Wow...sorry to hear that about the fast draw. He wouldn't send you additional pictures before you went to pick it up, huh?

I was gonna go check it out but won't bother. I don't need a parts machine.

EMs are great. People whining about how they can't get games or it's "a rich mans hobby" need to drink a big glass of Shut the EM up.

Yes CT is an add-a-ball state, as was NY. As a result lots of great AAB pins around here. Seems like every single Dimension was in the NY/CT corridor.

I don't remember my best exactly, but I believe it was around 250,000. I've played hundreds if not thousands of games of Dimension. Every machine is different...Clay likes to repeat the tale of his friend getting in the millions over the course of several hours but I believe hi power coils might have had something to do with that. I much prefer Dimension to 2001, which is really just pointless as a replay game at home.

I would love an Astro but they seem much harder to find than Dimension.

I like Astro because it's one of very few (I believe - could be wrong) Gottliebs with both small flippers and inlanes. I think it's only this one, 4 square, and dimenson/2001. I like the small flippers with the added control of the inlanes. It's fun to do all your big flipper tricks on them - you can even post pass. 4square is a fun game but the art/theme and add-a-ball of Astro is far superior.

Good trivia. That's 3 games. Any more?

Does the above game have a kicking rubber up top like Dimension?

You guys wouldn't be paying a grand for that thing would you?

sick deal

I had a super shitty Hearts and Spades (the add a ball). I bought it for $200 from someone who literally found it in the garbage.

The backglass was actually super nice, the playfield and cab were rough. Still I got it playing nicely and cleaned it up and its in a new happy home now. The spin stepper was a mess...had a huge burn mark on one of the PCB traces so it wouldn't work. I found a parts unit and transplanted the disc and finally got it to work...so I learned something too.

Seems like these days you can't walk around the block without stepping into a Williams Full House.

"it's kinda small...and I didn't hate it! And I'd rather have it than the absolute worst Gottlieb machine ever produced!"

Glowing endorsement!

Wrong Rockaway.

Google him on rgp. He's an old school hoarder and I think most of his stuff is junk.

If anybody buys this I have a very nice original backglass for sale in NYC for $100. The one in the CL ad looks pretty ratty.

So who got the Wonderland in NJ?

Oh yeah, me!

Gotta gloat - it's pretty rare you win a battle in the CL wars when you have to rent a van and drive 2 hours. Super nice game from an old man who used to run an arcade on the Jersey shore back in the day. He said he stopped buying games when they went digital because he didn't want to work on them. His wife said the jackals were calling them all morning telling them they were selling it too cheap and she didn't give a shit lol.

I have two of these now, so I'll be selling the one I've already shopped out.

Long branch, near asbury. It was his primary gig for a long time. Couple must be in their 80s so it's probably been a while.

There's a 10 year old receipt from jersey jack for parts, he bought a bunch to restore the game but never finished it. Old man really knew his stuff! He put a Williams chime unit in the game because it was missing a bell, and he did the connector nicely so I didn't have to cut wires when removing head.

Wow!

It's still possible to score on the old games. As bad as it is with people trying to scoop you it's still 30X worse on dmd stuff and the prices/stakes are higher. I still do ok on Cl for the older games. I usually don't even bother on dmd stuff unless it's in my neighborhood.

I've always wanted to like this game cause Mardi gras but it's pretty ugly and doesn't really capture carnival in New Orleans at all.

I actually saw that...lawman for $350, stuff like that. I'm busy and out of space so decided I wouldn't try To grab anything else. But people who like EMs are lucky, let's face it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I've seen a few of these weird conversions. There was a Gottlieb "Now" on ebay years ago with an extra digit.

That's a really nice Big Shot!
Asking price of $800 on CL but frankly I think you are better off trying to sell it here, mrpinball, or a show. CL cheapskates won't want to pay you a fair price for it.