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Check out the video for the full experience. Backglass is a bit flakey and about a 7
Quoted from Arcane:The Backglass seems in decent condition.
Yves
Quoted from ForceFlow:We can rebuilt it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better, stronger, faster.
I agree with FF !!
Sana'a
Quoted from vid1900:Why would you even think of taking a working pinball machine to the dump?
He said he's going to try and get it to play, never said it was working! I agree though fix it, doesn't look too bad a little touch up on the playfield, some paint on the cabinet and whoallah! Pinball!
Quoted from vid1900:Why would you even think of taking a working pinball machine to the dump?
That was just to get the group's attention silly. ;p
If I was going to pass on it, I'd tell the customer to come pick it up and try elsewhere. Which what I was tempted to do before I actually powered it on and played a ball. Now: GAME FRIKIN' ON!!!! =)
Just goes to show you how reliable these EM games are. Try that with a William's System 3-7, and you're gonna have a bad time.
Long after humans have gone extinct, and nature has taken back the landscape, aliens from a distant planet will find one of these, plug it in, and be able to play a good hearty game of pinball.
Quoted from mbaumle:Just goes to show you how reliable these EM games are. Try that with a William's System 3-7, and you're gonna have a bad time.
Long after humans have gone extinct, and nature has taken back the landscape, aliens from a distant planet will find one of these, plug it in, and be able to play a good hearty game of pinball.
It's true, too, no expirable components inside unlike capacitors
One a serious note beyond ribbing, this is a restorable game for other interested parties.
The cabinet looks sanded, not fire damaged, but unspecific.
However...
The backglass is salvageable.
The playfield is salvageable.
The electromechanics are salvageable.
The cabinet may be salvageable.
If an owner does not want this type of game, sell it, cheap.
If a person does not want to sell it, part it out at worst case.
Give the parts away as gifts.
Make new collector friends.
Make trades for pinball parts.
There are MANY EM collectors that can use areas like score reels, relays, and motor assemblies.
People may find that the effort was worth it, in more ways than people realize.
Every game lost due to destruction is one less game in the world.
Enthusiasts do not contribute to the operator mindsets of the past.
I have trash dived with threats of police interaction, and said "go ahead $#@! you" in this type of cases.
Many EM games have been working long after many SS games are in landfills.
This game is testament to this fact.
It's a customer's game so he would make the ultimate decision but the point is moot. This will survive and work nicely again after I spend some time on it and he plans on keeping it forever as he grew up with it. Smells a bit like fire and cigarettes though but the guy is a heavy smoker and he's not concerned about the smell of the game. In fact the game is a former "smoker" so I hope it doesn't give the owner a hard time about his smoking habit once he gets the game back. 
I want the game out of here as soon as possible so he is in luck as it goes to the head of the restoration line. ;p
Quoted from xTheBlackKnightx:This is a restorable game.
If you do not want it, sell it.
If you do not want to sell it, part it out at worst case.
Give the parts away as gifts.
Make new friends.
Make trades for parts.
There are MANY EM collectors that can use areas like score reels, relays, and motor assemblies.
You may find that the effort was worth it.
Every game lost due to destruction is one less game in the world.
Please do not contribute to the operator mindsets of the past.
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