Quoted from Lathroum:Gottlieb Jungle
First EM! fully working. Had to replace a few hardened rubber rings... paid $200!
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Congrats!
Quoted from hazmat7719:I brought home a complete machine (minus coin door parts) 1969 Williams Miss-O today. I have the Cue-T already in the collection and have been looking for it's follow up game. I will post pictures later in the year when the work has been completed.
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That is so cool and ironic @hazmat7719. We call our daughter Miss O many times and saw one on Marketplace last night. Had never heard of it before but now we will be looking for one.
I have a love-hate relationship with this thread. I love seeing folks bring new machines into their homes. I hate knowing that if I did, I'd be in the dog house. Ugh!
Quoted from Pinkitten:Joined the WOF owners club today! Unpacking a new pin is such a great feeling.
Looks great! The seller almost is on your level of wrapping and shiping games! Congrats!
Quoted from pudealee:I have a love-hate relationship with this thread. I love seeing folks bring new machines into their homes. I hate knowing that if I did, I'd be in the dog house. Ugh!
Same here! I would be in the dog house for sure!...lol
Quoted from pudealee:I have a love-hate relationship with this thread. I love seeing folks bring new machines into their homes. I hate knowing that if I did, I'd be in the dog house. Ugh!
Quoted from Guari777:Same here! I would be in the dog house for sure!...lol
But how big are these dog houses you speak of? Room for any pins?
Quoted from MT45:Picked up a project Jokerz last week! Very fun system 11. Lot's of details on my blog
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I’ve been looking for a Jokerz for a while. Nice grab and thanks for sharing your blog.
Quoted from DaMoib:But how big are these dog houses you speak of? Room for any pins?
In my dog house I can probably fit/hide a pair of pins...lol
Quoted from djreddog:After 10 months on the hunt, we finally captured one, and a nice one at that!![quoted image]
Oh my! That’s a Grand Lizard, isn’t it! One of the few games I’ve missed after selling it.
Quoted from Skyemont:Big Indian and a Addams Family.
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How do you guys find these things?
Quoted from VillaThrills:How do you guys find these things?
They live in Pennsylvania, and California is how....
Quoted from DaveH:Oh my! That’s a Grand Lizard, isn’t it! One of the few games I’ve missed after selling it.
Indeed it is, and its a nice one! Pics coming soon.
Quoted from BenB:I’ve been looking for a Jokerz for a while. Nice grab and thanks for sharing your blog.
Thank you sir - best of luck on your search. Not sure why most of the Jokerz show quite a bit of use and wear. For a game that gets some of the least love around here, it sure got played a lot on route! One more pic of John Youssi's art - a shot of the new plastics set I added to my Jokerz ...
IMG_3856 (resized).JPGI picked up this non working gladiators yesterday. About 5 minutes from my house. The previous owner said it was taken apart to move and they got a plug from the power supply and the driver board switched up. Said it blew a huge puff of smoke and then wouldn’t work when they switched them back. The ribbon cable between the driver and mpu is fried so this should be interesting. I don’t know much about gottlieb machines so hopefully some of you system 3 gurus can help me out when I start the repair thread. Other than that it looks like it will clean up ok.
10BCC18E-85C5-49EB-85A3-95485971A9FF (resized).jpeg1B53C4DF-2E62-4C02-8820-D12FA1B2C363 (resized).jpegThe sheep have been rather busy lately.
A big Thank You to SpaceTimeGuy for his help with this one!
Quoted from GCS2000:Well I took a nose dive and brought this home today. I’m sure I’m in the minority and will of course crumble to pinside criticism and ditch it 30 seconds from now but for the time being once I get it unloaded it’s mine[quoted image]
Congratulations on your Houdini acquisition! I also took the plunge a few months ago. I'll even admit to trading a Dialed In LE toward a NIB Houdini plus cash. I believe that Houdini is one of, if not the best looking pinball machine ever made. The art package is just incredible. I often see criticism of the Photoshop/clip art that Stern is often guilty of, and American did such a great job with the cabinet and playfield. The art is original and beautiful. I often enjoyed just looking at that pin when I owned it. Yes, I found it to be very tight and unforgiving, but I also posted a top-10 score (at one time). Looks like I'm still #8 for those scores that are actually posted! Woohoo! You can get in "the zone," on this game, like you can on others. It just takes a bit of patience. This game features some incredible engineering and creative shot placement. Had this pin been a widebody, with just 1/4 inch more devoted to each shot, it may have been a masterpiece. I'm not being critical about your new pin, I think this game brings ALOT to the table. Every collection needs a really challenging pin, and this one happens to be stunning to look at! I love the mods for it too. The planchet, Ouija board and Houdini show poster are fantastic!
I still find myself looking for deals on these. I would own one again, and I miss having it in my collection! Congrats.
Quoted from djreddog:The Grand Lizard is alive![quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Whoa! That is nice, and has the pre-production backglass! Very nice!
Chris
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:Whoa! That is nice, and has the pre-production backglass! Very nice!
Chris
The pre-production backglasses had different positioning on the score windows. This one may have been a custom? Either way - I like the pre-production artwork much better. Nice find!
Quoted from Wmsfan-GAP:Picked this up this morning- early production Diamondplate as well![quoted image][quoted image]
congrats!
I have been looking for one and keep striking out. If ya want to sell in the future...
Quoted from Wmsfan-GAP:Picked this up this morning- early production Diamondplate as well![quoted image][quoted image]
Congrats! Was that the one on ebay last week?
Quoted from Wmsfan-GAP:Picked this up this morning- early production Diamondplate as well![quoted image][quoted image]
Nice pick up. What's the little plate under the start button?
Quoted from SilentGas:Congrats! Was that the one on ebay last week?
No this was not on eBay. Came from a private seller that I've dealt with in the past.
Quoted from yzfguy:Nice pick up. What's the little plate under the start button?
Looks like it might have been a vendor/op tag of some sort.
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That's pretty cool. Probably stands for F _____ Amusement Company.
Quoted from Wmsfan-GAP:Looks like it might have been a vendor/op tag of some sort.[quoted image]
I found one of those on a Hurricane I had last year.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/socal-pinsiders-what-are-these-markings#post-3876140
According to a couple of SoCal locals, the tags were used by Family Amusement Center of Los Angeles. It was a company that operated games in the LA area.
Quoted from uncivil_engineer:I found one of those on a Hurricane I had last year.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/socal-pinsiders-what-are-these-markings#post-3876140
According to a couple of SoCal locals, the tags were used by Family Amusement Center of Los Angeles. It was a company that operated games in the LA area.
Thanks for that info! Seller said the two games I had gotten from him both originally came from West coast. The other game I'd gotten (Diner Diamondplate game #63) did not have any tags or stickers on it.
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