Look closer at The Shadow's head and CBW's rails by the buttons. I'd be surprised if these were HUO. Shadow's playfield looks pretty dirty too.

That said, HUO is a subjective term. You can still have thousands of plays on these sitting in that house for 25 years and if no one is cleaning them, they'll get just as beat up as a "routed" pin. All those terms are pretty silly if you ask me. Condition is king whether it sat at a bar and got wiped down/cleaned every week or in a house for 25 years without the glass ever being taken off, ya know?

All their stuff looks brand new. Even their 90's board games and VHS tapes look pretty good. Candyland has seen better days...

....typing drive time to Indiana....

I’ve followed the operator thread! I’d love to operate some day. Going to put one of my games out at an arcade soon!

Just wanted to thank you for doing these EM threads my friend, I wish I had something to add to them. I have gotten pretty good at fixing EM's at this point in my pinball journey but nothing I could honestly distill into a coherent form aside from small bits here and there as issues arise.

Not really a project, but with an asking price of $1100.00 I thought I would go ahead and throw this one up.

It is a Gottlieb Target Alpha. It lives in Iowa. It has been for sale for sale for 20 days. Maybe the seller will make a deal.

Looks fairly clean.

desmoines.craigslist.org link

So the owner is the project.

Or the op

Anybody want a shopped Bally Joust? $300. Cab was painted over black, PF glass has a crack in upper left corner, PF has some planking, BG is good but has some minor flake spots. Game plays, one score reel coil is locking intermittently.

I have new sheets of glass for the framed armor Bally games, so I could include a sheet for another $50. Cheaper than anywhere else. Looking to move it quick to make space. If not, it might have to go into storage.

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I would get it if you weren't so far from me.

#bank-a-ball-gottlieb for sale here in NC.

https://www.estatesales.net/NC/Asheville/28803/2323422

Thanks bluespin

We all wish we were closer…most of the time. Don’t really want to give this one up, but it needs a good amount of work on the cab and I don’t see myself getting to it anytime soon.

When I put games in storage, they commonly sit there for a long time, so I’m trying to avoid it these days and keep them out in the wild.

That's a good deal for a game that flips.

Daditude just buy it and do the Fastenal shipping. By the time I drive (gas) to pick up a game buy lunch or dinner for who rides with me to help I have easily spent a Hondo if not more.

Must have been an Aerosmith, cause you're livin' on the edge!

Geist is where the wellest (sic) of the well-to-do live and play around Indianapolis. I saw a Star Wars from a lady who lived there that was filthy on the playfield, but just from not being cleaned. Once cleaned, the rest of the cabinet and game was like new. She said they got it from a pizza place after it had been there a year back in the 90's. They had owned it since then, but never did maintenance to it. There wasn't much wrong with it, just basic cleaning and such got it back and playing great. I'd bet that the Shadow has "endured" a similar existence.

Pretty sure that is mrbanjo here on Pinside.

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1442221462595840/?ref=browse_tab&search_query=Pinball

1974 gottlieb sky jump wedge head single player EM

100 bucks

Las cruces, NM

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/647379855737788/?ref=browse_tab&search_query=Pinball

Stern Stars
Tulsa, OK
1200

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2292314401008450/?ref=browse_tab&search_query=Pinball

Williams F14 tomcat
Mesquite, TX
1100
Seller: Chad Lester

OP: Players F14 Tomcat. Cabinet has some dings, but not too bad, some wear on playfield. Some LEDs, new rubbers, weak right flipper. Game plays but displays not working. New chrome legs. $1100

Me: This guy is 10 minutes from me. He had it listed for 900 previously. I contacted him within 1 minute of the listing wuth a full offer in cash and immediate pick up (or whenever was convenient for him) and he never responded whatsoever.

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2363166647288391/?ref=browse_tab&search_query=Pinball

Williams 1966 full house pinball.

Tyler, Texas
Seller: Blake Wheeler

OP: Pinball machine is not currently in working condition but could be an easy fix. Asking $400 obo

Me: I asked him what he would take and he said 300 firm. It is still available....

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/714602032326212/?ref=browse_tab&search_query=Pinball

1965 Williams teachers pet
Dallas, TX
Seller: Alex Kerbow

OP: Teachers pet pinball,only 1600 made, plays good, needs glass its cracked and so is backglass.no low ballers, might trade for an arcade, robotron, track and field,sinistar or what ya got.thanks.

Me: He had it listed for 400 obo. I offered 350 cash and pick up that night. He deleted the ad and re-listed asking for more money or trades. When I offered him a more than fair trade, he made it clear he was trying to get something far more valuable in trade. Good luck with this guy.

https://www.estatesales.net/CO/Golden/80401/2322261

1972 gottlieb wild life

They say it "plays like a dream"

Golden, CO

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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1101667980029361/

Wms Toledo
$200
Kasson MN
Seller: Cindy Madery Smith

OP: I believe it’s a 1975 Williams Toledo pin ball machine

ebay.com link: 1979 BALLY CLASSIC STAR TREK PINBALL MACHINE KIRK BONES MCCOY SPOCK

$1800 for a totally hammered Star Trek?

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I’m sure the LED’s added a thousand

I appreciate you sharing it. I have a bead on a "grail" EM, however, so I am going to see how it turns out

I can pick up/hold/attempt to ship if anybody would like it. Note, I have zero shipping experience.

austin.craigslist.org link

OP: Pinball/ Arcade/ EM Rifle
Buckaroo, Central Park, Cross Town, and GiGi.
All really nice and mostly restored.
Make an offer.
MARIO Bros. Arcade $750
Centipede $900 new ball track, panel, all work perfectly.

Me: I like the "make an offer" part

Spin Out and Blue Chip
$100 for the pair, but beware....... from a heat/fire damaged home.
minneapolis.craigslist.org link

I got burned a bit by a local seller that passed me up (though I offered his full asking price and an immediate pickup time almost immediately after his post).

If anyone has a lead on an Olympic hockey, please pm me.

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/427899311144284/?ref=browse_tab&search_query=Pinball
200 bucks
OP: 1968 fair condition does not work will deliver within 100 miles for 50 dollars at corner of hwy 59 and 2208 in Jefferson tex 903 238 5565

Me: the OP is incorrect. This is a 1965 Williams eager beaver EM. Is is also pretty darn rare.

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2210130382429436/?ref=browse_tab

Heather Dawson
Castle Rock, CO

Valley old Chicago and Magnotron

OP: These are two vintage pinball machines. Both work. The Magnatron is from the 1950s. The "hole value" kicker in the middle works 80% of the time, but may need to be replaced for efficiency. The Old Chicago is from the late 1960s and has a humming sounds when it turns on. A cleaning tune up should resolve that. Otherwise they are in great condition and the asking price is $350 each.

I love the smell of projects in the morning

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-tx-sector-7

Someone get this now!!!!!!!!
TX sector
Elkhart, IN

Only 100 bucks

OP: cabinet needs serious repair/replacement, I could not get the key to open up back box
game is complete, playfield , plastics and ramps all very good, game turns on, flippers work, no display

Trade
Listed at $ 100
Open for offers

So, I wonder which it is?

Only off by a decade or two....

Wow! I’m really tempted to buy this but I’ll warn anyone considering buying this:

1. The cabinets of this generation were silk screened. Jeff at pinball pimp won’t make stencils as the silk screened cabinets were too detailed to make a stencil.
2. Steve Young doesn’t have the artwork for this title. I already have a water damaged cabinet and I already inquired. That means that no one can easily make a cabinet decal for this game.
3. These cabinets were made with mdf, compressed sawdust, so any moisture causes them to swell on the edges. You can sand off the swelling, apply fiberglass and paint over the fiberglass.

Or do what I have done, throw the cabinet in the garbage, where MDF belongs, and just make a new one much sturdier and of high quality lumber like they deserve. I’m still working on the whole artwork half of it, and I’ve never tried silk-screened artwork but my best friend makes his own silk screens for t-shirts so perhaps his expertise can transfer over?

I PMed him, and he said he will ship...but I will pass this time around. You should definitely go for it.

It’s turned into a best offer scenario now. Yay.

Man. If it were closer I’d be making an offer for sure. Whomever ends up with this start a rebuild thread!

Yep, looks like it's listed for $1,000 obo/trade now.