That's going to leave a mark.

Chemical. The ball does not travel under the sling shots.

The way the playfield is wrapped in plastic leads me to think this was being done to clean the harness.

A .22 caliber long rife cartridge works well also

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OMFG - A new low.

I would be more impressed if he used his time fixing the credit dot.

He said it took him 7 hours to install Robby the robot but he'll tell you how to do it for $50 because it is 6 wires. Now he has a Robby saying quote from Forbidden Planet in a Twilight zone. And how many other things that have nothing to do with TZ.

The stick on glowing stars are someone a little kid would do. I want to see a video of the day he tries to sell it.

Wrong Hat

No, actually they shoved the game in after the collapse started. They did not want to ruin a good 2x4.

The bucket of water on SF2 is a mod. In case you feel like drowning yourself while playing you can just lean over.

I'm just being funny. Stargate is not one of my favorite games, but after having to play DE Simpsons in a tournament this weekend I dislike it less.

The first picture with Ice Fever, Touchdown and Gold Wings is the worst of that basement bunch. I could not get rid of TD fast enough and actually passed on a free GW because I didn't want to drive an hour each way. The backglass was missing but that actually makes it better.

I'd put SG as #2 with SST as my favorite in that bunch. From those pictures I would say SST has a real good chance of being easily salvageable.

They should put some washers on those sling plastics.

Star Trek does tend to wear up the center like that. But the Alien Poker will clean up just fine.

Yes, those flippers are way off.

Sure, more doorbells than light switches, but you never know what you will find.

You should see the front of my TZ. Not just holes, but someone put a lock that takes those round keys and hooked it up for credits. I guess when they wanted free game you put the key in and turned it back and forth.

Stern Dracula

20 years ago I would have been crying. Id have thrown out furniture just to make room.

Now I realize you just don't put 80 hours of labor and $1,200 of parts for a $400 game.

The stuff I still have like that has been saving other games for years. Mostly sending free parts to a poor soul trying to save another. But you can't save them all and you just get sick of living with piles of crap.

Don't get me wrong. It is a whole new world these days of fixing up games. The reproduction parts due to technology is a game changer. We went from stock, to NOS, to unavailable to now "NEW".

But using the old cargument ideals - What is a price of a car verse the separate parts of a car. Then the price to assemble yourself.

That part of the hobby is a special dedication. And you do not get your money back. I love it, I just don't have the energy anymore. These are the people I consider the true people in the pinball hobby. Even above the players since restoration people are also players. And definitely not the speculation buyers who think for some reason you shell out money for a new game and just because you owned it and did nothing to it, it is worth more.

Operators and Manufacturers are a part of the food chain. Without them the games would not be available for the players. But for them it is a business. A business they care about, but still. If we are talking about this as a hobby and love of the game it goes like this -

Restorers > Players > Operators & Manuf > NIB (only) Buyers

WTF happened? Why it the THING box stuck half open without the hand?

I have a feeling this is not a bar. I t looks like ColorDMD on each side.
I call Shenanigans. This is not on route. Game heads are too close together. MB next to TAF. This is a home.

Added over 7 years ago: Sorry, MM, TAF and SP. MM and SP show color on the DMDs.

I was trying to make a joke that the THING box was what is wrong with the game and ignoring the whole glass thing.

My joke failed miserably

Why do you think it is the special edition? Thing box is red and bookcase is blue.

No offense. But this is a "pinball" thread.

If we go arcade the next thing you know it will be "Cargument" time.

No flipper rubbers and the ground plug cut off. I get it.

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.

And it is plugged in.

WTF? It says "One of a kind, both the sink and the pinball machine work".

Talk about draining a ball.

Put it on the curb and make a CL post for a TAF curb alert. Then spend the day filming the disappointment of everyone racing to get it. See if any later on are out of state.

Just kidding. This will get an Amazon style turd in your driveway.

But the GI lighting is good.

At least on the left half where it is still working (I think I know what shorted)

Less risk of a short using wood over metal.