Alien Poker
Williams, 1980
Atlantis
Bally, 1989
Barracora
Williams, 1981
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Firepower
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Flash
Williams, 1979Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:Not mine:
BK2000 "Tournament Mod"[quoted image]
I've seen one or two BK2Ks on location with a missing wireform like that over the years. No clue if these pins were used in tournaments and never restored back afterwards for whatever reason, or what the deal was.
Quoted from mc300baud:some old pics from the mid-to-late 90's from an operator's farm/dumping ground, i believe on Whidbey Island north of Seattle. a group of collectors went up there and managed to salvage some of the games stored inside the barn and maybe a few of the parts on the cabs outside, but this was before values shot up and what they didn't save was slated for the dump.
i think these pictures came from Jonathan Morrison, who's still active in the area and collects both video games and pins. he and a number of other local guys had a ring of linked personal websites back around 2000, which helped inspire me when i was becoming more serious about collecting and repairing games. i believe i saved these to repost to KLOV once and never got around to deleting; now i'm glad i still have them.
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All these games reminds me of when my friend bought 5 video games that were not working. This was in 1991, after the Pacman craze had past. He was not an operator and knew nothing about fixing anything, let alone a video game.
First, he had shoveled them into an open bay of another friend's auto repair shop. Then he was told they needed to be gone so I was drafted into helping him move them to a 3rd friend's basement. They lived in that basement for at least a year, and perhaps 2 years. And then I got a call one day from this friend asking me to tell Chuck that the Roger's wife wanted them gone.
I have no idea what happened to them but at the time they were not worth anything and you could barely give them away, so they may have wound up with the same fate as these in the pictures you have showed.
Quoted from mc300baud:some old pics from the mid-to-late 90's from an operator's farm/dumping ground, i believe on Whidbey Island north of Seattle. a group of collectors went up there and managed to salvage some of the games stored inside the barn and maybe a few of the parts on the cabs outside, but this was before values shot up and what they didn't save was slated for the dump.
i think these pictures came from Jonathan Morrison, who's still active in the area and collects both video games and pins. he and a number of other local guys had a ring of linked personal websites back around 2000, which helped inspire me when i was becoming more serious about collecting and repairing games. i believe i saved these to repost to KLOV once and never got around to deleting; now i'm glad i still have them.
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We do this with redemption games and cranes now. Just threw out 14 dumpsters worth of machines.
I implored my operator friend to sell them; but I didn’t have space nor did I have any use and he didn’t want to take the time to list them. It was a huge bummer. Next time we empty the warehouse I may try listing them on Pinside but I doubt there will be any interest.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:I may try listing them on Pinside but I doubt there will be any interest.
List them on KLOV as well. Likely more bites there.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:I don't think there's really anything to say besides....genius!
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Why would you do that? Because you got free cinder blocks or what they are called? And cant afford rubber feet?
Quoted from mtn-:Why would you do that? Because you got free cinder blocks or what they are called? And cant afford rubber feet?
Discourages "Death Save" moves which could bang into adjacent machines and damage cabinets / artwork.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:I don't think there's really anything to say besides....genius!
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I think they are missing one on the end lol
Quoted from Williampinball:I think they are missing one on the end lol
Both ends missing! We just hauled a wonka in there, sure hope that pretty blue powdercoating holds up 
Quoted from mtn-:Why would you do that? Because you got free cinder blocks or what they are called? And cant afford rubber feet?
That's a set up so you can tilt the guy playing on the machine next to you.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Both ends missing! We just hauled a wonka in there, sure hope that pretty blue powdercoating holds up
Yes hope so hate too mark the pretty blue
Quoted from Mathazar:Discourages "Death Save" moves which could bang into adjacent machines and damage cabinets / artwork.
Oh the humanity.
The poor Armstrong 1830 cottage tan, vinyl composition tile (VCT)
Who is playing there? Gorillas???
I’m all for a good slap shake save but this is a bit extreme and ridiculous . Mob location??? That’s what it reminds me of.
Quoted from mtn-:Why would you do that? Because you got free cinder blocks or what they are called? And cant afford rubber feet?
They did not have any old cars to sit on top of the blocks.
Quoted from jibmums:Guessing something didn't work right on the upper trough on this BK, so hey, instead of fixing it, let's just block it off completely with duct tape and eliminate multiball.
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Isn't that a real easier fix WTF LOL
Quoted from Williampinball:Isn't that a real easier fix WTF LOL
A real lazier one. I didn't see any apparent problem during disassembly, so who knows what's in store after I get everything back together. I have my duct tape ready just in case.
Quoted from jibmums:A real lazier one. I didn't see any apparent problem during disassembly, so who knows what's in store after I get everything back together. I have my duct tape ready just in case.
Yes a real lazy one for sure please don't use duck tape lol
Quoted from Williampinball:Yes a real lazy one for sure please don't use duck tape lol
Obviously not! He’s just joking, but I’ve seen crazy fixes like that too. On a Sorcerer I picked up the armature was bent and didn’t kick the ball out for multiball, so instead of doing anything properly, the person ripped off the posts completely, didn’t even unscrew them! Tore them right out of the wood!! Game was trashed, a lot of wood filler and hours of work later it’s good as new!
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Obviously not! He’s just joking, but I’ve seen crazy fixes like that too. On a Sorcerer I picked up the armature was bent and didn’t kick the ball out for multiball, so instead of doing anything properly, the person ripped off the posts completely, didn’t even unscrew them! Tore them right out of the wood!! Game was trashed, a lot of wood filler and hours of work later it’s good as new!
Yes I know there is lots of people just don't know at all or just don't care it's too bad
Quoted from Dakine747:Just practicing their soldering skills.....
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Am thinking so lol
Quoted from Dakine747:Just practicing their soldering skills.....
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Whoever did that should invest heavily in fire extinguishers.
So this guy is selling his EBD. I get one very fuzzy picture, but ok...I call him and he tells me it's not working, but was recently serviced, new boards, new rubbers....I ask if there is any paint missing on the playfield, he says a little; "one spot where the ball goes down, and one spot up by a bumper." I drive an hour and a half to find this. WTF?
IMG_8422 (resized).JPGQuoted from JethroP:one spot where the ball goes down, and one spot up by a bumper
He probably heard it as "is there any paint left?" Just think of it as pre sanded for a hardtop.
Quoted from JethroP:So this guy is selling his EBD. I get one very fuzzy picture, but ok...I call him and he tells me it's not working, but was recently serviced, new boards, new rubbers....I ask if there is any paint missing on the playfield, he says a little; "one spot where the ball goes down, and one spot up by a bumper." I drive an hour and a half to find this. WTF?[quoted image]
So did you buy it?
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It would have taken less time to repin!!
Quoted from JethroP:recently serviced, new boards, new rubbers...
Those new rubbers really stand out against the playfield though!
Quoted from matt_adams:So did you buy it?
Yes 
Quoted from rollinover:Yeah lol did you still buy it?
Yes 
Quoted from lifefloat:Those new rubbers really stand out against the playfield though!
Yeah, I pointed out to the guy the rubbers were not new. He insisted they were.
Quoted from DanMarino:If the price were cheap enough
So in the end, the price was right and I needed a project. Now I can't sleep at night thinking about all the work I have ahead of me. Doesn't boot. Blows fuses. Burned components on boards, blown out playfield, mangled coin door. But other than that, it's perfect! 
JethroP it will be a fun project. It's a fun pinball machine and worth the effort. New or spare boards are around and available. That playfield is rough though. I kinda like the idea of you keeping it an original, crusty, rat rod, survivor 8 Ball Deluxe. Do the bare minimum to get it flipping and playing great, but let it look crusty.
Quoted from JethroP:Yeah, I pointed out to the guy the rubbers were not new. He insisted they were.
I had the same thing with a WCS I picked up. Guy bought the game a few years ago and had someone add LEDs and new rubbers. He didn't play it much after that and couldn't understand why the rubbers would need to be replaced since he had barely played it. All were cracked and one had fallen off..
and that WCS rubber replacement is a bit of teardown!
Quoted from cottonm4:I somewhat agree with you. Problem is that borrowing money, interest rates action, etc. are not taught in school. Look at what's going on with all of the online you-can-have-it-now borrowing on the cell phones. The ads are hardsell to all these youngsters who have not been schooled in how debt and astronomical interest rates work.
And the CC companies do not like people like me who pay off at the end of the month. Roll back the clock to the late 80s/early 90s. Not everybody could get a credit card. ,out the time I was finishing college in 1986, the CC companies started setting up booths during the school functions. I don't know what was said to these 18-19 year old kids about getting a credit card, but I imagine it was all sales talk and very little talk about how those interest rates worked.
Take a look at the Patrick Swaze movie Road House that was in the movies in 1989. There is one scene in the Double Deuce bar where someone flashed a credit card and said in a loud voice, " Plastic Gold".
In 1994, I was talking to a guy who worked in a model train hobby shop ( think pinball gets costly?. Try model trains. Anyway, he said the owners were missing sales because they would not accept credit cards as they did not want to pay the credit card bite.
And today? You can buy a Big Mac with a credit card.
If I were in the educational system, home finance and credit card usage would be a required subject needed to graduate high school.
Hit the nail on the head, cotton. It's amazing that fiscal responsibility isn't taught in the public school system. Then people get in trouble and fall prey to the strip mall "Cash Advance" store at 29% interest and start spiraling down the drain.
Quoted from pinzrfun:at 29% interest and start spiraling down the drain.
A few months ago I went to a function at a branch library where one of my state senators was speaking. It was blah blah blah. And then he talked up how he, a Republican, combined forces with a Democrat and brought forth a bill to relieve the retailers, like Walmart of the 5% swipe fees. OK. I get that.
I could not get my question in but I wanted to ask him why he did try and do something for the common man and attack those 29% loan shark rates.
Quoted from cottonm4:I could not get my question in but I wanted to ask him why he did try and do something for the common man and attack those 29% loan shark rates.
Common man isn't donating $20k to his reelection campaign (in exchange for legislation that will save corporations 100x that $20k, or more).
Quoted from JethroP:So this guy is selling his EBD. I get one very fuzzy picture, but ok...I call him and he tells me it's not working, but was recently serviced, new boards, new rubbers....I ask if there is any paint missing on the playfield, he says a little; "one spot where the ball goes down, and one spot up by a bumper." I drive an hour and a half to find this. WTF?[quoted image]
I'd call this one a bar fly 
She hurts the eyes.
Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:I have no words...
That's how any heavily-modded game looks to me!
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I would take all the crap out of there, but leave the x-wing.
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Just need a dinosaur, one of the pac man ghosts and a couple of hot wheels to complete the look.
I have never before in my life seen such over engineering on a pinball machine. This is in the head of a Black Knight 2000. Remember all the upgrades you had to do to keep your system 11 from overheating? The active cooling fans, thermal paste application, and heat sinks? Me neither.
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I count 23 heat sinks and 3 fans... on a BK2000.
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