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Show us your old operator decals, etc.

By jrpinball

4 years ago


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    #551 1 year ago

    This is from a Bally Sky Kings I brought back to life. The machine has been in the area for years and the owner in 1987 purchased a full size schematic from Bally-Midway. Envelope is dated April 29th, 1987.

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    #552 1 year ago

    From a recently acquired Gottlieb Bank Shot. I picked the game up in CT so it looks like it may have managed to stay there all these years…until now.
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    #553 1 year ago

    When did folks go from calling it “pin ball” to "pinball"? Would help roughly date the card.

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    #554 1 year ago

    I'm torn between leaving it on or trying to remove it.

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    #555 1 year ago

    It's your machine, so you can do as you like. I vote leave it. Not an absolute, but in general I personally like remnants of when these machines were in the public, including stickers, tags, warnings, licenses and keeping coin mechanisms working.

    Sometimes removing things like that cause difficult to repair damage and uncovers how much fading has occurred over the years.

    #556 1 year ago
    Quoted from Johnnybee:

    It's your machine, so you can do as you like. I vote leave it. Not an absolute, but in general I personally like remnants of when these machines were in the public, including stickers, tags, warnings, licenses and keeping coin mechanisms working.
    Sometimes removing things like that cause difficult to repair damage and uncovers how much fading has occurred over the years.

    True, thanks for your perspective. All my games are players-quality anyways.

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    #557 1 year ago
    Quoted from roffels:

    I'm torn between leaving it on or trying to remove it.

    From the company I worked for 1972 to 1973.

    D.K. Carter was the man's name of the first route they bought when he retired. The Company became Advance Carter Co. They started putting those tags on equipment around 1972 when the accountant Benny came in. To start keeping track of equipment.

    They didn't know where it all was. And service men were running their own routes using the companies equipment and movers. Benny was pretty sharp and got a handle on things.

    LTG : )

    #558 1 year ago

    And that settles that.

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    #559 1 year ago

    Check out this classic. Pre-PBR!

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    #560 1 year ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    Check out this classic. Pre-PBR!
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    That’s awesome! Do you know where that game is? Looks like you took a picture of a screen?

    #561 1 year ago
    Quoted from EJS:

    That’s awesome! Do you know where that game is? Looks like you took a picture of a screen?

    Yes, I had this photo on another device, and snapped a photo from it's screen. I don't know what game it is.

    #562 1 year ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:Check out this classic. Pre-PBR!

    That's definitely a Gottlieb Pop-a-Card..

    #563 1 year ago
    Quoted from Mopar:

    That's definitely a Gottlieb Pop-a-Card..

    How can you possibly determine that unless you own that game?
    I would tend to disagree. If you look very closely, you can see that there's a letter "y" on the scoring card preceding "for each score of...". That would indicate that it's a replay machine, not an add-a-ball.

    #564 1 year ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    How can you possibly determine that unless you own that game?
    I would tend to disagree. If you look very closely, you can see that there's a letter "y" on the scoring card preceding "for each score of...". That would indicate that it's a replay machine, not an add-a-ball.

    Playfield doesn’t match either.

    #565 1 year ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    How can you possibly determine that

    Haha, You can't. Just wanted to get a little reaction going..

    #566 1 year ago
    Quoted from Mopar:

    Haha, You can't. Just wanted to get a little reaction going..

    I'm not sure where I got that picture from. I thought maybe it was your game, and I photographed the card that one time I visited you. I'll see if maybe my brother can shed some light on it.

    #567 1 year ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    I'm not sure where I got that picture from. I thought maybe it was your game, and I photographed the card that one time I visited you. I'll see if maybe my brother can shed some light on it.

    Call Steve on a Monday morning and see if he remembers.

    #568 1 year ago

    Ok. My brother says that card was on a Gottlieb "Quick Draw" that he got from a guy that had a building practically a stone's throw away from PBR!

    #569 1 year ago
    Quoted from EJS:

    Call Steve on a Monday morning and see if he remembers.

    I'm sure Steve had his card in many games that he sold and serviced back then.

    #570 1 year ago

    On the Farfalla.

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    #571 1 year ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    If you look very closely, you can see that there's a letter "y" on the scoring card

    Good catch on the Y!
    Perhaps down the road we can do another trade so a trip would be worth the travel.
    One machine I kinda have an eye out for that isn't terribly rare is a New York, but
    I'm sure there's others that are fairly common that I wouldn't mind checking out..
    There's quite a few additional machines set up now..

    #572 1 year ago

    On my Flip Flop

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    #573 1 year ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    Here's an interesting one.
    Obviously, pre-PBR.

    Here is a better picture and confirming that it is Quick Draw.

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    #574 1 year ago
    Quoted from dstudeba:

    Here is a better picture and confirming that it is Quick Draw.[quoted image]

    How did you get a picture of that game????!!!!

    #575 1 year ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    How did you get a picture of that game????!!!!

    From the link I replied to, post #47 of this thread.

    Everything comes back around.

    #576 1 year ago

    ^^^^^WOW he's good.....lol^^^^^^^^

    #577 1 year ago
    Quoted from dstudeba:

    From the link I replied to, post #47 of this thread.
    Everything comes back around.

    Three years ago. I forgot I posted it back then!

    #578 1 year ago

    local operator from the 60s and 70s

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    #579 11 months ago
    Quoted from aamauzy:

    Jokerz! purchased in central Illinois with a C.A. Robinson from Los Angeles sticker on it. Found an archived article talking about their closure in 2010: https://www.videoamusement.com/news/c-a-robinson-co-closes-after-76-years/
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    Similar one on a 1974 Far Out with the "Modified by" wording that got me curious.
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    #580 11 months ago

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    #581 11 months ago

    How about this one? I asked but the Layton, Utah seller didn't know what it was. Their father bought the game for them to play when they were kids.

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    #582 11 months ago
    Quoted from PinballFever:

    How about this one? I asked but the Layton, Utah seller didn't know what it was. Their father bought the game for them to play when they were kids.
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    I like the color match.

    #583 11 months ago

    This is all I could find on the internet. The business description matches but the phone number doesn't.

    Fayetteville, NC 1961 City Directory

    GENE'S MUSIC SERVICE (Eugene L
    Smith), Seeburg Coin Operated Music
    Systems, Installed on Commission
    Basis, Night and Sunday Service,
    Courteous Juke Box Operators 202
    Circle ct, Tel HEmlock 2-4502
    General Adjustment Bureau Inc Wm T

    #584 11 months ago
    Quoted from dstudeba:

    This is all I could find on the internet. The business description matches but the phone number doesn't.

    I couldn't find anything related to that name and the number is apparently the extension. I'm guessing it was an operator in Layton, Utah back in the 70's or 80's that their dad bought from for their kids.

    #585 11 months ago

    Anyone know if this was a city or state decal? On Fun Park.

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    #586 11 months ago
    Quoted from Knxwledge:

    On my Flip Flop
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    I worked for them. Silco is Steerwell International Leisure Company out of North Bergen, New Jersey.

    Quoted from Pinbee:

    Anyone know if this was a city or state decal? On Fun Park.
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    Wico Corporate "Law".

    #587 11 months ago
    Quoted from Pinbee:

    Anyone know if this was a city or state decal? On Fun Park.
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    I think I still have some of those decals. Dad put them on cigarette machines when I was a kid. 35 years ago, cigarette vending machines were everywhere. Today, I think we’re down to 8-10? And we use snack machines with card readers. $13 for Marlboro and $20 for Elf Bars.

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    #588 11 months ago

    This sticker is on the inside of the glass on my Jacks Open I bought this morning.

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    #589 11 months ago

    This was on the Pro Football. When it stated modified, I believe it.
    I had to wait for the schematics to get it working properly..

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    #590 10 months ago

    Under the Instruction Card on a Swing Along..

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    #591 10 months ago
    Quoted from Mopar:

    Under the Instruction Card on a Swing Along..
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    Weird. Why would they put their decal there???

    #592 10 months ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    Weird. Why would they put their decal there???

    Under the instruction card they wouldn't have to worry about people calling them if they lost a dime or something.

    LTG : )

    #593 10 months ago
    Quoted from jrpinball:

    Weird. Why would they put their decal there???

    Easy for the route operator to identify a stolen machine found in a fencing operation.

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    #594 10 months ago

    Sorry to say this one will get replaced with a Bally sticker

    Any good stories on these guys LTG ?

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    #595 10 months ago
    Quoted from EJS:

    Any good stories on these guys

    Not off hand. There were so many operators back then it would be impossible to know them all.

    LTG : )

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    #596 9 months ago

    Not operator decals; but some permit stickers:

    I picked up a non working firepower in Omaha NE. Grandson was selling it. His grandpa bought it in 1985 or so from an operator and had it ever since. The decals were on the apron and coin door. I removed them but it felt wrong to throw them away, it's cool knowing the history of the machine. So I glued them to card stock and will keep it in the cabinet with the manual.

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    #597 9 months ago

    I went to the Paris Pinball Museum today and took a picture of this…

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    #598 8 months ago
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    #599 8 months ago

    On a Criterium 80

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    #600 7 months ago

    Washington state had liberal gambling laws through the 1960s. From that more rugged era comes this M.J. Stanley decal found on a 1955 Bally Miami Beach bingo pinball machine. Bellevue is a Seattle suburb. M.J. Stanley appears to be long gone.

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