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Terrible playfield restoration

By TinyToo

8 years ago


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#1 8 years ago

Here's an example of how not to restore a playfield. For sale on e-bay, zoom in on playfield pics, looks like it was painted by a child!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xenon-Pinball-Machine-Bally-/121652585590?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c530f2476

#2 8 years ago

I couldn't zoom in enough to see really. Then again, I don't own this one, so I'm not familiar enough to spot bad work from afar on it. Living in Portishead, you a fan of the group named after your town by any chance?

#3 8 years ago

I'm not seeing anything that shocking. Looks like normal wear and tear.

#4 8 years ago

Yikes, for some reason only 3 photos showed at first. Now the detailed ones are there. It looks like they took a crayon to it, then put mylar over it.
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#5 8 years ago

I got that beat. Here's one I swapped out with new CPR....

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#6 8 years ago
Quoted from SunKing:

I got that beat. Here's one I swapped out with new CPR....

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This one looks better. At least she has teeth.

#7 8 years ago

At least those show some kind of intent. Unlike this:

chicago.craigslist.org link

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"lots of touch-up at one point"??! So soaking wood with a black sharpie and blue paintmarker qualifies as an actual "touch-up"

Same machine was bid to $850 in that condition. Hmm, didn't know a shooter spring and tip could merit the bulk of a 50% markup. Oh, there's a new ramp and don't forget CPR is running new pfs this fall!*

*they have just days ago stated there's almost zero chance of them ever doing that title again, ever, let alone in a few months.

Sad.

#8 8 years ago
Quoted from goingincirclez:

Same machine was bid to $850 in that condition

Well, you have to account for the ad being from 2049 per the date in the pics.
That future pinflation is a bitch.

#9 8 years ago
Quoted from RCA1:

Well, you have to account for the ad being from 2049 per the date in the pics.
That future pinflation is a bitch.

Dude, that is the year of Robotron. We're all dead. This is obviously a time traveler trying to come back and sell his game before the robot apocalypse.

#10 8 years ago

Oh wait, that's 2084. Perhaps this is post-apocalypse time travel of one of the remaining survivors. May explain why the game got hastily sharpied.

#11 8 years ago

Not a great fan of the band, but Glory Box by Portishead is a great track.

#12 8 years ago
Quoted from TinyToo:

Not a great fan of the band, but Glory Box by Portishead is a great track.

After they released "Third", they recorded this live session at Gordano School where Geoff Barrow attended.

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