I would be curious to see what's underneath the tapes. I wonder if the wires are welded or simply twisted .

Strange indeed : the connected wires, while it was easy to weld them two centimeters away.
I also see an EOS switch, while the coil is a model with a single winding, it must not be the right one

It's a 26-1200 coil. It's normally used for things like slingshots, and bumpers and sometimes hole kickers. It only has one winding where as a flipper coil of that era has two. Not only the wrong coil and it's not connected to an E.O.S. switch, the spring is damaged.
I can't even understand why the person ran new wires to the flipper switch for this. You could have put the wrong coil in without changing the wires. Just don't connect the secondary wire and still go around the E.O.S.

Awesome it comes with a spare EOS switch.

More like Bally Zip-a-DON'T, amirite? HaHA!

ahem, I'll see my way out, excuse me...

that LW3 was worth 400 in parts I would imagine someone will take it.
shame tho

Someone *did* buy it to repair. It was in one of the earlier posts.

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It’s not pinball but, still a ugly site!

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Eh... If that showed up on Craigslist here there'd be a bidding war if it started at $400.

Is that local to you?! If it's all out for free/scrap I'm sure lots of guys could use parts! I'd see if there are ang useful control panels for fighting games! Looks like there are some newish ones like Time Crisis and one of those Tekken tournement machines

This still happens at TNT all the time. They claim stuff sits outside for months and nobody wants it

All they need to do is stick a free stuff sign on the wall, so people know it's free.
I sick stuff at the curb with free sign on it and it's gone within hours.

My favorite story of trying to give something away for free was a 21" CRT monitor. I put it on the curb in front of my house with a sign that said "Works. Free." and the thing sat all weekend. The next weekend, I put it back out with a sign that said "Works. $5" and had someone knock on my door to buy it in 10 min.

They show their free stuff in all their videos. They always say "Look at the stuff being recycled this week!" and lots of people know about it but don't bother going. Eventually some scrapers come and take it

Too funny.

It’s in the South Hills section of Pittsburgh outside of the Rite aid
One of our salesman snapped the pic last Monday. I wish I could have checked on it
But I’m out of storage space

Same, I'd love to go get some of it! I wouldn't travel that far. Anyone in the area interested?

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Yeah, so any comments I could make here would be moderated out of existence. What a waste.

Ugh, I'd love a Trade Winds. If it was local I'd still go look at it hoping for the best, expecting the worst. There might be a decent playfield under grimy mess.

Buff right out!

What is with those Black dots on the backglass? Covering over holes in the backglass artwork?

Those are the light bulbs for the backglass

Ya, really need a better photo. Has the artwork fell off of the glass in 1 large sheet? The bulbs are protruding through some how?? The circles are to perfect. Even above the score reels. Interesting none the less.

OK got it now, the blue has almost totally flaked off.

The backglass is basically a complete loss. It's half gone.

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BG Resto has you covered on a replacement back glass. Did the play field glass protect the play field or make it easy for the mice to hide? Oh, the mystery.

It's in Wilbraham MA if anyone is trying to find the ad.

Good Lord! Is that in an abandoned house? Maybe a Crack-House? Look at the condition of the room. And apparently there's no lighting in there as well.

... nah, not sketch at all.

Yeah, that looks pretty gross. I've arrived at houses in that condition to look at a game, and opted not even to make it through the front door. If someone goes, bring a hazmat suit and some Doc Martens.

Because I am a glutton for punishment, I have inquired on the machine.

I'll take one for the team and report!

I thought it was a barn or shed, rather than a house.

I was thinking house trailer.

That could be.

So it is not in Midland County MI? I still would not take it for free unless I know someone who needed it for plastic parts. Never mind dealing with someone who thinks it is worth $350.

Some pictures from the seller, lots of wear down the middle sections and around the poppers I'm afraid.

Plastics are faded out to some degree too.

Williams puck bowler remnant...I know not a pin, but maybe it can get a participation ribbon

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Follow up on Tradewinds- Asked seller when the last time it was played, got the "no idea, never plugged it in" answer.

Yikes!!!!!

A couple brackets and a couple screws and it will be perfect.

I've gotten that answer quite a few times, gotta love it. As if somebody had something that plugs in and takes up that much space for that long...and never even tried it.

Was working when stored maybe?

Or: the kids used to play it, then it kind of stopped working, and they eventually moved out.

I get that one a lot too.

I'm always dubious when given that answer too.

Translation: "I plugged it in and it doesn't do a damn thing"

Came across this little gem earlier. I don't get a title that says "all salvageable parts removed". I see a ton of wireforms, PF parts, display, lamp boards, etc. that were destroyed for no good reason...even the cabinet. What d-bags, and what a waste. The whole game actually looked easily salvageable to me.

Yup, I still think there was a boatload of usable parts there. Heck, you can't get the curved plastic for the translite anywhere.

The original thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/goodbye-space-jam

I swear I am allergic to stupid people. I love how in the video description it specifically mentions angry comments from pinside lol. I’d have bought the playfield as a wall hanger at least. But I agree I’ve fixed worse looking games

Early morning run to Boston and back to pick up this Royal Guard, sadly its day has come. Cabinet and head are totally shot and the playfield is borderline at best, beyond my skills I think. I'll salvage everything and set it aside, I'm sure there are pinsiders that need parts to keep theirs going. I'm going to clean up the rear door and install on my Domino.

External pieces have a lot of rust, surprisingly darn little inside. Plastics are decent. Backglass could be touched up.

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So someone finally nabbed it. Been eyeing that thing for two weeks, lol

From the photos, I didn't think there was any chance at restoring it. Hopefully the parts can get to folks who can use them.

Royal Guard is a fun game. If complete it's restorable, you just have to ask if it's worth the effort sometimes. A Pinsider not long ago resurrected one without a head.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/head-needed-1968-gottlied-royal-guard

Correct- There was one fairly local on L.I. CL for $400, working and in ok shape.

I'd have way, way, way more than $400 into this one trying to get it back to life. There isn't a stick of cabinet wood that isn't junk. If the playfield was in better shape I would have gone for it and looked for a replacement cabinet.

I was hoping the playfield was better than what it is but it isn't so that was my "red line" in regards to trying to fix it or not.

Like I said, will set everything aside... perhaps one of the playfield artists here on the board will grab the pf and restore it to its former glory for another machine that has one that is far worse. I'm constantly looking for the next project even though I have a few in the queue.. so all the parts will be put to good use.