#18 10 years ago

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SpOoKyRiDeS

Inactive member

11y 44,150 1,176 8

I've managed to loose an entire portable tool box with my best tools! No da*n kidding! Looked and looked and its just plain gone! We should start a haunted pinball house club!~SpOoKy

#19 10 years ago

Pin-it

Inactive member

OP
Quoted from ccotenj:
gee, no, i remember saying what a great idea it was...

Ok just seeing if your memory is good,apparently mines not.

Hahaha

#20 10 years ago

CBM

spfxted

Pinside member

Saddle River, NJ

12y 147K 24,661 4 9

I've managed to loose an entire portable tool box with my best tools! No da*n kidding! Looked and looked and its just plain gone! We should start a haunted pinball house club!~Spooky

I know where it ALL went! ...and look...I think I see your toolbox!

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#21 10 years ago

CGE

too-many-pins

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Carlisle, PA

11y 97,800 4,485

Several years ago I was restoring a 1972 Dodge Charger and bought all new emblems for it. Car has been sold for about 10 years, we have moved 3 times and I still have never found over $300 worth of parts I bought for that Charger?

#22 10 years ago

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newmantjn

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11y 67,400 1,496 41 9

5-6 years ago I lost my glasses. I looked high and low for them and couldn't find them. Thanksgiving rolled around and I was checking my machines over to make sure they were OK, and my Aquarius wouldn't reset. I opened the hood to discover my glasses sitting on the score motor, with the lens tangled up between a switch stack and the cam, grinding the lens away. I threw out the glasses, but the Aquarius reset.

#23 10 years ago

Pin-it

Inactive member

Quoted from newmantjn:
I opened the hood to discover my glasses sitting on the score motor, with the lens tangled up between a switch stack and the cam, grinding the lens away. I threw out the glasses, but the Aquarius reset.

Cracked me up Lmao!

#24 10 years ago

DAD

jasonsmith

Inactive member

11y 36,150 500

My house just ate 10 boxes of #47 bulbs, my wife swears she had nothing to do with it...

#25 10 years ago

CAD

cottonm4

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Wichita, KS

10y 148K 16,593 10 23

I have four pairs of vise grips. They never appear when I need a pair. And I live by myself.

#26 10 years ago

CCC

ccotenj

Inactive member

Quoted from newmantjn:
5-6 years ago I lost my glasses. I looked high and low for them and couldn't find them. Thanksgiving rolled around and I was checking my machines over to make sure they were OK, and my Aquarius wouldn't reset. I opened the hood to discover my glasses sitting on the score motor, with the lens tangled up between a switch stack and the cam, grinding the lens away. I threw out the glasses, but the Aquarius reset.

Quoted from Pin-it:
Cracked me up Lmao!

lol, me too... i know SOMEONE who might have left a pair of glasses inside the engine bay of a car he was working on and couldn't find them until the fan mangled them...

#27 10 years ago

CCC

ccotenj

Inactive member

Quoted from Pin-it:
Ok just seeing if your memory is good,apparently mines not. Hahaha

nah, methinks your memory is correct...

#28 10 years ago

AAA

Pinballgeek

Inactive member

11y 80,650 2,224

Quoted from o-din:
Nice! Oh yeah! That's where all the money went. I may have to take it off "Free Play"

Is it premium or le

#29 10 years ago

TOD

newmantjn

Pinside member

11y 67,400 1,496 41 9

OP
Quoted from ccotenj:
lol, me too... i know SOMEONE who might have left a pair of glasses inside the engine bay of a car he was working on and couldn't find them until the fan mangled them...

Yep, it's a bitch when your eyes start to see better glasses off than on. (up close)

#30 10 years ago

LEE

cdnpinballer

Pinside member

Ottawa, ON

12y 50,850 662

I tore apart my workshop a couple times looking for my DMM. Been looking for a month and ready to give up and buy a new one. Now since I've torn through and organized my workshop I am 100% sure something else will be lost. Every time I clean up I loose something, might as well just live in squalor.

#31 10 years ago

JBB

Kawydud

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11y 75,050 1,712

Quoted from Monster_Bash:
Had the same thing happen to me on a Crazy Climber control panel. I had a complete kit for the CC put away for years. Everything was there but the CP. I have no idea how you coupld lose something that big

When you are a hoarder things get lost easily.

#32 10 years ago

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lladnip

Inactive member

13y 32,400 972

used to keep every pin coindoor key in each machine and never had a proublem, but i had one that tended to unlock when you played it and the door would swing open every game. iput every machines key on one keychain- then worked on that machine took the key out and set them on the coutch and they fell down in the cushins------ was the longest 4 days of my life untill they turned up!!!

#33 10 years ago

LEB

fflint_18

Inactive member

Marlton, NJ

12y 26,900 704 6

I do electrical work on the side and attics with blown in insulation almost always eat one of my tools.

Drop it and poof, it's mine.

#34 10 years ago

CBM

spfxted

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Saddle River, NJ

12y 147K 24,661 4 9

Every time I see this Thread bumped, I think he found them!

#35 10 years ago

Pin-it

Inactive member

Quoted from spfxted:
Every time I see this Thread bumped, I think he found them!

Test bump ,have yet to be found.
Anyone call for a search party?

#36 10 years ago

SBS

o-din

Pinside+ Addict

11y 158K 58,804

I think I've lost my mind. I'll look for it in the morning.

#37 10 years ago

CCC

ccotenj

Inactive member

Quoted from newmantjn:
Yep, it's a bitch when your eyes start to see better glasses off than on. (up close)

yea, i'm all too familiar with this... even with the bifocals, i gotta take them off to really see up close...

#38 10 years ago

CCC

ccotenj

Inactive member

Quoted from spfxted:
Every time I see this Thread bumped, I think he found them!

lol, not yet... i keep expecting them to show up any minute now since the new set has been installed...

still can't believe i was able to lay my hands on every other part for the machine, right down to the last screw, but can't find an entire bag of plastics...

#39 10 years ago

LEB

fflint_18

Inactive member

Marlton, NJ

12y 26,900 704 6

OP
Quoted from ccotenj:
lol, not yet... i keep expecting them to show up any minute now since the new set has been installed...
still can't believe i was able to lay my hands on every other part for the machine, right down to the last screw, but can't find an entire bag of plastics...

Want some help?

They are probably sitting next to the machine

#40 10 years ago

MJL

conserx

Inactive member

11y 26,900 118 7

Probably 8 years ago now I lost one of the main wire ramps & the small wire ramp that feeds the left inlane on an Indiana Jones. Same house & they still haven't turned up. Had to pay a high sum for a set a replacements.

#41 10 years ago

CCC

ccotenj

Inactive member

Want some help?
They are probably sitting next to the machine

typical jersey wiseguy... i even unscrewed the guts and peeked underneath there to make sure i didn't hide them there...

it's alive...

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#42 10 years ago

MAO

Marc

Inactive member

Granbury, TX

11y 48,650 1,444 12 14

I was cleaning up a few weekends ago and ran across a ColorDMD marked AFM that never got opened. Didn't know I'd lost it but happy I found it. Now I need to put it in something before I loose it again.

#43 10 years ago

BLY

MrBally

Pinside member

Paradise, NV

12y 141K 13,936 22 1

Quoted from Kawydud:
When you are a hoarder things get lost easily.

I resemble that remark!

#44 10 years ago

LEB

fflint_18

Inactive member

Marlton, NJ

12y 26,900 704 6

OP
Quoted from ccotenj:
typical jersey wiseguy... i even unscrewed the guts and peeked underneath there to make sure i didn't hide them there...
it's alive...

The problem with that remark is I'm actually a typical Poconos wise guy.

I only live in NJ.

I don't say wooder when I mean water

1 month later

#45 10 years ago

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ccotenj

Inactive member

WOOT!!!!!!!!

the missing plastics have been found!

they were carefully stashed away in a drawer with "winter clothes"...

i guess this is the pinball gods way of telling me that i need to buy another jacks open...

#46 10 years ago

Pin-it

Inactive member

OP
Quoted from ccotenj:
i need to buy another jacks open...

Here you go!
albany.craigslist.org link

#47 10 years ago

CCC

ccotenj

Inactive member

^^^

i knew I could count on you...

that cabinet is certainly a lot nicer than mine...

4 months later

#48 10 years ago

CCC

ccotenj

Inactive member