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The Holy Grail

By robertmee

11 years ago


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#1 11 years ago
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RM

robertmee

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US Raleigh, NC

12y 82,800 6,430 15 9

Not the movie, although that'd make a great pin.....

No, what pin or pin part is your Grail? What game/part do you seeketh and how long have you seeked? I know some EM guys have searched for BGs or PFs for 10 years or better. What sayeth you?

For me, it's Mystery Castle, over a year now. Have never even played the game, only seen the videos, but since gravitating towards horror themed pins have always wanted one. I suppose if I ever land one, Mephisto will be the next Grail.

Maybe, just maybe if enough people respond and enough people read, someone's grail cup will be filled

PS....5K MM's or 2K BBB's don't count. Has to be something that IF found, you'd make the sacrifice within reason to obtain.

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#2 11 years ago
 
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Shoot_Again

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US Vancouver, WA

12y 83,400 8,453 2

MB about 3 years. Just have not found the right condition and price. Maybe Ill just wait and get Avengers LE and forget about it or maybe avengers then come back for it.

Good luck on Mystery Castle I like it much better than mephisto.

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#3 11 years ago
 
MGP

mikepin

Pinside member

US Canfield, OH

12y 48,550 923

Bally Big FOOT

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#4 11 years ago
 
MAO

Marc

Inactive member

US Granbury, TX

11y 48,650 1,444 12 14

I've found a few of mine in the last year: Hercules, Varkon, Joust, Skill Roll, getting an XR-7 Banzai Run back. Been a good 12 months or so!

Right now, a nice Orbitor 1

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#5 11 years ago
 
RLH

Skrippy

Inactive member

US Woodstock, GA

12y 42,400 479 15

I have Bronze Grails I guess, I haven't found a pinball machine that I HAVE to have.
But there are ones I would like to own.
Those being, at the moment:

Class of 1812
Waterworld
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Monopoly

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#6 11 years ago
 
SCO

scooter

Pinside member

US Louisville, KY

15y 96,900 3,615 1 205

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#7 11 years ago
 
AJA

Drano

Pinside member

CA Mississauga, ON

12y 110K 3,840 14 60

I've been fortunate to find most of my grail pins. LOTR is the only one left and then I'm retiring
Have been having a difficult time finding one within reasonable driving distance.

OP
Quoted from robertmee:

For me, it's Mystery Castle, over a year now. Have never even played the game, only seen the videos, but since gravitating towards horror themed pins have always wanted one.

I am actually going to see and play my first Mystery Castle in a couple of weeks at a local Pinsider's place. Very excited!

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#8 11 years ago
 
DAD

PW79

Inactive member

US Wentzville, MO

12y 102K 7,501 6 6

TSPP & LOTR are tied as my holy grail.

It took me 7 years to be in a position to buy both (in HUO QC condition).

Oddly enough I scored both within 48 hours of each other.

Life is good

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#9 11 years ago
 
POK

smokedog

Pokeys Pinball Cafe

CA Saskatoon, SK

13y 114K 2,561 15 9

IJ '93. Just no where to be found in these parts. Going on 3.5 years looking for perfect combo of condition, price and distance. One day, my friend, one day.

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#10 11 years ago
 
JWJ

johnwartjr

That Pinball Place

US Columbus, IN

12y 77,400 6,479 14

Mine is a Rollergames with 8 drop targets.

I imported it from Germany a few years ago for a princely sum.

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#11 11 years ago
 
JPD

Dayhuff

Pinside member

US Battle Creek, MI

11y 126K 6,349 79 11

Quoted from mikepin:

Bally Big FOOT

Same here Mike. But for many years it was the Charlies Angels EM. version.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi.
269-979-3836

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#12 11 years ago
 
BLY

MrBally

Pinside member

US Paradise, NV

12y 141K 13,923 22 1

Bally 4 Queens. Took me 18 years to find one. Drove from Detroit to Springfield, MA in late Autumn to get it. Now current grail is a Bally Bounty bingo pin.

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#13 11 years ago
 
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BLACK_ROSE

Pinside member

US Lexington, NC

14y 116K 8,818 3 60

Holy Grail , I don't know anymore !! MM & CV ( No ) My NIB Tron on the way Next month i guess

I Would like to own Pinball Magic 1 tyme , Cool Pin , it Doesn't like Led's tho . Alot of wavy fade-n , I personally Don't think Led's can handle that Crazzy effect .

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#14 11 years ago
 
BOB

beatmaster

Mods for your pinballs

CA Beauharnois

12y 102K 7,387 7 17

been looking for CV for 2 years now... one slipe trough my fingers not to long ago

hell i want one so bad i could trade for my LOTR! well not yet... i have much to do with it first!

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#15 11 years ago
 
PBP

PopBumperPete

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 99,300 4,035 8

Pharaoh, this is the game that I played as a kid, not black Knight

They do not appear here for sale

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#16 11 years ago
 
AJA

Drano

Pinside member

CA Mississauga, ON

12y 110K 3,840 14 60

Quoted from beatmaster:

hell i want one so bad i could trade for my LOTR!

A LOTR in Canada? Hell, I'd better go find a CV to trade ya

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#17 11 years ago
OP
 
RM

robertmee

Pinside member

US Raleigh, NC

12y 82,800 6,430 15 9

Quoted from Dayhuff:

Same here Mike. But for many years it was the Charlies Angels EM. version.
John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi.
269-979-3836

I remember those posts on RGP 10 years ago....Did you ever get one?

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#18 11 years ago
 
BOB

beatmaster

Mods for your pinballs

CA Beauharnois

12y 102K 7,387 7 17

Quoted from Drano:

A LOTR in Canada?

yep! and you sold me the mirror blade...
also got the topper from laseriffic.
and a lot of mods.

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#19 11 years ago
 
AJA

Drano

Pinside member

CA Mississauga, ON

12y 110K 3,840 14 60

Quoted from beatmaster:

yep! and you sold me the mirror blade...
also got the topper from laseriffic.
and a lot of mods.

Tease
Just sell it to me already

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#20 11 years ago
 
MGP

mikepin

Pinside member

US Canfield, OH

12y 48,550 923

Another of my Grails was VERNES WORLD which I bought a few months ago and will display at PINBALL expo next month next to JOLLY PARK

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#21 11 years ago
 
BOB

beatmaster

Mods for your pinballs

CA Beauharnois

12y 102K 7,387 7 17

Quoted from Drano:

Tease
Just sell it to me already

tell you what,
IF i sell it in a few months (i have to beat the damn thing first ) and you didn't found one, i'll let you know!

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#22 11 years ago
 
WRD

way2wyrd

History Of Pinball

US Fort Worth, TX

13y 116K 4,917 21 12

+1 for Big Foot

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#23 11 years ago
 
AJA

Drano

Pinside member

CA Mississauga, ON

12y 110K 3,840 14 60

Quoted from beatmaster:

tell you what,
IF i sell it in a few months (i have to beat the damn thing first ) and you didn't found one, i'll let you know!

Beat it? Looks like I'm in for a long wait
Has anyone actually ever seen Valinor? LOL!

Still, best deal I've been offered so far. Thanks!

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#24 11 years ago
OP
 
RM

robertmee

Pinside member

US Raleigh, NC

12y 82,800 6,430 15 9

Quoted from PopBumperPete:

Pharaoh, this is the game that I played as a kid, not black Knight
They do not appear here for sale

Great pin....I know a guy near me that has all four...BK, Jungle Lord, Pharaoh and Solar Fire lined up in a row. There's also a Pharaoh for sale near me on Craigslist....I guess they're more common here in the states.

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#25 11 years ago
 
MJK

AbacusMan

Inactive member

US College Place, WA

12y 46,400 1,515

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#26 11 years ago
 
BOB

beatmaster

Mods for your pinballs

CA Beauharnois

12y 102K 7,387 7 17

Quoted from Drano:

Beat it? Looks like I'm in for a long wait
Has anyone actually ever seen Valinor? LOL!
Still, best deal I've been offered so far. Thanks!

well i probably won't see valinor, will probably finish TABA i was close so many time.
and will play the hell out of it!
but hey will never know what can come up or i can find!

now... find me that CV lollll

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#27 11 years ago
 
YBX

yancy

Pinside member

US West Dundee, IL

11y 122K 7,202 25

Star Gazer is definitely my holy grail, and thanks to a good friend, I'll be getting a restored one. Normally I'd say "I can't wait," but I can totally wait. It's worth it.

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#28 11 years ago
 
JWJ

johnwartjr

That Pinball Place

US Columbus, IN

12y 77,400 6,479 14

OP
Quoted from robertmee:

I remember those posts on RGP 10 years ago....Did you ever get one?

He sure did! I saw it at his Pinball Expo booth a few years ago!

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#29 11 years ago
 
PBP

PopBumperPete

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 99,300 4,035 8

OP
Quoted from robertmee:

Great pin....I know a guy near me that has all four...BK, Jungle Lord, Pharaoh and Solar Ride lined up in a row. There's also a Pharaoh for sale near me on Craigslist....I guess they're more common here in the states.

I think I have seen the picture of that line up

Always black knights an jungle lords for sale, I do not think solar ride was ever imported to Australia

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#30 11 years ago
 
PCE

PorkChopExpress

Inactive member

US Birmingham, AL

11y 74,900 1,664 4 11

TOTAL RECALL (DATA EAST, 1990)

PorkChopExpress

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#31 11 years ago
 
CFL

centerflank

Inactive member

Unknown

11y 165K 13,962 7 206

1)TZ
2)Scared stiff
3) anything with a dmd under $1200

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#32 11 years ago
 
TOM

tomdotcom

Pinside member

CA Kamloops, BC

15y 112K 6,198 2

Quoted from yancy:

Star Gazer is definitely my holy grail, and thanks to a good friend, I'll be getting a restored one. Normally I'd say "I can't wait," but I can totally wait. It's worth it

Me too, I love that game..

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#33 11 years ago
 
DLS

leaffan67

Pinside member

CA Toronto, ON

12y 65,900 621 46 37

I want Magic Girl!

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#34 11 years ago
 
BOY

vid1900

Pinside+ Member

YE Sana'a

12y 164K 40,198 18

Lazerlord

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#35 11 years ago
 
EDB

EvanBingham

Inactive member

11y 36,150 535 23

Quoted from yancy:

Star Gazer is definitely my holy grail, and thanks to a good friend, I'll be getting a restored one. Normally I'd say "I can't wait," but I can totally wait. It's worth it.

How much do they go for?

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#36 11 years ago
 
JLM

jlm33

Pinside member

FR Villejuif

11y 152K 5,892 7 169

- Black Hole (should not be too difficult, but prices are far too high in France and the European version is not as good as the US: no speech, no animated backglass). I have been looking for one for a year. I guess I will eventually try to import one from the US, despite customs and transport.

- Dancing Lady (1966): my favorite EM.

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#37 11 years ago
 
MLV

Pinball-is-great

Pinside member

US Lafayette, LA

12y 147K 5,016 3 102

For me it's a tie between:
* 1981 Stern Iron Maiden
* 1980 Gottlieb Asteroid Annie and the Aliens

A pinball machine based on Monty Python's The Holy Grail would be a big hit imho.

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#38 11 years ago
 
HBS

herbertbsharp

Pinside+ Frequent

US Ballston Spa, NY

12y 146K 6,106 23 24 2

This topic kinda makes me wish I was able to pick up that data east desert storm on ebay from 6 months ago

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#39 11 years ago
 
CAD

Crispin

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 133K 3,426 1

One day my Barracora will come...

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#40 11 years ago
 
DIK

davewtf

Pinside member

US Madison, WI

12y 84,400 9,740 1 114

bad cats

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#41 11 years ago
 
DOG

Whysnow

Pinside member

12y 187K 35,338 30 1

Probably a nice Centaur or II

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#42 11 years ago
 
DOG

Whysnow

Pinside member

12y 187K 35,338 30 1

...or a completely beat Centaur for cheap that I can do a dramatic change to and completely modify the physical game play (I have a few ideas).

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#43 11 years ago
 
YBX

yancy

Pinside member

US West Dundee, IL

11y 122K 7,202 25

Quoted from EvanBingham:

How much do they go for?

Star Gazers sell so infrequently that it's hard to say. Especially now with the availability of re-screened playfields, new backglasses & plastics.

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#44 11 years ago
 
ROB

RobT

Pinside member

13y 129K 21,266 3 40

I have a new Holy Grail, but I will never own it. I played a Capcom King Pin not too long ago. It was pretty damn cool! BBB would be another Grail for me.

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#45 11 years ago
 
JGI

John_I

Space Coast Pinball

19y 179K 9,070

I have my Grail right now - BiB. I posted in RGP over four years ago that I wanted a pin based on not just ACDC, but in particular Back in Black. The icing on the cake is the Steve Ritchie/Lyman Sheets design. They are my favorite designers for hardware and software.

I can also say that owning it is not a letdown at all. Especially with the new software load, it's the best pin I have ever played bar none.

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#46 11 years ago
 
HUG

metahugh

Pinside member

15y 73,050 1,304

Medieval Madness for me. Been looking for one for 7 years now.

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#47 11 years ago
 
EMH

pinheadpuckguy

Inactive member

US Coon Rapids, MN

13y 54,400 2,608 12

Probably a pimped out Spidey or I500.

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#48 11 years ago
 
XOT

Outlane-Avoider

Pinside member

14y 77,300 570 268

Tron LE was my holy grail pin. I really thought that I would never manage to find one, and that I had missed the chance for ever. I was lucky enough to pick one up last weekend.

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#49 11 years ago
 
ADM

Breadfan

Pinside member

US Medford, OR

12y 55,300 1,858 12

AC/DC BIBLE. I could sell all the others & be happy.

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#50 11 years ago
 
NEO

CaptainNeo

Playfield restorations

US Burlington, WI

11y 148K 22,438 37 77 1

awesome use of the figures. Looks perfect as a topper.

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