Varkon and Hercules
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Belleville, MI
I went to pickup a pinball backglass last week and they guy had a fully working and restored Orbitor 1. I had never played one much less seen one. Very unique and very rare.
Predator, Hercules, Pinball Circus, Qbert(which I currently have the #1 highscore listed on pinside, yeah I know, brag)and I have a short video of me playing Krull and getting to the underplayfield for a few seconds. I will try to upload that video short when I get a chance.
Quoted from tmntrule999:Predator, Hercules, Pinball Circus, Qbert(which I currently have the #1 highscore listed on pinside, yeah I know, brag)and I have a short video of me playing Krull and getting to the underplayfield for a few seconds. I will try to upload that video short when I get a chance.
video is probably of my Krull at pinball expo,, hehe
Atari '4X4' which I rescued from a dumpster. Apparently two were made, the white wood and the
one with full graphics which I had. Completed the electronics and got it working. Sat in
my shop for years. Not sure who owns it now.
Steve
Quoted from Tilt:video is probably of my Krull at pinball expo,, hehe
Thanks so much for bringing that out to the public for the playing experience man!!!! That was very nice of you and I had fun playing!!!!!! I was definitely careful as heck playing, no nudging or anything cause I knew the value of it, lol.
3 months later
Full Throttle, Stargate, Hercules, Freddy: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Time Fantasy, Spectrum, Cosmic Gunfight, Orbitor 1, Cosmic Carnival, Alien, Safe Cracker, Barb Wire, Bride of Pinbot 2.0, Phoenix, Scorpion, Duotron, Sky Jump, Quicksilver, Stars, Shaq Attack, Operation: Thunder, Humpty Dumpty, Lady Robin Hood, Spring Break, Big Guns, Grand Lizard, Firepower II, Aladdin's Castle, Fireball II, Night Moves, Alien Poker, Primus, Pabst Can Crusher, etc.
Quoted from zarco:Atari '4X4' which I rescued from a dumpster. Apparently two were made, the white wood and the
one with full graphics which I had. Completed the electronics and got it working. Sat in
my shop for years. Not sure who owns it now.
Steve
its at the vegas pinball museum
it was in the backgriound of a video posted a few days ago
interesting GI lighting effects
Big Lebowski for me. I’m fortunate to have a pinball bar within 15 minutes of my home that gets pretty much every pin. The one I played was one of the 40 Cointaker recently sold. He had it out on the floor, carpet down - $1.00 a game.
Q-Berts quest, Predator, Joust, Kingpin, and a lot more pretty uncommon stuff. MGC really brings out some rare beasts.
I own a Game Plan Global Warfare (Prototype Run of 10 machines). Haven’t been able to play a game yet, as the game was dead on arrival, but we’re getting close!
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Västerås
Safecracker, Alien, Title fight, and Flipper football, which is probably the rarest game I've played. Weird but fun game.
Quoted from KCL:I own one Sega.s.a. Star Wars.
Wow, never heard of that one. Guessing that's the oldest star wars themed pin?
Quoted from hocuslocus:Wow, never heard of that one. Guessing that's the oldest star wars themed pin?
Empire Strikes Back is about 7 years older.
LTG : )
King Kong, Original Kingpin, Original BBB and Ramp Warriors (later rethemed Radical). Chris had a few King Kong’s come in years ago, a collector I dealt with up in Chi-Town had all kinds of rare pins, prototypes and samples.
Quoted from Pinballemporium:Ramp Warriors (later rethemed Radical).
I believe Ramp Warriors was actually re themed into Truck Stop instead
Quoted from TecumsehPlissken:I believe Ramp Warriors was actually re themed into Truck Stop instead
It was.
Ottawa, ON
Quoted from LTG:Empire Strikes Back is about 7 years older.
LTG : )
Okay?! definitely never heard of that one either.
Quoted from hocuslocus:Okay?! definitely never heard of that one either.
Quoted from PinMonk:KingPin
Hercules (I think this is rare?)
Here's hoping a Kingpin producrion run of 250 starts this year.
Yep. Hercules is definitely rare. Run was either 200 or 400. I can't recall from a few years ago when it was mentioned. Apparently several have been parted out over the years.
I’ve played starlight and defender too. I think those are pretty rare.
Does rat race count?
How about Varkon?
Quoted from Blackghost4:I own a Gottlieb Striker. Only 910 made but most of them went to Europe.
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Wow! Are there 4 bottom flippers ... or am I seeing things?
Quoted from crazypinballguy:Wow! Are there 4 bottom flippers ... or am I seeing things?
Yes there is
Quoted from DK:Regretfully Sleic Pinball
1 of 1 made, supposedly.
Hey, Sleic did make IO moon. Also super rare, but much better than Sleic pinball from what I hear. And I heard the bicycle race one is boring as shit too.
Games have different levels of rarity. Games i've played that have production runs less than 100 or less.
Pinball circus
Krull
Laserlord
Io Moon
Miss World
Spooky
Zankor
new Stars Phoenix
Scramble
punchy the clown
roadrunner
going nuts
probably some others I can't remember at the moment. Games that have a production run under 1000, is long.
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Quoted from chad:Not sure who did this pictured one offhand. There is also another Data East Star Wars retheme out there. I think it's the same gentleman who did Medievel Times. [quoted image]
Yes correct but they are remakes with a different playfield layouts.
Because i made them 
Paris
Quoted from noitbe1:How many have you done?
You’ll need a museum at some point.
I made 3, MC, SWDSO, ATOTAN.
And some translites and a 2 cabinets.
DSC_0036 (resized).JPGIMG_20170601_005830~01 (resized).jpgIMG_20200520_231000 (resized).jpgQuoted from PinballManiac40:Yep. Hercules is definitely rare. Run was either 200 or 400. I can't recall from a few years ago when it was mentioned. Apparently several have been parted out over the years.
There was one in the arcade of the Contemporary Hotel at Disney World from probably '79 through the mid-'80s, so every time we'd go I'd want to play it. I've probably played it 20 times but not once since I was old enough to reach both flipper buttons. 
Quoted from VALIS666:There was one in the arcade of the Contemporary Hotel at Disney World from probably '79 through the mid-'80s, so every time we'd go I'd want to play it. I've probably played it 20 times but not once since I was old enough to reach both flipper buttons.
I used to play TC’s Hercules at the Asheville Pinball Museum when I’d deliver machines to him back when they first opened. It has since broken and they haven’t repaired it. I guess they use it more as a conversation piece now
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