(Topic ID: 214411)
San Diego, CA
I don't know yet, i'm too angry to start looking 
Quoted from jhanley:That sucks! How hard is it to find another part?
The one reservation I have to fixing things up to my standards. . . is knowing others may not have the same respect for those standards.
Hoping you find a replacement easily -- this is why we cannot have nice things.
that sucks. been there. one person has never been invited back to my gameroom for lack of respect to the games in it
Quoted from TheLaw:Frikkin kids are the worst
aint that the truth. Lots of little shits I tell ya.
So did a quick search, found NOS and used. Kinda pricey though but luckily they made tons of Super Sprint, Championship Sprint, APB, Badlands and a few other games that use this setup so i should be able to find a decent used one.
LOL, i'd be lying if i said I've never banned people from the arcade. Or rather, stopped inviting them.
There was a guy from the OC pinball league that was like a drunk gorilla with my pinball machines.
Quoted from PinsideTroll:that sucks. been there. one person has never been invited back to my gameroom for lack of respect to the games in it
Tell yourself the plastic was old and brittle and just broke due to age....five the kids the benefit of the doubt. Stuff breaks. Good to see you found a source for replacements...great if you to share your fine collection with others.
Quoted from PACMAN:These were 12-18 year olds. And besides, that's what these stupid contraptions were made for.
Most likely did it while leaning back on the steering wheel while enjoying a Tide Pod snorting a condom 
Hope you can locate one for a reasonable price.
Quoted from Blitzburgh99:Tell yourself the plastic was old and brittle and just broke due to age....five the kids the benefit of the doubt. Stuff breaks. Good to see you found a source for replacements...great if you to share your fine collection with others.
I agree..this just happens to old plastic. I've followed a couple of your threads..there is nobody better to fix this than you.
Quoted from PACMAN:LOL, i'd be lying if i said I've never banned people from the arcade. Or rather, stopped inviting them.
There was a guy from the OC pinball league that was like a drunk gorilla with my pinball machines.
the thing is, it wasnt a kid who i didn't know. it was someone who had been over numerous times lol
How handy are you? Do you have the ability to make a mold of the unbroken part and cast a replacement? If this happens again it might pay for itself.
Quoted from PACMAN:DAMNIT! 4 of them for $50. TWO WEEKS AGO!!!
don't beat yourself up too badly and re-read that ebay listing again. it was only for one of the 4 for $50
Newmarket, ON
Sounds like a fairly easy part to find for not a lot of money. Consider yourself lucky , could have been a pop can through one of the monitors lol. All kidding aside, i know it sucks but you are a good person for letting young people enjoy what you have. Rare these days and i commend you. Dont let one dumbass ruin it for all the others.
Quoted from PACMAN:DAMNIT! 4 of them for $50. TWO WEEKS AGO!!!
message the seller, maybe they have more. if not, add the item to watchlist.
Quoted from KoolFingers:Was that head size hole from them or you.
Now Now! I don't beat on the kids! They were horsein around and one brother put the other through the wall. Boys will be boys but when Dad steps in.... 
Quoted from whthrs166:Boys will be boys but when Dad steps in....
Thats when shit gets straightened out baby !!!!
Quoted from PACMAN:DAMNIT! 4 of them for $50. TWO WEEKS AGO!!!
Um, the last line of the ad says "YOU WILL GET ONE OF THE 4 FROM THE PHOTOS". So it was ONE for $50 plus $14 shipping.
That should make you feel a *little* better!
We were all kids at one point doing stupid shit. I still wonder how half of the adult population is still alive. Things break. As an adult, I break more things than I want to. The good news is that it's replacable. The fact that you let those kids (these days glued to their consoles, phones, etc) a glimpse to what we did growing up is priceless.
That happened to me too! My teenage son was goofing off with his friend on the stairs and crashed his entire elbow through the drywall. Instead of getting mad I simply emailed him a YouTube link on how to repair drywall.
Long story short, I came home later that day to a mediocre patch job and 2 floors of drywall dust covered furniture and pinball machines. Took hours to clean up!
Quoted from whthrs166:Here is what I do with kids that break things. When its time to fix it they will participate. Taught both my boys how patch a HEAD SIZED hole in the sheet rock that way! You break you fix it!
Quoted from FatPanda:a glimpse to what we did growing up is priceless.
If only we could follow that up with some good old freeway surfing in the back of a pickup truck without an eyebrow raised/public shaming via FB YT and or, jail time.
A bit better, thanks. Same guy bought all 4.
Quoted from RobertWinter:Um, the last line of the ad says "YOU WILL GET ONE OF THE 4 FROM THE PHOTOS". So it was ONE for $50 plus $14 shipping.
That should make you feel a *little* better!
It happens. It is 20 year old brittle plastic that wasn't designed for adult strength, especially if its that boozed up gorilla type player.
Quoted from whthrs166:Now Now! I don't beat on the kids! They were horsein around and one brother put the other through the wall. Boys will be boys but when Dad steps in....
Funny story. A buddy of mine and his brother did this in their bedroom as high school teens. They covered the damage with a poster. Amazingly, their dad didn't discover it until MANY years later... the younger brother was in the Navy and my buddy was out of college and engaged.
So when his brother was on Leave, their dad had them over and marched them upstairs to show them the damage and made them fix it. 
All three of them had a lot of laughs about it because of how long it went hidden.
Quoted from investingdad:Funny story. A buddy of mine and his brother did this in their bedroom as high school teens. They covered the damage with a poster. Amazingly, their dad didn't discover it until MANY years later... the younger brother was in the Navy and my buddy was out of college and engaged.
So when his brother was on Leave, their dad had them over and marched them upstairs to show them the damage and made them fix it.
All three of them had a lot of laughs about it because of how long it went hidden.
LOL That's great! We as kids had mystery damage to mother's couch. Somehow a basket ball sized hole appeared in the end of the couch. Myself and my three sisters did a huddle up and we had no idea how it got there but knew there would be hell to pay if the parents found it. So we moved a small end table over to cover it up knowing it would only prolong the inevitable. To our surprise mom liked the table there and it was years before she found it! The mystery continues to this day but my theory is a friend was riding a skateboard in the house and it was launched causing the damage! We all laugh about it today.
One of the greatest pleasures I have is instilling the proper treatment of the machines in our home arcade to my son (6). Any time we are at a public arcade and I see him being rough on a machine I ask him if that's how we treat our machines and he immediately snaps out of that jungle gym mindset and corrects his actions. An even better feeling is when we are at a birthday party in an arcade and my son whispers to me that "Johnny was hanging on the steering wheel of pole position and he shouldn't be doing that." Makes me proud every time.
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Blake
Just make the kids watch a short arcade safety video. Not to teach them arcade safety, but to weed out the ones who can't sit still for 5 minutes.
Quoted from mcluvin:Just make the kids watch a short arcade safety video. Not to teach them arcade safety, but to weed out the ones who can't sit still for 5 minutes.
they would all move onto go noodle. Yes theres something called GO NOODLE.
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Blake
Quoted from Blake:they would all move onto go noodle. Yes theres something called GO NOODLE.
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Blake
Since I already did it, and didn't know
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=go+noodle
Sana'a
That's a commonly broken part.
I'd put money that it was already fractured over the years and yesterday was simply the day it released the ghost.
Don't be surprised if the other ones have fracturing too when you take them apart.
Carefully inspect them all before you order, as you will probably need more than one.
Sadly I do not have anything to add which will assist in your quest for the part, but I did want to congratulate you on owning such an awesome game. I really loved Super Sprint and hope you get it fixed up.
Quoted from Multiballmaniac1:This is why I didn’t procreate.
Awkward turtles make weird babies
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