Punk!
Gottlieb, 1982Son of an itch, this game is stupid hard to find. Has nos backglass, playfield needs some easy touchup, complete though! Cabinet needs some love, some splitting, and headbox is in pieces but all there. Couldnt be happier to land this though, so a big thanks to my pal Kevin.
l will post some pictures and more info later.
Quoted from shacklersrevenge:Son of an itch, this game is stupid hard to find. Has nos backglass, pkayfield needs some easy touchup, complete though! Cabinet needs some love, some splitting, and headbox is in pieces but all there. Couldnt be happier to land this though, so a big thanks to my pal Kevin.
l will post some pictures and more info later.
Congrats James...
Let me know when you're selling! 
Quoted from vid1900:That is one you don't ever see at the shows
Ive never seen one anywhere! Makes you wonder, where could they have all gone??
Quoted from shacklersrevenge:Ive never seen one anywhere! Makes you wonder, where could they have all gone??
Europe my man, Europe....
Quoted from Schusler:Europe my man, Europe....
sooo l hear...if they have too many over there, maybe we can build a raft and...
CONGRATS!!!!!!
Looking forward to pics.
I would be in for a midwest container of some less popular gems. If anyone ever wants to seriously do this, keep me in mind.
Quoted from Schusler:Btw James: Where was your buddy Kevin hiding this whole time?
That's a good secret for now 
Quoted from tomdotcom:Need youtube video, big punkmusic fan here, but never played this title yet...
Promise this is in the works. It needs Youtube justice.
Way to go James! I know you and a few others have been looking for this title for some time now. Like Spirit, they just don't show up for sale much anymore. When I finally get my game room floor done, I'll be getting around to swapping playfields in my Punk. I'd like to bring it to the next PAGG show in 2015, perhaps I should start looking to contact all the Punk owners near me and have a Punk assembly line reunion at the show. It could be fun to do it again and see how many are actually out there. We'll see if time permits. 
Steve
I had a Punk! back in the mid-80's...never made it into my house because it smelled so heavily of smoke. Other than that, it was an incredibly clean game-playfield and reliability-wise. It was probably placed on location in a bar where no one played it. It got much much play in my poolhouse where I kept it. I picked up a companion Rock! a few months later from the same operator. IIRC, I think I paid 100.00 ea. for them, working 100% which is rare for this generation Gottlieb. For what it's worth, though, I liked Rock better. It had more going on on the playfield. Punk is still a keeper, though. Good score!
Pictures added.
So some details. I plan (have to!) have the playfield touched up and cleared. Just too rare not to do this for it. Backglass is NOS. Always makes me nervous to handle something like this because if you bust it, it's game over.
Cabinet needs some serious love due to its back story. Let's just say it was in an auto accident about ten years ago. I'm on it though!
Quoted from tomdotcom:Need youtube video, big punkmusic fan here, but never played this title yet...
You'd be disappointed - game should really have been called "New Romantic" going by the artwork 
Quoted from woz:You'd be disappointed - game should really have been called "New Romantic" going by the artwork
Ya it doesn't look like much of a player, kinda ugly too, but I'd still love to see it flip
Quoted from woz:You'd be disappointed - game should really have been called "New Romantic" going by the artwork
haha, different strokes, different folks guys. I think if you're slamming on the art work, you really don't get the time this was built, and how much this game really personifies the early 1980's. It's a true time machine back to 1982.
As far as the gameplay goes, if you're a fan of System 80 pins you'd feel right at home. 3 ball multiball, and the sounds/music beats are fantastic imho.
Quoted from shacklersrevenge:haha, different strokes, different folks guys. I think if you're slamming on the art work, you really don't get the time this was built, and how much this game really personifies the early 1980's. It's a true Time Machine back to 1982.
As far as the gameplay goes, if you're a fan of System 80 pins you'd feel right at home. 3 ball multiball, and the sounds/music beats are fantastic imho.
Too add on what James said, if you're a fan of drop targets you'll love this game!
I should add I love the artwork for this pin. Kinda reminds me of the Nagel style of artwork
You would see at the barbershops in the '80s.
Got the backbox together yesterday, it was in 5 pieces!! it came out looking great
did some love to the cabinet today, maybe i'll fire it up tomorrow and see what it's doing.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:so does this game play "take on me" when you start it up?
That would be cool.
I have not heard one in more than a decade, but I remember it having a spooky synth track, not a **punk rock** or even **new wave** soundtrack.
I actually got this all up and running yesterday. To my surprise, all playfield parts and switches work!
Sound does not work, so I ordered a refurbed board.
I ended up losing the displays/+5 volts on the power supply, so I ordered a new power supply and sound board power supply. It seemed like a lose connection and bad solder at the pins, reflowed and all seemed okay, but then it crapped out again.
Coming along though. It really does feel like a special/rare piece to have, it's just something I've never seen anywhere before. If I found another, I would buy it based on the above alone.
oh, and by the way...in case anyone is wondering why or how this game was in this conditon, and a NOS backglass....
It was owned by a very well known pinball collector. It was delivered by NAVL, probably ten years ago or so to said collector. The truck was in an accident, and the driver was killed. The Punk! was rescued and an NOS backglass was somehow found (again, guy is very well known and has mad connections).
When I got this, the backbox was in 5 pieces! I took some time last weekend, wood glue and clamps and it came out sturdy and great. Repeated this process for the cabinet, now they're solid again without any shake. I still need to do some cosmetic to the front leg area. My plan is to get the playfield done up.
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