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Wedge Head Madness: What are you playing this week?

By Slade

5 years ago


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#22 5 years ago

I have AABs and as far as I can remember, Fun Park is actually the only 4 digit AAB W.H. that I had turned over..
Hit the 9/10 when on red and as that was scoring, it went through the achieved score for an aab, and got 3 quick
pops which was like pinball music..

3 weeks later
#66 5 years ago

Excellent work! Good save..

3 weeks later
#72 5 years ago
Quoted from dasvis:

Need to PM my High hand... played it last night & bonus count was a little flakey.

Just today I adjusted the Bonus Unit on the EM JP. Second time in the past year. The bracket that the snowshoe wiper
is attached to loses its proper adjustment. The two L screws seems to slip. This time I gave the bracket 1/3 rotation so
the set screws tighten on new surface. I'm thinking it may be resetting a little too strongly, thus gradually slipping the set screws.
If there's a next time, I'll be reducing the return spring 1/2 turn..

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#80 5 years ago

Last month, after addressing a problem with a sticky left flipper on Gottlieb's Surfer, that's
the one I've been playing time to time, but today I got an early start for February's annual
gathering and began by waxing and then trying out these four classics. Besides changing
a couple of bulbs, all played fine. Like most Wedge Heads, I can get into playing any of
these 4, but I might say, Ice Show may be the hardest of all the 4 digit AAB Wedge Heads
to get a really good score on, not to mention turn over..

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#114 5 years ago
Quoted from mbaumle:

For Gottlieb single players, a tilt ends your game, and it's non adjustable. It's just the way they are.

I have only one Replay machine (North Star) set up, and thinking I've never tilted it, thus, hadn't known
Tilt ended the game. On AABs, it's ball in play plus one ball..

#117 5 years ago

While paint was drying, I played a couple machines with Majorettes being one of them.
I haven't gone through the Gigi or Slick Chick yet, but this one has a much different
game play than the others I have played. I don't play it often, but when I do, only one
game usually's not enough..

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#119 5 years ago
Quoted from Vic_Camp:

Check out the score and match number.

If I had to bet, I'd say you did that purposely.
With your skills, that high score should have been beat..
(Or you were playing one handed)

#121 5 years ago
Quoted from Mopar:

With your skills, that high score should have been beat..

I meant to say "Score to Beat". The 1,200
I was only kidding. I knew it landed on the 9s coincidentally, but after looking at some of your
high scores on your saved high score list, I did have a point..

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#125 5 years ago
Quoted from illawarra92:

this game features the ball kicker between the flippers that sends the ball back up thr playfield when an extra ball is rewarded.

Nice looking Fun Fair. I hadn't seen one outside of a flyer..
So the 1-5 for balls are hidden until lit on the backglass, and for an extra ball,
after the ball drains, it remains on the same ball and a plunger shoots the ball
back up the playfield? If so, is the front of the kick-out hole notched out in
such a way so that a plunger shoots the ball back up the playfield?

#130 5 years ago
Quoted from Vic_Camp:

Played this chronological order of wedge heads the other night and it felt great.

That's a pretty line up!
On the Mibs, I haven't yet went through either but is Mib's game play similar to Rack-a-Ball
or Bowling Queen? I think I might have once heard like Rack-a-Ball..

#134 5 years ago
Quoted from Vic_Camp:

Mopar....I know your more an Add a Ball guy, but I thought I would explain in detail about these three SPECIAL when lit Gottlieb wedge heads.

And I might say, very well explained!
It's nice you have fond memories of the title of games you played when young..
When a kid, I only played pinball once in a while. I might remember one being
Mini Pool, but don't really remember the titles, but I do know at least 4 of the 5
(maybe sometimes all 5) in the Coffee Shop/Newspaper Stand were Wedge Heads..
Yes mostly AAB, but I do have a North Star set up and maybe thinking of going
through another Replay. The ones that I have, I've never played. I'm not sure which
would probably be best to go through. The choices I have are: Bowling Queen, Gigi, Slick
Chick, Kings $ Queens, World Fair, Skyline, Cover Girl, Olympics, and Rack-a-Ball, (but you
mentioned Bowling Queen's more appealing). For some reason World Fair stuck out
to me, but I really don't know which one I (and others) would most likely enjoy best..
BTW: Not any of these Replays has an AAB counter which is probably the reason I
had picked them up..

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#167 5 years ago
Quoted from skywalker:

AAB feature is very cool also.

Tiger! How is a free ball rewarded? Are there Wows that light in the backglass
that represents the free balls?

#170 5 years ago
Quoted from skywalker:

Clown target is the Wow on the right side, five yellow ovals when lit represent the added balls.

I have the others (Bank Shot - Rock Star), but it looks like "Tiger" is actually the first (what I call) true "Wow" AAB machine..
When lit, do those yellow ovals say "Wow' (or anything else), or do they only light yellow like I think you said?
Tiger was an export, but looks like I still do have a machine yet on the Wanted List..

#171 5 years ago
Quoted from goldenboy232:

I have the add-a-ball Lucky Hand and it's one of the most addictive games in my collection with the progressive rules set.

I really like some of those 60s machines, but I will say that Lucky Hand's my best 3" Flipper drop target Wedge head..

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