Very happy to see a Pinsider saved this one!

Great job!!!

I need that cigarette butt in the shooter lane to make my 70s em authentic. Lol. In all seriousness thanks for paying this forward. Hopefully we can get this one restored, or at least part it out to save several other EMs from this era

I’ll take it if you don’t want it. I know quite a few people with storage units full of parts, one of them may have a head.

I’d be happy to give you at least something for it. Do you have any pictures of the inside of the game, the bottom of the cabinet and the underside of the playfield? I didn’t see any up top. I’ll PM you my number.

Not really worth saving unless there’s a Skylab head laying around. But a wealth of parts - I’ve had one williams parts machine for 10 years and it STILL never lets me down when I need a part.

Literally hundreds of bucks worth of parts if you really break it down, which can go to help other much better games.

So happy you got this I was so nervous with the rains coming in!
That game looks extremely nice! Someone probably dropped the head I’ll bet. Hung on to the machine thinking one day they’ll build a new one and here’s where we are!

Very cool! If this gets restored, please log it and post the link here for some of us to follow.

The whole idea of the Project Pin thread is to put these old games into the hands of people who will save them. I would like to see this one saved too, but without a head it will only be useful to help save other games. If you have to part it out, you can get top dollar for those pop bumper caps. They were only put in a few Williams pins and are not reproduced. The gear-type pop bumpers are my favorite - a beautiful marbleized unique style. Just guessing on price, but $25-$50 each wouldn't be unreasonable. And that is the price I would have put on them several years ago. They might be worth more now.

Glad to see that a very generous Pinsider got this!

Oh yeah, one more thing:

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I like them as well. Always thought they were a cool feature and should’ve been used on more games. But don’t think they are worth quite that much. Skylab, Stratoflite, Superflite, Triple Action, and a good handful of other games had those caps.

If I get it, I am going to look for a head for a good while, and try to restore this. Waiting for a few additional pics to see the condition of the inside of the cabinet and the mechs, and it will be easier to determine if it can be restored or what it needs once I see the game in person.

If the game did end up getting parted out in any way down the road, I would either give parts away or make them as cheap as possible.

OXO, Gulftream, Tropic Fun, Pat Hand, Satin Doll and some Big Bens also had the same pop bumper caps. The blue version is super rare only used on OXO to the best of my knowledge. Those two colors look gorgeous together ‘when lit.’

@colsond3, good plan! Hope you get it.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/em-heads-needed-heads-available

Damn it Pecos...OXO and Big Ben are two games I’ve owned also. Can’t believe I forgot those.

FINALLY! A Pinsider with 1yr under his name that's worth an actual fuck. Nice save man and even better how you're handling it.

Look salvageable, but it will definitely need some love and man hours. Thanks for the additional pics. I got your PM, and I’ll get in touch with you either today or tomorrow.

Another transformer board to pull apart and refurbish like the Vamp. At least I have some experience with it, and Skylab is very similar.

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You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar! Thank you so much for saving this and thanks for submitting the serial! Can’t wait to see what Colsond3 can do with it!

Glad to see another game being saved. Just surprises me to see game sent to the dump when anybody can list stuff for sale or free in any number of places. This one got lucky.

Colsond3 I will keep my eye out for a head for this if you ever run out of room we can have 80spit store it until we find you a head. I'm sure he would do it for a few RadioShack fuses
Joe

Colson's a HE?!!!!!!!!!!!?

Funny...

Thanks Joe. I got plenty of fuses for you and Gerry. Bastards.

TY

Game has been procured. Thanks again Jay!

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Most single player Williams from the same era will have almost the same head wiring. So, keep your eye out for any. Of course bulbs might not be in the exact same places.

I used a Jubilee head to complete my Fan-tas-tic body and only had to add one wire to an empty pin on the Jones plug.

Haha. That will take some time.

Good to know. I’ve been on the hunt for a head for an a single player games. No luck yet. Fantastic is a very cool game. Had one before. Love the layout. I like games with pop bumps at
random places.