speaking of defender, which would be a prize for sure. I hate the fact that I have, and had to sell so many super rare nos pf's. I am a hoarder at heart, I have no respect for money at all, I just want pf's. Then I have to sell them because it is my job, and I am broke. but I think of some of the beautiful pf's I have had in the last decade. The good thing is they are better off installed, than in my office or bedroom, but if I could have all the games I would have them too. in my sick mind I want all the games and pf's. I am going to mention this to my shrink because I bet this behavior is a result of some formative issue back in my youth. I was the same way with bikes. I had 7 motorcycles at one time, plus 5 cars. all at once. I loved it. Today minimal insurance on the shagon wagon is killing me. where is my stuff?

Back to what matters. My point was going to be that now that pinball is so popular with so many people, compared to 10 years ago, the nos stuff is really getting slim because so much has been installed. Its great that we have repro pf's but what is funny is because of the way they are all sold at once and not kept in stock, even the repros become rare and all get installed, like playboy or firepower.
Of course mirco keeps a stock. So I am just talking crap.

Thanks as always for the support. this week I am building crates. My record is 17 in 2 days. I will take a pic if I can break it.
cheers, kruzman

It says limited time offer, but I just wanted to point out that there is a nos alvin g garage band playfiled on ebay for 2 thousand dollars WITH FREE SHIPPING. so if you have been looking for one of those rarities, you are in luck.

They are hard to sell for 100, I just loved how someone thought they were holding the cards on something that someone needs and cant get any where else like the pharma companies raising the price of my script this year from 32 a pill to 75 a pill, but the joke is that is one of the most plentiful nos pf's available because the game didnt sell. the compant was smart enough to hold back on assembly until they sold what they have,

Radical was durring the time the bally midway was going thru some serious financial and internal strife. I never see nos pf's from that era except the ones gene had that he sold to rick. Remember Gene bought bally williams when they closed their doors, and had stacks of parts and molds and stamps for parts. I bought my light table from gene, which he pulled out of the Bally williams building. He has by far the most knowledge, coolest stories of pinball in its heyday. My favs are since he was friends with christensen (the artist who did wizard, fireball, matta hari, ect) he has many stories about hanging out at the chicago playboy club with him in the loose (drug addled) 70's.
I always thought they should do one of those simthsonian things on gene, where you put a camera and mic in front of him and give him a pot of coffee and let him ramble on. For posterity's sake and an era of pinball I am always trying to recreate.

its the end of an era. the shagon wagon pin retriever, broke down for the last time. 750 for a fuel pump plus tow, cant afford it. pullin the wheels and new tires and signing the title to the tow company.
1998-2017 rip

I dont think its miles that kill these late model cars, I think it is the time. it has only 150 k on it but I think its the 19 years that cause the problems. last year I put 2k in the breakdowns. That thing was worse than a boat.

wow those pics are keepers!. we all know that once you go van you never go back ( except ice cream trucks will serve the same purpose) yes the chicks dont like the shagon wagons but except for pullin, they are so much better and secure that a truck. JD packed 4 games in there once, plus all of the show stuff!! I would have bet 100 for 1 that it couldnt be done.

I am gonna pull the new set of bf goodrich all terrains off it , plus the ford rims they are 225 or 235's with less than 10 k miles and they are warranted for 50 if anyone needs the best suv, light truck tires for 100 bucks.

It a good thing I got a new gottlieb 007 and a who dunnit and a alien poker to keep me happy, because it will take till new year to get the funds together for a 3500$ relacement. I hope to find a full size van, but they are rare with less than 100k so I hope to find a cheap mini with 100 k. Here is a fact that I have discovered. with cars made since 2000, you can get 225k miles easy if you do it in less than 6-8 years, this only had 150k but was a 98, and in the last 2.5 years I easily spent 3300 on it. Plus in michigan we have the 3rd highest insurance in america because of no fault plus unlimited medical benefits. so Liability ins is 750 a year! here is the bigger scam. I live alone. no points. the van is listed as a farm vehicle that gets less than 100 miles a month and I still paid that much for basicly no coverage, plus I have another car. I live alone, I can only crash one car. ins is such a scam.
So there is a couple more days without being able to work arguh!

I am thinking of picking up a FAMILY GUY nos pf if anyone is interested, and a customer has a nice purple I500 for sale NOS. so contact me for info if interested

Similar to that alvin G garage band world tour pf. JD remembers the year, but back in like 2000 someone showed up at expo with a palette of NOS champion pub pf's for 20 bucks each. I have owned about 20 of them. they were not drilled and dimpled. So chances are if you bought a champ pub nos pf, it originally cost 20 bucks at expo, and thats where they are all from, because I havent found one that was dimpled to make a template, and I have been looking for years

The only med that I can think of, that has gone up that much Is the blue vitamin Viagra!
exactly. funny how we both knew that.

and I am guessing you are a pharmacist.

That is something you should take some pics of and send the pics of the damage and general condition to me at
[email protected]

I will let you know what is involved

That reminds me, does anyone have an airborne game to possibly trade or sell? if so contact me on my email.

Many of the newer people to enjoy expo were not there for some really big, fun auctions. This was back before I was in recovery. I woke up with a pool table in the back of the van. it was a valley bar table for 100 bucks, they had about 25 of them. Its still in the studio. The mice have tournaments.
The walls used to be lined with all eras of games for sale. people didnt set up most of them, seems like they sold folded up. It was sweet. I think 07 or 08 was the last auction? I am sure JD know, as well as the hammer prices.
This kind of stuff is why it is fun to get to know the OG's of pinball. dayhuff and gene were the ones I got to hear all of the stories from. The big thing from 2000-2010 was reimporting containers of games from over seas. clay used to get great stuff. I was told that chip wear also did but I didnt know him at the time.
So advice for newer pinheads is identify and get to know a OG (original Gangster), and either buy some drink or flattery never hurts, and you will get to hear stories about operators weighing 5 gal buckets of quarters on the old scale rather than count them, and other crazy stuff. At a show in ohio I was standing in a group of old guys from ohio and the east coast, who Made not only careers, but a lot of money in pinball, and it was awesome to hear them talk. I am not going to mention names because it sounded like a lot of gangster stuff. I dont know how far back the statute of limitations goes back but I and not going to even bother

I have a NOS gottlieb 007 pf to possibly add to the list. It got beat up in shipping, and I need to do some clamping and gluing, but if that is a pf you are interested in, let me know. not really sure on the price until I get in to it. The art is not effected, just the wood.

This is a message for anyone who is going to the 15th anual dayhuff pin party. (could be the last). a fellow pinsider is going to restore a fireball 2 game and he has an non-dimpled nos pf. I have explained the horror of installing one without, and said I would check around for a used one or a nos that is dimpled for me to make a template.
Now dont get me wrong, I am all for restoring any pin. For many it is a rite of passage, and anyone who has done one, knows it has its own feeling of accomplishment. No matter the title, but the guys who restore the games that you cant easily make your investment back on, better the hobby for all of us. he will die or get sick of it some day, and a beauty will be available. so if you have a fireball 2 pf that I can make a dimple pattern from, and bring it to the dayhuff party, I am sure the gods eyes will shine in favor on you.

I usually try to bring a complete cleared pf to jd's party and put it in the office for people to check out, and I am going to try this year. I only have a afm, and sttng that belong to customers, and I may bring one of those 2. If I get the T3 done I may bring that, but I still have to level and polish it. I am about 3 weeks behind because of stupid health, and all I can say is thank god and america for the american health care plan. first time I have ever had insurance in my life, and I would not be able to have the procedure I need to walk with out it. I am not making a political statement, only one of thanks.

Lastly, I am going to bring my new girly to the party, she so has no idea what to expect. last night she went out and bought a new dress, and came home to me laughin. I could have been my usual self and let her get all dressed up.... to hang in jd's basement with sweatty greezy pinheads, checking out her stockings, but I explained the vibe of the party in detail.

Thanks for everyone's support. also the service for the shagon wagon sunday, was a very nice closure. thanks to all who attended and those who sent flowers. I am sorry you all had to see me at my most vulnerable, and breaking down sobbing, but that van... well she saw a lot of action. so a final RIP to her up there and I will se ya soon babe.

Big hug and apology to JD and everyone at the party, My hip was killing me and I had to split. sucked. I didnt even get a chance to see if that fireball pf is dimpled. Jeff rummy did some cool t shirts for the 15th anniversary! good job rummy! Great party as always JD. weather sucked for sure.

I had to take a pic of this one. This is a dimple pattern for the back side of TZ 2 mag. this does not include drilled holes just dimples, and not the front, just the back. The front has a reasonable amount of like 120 dimples and drilled post holes plus side rail and pop bumper countersumk holes

tz dimple (resized).jpg

Thats true it does look like ants. I have to make a dimple with an all, then I mark it with a marker, and count so I dont miss any

I got the phantom dimpled, it was average, and the top was nice because ran in to no problems with the core for the template. Right now the phantom is waiting to finish leveling and then paint inserts or touch up. I reglued all of the inserts (without removing, I just used a home made tool to cover the under side lip in epoxy from behind. once standing up, and then once upside down. the inserts had a little movement to them and if they do that when cleared, that wouldnt be good)
The TZ is the nos that I sold. I think it was 329 dimples on the back. 2 full driver batteries!
Now I have to make a IJ pattern and do that pf.

I apologize to the people who are waiting. crap happens and since it is a one man operation, everything get behind. It happens about every 6 pf's, but sometimes it will be 3 in a row. what happens is for whatever reason. (there are 3 that are the main culpriates) I cant see the flaws in the clear until I do the super insane high polish, on the last or finest compound it has such a shine that is I move the pf around in the light I can find flaws if they are there. If it is one or a couple, I can sand down that area, but some isseus, its better for me to clean the compound from all of the edges and holes and sand the dam thing down and recoat the last 2 coats, then wet sand and polish all day again. This happened over the summer from the humidity, and it happened again on 2 pf;s and one mini. So long story, long. I am behind. News flash!!! I am always behind, so it is really no diffrent than any other day. Just yappin
Thanks for the support.
I now have 26 pf title dimple patterns. I dont think I have ever got to use one twice, which is my only opportunity to make a profit, but I am in it for the long run. When I get to dimple a pf with a pattern that is allready made, whoah boy, I am a rich man! I say this because when I added this service I thought for sure I would be re using the patterns all the time, rollin in the mulah. How many phantom of the opera nos pf's do you think are going to arrive that need to be dimpled in my future? ha

Phantom is one of those games like totan, absolutely beautiful. I lean way toward phantom because the artist slipped in the most sexy art he could and still keep it under the radar. I am sure there are many collectors who cant enjoy this title because they have wives or daughters. I am old enough now to understand not wanting your daughter to think life and success is all about sex appeal. With a wife, I feel very strongly that if you were your self, and let it be known that you were a perv, back then, it wont be a surprise that you like the art on this game.
Of course since we are lucky to live in america, at this point, a religion cant make it illegal to own beautiful games. I watched a comedy special last night, and it was Jeff Ross (the guy who does the roasts) in Brownsville TX on the boarder. Its really good, and it made me feel about as patriotic as I get. It seems to be made for people who feel strongly on the issue of immigration no matter which side.

I dont think of this page of my personal journal, I am getting to making a point of how I am sure there are many places where phantom is not welcome, and the makers had to know that going in. So it goes to reason to assume they were not trying to make the game so homogenized that everyone will like it and no one will be offended. In my opinion that makes for really lame games. The nos pf that I am working on, is going to be installed in a full, high end restoration. Its going to be one of those really rare, beautifully restored games. There is a car collector I know that is in to the stuff that is very rare, like matching number 64 hemi cornet's (I am guessing on that one) but he has a 57 Studebaker super hawk. It came with a supercharged 327. It is insane, I think they made 500.
So like this game when it is done, you could say it is priceless. (even though it would sell if need be)

I will post some pics when complete if the owner agrees

wow!!! I am not sure what to say about those decals. On one side its a kick in the ass to the artist, but on the other side it makes it available to someone who may not be able to have it. I see both sides for sure. wow!
Now I am thinking of decals that go in the other direction.
here is a link to a restored creech I made nude
http://s419.photobucket.com/user/kruzman/library/Nude%20creech%20restored?sort=3&page=1

here is a link to one of the 11 nos and repros I made nude
http://s419.photobucket.com/user/kruzman/library/nude%20creech%204%20of%2012?sort=3&page=1

if your pf was beat, you could just buy a decal and slap it on there. instant titties, or you could make the girl in to betty page or ivanna trump or ivanka. not sure what her name is, the point is you could photoshop anyone's likeness with the new technology.. If I knew how to use a computer rather than tiny paint brushes, I could do some funny stuff

I am going to help a customer out. He didnt ask, and I am not sure if it is for sale still but JD forwarded thsi to me, and this pf came out amazing, and he is selling it for what he has in to it, with the clear and the shipping. Not sure if he is going to inclure the crate or not but take a look

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/nos-ij-playfield-cleared-by-kruzman

I just wanted to say that this pf is a beauty, and I have only seen 3 nos IJ's in about 10 years, and one is a proto that has indy missing a front tooth in the shop right now. its funny. I do not believe that will be remade because of the licence, but I could be wrong. when famous people's likeness is on it, I think they all have to get paid one way or another, plus mr Spielberg. but who knows. then again IJ is one of the 3 best pins made ever in my opinion, so restoring one to the nines would be the way to go, if I were doing it. I dont make a penny on this deal, but I get emails for IJ every week, so heres one

also concerning my Instlation kits for pf's, here is a link to last months thread that has a lot of info about them. I would not install a cleared pf without them. Both kits are $75 bucks for both.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/nosnew-playfields-available-as-of-june-5/page/6#post-4000064

I think it starts on the second page, but it is talked about all thru the thread and there are pics.

absolutely on the KIT. they are not really necessary for non cleared pf's. Actually anything with automotive clear, so that means stock repros like cpr, mirco, the guy who makes f14 and bride, as well as wade krauss. It seemd like his last release was automotive, which is not made to be drilled. the kits I made remove the clear before you drill, then you lick the edges of the clear around the hole down from under the clear with the glue kit!
If a customer didnt have the money after paying for the clear (although both kits are 75 total) I would send them and you can pay me when you get it, they are that important. what was bumming me out is first timers were not getting results to show off my pf;s. one thing I cant do anything about is overtightning things on the clear weather star post of anything that puts pressure down on the clear, can cause a crack line.
if anything that is held with a nut, and it is not a nylon nut , replace it so you dont have to horqu it down. I do final tighten afetr it is all done. so many times you willl have to remove something to install something else.

if you are reading this for the first time and dont know about my instalation kits, I sell 2 kits for a total of 75 bucks. one is a diamond dremmil bit kit of diffrent sizes and shapes I have picked from hundreds to remove the clear just outside the hole you will drill, for screws or posts or whatever. I also send a stone if you gum up the bits. use a dremmil with slow speed. also I include a tool that measures screws and drill bits so you use the exact drill bit and dremmil bit. Then there is a glue kit with a special glue that the pf wood that you expose with the dremmil and your drill bit, will wick around the hole you drilled. it gets rid of the halo that happens often in the clear, as well as locks down the clear really secure around the hole so that 10 years later when you pull the post out and it is tight from swelling up, it will not pull the clear up. I use it on every single hole. this all started with dealing with the pop bumper nail/screw lugs that many people damage the pf installing.

I have and I will install them for people, if you have had a bad experience with them, or I am clearing your pf. without experience, it is super easy to damage the pf with installing them.

starlight sounds familiar, but I cant pic it. I will try to look it up.