Addams Family, The
Bally, 1992Hi all,
I have conferred this "Addams Pinball" for a Pinball exhibition promotion campaign to a Mall in Hannover.
By A communication error between Agency and Artist , the artist has glued the stuff at my Pin
Now it is severely damaged, the insurance will pay for the restoration.
Through the help of Steve Ritchie, I now get almost all needed parts, but still looking for a good cloud. Can anybody help me to get a nice cloud ?
Comments welcome
Regards
Torsten
eingestrickt.jpgQuoted from pezpunk:Oh my goddd what on earth would possess a person to think that is an ok thing to do??!
Stupidity.
Quoted from roc-noc:Wow! Just wow.
You beat me by 20 seconds, roc-noc. 
Wellarmed said it, is the artist known enough to sell the pin as-is for more than an Addams family would normally sell? I would try to avoid the headache and time of a restoration and just buy another one if you could make any money selling it as-is.
The artist did pick an expensive "canvas" for the work.
Quoted from mg81:Wellarmed said it, is the artist known enough to sell the pin as-is for more than an Addams Family would normally sell? I would try to avoid the headache and time of a restoration and just buy another one if you could make any money selling it as-is.
The artist did pick an expensive "canvas" for the work.
The machine is still my property and not for sale. I got them in 1996 and it "slept" for more than 15 years.
I will and wants to keep alive this machine.
The insurance will pay and the work I do not make myself...but need a cloud...
"Welcome back"
Torsten
They know not what they are doing...I'll teach them
I know everyone has their opinion regarding art --- what they like and what they don't.
In this case, that doesn't look like art to me. It looks like a grade school craft project!
Quoted from Join_The_Cirqus:Here is one
ebay.com link » The Addams Family Cloud Topper With Decals Pinball 03 8643 Clear
Thanks for your help...Rick still searching for a cloud...if he does not find one, I will buy this....
Wow, it came from "Outer Space" 80 Australian Dollars freight .....Insurance must pay.
O think, after finishing rebuilt my Addams, they will hate her 
Quoted from altan:In this case, that doesn't look like art to me. It looks like a grade school craft project!
Exactly. That pinball machine got bedazzled by a hack who didn't realize she was hotglueing puff balls to something collectible. Hope you find a new topper and can repair the damage.
Quoted from wellarmed:If the artist is famous this TAF could now be worth a fortune
Sorry just kidding.
If thats what a famous artist can produce, the art world is even stupider than I thought!
I'm assuming she used some sort of destructive glue like elmers that can't be easily removed? I know not everyone is pinball aware, but even if it was mis-communicated, wouldn't the artist think for a moment "Are we really sure it's ok to glue things to this? This looks like it's in pretty good shape"
The miscommunication is likely that the artist did not know the value of the game and assumed it was a donation. I seriously doubt the artist would have done this to the game if they thought it was valuable.
Sorry this happened! glad you are going to get it restored.
Can we see pics of the damage? I'm having a hard time understanding what kind of damage hot glue can do.
Quoted from MrBally:Dang, I work for a company based in Hannover. Too bad I missed this.
Hi, but don t miss this in Wolfsburg:
http://pacificpinball.org/events/ausgeflippt-exhibit-opens-phaeno-germany
Quoted from fumbleflippers:Can we see pics of the damage? I'm having a hard time understanding what kind of damage hot glue can do.
Hi, here some pics...not in best quality, made under shock, directly when I reached there to pick up my Addams
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036.JPGQuoted from Richthofen:The miscommunication is likely that the artist did not know the value of the game and assumed it was a donation. I seriously doubt the artist would have done this to the game if they thought it was valuable.
Sorry this happened! glad you are going to get it restored.
Thanks a lot Red Baron
I'll make sure to never show this to my Grand- daughter because it looks like something she would do !
Wow! That's a lot of damage!! 
Thanks for the pics and sorry for your inconvenience. Hopefully the mall covers your insurance deductible so you aren't out anything but time.
Horrible.
I've rented out games for exhibitions and photo shoots but never anything that I'd be THAT upset if something like that happened. We are talking no-name EMs and Big Guns.
Beyond the damage, the "art" is atrocious. A crime against pinball as well as the arts!
Oh.......well if it's in the name of art......everything is okay........NOT
Sorry this happened....truly mind blowing
Quoted from JoeJet:Is the "Artist" John Popadiuk?
If there's a bad jpop joke these days, I haven't heard it!
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Horrible.
I've rented out games for exhibitions and photo shoots but never anything that I'd be THAT upset if something like that happened. We are talking no-name EMs and Big Guns.
Beyond the damage, the "art" is atrocious. A crime against pinball as well as the arts!
Hi,
I can not find better words as yours.... for this kind of "art"....
Thanks a lot to "Big Apple", greets from "Beck's" Town
Torsten
This seems like someone's idea of a joke or something. Were children that don't know better doing this? That's vandalism, not art. Maybe it would be a good idea to get a neutral third party to put a dollar value on the damage and loss value. I've done that with a car but not sure about pins.
Did she get permission to do this from the person you loaned this machine to?
If she did, you now have two parties to sue for damages.
Sadly, this is why I've never taken my machines to pinball events.
It boggles the mind how some people don't think before they do things like this. Unless she was specifically told by the organisers she could permanently deface the machine I don't understand how someone thinks it's ok to just glue crap on to it. She could have had the same effect using blu tac or something that wouldn't leave damage!
Quoted from pinmanguy:It boggles the mind how some people don't think before they do things like this. Unless she was specifically told by the organisers she could permanently deface the machine I don't understand how someone thinks it's ok to just glue crap on to it. She could have had the same effect using blu tac or something that wouldn't leave damage!
You would think the moment she put down the glue she would realize that she was destroying the cabinet. I don't see how it is even possible for someone to lack that much common sense.
Probably a liberal arts major with a $100,000 student loan that will never get paid off and will never understand why.
That is so ugly. I can't even classify it as art or artwork.
She probably thought it looked terrific.
toddy65,
What did you say when you first saw that, and found out she glued that stuff on your machine?
I would never have expected something like that to happen to it.
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