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Playmatic, How good are their pinball machines?

By Grayman_EM

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#51 2 years ago
 
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drsfmd

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Quoted from Raff:

The light sockets they used are rubbish .There was 2 light sockets causing the fuse to blow because they were shorting out.
The clear coat they used on the Playfield is good this playfield looks like it just came out of the factory.
The roll over switches are held together by pivot and weaken over time and start to fall apart but it's a easy fix drill the pivots out and replace with screws. I have worked on a fandago and a conquest and they are all great machines to play. I'm after a schematic for this last lap .
Raff

It’s more of a plastic than a clear coat- think early version of a hard top.

If you come across an actual schematic, keep me in mind. I’ve not found a proper one.

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#52 2 years ago
 
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Hyperball91

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You knocked that up pretty quick Raff. Well done. Looks good

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#53 2 years ago
 
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billstats

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Ive had a fiesta , rio ,they played ok ,nice paint on the cab & playfield but were made with chipboard ,if it gets wet it falls to pieces .Its a shame as the artwork & paint were nice. I had problems with the scoremotor/gearbox .On these machine they used a Williams copy .The quality control at the factory was poor as the switch stacks were made of plastic in turn making the scoremotor/gearbox work much harder.i ended up replacing with some spare Williams motors & then selling the machines .

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#54 2 years ago
 
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Shenanigander

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Hey all. I just picked up a playmatic harem and it is in pretty Mint condition overall. Built like a tank. The back glass is plastic so I'm guessing that they were all made of plastic at least the wedge head style ones. Can't wait to restore it and see what it plays like. This is my first playmatic! Forgot to take photos before I put it in storage but I did take some video footage.

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#55 2 years ago
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Grayman_EM

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That Playmatic Harem looks great!

Just wanted to say that a few years ago I saw a pickup truck with plywood and some other boards drop the load on the street as they gave it to much gas. Glad everything worked out and hope to see more purchases go this great for you.

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#56 2 years ago
 
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Tuukka

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Playmatic playfields are very good.
Major problem on their EM games is the relay bank. Very hard to keep clean and adjusted.
On SS Playmatics, usually connector problems. Nothing very bad but you need to learn a little Spanish to read the documentation.

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#57 2 years ago
 
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ibis

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Someone gave me a fully populated Playmatic play field as well as the cabinet play board assembly. Not sure what game but it definitely looks like Williams parts as well as some Gottlieb mixed together.

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#58 2 years ago
 
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Love my Playmatic Conquest. It’s been rock solid for the 4 years I have owned it with the only issues being replacing 2 faulty switches.

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#59 2 years ago
 
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Shenanigander

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Quoted from Grayman_EM:

That Playmatic Harem looks great!
Just wanted to say that a few years ago I saw a pickup truck with plywood and some other boards drop the load on the street as they gave it to much gas. Glad everything worked out and hope to see more purchases go this great for you.

Thanks man. Can't wait to dive into this machine!

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#60 2 years ago
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Grayman_EM

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Quoted from Tuukka:

Nothing very bad but you need to learn a little Spanish to read the documentation.

Just how many languages do you speak? It's funny there were no English or Finnish translations for the documentation.

Quoted from djreddog:

Love my Playmatic Conquest. It’s been rock solid for the 4 years I have owned it with the only issues being replacing 2 faulty switches. [quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

I've seen a couple of these Conquest 200 as it seems to be one that has survived the years. Looks great and just wish I could have played one when they first came out.

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