Very very jealous... When I was in Denver on business I must have put $30 into AMH over 3 days. Enjoy all those of you near to this.

Now I just need to get a business trip to Madison again...

My 4 year old son had his first try at pinball last year on AMH at Pinball on a Stick. This year I had him try WOZ and afterward he asked to play AFM! And my 2 year old daughter had her first try this year on AFM and afterward asked to play TOTAN. It will be a yearly tradition... and I'll get them out to a SS Billiards event as they get older too.

Any one in the twin cities have some pinball skates I could borrow?

Thanks! I'll PM for more info/planning.

Corvette in Anoka --> minneapolis.craigslist.org link

So, was the Corvette pin the one? Curious minds...

Congrats! Glad it worked out. Looks very nice next to Mustang!

Played GOT at morts Wednesday with no reset issues. Don't know about since then but pinballmap has it still listed. Also at Mackenzie and sun ray

Copied from another thread as it seems germane...

New Barcade coming to Mpls...
http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/classic-arcade-bar-heading-to-uptown-this-summer-8168853 and they will have a large number of taps which will be nice.

It looks like they will (hopefully) have pinball too (if their Kansas City site (http://www.updownkc.com/) is any indication).

That said... if they don't have games or don't keep them up well we're fortunate to have Mortimer's, SS Billiards, Sun Ray and more very near by...

So BNL are at the Cabooze on Friday... think they'll stop anywhere to play pinball? Mortimers? Lloyd's? East side? ???

$100 Maverick (doesn't work) on craigslist (rochester area... zumbrota specifically).

Someone is going to get a great deal...

Blainebrook has one with a worn playfield that plays fine. (I didn't pay attention to backglass.) No clue if he'd accept an offer on it or not. (Nor do I know who you'd have to contact to ask.)

Up Down is cheap... but filled with <25 year olds on weekends... and crowded as hell. If you need a drink with your pinball I'd say Mortimer's is the way to go. If drinks not required go to SS Billiards and get to know Lloyd we'll you're at it (a true asset to our hobby and worth supporting with your coin).

Absolute joy to play the Cactus Canyon at Mortimer's today. This game was even better than I recalled (probably b/c it has CCC installed I believe) but I completely forgot how much fun and nostalgic it was with all the nods to other games both in dots, sounds, and some playfield items.

It is a shame not more of these were made.

Thanks D&G for putting this on location!!!

Wow... just wow...
minneapolis.craigslist.org link

$500 Shadow in Rochester... now in my garage. Wow was I lucky that the seller believed in karma and that this shouldn't be an auction... and even held it for 2 days until I could pick it up.... even when he had 25 other callers and offers of up to $1200.

I gave him an extra $50 for holding it for me... and then another $100 after it was loaded and made his day... as he made mine. Happy seller, happy buyer... and so so lucky for only spending $650 total.

Now I have to go to bed, move it to the basement sometime, and then start the process of figuring out everything as it is very dirty, has a half working DMD, one ramp diverter doesn't move, and who knows what else... as I only spent about 2-3 minutes looking/playing it.... but did notice the sanctum wear isn't horrible...

Sweet dreams...

Here's pics of the exterior. As far as the interior it definitely need more than a "few LEDs". I haven't set it up b/c I'm going to look into cleaning the legs with evaporust and repairing the area where the legs go first... (anyone with hints for that let me know).

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FYI: Here was my quick once over from memory of what's needed without any testing:
• All flippers worked
• Wall and magnet work
• Battlefield "flipper" works
• DMD issues (can only see lower half)
• Sanctum wear but I'm not sure if it was even to the wood yet
• One diverter doesn't move, other is sloppy
• Battlefield works... but not sure if the back drop targets were up or not
• Damaged decals/vinyl at legs
• Very nice color on cabinet yet
• Coin door missing lock and was duck taped closed (they didn't have key... fortunately I found the backbox key in the coin box)
• Lots of minor cabinet damage top level of laminate gone in a few places
• Legs needs cleaning
• Boards "looked" good with my 30 second scan of them so I'm optimistic but really have no clue right now

Anyone have a good reference for someone who can repair/weld a broken bracket... and estimate of what it might cost? (Essentially just needs the corner added back on... and then two 8-32 threads...)

Alternatively if anyone has a shadow left divertor bracket (A-18956-2) or other suggestions for repairing this... please let me know.

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And... done. Thanks Lloyd... we'll see how it works out!!! (Cross posting to Shadow club...)
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How do you think the scam would work... are they just going to rob you?

I've got a rivet gun and spare rivets (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NPT74C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00) if you think that would help... You certainly can borrow it and have the few rivets you need.

copy/paste from facebook...
Iron Maiden stream incoming! Special Tuesday morning stream, 4/17 at 9 a.m. Eastern live from Tilt Pinball Bar: http://www.twitch.tv/buffalopinball

@chriss

Visit the Paris Pinball Museum... must schedule in advance... see https://www.pinball-gallery.com/

Definitely not a lot of modern pins... and some that aren't in fully functioning condition but overall I was impressed with everything I played and got to try a ton that normally aren't available except maybe at shows or in private collections.