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Quoted from Colsond3:Damn! I knew someone would snag that quick. Congrats on that pick up. Did you beat his high score and get 50 bucks off?
Nah, but he is a great guy! We talked pinball for a very long time. Love this hobby!
Quoted from kciaccio:Let us know what you think after playing...
He did. BTW...one will be in the Titan Pinball's booth at the Houston Expo.
Quoted from Dallas_Pin:Amazing game!
Well, these guys made the rounds on the Pinside marketplace a couple months ago. One and a half project Pinbot machines, originally acquired in a dark alley deal and passed between multiple Pinsiders who elected against struggling through repair and resurrection, have finally fallen into my possession.
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They now sit in the back workshop space of the Collective, essentially bringing the total games in our shared space up to 17.
The parts machine has a sticker on the front, labeling it "NOT FOR SALE." Above that is written "SOLD." We're still trying to wrap our heads around that.
Quoted from kciaccio:That is a good looking pinball. I was holding out for a new TNA run but I might have to buy this one....Let us know what you think after playing...
You’ll be waiting awhile for new, I’m pretty sure they’re out of production (unless they start the line again). You see TNAs on the secondary market often.
Quoted from topkat:The shuttle has landed..
The system 9s are a cool little bunch[quoted image]
Nice game,i love ss
Quoted from topkat:The shuttle has landed..
The system 9s are a cool little bunch[quoted image]
Such a great machine!!
Quoted from ToucanF16:You’ll be waiting awhile for new, I’m pretty sure they’re out of production (unless they start the line again). You see TNAs on the secondary market often.
They have said they are going to do a second run since it has been their best seller to date..
Quoted from PinballManiac40:He did. BTW...one will be in the Titan Pinball's booth at the Houston Expo.
I saw that. Very excited to play it. November can't come soon enough...
Picked up a nice Gridiron.Ray from wide area repair got it going and added hot flipper coils to make the vari target shots.Great play field and back glass on this one.
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I wish I had the space for a bubble hockey.
Quoted from RWH:PF and BG on your Gridiron looks pretty nice. How's it play?
Playfield is super smoothe,and with the hot coils the game is a lot of fun,especially with 2 people.Its fast and real playable.
Quoted from locksmith:Picked up a nice Gridiron.Ray from wide area repair got it going and added hot flipper coils to make the vari target shots.Great play field and back glass on this one.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Ray is the man! Looks great.
Quoted from o-din:Better late than never, I guess.
That looks like a nice pin. I don't think I've ever played one though.
Quoted from RWH:That looks like a nice pin. I don't think I've ever played one though.
Thanks!
Relatively rare Bally from that era. 1850 units made. Great layout. Needs rules to be set at max tough so replays aren't a gimme. Plays crickets.
All in all though, looks great in my living room. We like the sounds too, especially the crickets.
Quoted from Gornkleschnitzer:Well, these guys made the rounds on the Pinside marketplace a couple months ago. One and a half project Pinbot machines, originally acquired in a dark alley deal and passed between multiple Pinsiders who elected against struggling through repair and resurrection, have finally fallen into my possession.
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They now sit in the back workshop space of the Collective, essentially bringing the total games in our shared space up to 17.
The parts machine has a sticker on the front, labeling it "NOT FOR SALE." Above that is written "SOLD." We're still trying to wrap our heads around that.
Poor things, passed around like the town... 
Quoted from drummermike:Ray is the man! Looks great.
Ray IS the man!! He knows his chit!
Quoted from Ronnie1114:Checking Offerup when I'm really bored sure paid off yesterday:
Have never played a Torpedo but it looks to be in decent shape, nice pick up.
Quoted from Ronnie1114:Checking Offerup when I'm really bored sure paid off yesterday:[quoted image]
Same speaker bezel as Time Machine!!
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Poor things, passed around like the town...
Yep... Fortunately the plan is they stop here! Looking to build the best stock machine we can out of both of them, and then see how much it would cost to build the second one out of repro parts.
Quoted from RWH:Have never played a Torpedo but it looks to be in decent shape, nice pick up.
Thanks! It's not bad at all condition wise. I like unusual games so I think I'll keep this one
Quoted from Ronnie1114:Checking Offerup when I'm really bored sure paid off yesterday:[quoted image]
Torpedo Alley is a phenomenal and criminally underrated game.
The posts are color coded on this game and they didn’t come like that from the factory, it almost looks like the one from TNT they did awhile ago.
Those caves look MINT and that NEVER happens, condition of this game is pretty stellar.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Torpedo Alley is a phenomenal and criminally underrated game.
The posts are color coded on this game and they didn’t come like that from the factory, it almost looks like the one from TNT they did awhile ago.
Those caves look MINT and that NEVER happens, condition of this game is pretty stellar.
Ahhh, thank you for the kind words. I'll have to look into the posts. The caves aren't perfect but I think they are pretty good. A question I had, do you know if the center targets are supposed to be translucent blue or solid blue? These are solid blue but the rest of the targets are translucent. Thanks
Quoted from Ronnie1114:Ahhh, thank you for the kind words. I'll have to look into the posts. The caves aren't perfect but I think they are pretty good. A question I had, do you know if the center targets are supposed to be translucent blue or solid blue? These are solid blue but the rest of the targets are translucent. Thanks
Here’s the club, I own one, mine is beat to hell but the targets are translucent blue. I don’t think they’re available anymore
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-torpedo-alley-club
Quoted from Ronnie1114:Ahhh, thank you for the kind words. I'll have to look into the posts. The caves aren't perfect but I think they are pretty good. A question I had, do you know if the center targets are supposed to be translucent blue or solid blue?
Great pick up, an awesome quirky game. The watermelon shooter rod on yours is an “upgrade” though. 
Damn I miss that game. I’d love to grab another one some day.
Quoted from Colsond3:Great pick up, an awesome quirky game. The watermelon shooter rod on yours is an “upgrade” though. Damn I miss that game. I’d love to grab another one some day.
Oh yea, the watermelon shooter is funny! The only real thing wrong with the game was that it was missing the shooter rod. The Watermelon I had laying around from a large lot of arts I bought. Must have been used on a WNBJM
Quoted from Ronnie1114:Oh yea, the watermelon shooter is funny! The only real thing wrong with the game was that it was missing the shooter rod. The Watermelon I had laying around from a large lot of arts I bought. Must have been used on a WNBJM
Watermelon shooter rod, you say? Here's the first one ever, which I designed for my home-grown EM Whoa Nellie (which will be up for sale shortly).
Screenshot_20190927-223414_Facebook (resized).jpgI’m seeing double....another HH. 
Actually, this is my old one that I sold two years ago...coming back for a second ass whoopin.
Didn’t expect him to call or be selling it, so I’ll be listing the other one I just bought home a few weeks ago (on the right in pic). No need for two. It needs an MPU and the backglass was totally shot, other than that it’s pretty nice. I threw a BG in it that I had hanging on the wall. Better than nothing, but it does have some decent flaking at the bottom.
0770DACC-9C32-418E-8DBA-24B79F1191F2 (resized).jpegDD170119-0D62-40B3-A42A-51536DE3EC3F (resized).jpeg099CAD13-6A77-4E9F-99F9-7363E548DDA8 (resized).jpegI got this well-traveled pin, all the way from Spain to Arizona, from a really nice Pinsider in Sierra Vista, Arizona. We went to lunch and I enjoyed talking pinball with him. He, like me is a Williams fan and I got to play Blackout for the first time - great pin! Thanks John for a wonderful pinball afternoon. And I got to bring a unique pin home with me to boot!
Rio was made by Playmatic in Spain, as I mentioned, and will make a nice addition to my collection. It has many unique features. As with most Playmatics, the playfield is nearly perfect as is the backglass.
I would like to route it. I hope my customers will appreciate 
Rio for it's overseas roots and different play. My only concern is finding parts for it. I've never seen some of these parts before. I don't even know what to call some of them! Check out these unique stand-up targets and rubber do-dads:
The 'captive ball maze', too, is unique. You must hit the rubber do-dad with the pinball behind it to advance it to the next captive ball position. (The captive ball is hiding at the top of the maze in the above picture because the cabinet is on end. But when the game is set up on it's legs, it is behind one of the rubber do-dads.) The pop bumper caps are one-of-kind too. I've never been a fan of the square design. Maybe they will grow on me. But, for now, the fact that they are so different from the typical pop bumper caps make them a good addition to any collection.
Rio was made in 1977 when the industry was converting from Electro-Mechanical to Solid State. This pin is a hybrid, one of the rare machines with all EM parts except for the sound. An electronic sound card is used in place of the standard chimes, another feature that sets this game apart from the standard fare at the time. I have never heard the sounds produced by this sound card, but I have seen the schematics and the board is very simple with sounds (simple tones?) for 100, 1000 and 10,000 points.
Regarding my collection: Light Speed -> Ridiculous Speed -> Ludicrous Speed -> I've gone to plaid!! 
Quoted from Colsond3:I’m seeing double....another HH.
Actually, this is my old one that I sold two years ago...coming back for a second ass whoopin.
Didn’t expect him to call or be selling it, so I’ll be listing the other one I just bought home a few weeks ago (on the right in pic). No need for two. It needs an MPU and the backglass was totally shot, other than that it’s pretty nice. I threw a BG in it that I had hanging on the wall. Better than nothing, but it does have some decent flaking at the bottom.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
And how much would you be selling it for?
Quoted from Slogan1111:And how much would you be selling it for?
Probably $1,150. That’s what I’m into it for. I’ve gotten a few PM’s and a buddy texted me about it already but nothing definite.
Quoted from Colsond3:Probably $1,150. That’s what I’m into it for. I’ve gotten a few PM’s and a buddy texted me about it already but nothing definite.
4f361778_960px_shut_up_and_take_my_money_1024x1280_by_amnoartist-d8z92vq (resized).jpgQuoted from woody76:I think this is like my 8th one. Couldn't pass it up, working board set is worth more than what I paid. Plays great.[quoted image]
Ya youd have to jump on that game when its that cheap,nice score for sure
Quoted from Pecos:I got this well-traveled pin, all the way from Spain to Arizona, from a really nice Pinsider in Sierra Vista, Arizona. We went to lunch and I enjoyed talking pinball with him. He, like me is a Williams fan and I got to play Blackout for the first time - great pin! Thanks John for a wonderful pinball afternoon. And I got to bring a unique pin home with me to boot!
Rio was made by Playmatic in Spain, as I mentioned, and will make a nice addition to my collection. It has many unique features. As with most Playmatics, the playfield is nearly perfect as is the backglass.
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I would like to route it. I hope my customers will appreciate Rio for it's overseas roots and different play. My only concern is finding parts for it. I've never seen some of these parts before. I don't even know what to call some of them! Check out these unique stand-up targets and rubber do-dads:
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The 'captive ball maze', too, is unique. You must hit the rubber do-dad with the pinball behind it to advance it to the next captive ball position. (The captive ball is hiding at the top of the maze in the above picture because the cabinet is on end. But when the game is set up on it's legs, it is behind one of the rubber do-dads.) The pop bumper caps are one-of-kind too. I've never been a fan of the square design. Maybe they will grow on me. But, for now, the fact that they are so different from the typical pop bumper caps make them a good addition to any collection.
Rio was made in 1977 when the industry was converting from Electro-Mechanical to Solid State. This pin is a hybrid, one of the rare machines with all EM parts except for the sound. An electronic sound card is used in place of the standard chimes, another feature that sets this game apart from the standard fare at the time. I have never heard the sounds produced by this sound card, but I have seen the schematics and the board is very simple with sounds (simple tones?) for 100, 1000 and 10,000 points.
Regarding my collection: Light Speed -> Ridiculous Speed -> Ludicrous Speed -> I've gone to plaid!!
I passed my Playmatic Last Lap Project on to my league friend, but it was only a year later in ‘78 and was one of those weird EM Hybrids. It had a HUGE row of 12 jones plugs and relays jumping into the circuit boards
The parts are unobtainium for these games (at least stateside) mine had a huge bag of broken parts with it probably for reference in case the next guy wants to make his own replacements.
Quoted from Jaeg:Changed up the lineup this weekend[quoted image]
Quoted from Colsond3:I’m seeing double....another HH.
Actually, this is my old one that I sold two years ago...coming back for a second ass whoopin.
Didn’t expect him to call or be selling it, so I’ll be listing the other one I just bought home a few weeks ago (on the right in pic). No need for two. It needs an MPU and the backglass was totally shot, other than that it’s pretty nice. I threw a BG in it that I had hanging on the wall. Better than nothing, but it does have some decent flaking at the bottom.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
what happened to the arena?
Quoted from pinostalgia:what happened to the arena?
GTB/Premier Arena? My buddy has it.
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