Oh my word! That's the steal of the century!!!

It's always been my goal to own all the Wonderlands!!!

Maybe the game is more common than I thought I always figured it was rare.

Wonderland is the most beautiful classic pin of all IMHO. But do post a video of how it plays!

Some games look better than the they play.

Some games play better than they look.

You should know that, don't you have a King Pin?

1970's

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team one

Manufacturer: Gottlieb
Game/Type: Lawman / EM 2 Player
Month/Year: October 1971
Production: 1,750
Cost: $350
Location: Green Brook, NJ
Link/Contact: cnj.craigslist.org link
Condition: OP: "...this machine is working great and cosmetically is super nice."

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If I didn't already have a sheriff I would have picked that lawman up yesterday on my wonderland trip. How can people bitch about "a rich mans hobby" when deals
Like that just sit there?

Wonderland is one of the better playing woodrail games. It's very fast and playable, and even has a cool ruleset where completing certain sequences lights scoring awards. It's got a fun layout and has just the right amount of gobble holes (one!)

I'll get some video together at some point.

Sure do... I have two King Pins! :p

But wonderful when these things both 'do' come together.

Say a... Heat Wave, Teacher's Pet... or Niagara for example

I sure wish an inexpensive Lawman would show up in SoCal. I would want a photo too, but would be willing to drive the 80 miles for a 350 lawman.

Man, I hated to take mine down.

That was painful!

But rotation is my only choice in this limited space.

I should be collecting coins or stamps or something...

Yeah, like THAT'S gonna happen. : )

Here is the playfield. Plenty dirty but I think it will clean up very nice. Looks to be no planking and the black lines around the inserts are hardly worn at all. Plus the plastics are a very vibrant green with no scratches or chips. Cabinet is pretty nice with a few of the usual gouges.

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This should be a spectacular game when it's finished. I'm psyched, particularly for $100.

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Oh yeah...the playfield is going to look excellent after a cleaning and waxing etc.

The wonderland and the old man who sold it to me. He insisted on doing most of the work taking it apart. Took forever but I wasn't gonna tell him he was too old to disassemble a pinball machine.

At least he let me do the heavy lifting.

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No doubt. The others all have wear from those powerful slingshots and the frog drinking the tea is always worn. It does have the usual concave inserts, the old man used nail polish to fill them in. I think it turned out ok. In the past I've used water thin super glue.

The lockdown bar and wood rails are gorgeous.

That is beautiful. Never seen one in-person, but I've always loved that back glass and looks like a great player.

Some of the best artwork ever on a game.

Stunning example with original cabinet paint, congratulations.

Niagara is a terrible game

Yes, well if it's so terrible... perhaps you'll sell me yours?

Thanks!

The cabinet is just ok, with lots of scratches and such. But the art is all there. Similar to the other wonderland games I've seen. They used pretty solid paint back then. Probably lots of lead holding it together.

--- Start old man rant --
Wish they still had the stuff available. That old paint that contained lead was really nice to work with - it flowed & laid down much more evenly than today's stuff & we liked it. You kids stay off of my lawn.
--- end old man rant ---

Seriously, it was good stuff!

Yes it was.
My '64 Thunderbird ran SO much better with the leaded Ethel hy-test. Now I have to load it up with damn octane booster.
Ahh- the good old days.

The decrease in violent crime and brain damage was just sugar on top!

That's right. We had an automotive machine shop & made good $$ on valve job work replacing seats with hardened. We really did not see too much valve seat recession in heads unless the motors were used often under heavy load situations... pulling trailers, etc.

This is me in 30-40 years eyeing the buyer with an eagle eye as I take it apart for the last time to pass the torch.

Such a poor game that I don't have one

As a gesture of goodwill I would take a CQ Niagara off someone's hands

me in 10-15 yrs

Me in 15 - 20 years years except my 60's - 70's Gottliebs' will be pictured

He was also smoking Marlboros in between removing the head and the legs. And there was an open can of bud on the work bench.

Pretty much one of my favorite pin pickups ever.

Yeah, I might extend my generosity on something like that too.

Ha!

I've been thinking about my choice in that particular group though... I probably should've said Sittin' Pretty or something along those lines, because it is such a huge player's game. I wouldn't call Niagara that BUT... sometimes a game has such a brilliant playfield layout, they're 'still' great.

For instance, like Rocket and All-Star Basketball... Niagara is a game that is a lot more fun than it looks.

Sittin Pretty is a real player's game for sure! Tough as nails.

Niagara - it's all about the artwork

All Star Basketball and Rose Bowl are cool. Rose Bowl is all about yards and touch downs - points not scored in the game. Very similar layout to All Star Basketball.

No. But he wrote down my license number and name just in case I passed him "funny money" lol. And I thought he was writing me a receipt!

As far as Sittin' Pretty...great looking game but shitty player in my opinion. Roto takes up WAY too much room and it's almost impossible to get the ball back up top where all the scoring is. I had a super nice one and was glad to sell it. The art and animated backglass are great though.

It really IS a lot of fun... but not really what I would call a player's game. No way to save the ball, no matter how good a player you are. Once the ball heads for the sides or goes down the middle... kiss it goodbye! I saw where you said pretty much the same thing awhile back on one of the threads (maybe even this one) so, yeah. But again... such a great playfield layout... and even a great rule set on this game, make it hard 'not' to like.

Hmmm, you're right.... I just looked at Rose Bowl on the IPDB.

Haven't ever played the game but does have some similarities to All-Star Basketball.

I think Rose Bowl looks pretty cool as the whole game is focused on scoring touch downs. Advance yards etc. Kind of a unique ruleset. And it has a KO hole special. And rollover specials.

I think this was one of the more highly rated players of the 50's but not many people even aware of the game anymore. I have never played one or even seen a video of the game but I can see it looks like it would be fun if tuned properly.

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Make sure I am there that day. There are a ton of Bally machines that you own that I may never come across otherwise. I will let you tell me to "Get off your lawn!" I will be 52-57 years old during that time period.