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The 1987 Ford Escort of Game Room Renovations

By zh2oson

6 years ago


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There are 485 posts in this topic. You are on page 8 of 10.
#351 6 years ago
Quoted from Chosen_S:

You can do much better than ES, it’s too similar to WW... you need a Radical!

Um there not even close th being the same....

#352 6 years ago
Quoted from Darcy:

Heat Wave is a fun game, go and get one, if you can a real good one.

I've never played it. The closest I've come is getting sucked into a bunch of games on Centigrade 37 and thought it was a blast! I'll add it to my wishlist.

#353 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

I've never played it. The closest I've come is getting sucked into a bunch of games on Centigrade 37 and thought it was a blast! I'll add it to my wishlist.

Added.

Happy to take donations if anyone in the greater LA area wants to store it in my new pinball palace.

#354 6 years ago
Quoted from Drewscruis:

Um there not even close th being the same....

Obviously, he's trying to unload his Radical! on an unsuspecting NOOB like me.

#355 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

Obviously, he's trying to unload his Radical! on an unsuspecting NOOB like me.

must be, I have both ww and es next to each other and they are a nice pairing.

#356 6 years ago
Quoted from Drewscruis:

must be, I have both ww and es next to each other and they are a nice pairing.

Just as God intended!

#357 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

Hmmmm...you make a compelling case. Do you happen to know someone who'll cut me deal on a good Radical! that doesn't have crappy optos?

I don’t have a lead on one, but your in Cali, I bet one pops up from time to time

(Hint: follow me and you’ll see my collection)
I own es, ww, rad, taxi, sof, spacestation. I think es and ww are too similar for a small collection (ahem... I mean big collection in your palace) rad and ww are just dissimilar enough that they’d pair very well. If I had to re do my collection all over again, I’d get maybe sof and spacestation and rad and call it. (As far as system 11 goes) but that’s just my silly lost in the desert opinion

#358 6 years ago
Quoted from Chosen_S:

I don’t have a lead on one, but your in Cali, I bet one pops up from time to time
(Hint: follow me and you’ll see my collection)
I own es, ww, rad, taxi, sof, spacestation. I think es and ww are too similar for a small collection (ahem... I mean big collection in your palace) rad and ww are just dissimilar enough that they’d pair very well. If I had to re do my collection all over again, I’d get maybe sof and spacestation and rad and call it. (As far as system 11 goes) but that’s just my silly lost in the desert opinion

I love Taxi . I'd consider one.

I've only ever played Radical! once, so maybe I should try playing it some more. That is pretty high praise.

#359 6 years ago
Quoted from Chosen_S:

If I had to re do my collection all over again, I’d get maybe sof and spacestation and rad and call it.

Dammit. doomid just added Space Station to his lineup at Ayce Gogi here in LA. Now, I have to head over and play it.

#360 6 years ago

Woot woot! Got me a space station. Well actually it’s the wife’s. But it was our first and it will never leave. Great pin!

#361 6 years ago
Quoted from heni1977:

Woot woot! Got me a space station. Well actually it’s the wife’s. But it was our first and it will never leave. Great pin!

I've never played.

I wonder if our four-year old can fend for himself tonight. Probably.

#362 6 years ago

I think you should get a funhouse, then you would have someone to talk too at home!!!

#363 6 years ago
Quoted from Drewscruis:

I think you should get a funhouse, then you would have someone to talk too at home!!!

Rudy could watch my son and then I could go out to the bar.

Go to sleep kid!Go to sleep kid!

Great thinking!

#364 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

Rudy could watch my son and then I could go out to the bar.

Great thinking!

I want to second this motion.

I tried to get my Waterworld pin to watch my kids, it put them in a trans of trying to shoot the boat and collect Pure Dirt, they tried to run away, it kept saying “did I say anyone could leave!?” Creepy, I bet Rudy’s much better

#365 6 years ago
Quoted from Chosen_S:

Creepy, I bet Rudy’s much better

The therapy costs down the road are going to be problematic for me on this.

#366 6 years ago

I'll say it again, love the photo descriptions!

#367 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

STEP 16:
Roll in an actual game.

I must admit, I was really disappointed with the condition of your front yard. No appliances on the front porch and not a single car on blocks in the front yard.

#368 6 years ago
Quoted from PDX_Pinball:

I must admit, I was really disappointed with the condition of your front yard. No appliances on the front porch and not a single car on blocks in the front yard.

Just a big white moving truck with the incorrect name of its color painted on it.

Oh and a yard full of manicured grass, that no one has stepped on... ever

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#369 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

The therapy costs down the road are going to be problematic for me on this.

Then get a roadshow, red and ted can be the therapist's....

#370 6 years ago
Quoted from PinPatch:

I'll say it again, love the photo descriptions!

You get what you pay for in this thread.

#371 6 years ago
Quoted from PDX_Pinball:

I must admit, I was really disappointed with the condition of your front yard. No appliances on the front porch and not a single car on blocks in the front yard.

Photoshop.

#372 6 years ago
Quoted from Chosen_S:

Just a big white moving truck with the incorrect name of its color painted on it.

Swamp Holly Orange was chosen as the color for Yellow because it is highly visible and the founders wanted to help increase road safety for their drivers.

Will this GIF work?Will this GIF work?

Quoted from Chosen_S:

Oh and a yard full of manicured grass, that no one has stepped on... ever

To be fair, my gameroom is a Ford Escort because my yard is a Lambo.

#373 6 years ago
Quoted from Chosen_S:

You can do much better than ES, it’s too similar to WW... you need a Radical!

Radical is a bit too low on the Pinside 100 for me. I'm more of a group-think kind of guy.

#374 6 years ago
Quoted from Drewscruis:

Then get a roadshow, red and ted can be the therapist's....

Twice the creepiness for half the price. I like it!

#375 6 years ago

If I started a GoFundMe to purchase both of these, what sort of response do you think I'd get?

Machine - For Sale
FSOT: Magic Girl Archived
HUO - Documented (Home Used Only) - “Update: Buyer’s trade not as described...back on the market. Magic Girl Pinball #007 out of 21 in as new condition. Selling outright or full/partial trade up or down. Any tr...”
2018-04-19
Bryn Athyn, PA
19,500 (OBO)
Archived after: 210 days
Viewed: 2643 times
Status: Not sold: Decided to keep game

and

Machine - For Trade
Varkon Archived
Fully restored (full original status) - “Restored Varkon Pinball Machine in superb condition was restored And posted here a few years back. Would like to trade for Cactus Canyon pin or Rat Race not realy interested in ...”
2018-04-19
Lakewood, CA
Trade
Archived after: 13 days
Viewed: 1493 times
Status: Not sold

It would be like dropping a GT40 engine in my trusty Escort!

Fast. Sexy. Practical...if I was a Silicon Valley CEOFast. Sexy. Practical...if I was a Silicon Valley CEO

#376 6 years ago


I would deff get a Varkon and Joust. Screw that magic girl more like magic junk!

#377 6 years ago
Quoted from heni1977:

Screw that magic girl more like magic junk!

I wouldn't know...I've never played it.

#378 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

I wouldn't know...I've never played it.

Although...I did see it through a window when I was out at the Museum of Pinball in Banning this March.

Oh, oh, oh it's magic...you know; never believe it's not soOh, oh, oh it's magic...you know; never believe it's not so

Forbidden fruitForbidden fruit

#379 6 years ago
Quoted from Chosen_S:

If I had to re do my collection all over again, I’d get maybe sof and spacestation and rad and call it.

I just found the Lionman thread here. Fantastic.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lionman/

#swords-of-fury

#380 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

If I started a GoFundMe to purchase both of these, what sort of response do you think I'd get?

Got to have a good, creative reason. "Help me buy an emotional support pinball machine" probably ain't gonna work.

#381 6 years ago
Quoted from mcluvin:

Got to have a good, creative reason. "Help me buy an emotional support pinball machine" probably ain't gonna work.

Yeah but if it’s an “emotional support pinball machine” then I could take it on the airplane with me right?

#382 6 years ago

LIONMAN...

#384 6 years ago

I didn’t start it

#385 6 years ago
Quoted from merccat:

Yeah but if it’s an “emotional support pinball machine” then I could take it on the airplane with me right?

I suppose you could try.

#386 6 years ago
Quoted from PDFVT:

I didn’t start it

He don't know better. I heard escorts leak exhaust fumes into the car.

#387 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

Machine - For Trade
VarkonFully restored (full original status) “Restored Varkon Pinball Machine in superb condition was restored
And posted here a few years back. Would like to trade for Cactus
Canyon pin or Rat Race not realy interested in ...”
1 day ago La, CA
Trade
dasha126

I'm the 2017 Varkon Champ (at least that one time) and have the trophy to prove it.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gulf-coast-pinball-club-se-texas-sw-louisiana/page/31#post-3826979

#388 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

Although...I did see it through a window when I was out at the Museum of Pinball in Banning this March.

Magic girl is like a pretty 3D painting with lights, no gameplay, consider it a prototype that never got coded

Radical is low on the 100 because people in the know are very few.

#389 6 years ago
Quoted from mcluvin:

Got to have a good, creative reason. "Help me buy an emotional support pinball machine" probably ain't gonna work.

I mean, my quest for a few sweet pinball machines probably doesn't make the top 100 of worst GoFundMe attempts:

https://www.ranker.com/list/dumb-gofundme-campaigns/ashley-reign

#390 6 years ago
Quoted from merccat:

Yeah but if it’s an “emotional support pinball machine” then I could take it on the airplane with me right?

Better than the emotional support peacock if you ask me:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42880690

#391 6 years ago
Quoted from Travish:

He don't know better. I heard escorts leak exhaust fumes into the car.

Pinball is the best.

#392 6 years ago

Wow. Those trophies are legit.

This is the best thing I've ever won:

Elaine is hotElaine is hot

#393 6 years ago
Quoted from Chosen_S:

Magic girl is like a pretty 3D painting with lights, no gameplay, consider it a prototype that never got coded

I'm really bad at pinball, so this seems right up my alley!

Quoted from Chosen_S:

Radical is low on the 100 because people in the know are very few.

There are 29 people following this thread, so now that's gonna change!

#394 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

If I started a GoFundMe to purchase both of these, what sort of response do you think I'd get?

I'd love to help out but I'm still trying to recover from the great beanie baby market crash of 1999.

#395 6 years ago
Quoted from PDX_Pinball:

I'd love to help out but I'm still trying to recover from the great beanie baby market crash of 1999.

Rumor has it that Supreme is dropping a custom Beanie Baby this summer. I say you double-down and let's talk again in July.

EDIT: Appreciate the kind thought either way, though.

#396 6 years ago

As I move slowly toward completion of the renovation, I'll share this quick video of the Whirlwind topper that Rock914 sent to me for FREE and is now installed and operational:

If you look closely, you'll notice the ugly, overflowing shelves sitting just above my baby. This won't stand.

#397 6 years ago

What is the spiritual antithesis of of Ford Escort? Maybe a Rolls Royce? This came across my Twitter feed yesterday and I'll admit, I wasn't aware that you CAN'T steal the hood ornament from one of their cars:

https://www.slashgear.com/rolls-royce-spirit-of-ecstasy-hood-ornaments-cant-be-stolen-12451584/

Video with SLOW MOTION:

Not pinball or renovation related. #Sorrynotsorry.

#398 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

What is the spiritual antithesis of of Ford Escort? Maybe a Rolls Royce? This came across my Twitter feed yesterday and I'll admit, I wasn't aware that you CAN'T steal the hood ornament from one of their cars:
https://www.slashgear.com/rolls-royce-spirit-of-ecstasy-hood-ornaments-cant-be-stolen-12451584/
Video with SLOW MOTION:
» YouTube video
Not pinball or renovation related. #Sorrynotsorry.

I think I just got an idea of keeping people from playing my Tron.

#399 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

What is the spiritual antithesis of of Ford Escort? Maybe a Rolls Royce? This came across my Twitter feed yesterday and I'll admit, I wasn't aware that you CAN'T steal the hood ornament from one of their cars:
https://www.slashgear.com/rolls-royce-spirit-of-ecstasy-hood-ornaments-cant-be-stolen-12451584/
Video with SLOW MOTION:
» YouTube video
Not pinball or renovation related. #Sorrynotsorry.

You can steal anything with a hammer.....

#400 6 years ago
Quoted from zh2oson:

What is the spiritual antithesis of of Ford Escort? Maybe a Rolls Royce? This came across my Twitter feed yesterday and I'll admit, I wasn't aware that you CAN'T steal the hood ornament from one of their cars:
https://www.slashgear.com/rolls-royce-spirit-of-ecstasy-hood-ornaments-cant-be-stolen-12451584/
Video with SLOW MOTION:
» YouTube video
Not pinball or renovation related. #Sorrynotsorry.

Quoted from Drewscruis:

You can steal anything with a hammer.....

I was thinking more along the lines of this

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