LOL! Oh, that made me laugh. By the way, that’s the coin sock.

I like it. Looks like a booth for serving free food at Woodstock ‘79.

Yep, was just kiddin. A lot of those games looked like late 70’s.

Yep, was just kidding’. A lot of those games looked like late 70’s.

“Extreme” coaching sounds too intense for me. Otherwise I’m in. Plus, who doesn’t offer Fritos for that kind of money?

A little Novus 2 and a soft cloth…

Where were they going with an unwrapped, powdercoated EHoH with the legs on anyway?

In 2019 I bought a NIB X-Men Magneto and a NiB Hulk LE for $6k each. Things sure have changed!

I agree that shipping on the legs is generally less secure than heavily wrapped on the back and on a pallet. I’ve shipped them both ways many times, and I’ve twice had the legs arrive bent. What isn’t as obvious is all the strain on the leg brackets and cabinet from the game being slid, dragged or snagged when the game is improperly moved. It’s not that shipping on the legs is always wrong, but I would say it requires care that shippers aren’t always able or willing to provide. Whenever I ship a game on the legs, I’m always relieved when the game appears to arrive safely. A game can get hurt either way, but I agree the heavily-wrapped and on a pallet method feels safer when it’s possible. These are two I’ve shipped recently.

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I would be very concerned about accepting a game with the cabinet split at the corner. I agree. I generally replace those old school little leg brackets that look like a stick of gum with 2 holes in them with the modern version that spans both sides in each corner. Much sturdier I imagine.

Wow that’s bad. I’ve had good luck with supplies from them in the past, they even carry the floating eye in liquid for Demo Man, but that Rudy eye is not even close.

Right flippers are overrated.

Whud you do!? (Tommy Boy)

That Demo Man head reminded me of this ribbon candy my nana used to put out at Xmas 30 years ago. I hadn’t thought of that stuff in decades. Thanks for the memory! Such a sad sight, however.

It looks like the diode at c77 might still be ok.

The frog is good luck.

Chocolate pinballs.

You need a hazmat suit to remove the glass!

Catacomb, or Ratacomb!

I hope it cleans up!

But, why?

I wanna see a pinball machine modified with a kick start.

Just saw this one posted in the Fish Tales thread. This was found in an abandoned house. I love the ceiling mod. Never let the dimensions of your home limit your pinball imagination.

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I generally add this to all my pins.

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Push here repeatedly here. Just to be safe.

Holy moly. I’ve never seen a scoop that large since the gobble hole on South Park. (Credit: Jake )

What I like about this pic is that despite the however many thousands of shots to that scoop that it took to wear away all that wood, this plastic isn’t even cracked.

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Holy crap. 3 weeks of play in a grocery store? That’s crazy. Is Stern using balsa wood to solve supply chain issues? Where are the Cliffys standard on new pins? Stern, JJP, etc., should be contracting with Cliff to design and produce these for all new pins. That’s sad to see.

It just needs leg protectors.

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It’s been 84 years, and I can still hear the chimes and bells on that beautiful game.

Very sad. We had a tree fall on our house in a 2018 wind storm and the damage wasn’t even a small fraction of what you are dealing with. Nobody was hurt, which was the most important thing. Our biggest immediate concern was securing the roof to prevent further water damage. Water can do such tremendous damage. I’m ok sharing this pic, as the house was repaired and the 4 pins directly under the tree somehow avoided harm. I hope you get fair compensation and can restore your home.

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Great photos and awesome job sharing them back then. I had never seen them until now. They really help you appreciate the work and costs that go into making a game like WOZ. I remember how frustrated people were back in 2012-13 waiting on that game. For a first effort, WOZ is an incredible achievement. I bought my first pin in spring, 2016 and it was a WOZ standard, nib with shaker and invisiglass. I knew nothing about pinball, but WOZ looked the most dazzling to me, and it was new, so I figured it would be less upkeep. I never regretted it. I kept that game 4 years, and should have kept it longer.

It’s tough in this market. I hope you find one. I sold mine to a friend pretty cheap in early 2020 before the market started to take off. They go for almost double that much today, especially an EC or Ruby 75th edition.

That’s what happens when fuse prices hit $80 an amp.

I noticed this one too, not sure if it’s an issue or not. Worth looking at.

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Where the rubber meets the road?

My bet is on the old rubber! Go old rubber!

Green weenies! lol. Never heard that before. Hilarious!

A little Novus 16 and no problem!

That’s pretty awesome. Good for that guy!

Makes sense. You need a huge center post on a game as deep and impossibly difficult as LW3.

What happened to her pants

How much for the fish tank

Yikes. I’ve always wanted to try a Qbert’s Quest in good shape. Looks interesting.

That’s funny, my immediate reaction also was this is Stanley Kubrick’s gameroom from 1969.

I noticed the disclaimer about kids too. It’s funny how shady pinball was considered in the early days. Drinkin’, gamblin’, hangin’ out with reprobates and maybe even playin’ pinball! Everyone knows Satan’s testicles are 1-1/16th carbon steel.
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Wow, that corner pocket should be avoided without penicillin. Yikes.

$14.56 is actually not a bad haul for that heap!

I just bought some pinball rule cards from him a few days ago. Tampa and Ft. Myers are both on the gulf, but about 100 miles apart. I used to live in Bonita Springs. They were hit terribly hard. Feels like a lifetime ago, but I enjoyed living in Bonita…a decade before I got into pinball.

And lounging in a giant bowl of orange cushions. Ahhh, the future.

Lol. I only read “overhand ski-ball…” and I was laughing. My kid is 4, and struggles to get the center rings underhand. I dread his creativity with things like that someday. He loves smashing and breaking things and knocking things down. I can see him issuing a 90 mph fastball through a ski-ball machine at age 9. Then I’ll sign him to AAA MLB.

It seems ski-ball is one of those items where the ratio of fun/interest versus space simply doesn’t work. That’s just my guess. The runway is like 6-8 feet right? Seems you’d need just the right narrow hall or nook to make the space worth the sacrifice. Or kids who are obsessed with ski-ball.

Skeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ball.

But it’s the exact same paint I used!

I had a WCS94 with a mushroomed metal plunger tip like that. Couldn’t believe it, he promised HUO too!

I’ll take 2.

Agree. I have a larger, heavy-duty wrench with the correct socket just for removing that nut on the playfield magnets. I’ve replaced a few on Indy Jones 4 and Ripley’s. They can be a bear!

Yes, but the appreciation!

Financially foolish yet able to afford $20k toys are probably called “heirs.”

With those terms, you can’t afford not to buy!

2024 Pinside ad: “HUO TBL, just take over the payments, only 29 months left!”

Yep, my 4-year-old son is super sensitive to anything like that. If the cat pukes and he sees or smells it, he gets sick. Same with poo, yet he still insists on notifying everyone when he’s made a 2. I just don’t know.

The spring on that shooter rod looks rusty.

That’s how games end up neglected in a barn for three decades. “The ball is stuck.”
“Welp, that’s it for that.”

Stern NBA: Mountain Dew edition. Very rare, very valuable. Amazing find!

Wow. A Munsters destroyed and laying on its side. I used to live in Bonita Springs, about 20 mins from there.

That Getaway is going to become faded.

No way!

Forgot to post this here. Happened last month. My GB premium. Heard some weird noise on power up and smelled melting plastic. Yikes. I was able to buy a new board from Stern, and I’ll try to have this OG board restored. I didn’t add any new mods or do anything unusual. It just cooked after about 6 years of no issues. I received and replaced my board, and all is well again. Pretty tame “horror,” but melted chips on a $350 board is at least mildly horrible.

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Agree. Hard to say. My son was playing it and his ball got stuck, the game went into ball search and that’s when it went dark. I powered off, came back later and powered on, heard a weird sound and smelled plastic melting maybe 15-20 seconds later. I saw an image online of another board with the exact chip melted. So maybe these boards have a vulnerability? My new board solved the problem. If it lasts 6 years again and I have to replace it I can live with that.

That’s the best way to do it. Nvram is another option I guess.

Holy moly. What game was that from?

Oh no. So sorry. Any idea what happened?

Doesn’t remind me of Tourist Trap in any way. $2500 for that Hot Shot too, that’s scary. Here’s mine I bought for $700 and sold for $700 about 18 months ago. Everything worked too!

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I’ve had 2 incredibly lucky near-misses with glass. The first was new standard glass off my Monster Bash SE I had just bought. I set the glass on carpet, but propped it too vertical. It was one of those split second things were as soon as I let go of it and turned around I thought “that was too straight up/down, I need to lean it more.” I took one step and felt the breeze as it fell toward me, the top edge of the glass running down the back of my Achilles tendon before it lay flat on the carpet, intact. Nearly 4 years later, I set an Invisiglass on carpet next to a game I was working on, then bumped it and watched it fall away from me. Seemed like slow-motion (wind resistance?) Again, it lay flat on the carpet, no kid or dog toys or almost anything on the floor to break it. So lucky. I shouldn’t attempt the trifecta.

It would have been thematically appropriate to have FIRE burst into flames during gameplay. Each game comes with a glass of water and a Pingulp to have it ready.

A little Novus 2 on a rag.

Wow. That’s a lot of house for under $1m. Unfortunately it was decorated by Stanley Kubrick for The Shinning II. There is something so creepy about certain houses frozen in time.

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The Duracell Moth forms a chrysalis, inside which metamorphosis occurs, from Alkaline caterpillar into a moth with striking copper wings.

Satan’s testicles are carbon steel.

Ah, Police Force. The only pin featuring the word “cocaine” on it. (as far as I know)

Crazy. A light shop job each year with Novus 2, wax, new balls, rubber. Or, just ignore them and hope people don’t mind a little black mold on the pf.

I remember that Lightning Reaction game.

Oh no.

File that one under “needs work.”

Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows

Ok, I’m getting off topic.

And, you bolt the legs directly to the floor, especially keepers. If the left/right pitch is wrong, you should play with one shoe on. Pinball 101.

Send seller a message: “are you high?”

Some mice may have been moving quite a lot in that Mata Hari.

Here’s the artist’s address.

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Yikes, that cabinet looks like it’s mulching itself. Absolutely restorable tho!

I thought that funky game, Future Spa was pretty fun. Decent amount of things to shoot for, and a weird vibe with the art. That’s a wide body, right?
I agree about wide bodies, especially the early SS ones. The super pins of the 90s probably got it right, as much as you can make a good wide body. I have TZ and Indy and neither feels much like a wide body to me. I really like STTNG too. My first pin, WOZ, did feel a bit floaty to some degree, but it’s packed with stuff. The pin that felt so floaty and almost vacant to me was Hobbit. I liked many things about it, especially the code. But it feels too like a wide body to me.

I forgot about Road Show. I am really fond of Road Show, and I had a beautiful example a year or two ago. There are some really fun, unique and satisfying shots in RS. Fun code too. A lot of pinball for the money.

I had a Black Hole too. Indeed an ass kicker. That lower reverse playfield is murder for most players. That game makes multiball truly feel earned. Awesome backbox too.

I remember this Fish “Fails”
It seemed worse to me then, before I had to transport a couple pins on their side (one was Safe Cracker), and dumped a pin on its side bringing it up my front steps. Fortunately, the seller did a superhuman wrap job, with multiple layers of cornerboards and blankets. It wasn’t a violent spill and didn’t suffer a scratch. Never be too proud to accept help. Lol.

Yeesh. That game has enough trouble.

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