(Topic ID: 40935)
Levis, QC
Hopkins, MN
Quoted from xkane47:Nice!, What's the story behind this machine? I would be curious to see the other side
Hercules. ( check http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl )
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:You could have left it upright and just got on a creeper and slid under the open bottom doors.
To change the oil and filter?
Quoted from o-din:To change the oil and filter?
No, to see if you can solder and not drip any on your face.
LTG : )
I still cant get over the size of this thing. Just saw it for the first time in another post a few days ago. You could put three coin doors across the front...
Definatly going to read the story behind this one.
Quoted from Tony01:Does it have a tilt bob in it? Can someone Nudge it?
Yup. The one at PPE tilts rather easily, actually.
We got a game of split flipper tommy dollars on it. 8 players, so 8 dollars on the table. 
Quoted from rlevin:Big under taking
Hmmmm, looks like blondetall's tartis
I remember walking into "Fun And Games" arcade in Framingham Mass when this thing came out. It was just a monster. They put it right in the center of the second room and it was popular for about a week. Then we all went back to our regularly scheduled games. It may not have changed the world, but it was back when pinball manufacturers would take risks and put out something like that.
Quoted from smokey_789:Hmmmm, looks like blondetall's tartis
That looks further along than the Tardis right now. Two jobs puts a slowdown on the remodeling.
Any update on the open house dates OP?
Weitersburg
Quoted from roc-noc:Are these worth anything or just a white elephant?
They're a big attraction. Everyone who sees a Hercules for the first time HAS to play a game. Excitement ususally lasts for exactly one game, because gameplay is slow and boring.
Like starting in a speedboat race with an oil tanker.
The arcade at Cedar Pointe still has two of these in decent working order. They are huge and a pretty cool novelty. Not the greatest player, but still fun IMHO.
Quoted from LTG:No, to see if you can solder and not drip any on your face.
LTG : )
I get solder on my face working at a bench. 
I may need practice.
Quoted from roc-noc:Are these worth anything or just a white elephant?
They have a couple of things working against them value-wise. Like many old arcade video games, they're huge. Only sold locally. Imagine paying to have one shipped across the country. Secondly, there can't be a lot of parts available for them any more. Guys that are keeping them running are doing it for the hobby. No one is getting rich fixing Hercule's.
Quoted from Fatsquatch:S L O W E S T and most boring game EVAR.
That's not the point. It's the biggest friggin pin ever made. By a mile. Like Orbitor 1 or Safe Cracker, if you see one at a show, you should play at least one game. One and done. Notch your belt and move on.
Quoted from DEWSHO:I get solder on my face working at a bench.
I may need practice.
Or some magnifier glasses so you don't have to get so close! Foster Grant makes some with lights in the fronts near each earpiece. Personally, I like 3x's for really close work.
Quoted from phishrace:Like Orbitor 1 or Safe Cracker, if you see one at a show, you should play at least one game. One and done. Notch your belt and move on.
I agree on Orbiter 1 and Hercules, but Safecracker is actually fun and was an entirely new spin on pinball, a timed game, not 3 balls and done. I really enjoyed SC back in the day and I still have a few of those tokens it gave out in my token collection.
I know it has it's detractors, as does EVERY pin, but I like it and would love to own one. Too bad they're way overvalued right now.
Quoted from Fatsquatch:S L O W E S T and most boring game EVAR.
Bingo machines are more exciting than Hercules. 
2 weeks later
Quoted from Ring-Them-Bells:Bingo machines are more exciting than Hercules.
I struggled to get through three balls. I wonder if you could have a lightweight aluminum ball machined to speed it up?
Quoted from Anim8ormatt:I struggled to get through three balls. I wonder if you could have a lightweight aluminum ball machined to speed it up?
They should make a big ass TZ powerball for it
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