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Top 10 list of Williams early to mid 60's em favorites

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9 years ago


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#296 6 years ago
Quoted from Grayman_EM:

I remember playing a Gottlieb 4 Square (1971) with 2" flippers. They must have carried them farther than Williams did with their pinball machines?

Agree, but years back when I picked up a Williams Granada (1972), it took me by surprise
seeing that it had 2" Flippers..
One day I hope to have the added space to set up the 60s Williams pins..

#302 6 years ago
Quoted from AlexF:

I just thought it was the oddball AAB version of Spanish Eyes. Well I guess it still is. Never played one, curious now...

Quite a few years back I picked up a really nice Granada pretty close by for $125.00
Wasn't working and before I went through it, I traded for a nice 4 Roses. A few weeks
later I found another nice 4 Roses ($200.00) I then later was told that Granada was
a really nice player. Ever since I also was curious on Granada's game play..
Since then, I have never traded anything before I knew what type of player it was..

#308 6 years ago
Quoted from AlexF:

Hey I wonder if Granada is the only DC 2" flipper game?

DC Flippers? Now I'm beginning to kick myself even harder.
I know where there is one, but not for $125.00
I'm about to trade hunt.

#311 6 years ago
Quoted from Mopar:

I'm about to trade hunt.

S.O.B, They must have read this tread. No Joking! It was there this morning
and two weeks before!
Damm, the cabinet on the one that I once had was like a 9.8., and that was
the worst part of the machine..

#314 6 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

And that Stop N Go glass looks a little faded.

Out of the machines that I had went through, I'm not sure if I ever went through a 60s
Muliti-Player Williams. Seems I must have. But surely quite a few single players, but not
yet the Trade Winds which I was highly recommended on trading in. I'm sure that I was
advised accurately, but not yet had played one..

#317 6 years ago
Quoted from jrpinball:

Check out the cool Zaccaria variation

I checked it out. Maybe very low production. The pics are all from one guy.
No Replay window and it's fired up on Ball 5. I'm thinking Add-a-Ball. My kind
of machine..
I wouldn't maybe mind a couple titles of the Italian Gottieb Add-a-Balls either..

#319 6 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

I've been thru a lot of others, believe me, but theses 60s Williams stay.

Oh I have a handful (maybe even have to put two hands together) of 60s Williams,
and one of these days..
Not that it's my favorite 60s Willaims pin, but I replaced Palooka with Fun Park so that
Star Jet could go in Fun Park's spot, and the last February Party, I thought this girl was
going to through me out of my own house. I guess Palooka is all she wanted to play the
year before. I'm planning on one day having that one and the other 60s Williams on their
feet once I get the upstairs addition completed..

#321 6 years ago
Quoted from monsonb:

Yep. I'm a Williams guy. And I like 'em all.

I have 4 (but Add-a-Ball versions) of the 5 Williams you have, and once had a Teachers
Pet. I'm understanding maybe I should have hung onto that one, but it did enabled me to
complete a deal. How you like the Full House. The Top Hand that I have needs a glass,
and always likely Western theme pins, I was planning on one day putting a few bucks
into it..

#322 6 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

Funny, I did the same thing.

I still have the Palooka (in storage), and just last week someone else
brought up Palooka. Looks like maybe somehow, someway, I may have to
find a spot for it, but like you say, it's not replacing the Fun Park..
It's probably mostly because it's fairly low production, and many may not
have played one, but for as little as Fun Park gets spoken, once played a few
times, it's a game that one can really get into..
Same for Williams Kick Off, not much heard of, but really is a nice little player.
Another one that one day I absolutely have to get set back up..

#324 6 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

Yeah I won't be selling these.

And nice cabs. and all!
You know, Fun Park is the only true 4 digit Add-a-Ball that I had
ever turned over. I remember the spinner landing on the lit red 10
at the same time it hit the 2,000 point score and then getting 3 quick
knocks one after another. And that's what boosted the momentum..

#328 6 years ago
Quoted from monsonb:

She looked sad to go.

Wow, sounds like you maybe should have a party a little more often..
Palooka must have been a pretty hot little game back when.
A Friend that I got to know in the early 90s worked for a local
Vendor. He said in 1970 when he first started, there was still a
Palloka in a coffee shop and said "you know how big those coin
boxes are", well in 1 weeks time it would be full to the top with
dimes. This was a 6 year old machine. Needless to say, that Palooka
paid for itself many times over, and I might add that I remember that
Coffee Shop, and recall it always having 5 machines, mostly Gottliebs..

5 years later
#346 1 year ago

I like 60s AAB Wedge Heads, but in my opinion, Williams
did a better job (playability wise) on their first attempt..

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#350 1 year ago
Quoted from pinwiztom:

1960-65 is Williams Golden Age of EM pins

The 4 Williams single players I have set up are from this era.
I have others in storage including a Vagabond, but Vagabond is
one I'm not sure about. It doesn't have a great rating on the IPDB,
but then I also have heard good things about its game play?

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#373 9 months ago
Quoted from RWHjunkie:

All 3 are really fun games to play.

Yes, Add-a-Ball is a nice player. Years back I was working out a trading deal for a
Jolly Jokers, but when it showed up, it was pretty toast. I was also thinking it may
be similar game play to Add-a-Ball. I may have a chance in trading in another
Jolly Jokers.. Perhaps it's a little tough to say, but how might you compare Jolly
Jokers to Add-a-Ball?

#375 9 months ago
Quoted from pinwiztom:

I have played both a fair amount and I like Jolly Jokers slightly better.

Okay, Thanks for the info. I like Add-a-Ball (Skill Ball), so I'll keep tabs on the Jolly Joker.
Jolly Joker is actually the only one I'm lacking from having the first 7 Williams AABs..

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