I have no friends either!!!! If I could lug a Haunted House out of a persons basement by myself. I'm sure I can load this thing no matter where it's at.

No friends? No deal!

But do you have candy?

Well... I have a truck, but no friends. Also it says for parts only. Is the buyer not allowed to fix this one?

Id say from the caps lock, you don't want to question this seller's stipulations.

Ok, someone here must have gotten this by now. Who got it???
I did two 6 hour road trips in an 18 hour period over the weekend so wasn't driving to PHL. for this.

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Manufacturer: Williams
Game/Type: Comet / SS
Year: June 1985
Production: 8,100
Cost: $500
Location: Winter Haven, FL
Link/Contact: lakeland.craigslist.org link

Condition: OP: "The game does in fact work perfectly. The left flipper sticks but is a simple repair. It needs a stand. If it needs anything it might be a loose wire or two. The game is in great shape and just needs a few young at heart to play."

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Manufacturer: Bally
Game/Type: X's & O's / SS
Year: February 1984
Production: 3,300
Cost: $650
Location: Burien (Seattle), WA
Link/Contact: seattle.craigslist.org link

Condition: OP: "works 100% has new allteck board rebuilt power supply this game was on location at sure shot plays great first 650 gets it new allteck board was 230 dollars with this board you can use it on over 80 bally pinball games"

WTH does that mean? No legs?

Don't worry about it. The game works perfectly.

That's what they said about my friend's Space Shuttle...

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That's clearly the "longer and more serviceable wires" upgrade that Williams recommended in a service bulletin. I would think you'd have to pay a premium for that.

1978 Bally Playboy $3200
kansascity.craigslist.org link
"This pinball has just been tuned with a new Alltek board installed, now game reset automatically. Back glass and playing field glass are perfect. Playing field has some ware (not much), and the right side is a little faded from sun. The game works great."

A little faded???

Gotta love a perfect playing field glass! Those are hard to come by.

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Manufacturer: Bally
Game/Type: Paragon / SS
Year: June 1979
Production: 9,120
Cost: $800 Firm
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Link/Contact: phoenix.craigslist.org link

Condition: OP: "Playfield has some wear around light inserts, very usable. Own a classic for a decent price. Does need some work. Powers up, needs rubber kit, wax, displays need attention but all come on."

Love this thread and hate it... just makes me want to buy machines every day!

FUUUUUU... it's just down the road from me... damit!

UPDATE... it's already gone. I tried!

wow...

Taking everything I have to not txt the dude... i mean it's almost 11:30 PM so i don't want to txt and wake the guy up

I might drive down and get that Jungle Lord and Silverball, waiting for him to send me a few better pictures before i make that trek.

That thing is rad

I'd jump on this if it were closer.

kansascity.craigslist.org link

Fully working Flash (not Gordon as stated...) for $700

I got a ton of extra pics from the guy on these, if anyone is interested let me know.. i'm still debating.. definitely interested in the Silverball, but not sure i care about the JL at all...

**Sold for $910.00**
Manufacturer: Bally
Game/Type: Atlantis / SS
Year: April 1989
Production: 1,501
Cost: Starting Bid: $700 Ends October 30th 10:50 AM PST
Location: Dalton, PA
Link/Contact: ebay.com link: PINBALL MACHINE

Condition: OP: "JUST SHOPPED OUT. WORKS GREAT HAS NEW NOS CPU BOARD..200.00..NEW RUBBERS, BLUBS. PLAYFIELD WAXED.. COSMETEC FAIR TOO GOOD SEE PIC,, MECHCANIAL XCELLENT FOR AGE.. SOUNDS GREAT..NO ISSUSES..HAS COIN MECHS.. ALSO HAVE HANDBOOK."

I played that one a few weeks ago, liked it.

He txt'd me this morning saying they are sold, someone got a deal!

I've seen puck ones all over the place.

The ball bowlers seem to command a decent price though.

Agree, typically you can find the puck bowlers for well under 1k. Not certain on this particular one but again, if you want one, you can get them for under a grand!

A guy in my town has a crapload of the ball bowlers...all need work but he will let you pick one out and then totally shop it and make it beautiful and working for something like 2800 to 4000 depending on the machine.

Pricey, loud and big....just like my 1st wife!

I have never seen a ball bowler that wasn't an EM also.

Most shuffle alleys are certainly not worth that much unless you find them on a retail showroom floor. There are at least 1 or 2 titles that Williams made at the very end that are based on the WPC DMD system so they are worth more than average because of the value of the boards inside. But many EM And SS shuffle alleys sell in the $150 to $300 range while some are simply free since people want them out of the basement from the home they just purchased. Even at California Auctions, a working SS shuffle won't demand much more than $450 to $600.

There were certainly some Electronic Ball bowlers but they were actually conversions. Big Ball Bowlers earned well in the past and it just didn't make sense to have to keep servicing 20-50 year old EM logic so there were some refurbished and converted to Solid State.

For at least another day, here is a converted head of one. You can see how crude the work was at times:

ebay.com link: Chicago Stern Solid State Bowl Big Ball Bowler Bowling Machine Head for Parts

Clay has a lot of this kind of history on his .pinrepair.com site.

Can you imagine having to lug these things around as a street operator back in the day?

ebay.com link: Joker Poker by Gottlieb pinball machine complete working with manual SS

Joker Poker $800, playfield has some wear, cabinet looks "ok" at best

ebay.com link: itm

1979 Count-down, playfield looks rough, $699, BG looks really good. Down in Orlando.

I'm actually looking for a Count-Down, but i want one with a better playfield.

sfbay.craigslist.org link

Kings of Steel. Some other time I would be all over this...

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Manufacturer: Bally
Game/Type: Eight Ball / SS
Year: January 1977
Production: 20,230
Cost: $800
Location: Canton, OH
Link/Contact: akroncanton.craigslist.org link

Condition: OP: "...excellent working condition with overheating issue..."

Haha. What would it be without an overheating issue? A minty fresh collectors item new out of box.

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Williams wonder trio:

Manufacturer: Williams
Game/Type: Firepower / SS
Year: February 1980
Production: 17,410

Manufacturer: Williams
Game/Type: Gorgar / SS
Year: December 1979
Production: 14,000

Manufacturer: Williams
Game/Type: Flash / SS
Year: January 1979
Production: 19,505

Cost: $2000
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Link/Contact: indianapolis.craigslist.org link

Condition: OP: "...all do work each need a little work. The playfield action lights on gorgar will not light up and flash has a problem with the 40 pin connector that causes it to shut off but once it's wormed up and played for a while it doesn't do it anymore. firepower is fully functional. call or text for pics "

**Sold to ME**
Manufacturer: Williams
Game/Type: World Cup / SS
Year: May 1978
Production: 6,253
Cost: $225 OBO
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Link/Contact: phoenix.craigslist.org link

Condition: A little bit of wear on the playfield. OP: "Refurbished with new rubber ring kit."