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Quoted from ccotenj:thanks glen... i'd like to play one, and i'm really enamored of molentin art in general...
Me too, buddy!
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Quoted from Pinballprowess:Games like: Trade Winds, Heat Wave, Big Daddy, Space Ship, Big Deal, Teachers Pet...
It's funny you mention these, a couple of years ago I was called by someone who wanted to sell a Heat Wave he'd owned for decades, just sitting under boxes in his garage. I excitedly went over right away. When we got there and uncovered the pin, it wasn't a Heat Wave, it was a Teacher's Pet. It turns out he had sold the Heat Wave years before but thought he'd sold the TP. Either way, I applaud him for having had very good taste in games. I'd been wanting a Teacher's pet so I wasn't disappointed at all, but I'm still wanting that Heat Wave....
Quoted from MrArt2u:It's funny you mention these, a couple of years ago I was called by someone who wanted to sell a Heat Wave he'd owned for decades, just sitting under boxes in his garage. I excitedly went over right away. When we got there and uncovered the pin, it wasn't a Heat Wave, it was a Teacher's Pet. It turns out he had sold the Heat Wave years before but thought he'd sold the TP. Either way, I applaud him for having had very good taste in games. I'd been wanting a Teacher's pet so I wasn't disappointed at all, but I'm still wanting that Heat Wave....
Curious why no repro glass for Heatwave? Would have thought it would sell well.
Quoted from DirtFlipper:Here's a Gridiron for $850 in WI:
appleton.craigslist.org link
I referred this game to a local who was looking for one and he is driving 5 hours one-way to get it for $750.
Quoted from Shapeshifter:Curious why no repro glass for Heatwave? Would have thought it would sell well.
Yeah, that seems like a no brainer to me. Maybe it has been done by Ron Webb in the past?
Quoted from MrArt2u:It's funny you mention these, a couple of years ago I was called by someone who wanted to sell a Heat Wave he'd owned for decades, just sitting under boxes in his garage. I excitedly went over right away. When we got there and uncovered the pin, it wasn't a Heat Wave, it was a Teacher's Pet. It turns out he had sold the Heat Wave years before but thought he'd sold the TP. Either way, I applaud him for having had very good taste in games. I'd been wanting a Teacher's pet so I wasn't disappointed at all, but I'm still wanting that Heat Wave....
No... Teachers Pet, hardly a disappointment!
And as far as a Heat Wave repro... I know it was done because I bought one at PAGG one year but that was quite awhile back and they are long gone now. But I still think it would do well as a small run.
Quoted from AlexF:Yeah, that seems like a no brainer to me. Maybe it has been done by Ron Webb in the past?
bgresto just did it.
Quoted from AlexF:Ugh, quit talking about Teacher's Pet. It makes me miss mine.
Ha! Well... you'll just have to get ya another one, AlexF.
And an even 'nicer' one to boot!! There... how's that sound?
Quoted from Svendtube:Funny you are talking about 2 of the three projects I am currently working on.
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The word's out.
Quoted from Svendtube:Very much influenced by you by the way
Thanks, just felt it was my patriotic duty to the pinball world. Ha!
No, but I'm a natural enthusiast and when I feel strongly about something... that's what happens.
I got my Trade Winds working yesterday and got to Tahiti and rolled it on my second game on three ball play. Then I put blocks of wood under the back legs. It really is a fun machine, but as far as difficulty is concerned, it is no Big Daddy. But it is a keeper.
Games can play 'very' differently from one example to the next. But if you're getting to Tahiti and rolling it over on three ball play (on any kind of regular basis, that is) you're either an exceptional player... or your game plays a lot easier than any Trade Winds that I have ever played.
But now that I think of it... I would think your game is giving you multiple advances 'because' it is on three ball play?? I don't know... I have never played my Trade Winds on anything but five ball. I know it isn't easy to advance it all the way to Tahiti when set up like this, not my particular game anyway.
It plays great! I did most of it on the first ball of the second game. But sometimes that's how it goes after spending countless hours on it and finally getting to play it. The levelers on the back were short and it is more challenging now that I have added some pitch. The staggered outlanes by the flippers seem to help feed the ball back to the flippers.
The only advantage it gives in three ball play is it starts one spot past Hawaii. I guess there is a plug where maybe the slings will give you an advance too, but that is not in use. I kept hitting the kickout hole that gives you three at a time and rolled over that button a bunch. Final score was like 2300. It does not have those death bounces like Big Daddy that rocket the ball straight into the outlanes or down the middle, but again it is a lot of fun. I am going to play some more in a while.
Cool! I'm hoping you will like it as much as, or at least close to as much as you like your Big Daddy. It took me quite awhile to get my Ten Spot to be where I wanted it. It was way too easy... but I finally got that all worked out and really like it a lot now. Funny, my Shangri-La was just the opposite... way too hard. Took me quite some time to get 'that' to where I thought it should be but I have to admit, it really had me wondering there for awhile if I was ever going to get it right. Or even 'could' ever get it right.
Aaaah, now 'that' sounds more like it!
It's one of my favorite 60's Williams and I think it'll really grow on you.
Oh, who am I fooling... they're ALL my favorites!! 
This Grand Prix looks like it has a nice cabinet and playfield.The price is right at $300.
longisland.craigslist.org link
Quoted from Vic_Camp:This Grand Prix looks like it has a nice cabinet and playfield.The price is right at $300.
longisland.craigslist.org link
True... but who wants to travel all the way to 'Mesopotamia' to get it??
Sorry... couldn't resist! 
Quoted from Pinballprowess:True... but who wants to travel all the way to 'Mesopotamia' to get it??
Sorry... couldn't resist!
The funny thing is, you only think you're joking!
Quoted from Rat_Tomago:That's a beautiful game Odin! I can't wait to see it and play it!
Then you too can see how long it takes to get to Tahiti. 
Quoted from o-din:Then you too can see how long it takes to get to Tahiti.
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it certainly appears to be worth the trip! 
Quoted from poppapin:And certainly not an unsafe tag!!
It wasn't me! Who's moderating this forum anyway? 
Gtb Batter Up for $400 in Seattle:
seattle.craigslist.org link
If anyone gets this '53 Gottlieb Grand Slam that's hiding at this estate sale in San Diego, and decides they don't want to keep it, please let me know.
Quoted from DirtFlipper:If anyone gets this '53 Gottlieb Grand Slam that's hiding at this estate sale in San Diego, and decides they don't want to keep it, please let me know.
sandiego.craigslist.org link
I like how there is no date on the supposed sale.
Quoted from Rat_Tomago:I like how there is no date on the supposed sale.
it's there, over on the right... 
march 28 at 8 am...
Quoted from Vic_Camp:This Grand Prix looks like it has a nice cabinet and playfield.The price is right at $300.
longisland.craigslist.org link
Somebody go and get this thing! Wish I was closer :/
Big Daddy and Bonanza for $550 (for the pair I think) in KY:
lexington.craigslist.org link
Hop on those!
Quoted from DirtFlipper:Big Daddy and Bonanza for $550 (for the pair I think) in KY:
" target="_blank">lexington.craigslist.org link
Hop on those!
who here is close to kentucky? gotta be someone close enough to score those...
Quoted from jasonp:" target="_blank">raleigh.craigslist.org link
Apollo No Price
if someone could get this for 100 bucks, it might be worth it... put it back together and play it as is...
Quoted from CactusJack:Oh my! What the Hell happened to poor Jungle King:
orangecounty.craigslist.org link
hey, he polished the coin door, what more do you want?
that is a GARISH paint job... 
Quoted from ccotenj:who here is close to kentucky? gotta be someone close enough to score those...
Quoted from ccotenj:who here is close to kentucky? gotta be someone close enough to score those...
Forget KY, who's close to San Diego?!
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