Quoted from Cheddar:I'll be there this afternoon
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Just got back from CAX. Pre-registered and got in at 10 am. A lot smaller then previous shows but that's to be expected with the pandemic. Here's a couple pics that I took. Didn't take a picture of the hallway which had pins from Pinball Pirate and cocktail arcade tables. Hotel parking is hourly or $30 the whole day. I suggest parking across the street at Casino M8trix, have some drinks and food there and gamble if you're into that.
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San Jose, CA
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:Would love to know what's happening at Cax.
Crowd size, number of games, pics.
Please let us know.
Working or I'd be there.
I was there last night dropping off games. there was a nice line of new pins. I got to play most of them before the power was put down. They were still filling in the upstairs. I would say game total is about 60%-70% of pre pandemic. I dont plan to go back until I have to pickup my games or unless one of my games has a problem. I did put a price on the joust and the gimme a break at the show.
Quick update on the Pin Wagon. I took my first run Saturday morning to pick up a candy cab arcade for a gentleman in Salinas. I've never seen one in person, adorable little arcades. Took me about 4 hours round trip and everyone was happy and I had a lot of fun.
I just received my packing plastic wrap, blankets and straps from Amazon. My little pin wagon is gassed up and ready to rock at a moments notice. Message me and I will send you me number to keep on hand.
Thx for all the kind words of support!
J
Fat J's Pin Wagon
Quoted from Llabnip1972:Quick update on the Pin Wagon. I took my first run Saturday morning to pick up a candy cab arcade for a gentleman I'm Salinas. I've never seen one in person, adorable little arcades. Took me about 4 hours round trip and everyone was happy and I had a lot of fun.
I just received my packing plastic wrap, blankets and straps from Amazon. My little pin wagon is gassed up and ready to rock at a moments notice. Message me and I will send you me number to keep on hand.
Thx for all the kind words of support!
J
Fat J's Pin Wagon
I wish you the best of luck in this! Perhaps someday I can send some business your way.
Just listed this really nice Refinery Edition Metallica Pro Located in Reno…
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Looking for a Willy Wonka. Possible trades include ElviraHOH prem, Stranger Things pro with uv kit side blades and topper, Medieval Madness remake standard with all royal upgrades. PM if interested.
Pin Wagon scheduling update. I will be in the south on Sunday morning 10/24 if anyone needs anything brought back up north for a Sunday evening drop off. May also have room for one more pin going down on 10/23
Also will be traveling north on Saturday the 6th of November empty to pick up an arcade cab in Portland. Let me know if you need anything brought north on that date. Thx for the continuing support
J
Fat J's Pin Wagon
I'm about to put my Black Knight 2000 up for sale. It's at a friend's house, so I'll need to grab some pics. Plays good, playfield looks good, cabinet has some spots that need TLC. I have decals for the head. Currently located in Concord. PM me. I'll list it later in the marketplace once I grab some pictures.
I'm also going to be listing some project machines that I picked up.
Taxi (cab needs some work. was playing nice until last night, when a coil burnt, gotta fix that)
Wipe Out(just started cleaning it up. Needs a shop job)
Blackout (some playfield wear, and one display is missing digit lines. I'll fix that later)
Flipper football( great looking cabinet, great playfield, display is nice, cab is nice, currently rebuilding rear do targets)
PM me if any of that is interesting. All located in Concord right now.
Morning folks. The Pin Wagon will be in the Sacramento area tomorrow 10/26 available for pick ups in the afternoon. Lmk asap if you want to hop on board.
We arrived back home last night after our first trip south. Picked up two pins in the bay area and brought them to the inland empire and then grabbed another pin in the Santa Barbara area on our way back up. Everything went well and I would call the trip a solid success although LA was miserable to drive through. Possiby a small mental anguish surcharge in the future
Some other machines for sale.
Quoted from Llabnip1972:another pin in the Santa Barbara
and I thought I was the only one with Pins here! Feels like it at least! 
The owner reached out to me but it's too far to travel. He advised the machine is really clean. Lane and backglass are excellent. Cabinet has some fade/wear to it. Said it has no coin mech but works. It's in a restaurant but it wasn't making money so he's looking to sale it or trade towards something else that takes up less space.
Figured I'd post it here to see if anyone has any interest.
1959 Bally Monarch Shuffle Bowler in Monterey, CA. monterey.craigslist.org link
Good morning. Fat J's Pin Wagon is finishing its second run to socal this morning. Thanks to some awesome navigation tips from pinsiders, it is going much smoother than last weekend. Thx Bluespin! Picked up a pin in Santa Ana yesterday and have one more stop before heading back up to the bay area. I am scheduled to go up to Portland next week to pick up an item but I'm still empty on the way up. Let me know if you need anything moved north. I may also have room for one item going east on the 80 towards Reno and Utah later this month. Thx for the support.
J
Fat J's Pin Wagon
Quoted from Llabnip1972:Good morning. Fat J's Pin Wagon is finishing its second run to socal this morning. Thanks to some awesome navigation tips from pinsiders, it is going much smoother than last weekend. Thx Bluespin! Picked up a pin in Santa Ana yesterday and have one more stop before heading back up to the bay area. I am scheduled to go up to Portland next week to pick up an item but I'm still empty on the way up. Let me know if you need anything moved north. I may also have room for one item going east on the 80 towards Reno and Utah later this month. Thx for the support.
J
Fat J's Pin Wagon
You are doing God's work buddy!
Quoted from Llabnip1972:Good morning. Fat J's Pin Wagon is finishing its second run to socal this morning. Thanks to some awesome navigation tips from pinsiders, it is going much smoother than last weekend. Thx Bluespin! Picked up a pin in Santa Ana yesterday and have one more stop before heading back up to the bay area. I am scheduled to go up to Portland next week to pick up an item but I'm still empty on the way up. Let me know if you need anything moved north. I may also have room for one item going east on the 80 towards Reno and Utah later this month. Thx for the support.
J
Fat J's Pin Wagon
If you ever get around to making Fat Js Pin
Wagon t-shirts, I’m in.
I like the name, love the cause!
Any recommendations for a service to fix this Triple Strike EM from 75. A friend in Davis has two machines and he wants one working one out of the two. It is working sporadically. Sometimes will play a ball and other times it will get stuck firing solenoids.
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Quoted from NevadaNutJob:I have a friend down in the Bay Area looking to get a Bally Freedom serviced...
Assuming it's an EM version, Chris Kuntz is the best in the bay.
Quoted from AD72:Any recommendations for a service to fix this Triple Strike EM from 75. A friend in Davis has two machines and he wants one working one out of the two. It is working sporadically. Sometimes will play a ball and other times it will get stuck firing solenoids.
Hit up @jethrop. He's in the south bay and does good work.
I am in San Jose and repair EM and newer machines both. PM me if interested in servicing your machine(s).
Quoted from AD72:Any recommendations for a service to fix this Triple Strike EM from 75. A friend in Davis has two machines and he wants one working one out of the two. It is working sporadically. Sometimes will play a ball and other times it will get stuck firing solenoids.
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I’m in Davis. I wouldn’t mind trying to help out a local pinhead. I’ve successfully brought a few EMs back from the dead. I’m no Chris or Jethro, but I’m free for a quick house call.
Just a heads up the flipper John Tennler keeps sending me email responses to some craiglist ad’s I have telling me to take them down or else. He is a total class act. Beware potential buyers his ads are always from Oakland. Hopefully you never do business with him. He claims all his pins are huo but he’s a liar. Been caught way too many times.
Harley D.
Quoted from shovelhed:Just a heads up the flipper John Tennler keeps sending me email responses to some craiglist ad’s I have telling me to take them down or else. He is a total class act. Beware potential buyers his ads are always from Oakland. Hopefully you never do business with him. He claims all his pins are huo but he’s a liar. Been caught way too many times.
Harley D.
Thanks for the heads up.
Quoted from shovelhed:Just a heads up the flipper John Tennler keeps sending me email responses to some craiglist ad’s I have telling me to take them down or else. He is a total class act. Beware potential buyers his ads are always from Oakland. Hopefully you never do business with him. He claims all his pins are huo but he’s a liar. Been caught way too many times.
Harley D.
What are you advertising?
Quoted from shovelhed:Just a heads up the flipper John Tennler keeps sending me email responses to some craiglist ad’s I have telling me to take them down or else. He is a total class act. Beware potential buyers his ads are always from Oakland. Hopefully you never do business with him. He claims all his pins are huo but he’s a liar. Been caught way too many times.
Harley D.
You'll likely need to repost.
His nonsense and lowballs are best ignored.
Epitomizes the term “don’t feed the troll”.
Quoted from shovelhed:John Tennler keeps sending me email responses to some craiglist ad’s I have telling me to take them down or else.
Why exactly is he saying you should take them down?
Dude has been trying to lowball people for years, but this seems over the line. If enough people flagged his for sale posts on craigslist, they could basically shut him down.
Quoted from shovelhed:I have a wanted ad looking to purchase a totan. Ive been sent several emails to “Take your shit down ”. Instead of engaging with this slime ball I figured I would just give folks a heads up about him.
A ha! You have invaded a POS' 'turf!'
Hope you find your game. Ignore him. However if the threats start including physical threats...get the police involved.
Quoted from Vino:If you ever get around to making Fat Js Pin
Wagon t-shirts, I’m in.
I like the name, love the cause!
Thx Brother. I have two ideas for t-shirts. I need to figure out how to make it happen. Does the flipper room help design and print shirts?
J
Fat J's Pin Wagon
Busy making some questionable mods to the Pin Wagon. The plan is to focus more on California over the holidays and the rest of winter til things thaw out a bit. Let me know what you got...
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Quoted from Llabnip1972:Busy making some questionable mods to the Pin Wagon. The plan is to focus more on California over the holidays and the rest of winter til things thaw out a bit. Let me know what you got...
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The rug really brings the van together.
Alot of pics of Star Trek Premium are uploaded to CL
sacramento.craigslist.org link
YouTube vid uploaded as well
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2k
new circuit board, drop targets, plastics, and rubbers. Shopped out. Works great.
Quoted from Llabnip1972:Thx Brother. I have two ideas for t-shirts. I need to figure out how to make it happen. Does the flipper room help design and print shirts?
J
Fat J's Pin Wagon
No, but I have a list of artists I can recommend. Feel free to PM me and we can narrow it down.
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