What machine did you bring home today? Post your pictures!

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#5504 6 years ago

Isochronic_Frost

Quoted from dmieczko:
My nephew (tjc02002) and I went in on the deal 50/50. All the games need a good cleaning & shop-job, and some need minor work. The arcade was looking to sell all their old pinball machines and replace them with newer games that could earn more $$ per day. If you can't tell from the truck pictures, the titles are Theatre of Magic, Addams Family, Attack from Mars, Terminator 2, Funhouse, Cyclone, Comet, and Sterns - Simpson's Pinball Party, Elvis, and Ripley's. It will be fun going through these over the next few months!

I'd been trying to buy those pinballs since last fall!!! WTH????
Nice score! So annoyed that I hear nothing from them and then I check and they're all gone.

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#6222 6 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from sd_jameson:
Well, the <$100 finds still exist, but I have my work cut out for me! Not to mention the fact that it was in the back of what I can only surmise to be an old milk truck turned meth lab; my most bizarre machine pickup yet... But hey, I like to buy them this way, it makes bringing them back to life all the more gratifying. Plus, it was only a 15 minute drive. The good news is that I'm pretty good with a circular saw and cabinet work is my favorite! The pics of the new head are of one I'm building for a friends Flash.
Below is what an $83 Gorgar looks like.

My kind of deal!!!!
Don't find these in NY it seems.
This reminds me of that infamous "Heart of Darkness" post. Complete with methlab-esque scene!

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#6242 6 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Cserold:
Finally finished this guy

That's the most beautiful TOM I've seen. Just WOW (when lit)

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#6345 6 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Yay, I can finally post my exciting score!

This is my second pin that I've been hunting down for a while now! The first time I saw one of these and watched the gameplay I fell in love. What a perfect combination!

It took me hunting into a stale ad on Facebook many hours and miles away. The pictures were sparse and the price was too high. Luckily it hadn't sold and the gentleman was glad to finally move it out! We settled on a FANTSTIC price and I set out on an all day adventure.

This game also happens to be quite special, as this hails from the legendary FUNSPOT! I'm thrilled to be only the 2nd person to own it.
Yes, FunSpot means heavily routed... but surprisingly this game looks great and there wear is minimal. Playfield needs a good polishing but artwork is fantastic!!

Without further delay, here's my extremely HEAVY new Baby!

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#6481 6 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from ibuypinballs:
I scored two true HUO Batman Dark Knights in two months. The one I picked up this weekend has only 88 plays on her. If that's not crazy enough the serial numbers are one after the other and built the same day. They both came from home owners and one was purchased from a magazine and the other from an dealer.

Those sequential serial numbers though!! So niiiice. I can deeply appreciate how awesome that is.

Sorta like my Dad's first bike, an old '47 knucklehead he had for many many years. His buddy loved it and hunted down his own Knuck, and it is EXACTLY 100 serial numbers after my Dad's! So neat when stuff like that happens

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#6535 6 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Lord_of_the_pins:
Is that the playfield beside the cabinet ???

He's got some 'splainin to do...

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#6712 6 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Milltown:
Thanx man.
It's a daily driver .. 1965 chevy g10.

Is that first picture taken out front of the Magic Forest in Lake George???

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#6958 6 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from djreddog:
Finally snagged a Baby Pac-Man. Kids were ecstatic, me included.

Yesssss!! Glad to see some fellow Baby Pac love!!! Such a fun game, can't wait to clean up my pf and LED it!

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#6959 6 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Today my lucky purchase just came in! A HUGE thanks to Rixzilla for finding this and transporting it here!

I asked him to keep an eye out for Night Moves and, I kid you not, 12 hours later he calls me and someone had just offered their NM to him! Insane luck to have it pop up with perfect timing.

Anyway this nifty pin is in really nice condition, but needs a good polish and cleaning on the pf. I'm thrilled to finally have a fantastic cocktail game. The only really crappy thing, which I was aware of upon purchasing, was that the MPU is totally shot. It has certainly seen better days.

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#7013 6 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from SilverUnicorn:
The house it came out of was gorgeous. The game room loft was on the second floor. The steps went down, made 2 turns, and then down again. And they were VERY nice hardwood steps. I was paranoid of scratching them. We got out of that situation unscathed, but at the turn realized we couldn' make the turn with the game on the handtruck. and not much room to remove it without taking it back up the stps.
Anyway, we get to the destination. Get the game in the house with no issues. My genius idea was that we could slide the machine down the steps on the carpet because again, there was limited room at the bottom and the game and handtruck would not fit. So that's what we did. Which worked really well, until I missed a step and fell backwards. the game slid down about 6 steps, and marked up the wall on the way down. No gouges, but I felt pretty bad about it. I take pride in moving things well, and this was a stupid mistake on my part.
I have 2 cool bruises, but nobody got hurt, the game was okay, and the wall really wasn't that bad. I just feld bad about the whole thing.
Chris

Sounds like when I brought Baby Pac-Man home to the new mancave. That thing is too freakin' heavy... we tried sliding it, buddy lost his grip and I was the only thing between that hulking yellow beast, and the bottom of a flight of stairs.
It was not fun; I made it out okay, but the stairs didn't fair so well! And so before I could work on the Baby Pac project, I had to sand and stain the freshly created staircase project...

Lesson? Bring stronger friends!

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#7223 6 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

This rarity came in on Friday. Playfield, wire harness, and back glass of Bell Ringer, only 150 made!!
A great little novelty pin that I’m excited to have.

Still need to source the remaining parts as I plan on putting this back together.
The cab was turned into a VP, sadly.

If anyone has a source on a cab, or other mini pins please let me know

Not really sure how to go about creating a cab for this thing... so that will come later

Also funny to note: November marked my first year on pinside, and since September I’ve added a new pin to my collection every month... LOL. You guys weren’t kidding... I have another one coming this month too... I’m out of space. Send help!

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#7225 6 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from ForceFlow:
I'm not sure if you got this from the same person I'm thinking of, but someone parted one of these a few months back.

Indeed it was, Ballypinwiz. I had asked about it then but wasn’t able to buy it. I
Remembered it again and shot him another message, and bought all that remained. It was sad to see such a rare pin parted out, but I understand why. Anyway... I caved and bought it. If nothing else, it can hang on the wall.

I actually already have some other pieces by chance from someone else who just happened to have the remnants of a part out.

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#9719 5 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from djreddog:
Mostly! The proposal was done during the First State Flippers August Annihilation event on 8/4/18. 50 people in attendance, mostly middle aged, haha. Although we had about 10 women in attendance that day along with 2 of our kids who were all playing in the tournament. It was quite the surprise. Below is a short clip of the proposal recorded by the local newspaper.

Her shirt makes it even better!! “No mistakes, just happy accidents”
Perfection!

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#9720 5 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from ForceFlow:
Picked up this rare title at an auction. Although, it has a Farfalla backglass instead of Magic Castle for some reason. It also came with $7 in quarters in the coin box. That's the highest amount I've found in a game so far. [quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

The stickers on that bad boy are amazing. Who in the hell slaps bumper stickers on their machine?!

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#9742 5 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from RazorV23:
Converted for wheelchair use. Company was called Arcade Access. Supposedly they only made 15 or so.

Wow that’s incredibly neat! I had never heard of such a thing before. So awesome someone thought of that.

Was that an aftermarket thing, or did they partner with Gottlieb to do that? Was Mario the only pin ever converted for accessibility? Curious too, what does that front panel do?

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#9908 5 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Finally got home, it’s only midnight and I work in 6 hours...
Brought this gem home after weeks of communication with the lady!
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I’d like to take this moment to apologize to whoever Steve may be. He pulled in the driveway moments after I bought it. I know the feeling, bud, and I’m sorry I had to be that guy today!
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(Pictured is my buddy who foolishly agreed to help me lug this up the most ancient set of stairs)
I’m happy to join the Sonic club!

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#10101 5 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

I brought home an arcade game and it lead to me picking up the saddest Seawitch playfield ever to exist.

Sorry to bum anyone out, but I really had to post this. Crosspost from the pinball horror thread.

This thing was sitting outside in a pile as we loaded up the arcade machine.

Quoted from the original post:

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
I went and bought a Maximum Force from this really crappy, somewhat cryptic letgo ad. They mentioned other arcade machines but I wasn’t able to get out there for over a month.
This place was quite literally the middle of nowhere. No cell service, an EIGHT MILE DEAD END ROAD. All the signs of “you’re going to get murdered out here”
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Finally I get to this hillbilly heaven of a few ramshackle houses and folks having big bonfires on their front lawns.
On the side of the house there’s a pile stacked to the roof of absolutely destroyed games: Super Hang-On, a dual Time Crisis, two Silent Scopes, some Konami flying games. All smashed to pieces.
The only two games left are Maximum force and an abortion of an X-men vs Street Fighter (with a Big Buck Hunter gun attached for some reason)
When I asked WHY they destroyed the games, this was the pearl of wisdom I received: “Well they wasn’t working right so we’s figured tuh scrap em”
I asked if they had anymore pieces or any pinball parts and they said those had already been destroyed.
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I was looking around the piles of arcade tragedy and found this poor, pathetic Seawitch burned beneath a flight simulator. I wanted to save what was left immediately and they told me “well that’s ‘er burn pit, but if yous really wannit, it’s yers”
If I had just came in a month sooner I could have saved even more.
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They smashed up over 30 arcade machines and a few pinball machines because they didn’t work and they figured nobody wanted them so they never even offered. I heard that several other brave souls ventured out before me and grabbed a game or two, but they weren’t as explorative as myself. Which is completely understandable because they also had a small pack of pit-bulls roaming the backyard and they weren’t terribly happy to see me.
All in all I never thought I’d be in this thread but here I am and let me tell you seeing this in personal was abysmal.
Now I understand the feeling. I could have possibly saved some more bits and pieces, but digging through all the destroyed cabs was just so damn disheartening.

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#10655 5 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

I’ve been neglectful to post my latest haul over the holiday! Finally had the whole weekend off so I got myself a Christmas Eve Eve present and then a New Years present
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Here's my rare Last Lap I got myself for New Years
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All are some rough projects that I can’t wait to get started on! And then on New Years Day this guy gets delivered as an early surprise! Very exciting if you’ve been following along on my Orbitor 1 scratch/parts build!
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Follow along with the build!
https://www.pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/orbitor-1-a-scratch-build-reaching-for-the-stars#

Post last edited 5 years ago: “Added 2nd game I picked up”

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#10746 5 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
Acdc pro vault, new in box, with forklift damage that wasn't visable!!
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Are they gonna make this right?!? That’s absurd

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#10827 5 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from twenty84:
Made a 770 mile drive through Winter Storm Harper to pick up a nice SST
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How long did that take?!

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#11173 5 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from TractorDoc:
Does part of a machine(s) count?
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There was one playfield in particular that made me go look at the rest. . .
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All of the playfields are nothing more than parts donors. I've always thought I'd like to own a Time Fantasy one day -- this one will have to do even if just as art on the wall.
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Looks a bit better after cleaning off years of dust.
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TIME FANTASY!!! INCREDIBLE!

Mega props, build the cabinet yourself and make your dreams come true!

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#11178 5 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Picked these up over a month ago from zlorya
I saw the Pepsi machine when I picked up Last Lap and had to have it. Picked up the Pepsi machine a few weeks later and had to have the change machine too, man drives a hard bargain!

Soda machine has been setup at work and it’s been a lot of fun. Lots of customers think it’s nifty.

Haven’t done much work with the change machine but it’s nice to have as I’m looking at possibly taking over a local arcade location. We’ll see what the future holds if anyone has experience with starting a company for an arcade museum, I could use some tips

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#11417 5 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from luckycreature:
Traded a night moves and cash for Revenge from Mars.

What on earth?! What kind of occult rituals did you perform to negotiate a friggin NIGHT MOVES for RFM???
That’s like trading a Volvo for a Benz lmao

(This is from a guy who LOVES NM)

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#11668 5 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from RonSS:
Big fan of Bounty Hunter art work. Never played one, hope I get the chance.

Bounty Hunter is an absolute sleeper! I got a chance to play one at the Myrtle Beach pinball museum and now it’s on my shortlist. Simple, single-level game, a bold move in the mid 80’s, yet I enjoyed it immensely. It’s just simple, clean fun, art package really picks it up too.

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#12754 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Just picked this guy up FOR FREE thanks to truemagoo102 !!
Had to leave my Great Aunt’s 89th birthday party early but how can I say no to free space invaders!
They were about to throw this guy in the dumpster too!

(If you know where I can get a replacement coindoor please let me know!)
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#12757 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Just picked this guy up FOR FREE thanks to truemagoo102 !!
Had to leave my Great Aunt’s 89th birthday party early but how can I say no to free space invaders!
They were about to throw this guy in the dumpster too!
(If you know where I can get a replacement coindoor please let me know!)
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I came back after and my great aunt thought it was pretty awesome too! It seems everyone at the party except my own grandmother thinks it’s really cool, she just keeps asking when I’ll “throw out all this junk”

Before I left I took a peek in the dumpster and got a gorgeous, brand new metal hand toolbox still had the tag on it.
I don’t understand people!

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#12763 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from pfcjimmy:
Lionman

LIONMAN!!!

Nice score.

Also just an update, this is gotta be one of the top 10 worst feelings when doing a blind pickup. I opened up space invaders and saw this:
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All of the boards are gone. Sad...
The blacklight, marquee and monitor all seem to work, so I guess I’m gonna have to put out an ad for a Space Invaders boardset... I’m not an arcade guy so I don’t know anything about them either. Wish me luck

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#12843 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Toyguy:
Brought this one home weekend before last. Had to transport it on its side as that was the only way it would fit through the hatch of my RAV4. It didn’t seem to like that much . She had a number of problems it didn’t have before. All is well now though.
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JEALOUS! What a cool game!

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#12948 4 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Speaking of “Galaxy Sized”...
Picked up this for cheap and I foolishly thought it would be similar to a Pinball...

FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY POUNDS LATER I don’t think I’ll ever buy a soda machine again..

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#13050 4 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from psd4me:
Brought these 2 home a few weeks ago. I'm redoing one for a friend. I now have 3 Stellar Wars in the house.
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Brought these home today.
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Probably going to sell the Meteors as projects. I plan on taking one of the Bell Ringers to York in Oct. Okay now I need to take nap

TWO BELL RINGERS?!

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#13093 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from FelixTCat:
1989 International Concepts Night Moves. My first cocktail pin in beautiful condition.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Now welcome to the club! https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-cocktail-club

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#13192 4 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from locksmith:
Nicest Judge Dredd I’ve ever had. This may be a keeper.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

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#13219 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from o-din:
For those of you not reading the pinside bitch thread, this is the current state of STI's white glove shipping.
I recommend don't use them. Ever. But I got my games.[quoted image][quoted image]

Wow JFC, hope your game was repairable
That’s some UPS-level handling.

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#13251 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from pudealee:
I really would like to find a good old EM with a manual ball lift. Memories!

Quoted from Silverstreak02:
Like this?[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Or maybe like this? Just picked this up after playing tag with a flaky CL seller. After failing to show up twice I gave it one last shot and a crazy, old cat lady showed up in a car loaded with stickers declaring “Catitude”
She claims she bought it from an operator in Long Island when she was 18 and has owned it for over 45 years. Amazingly the game actually starts right up and after fixing one bent relay switch, it works pretty darn well!

Kinda cool, never worked on an EM this old!
Holding this baby for John_in_NC
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Why don’t they still staple THIS inside pinball machines??? I know hundreds of operators and private owners who need this reminder every time they open the game.

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#13263 4 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Rolpa:
I've been looking for another DMD for a while, so today I made a long distance phone call...
Cab is faded, but the playfield is absolutely top notch.

I LOVE JM!!! Fantastic playing gaming

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#13282 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from weaverj:
i honestly understand the confusion. i retract my previous remark.
"been a minute" is a modern axiom. i'd guess ~40% of people on here never heard that before.
it was actually a complement, but too late now.
enjoy the pin.

It’s what the hip kids are saying now. When I first started seeing it on the gram (Instagram), Twitter and such I couldn’t understand it. Then I realized it’s the next “thing” how we use words ironically. Such as “literally” as an exaggeration of figuratively or using “lit” as in hot, which itself meant popular. And now “minute” actually meaning a long amount of time has passed. Example “Been a minute since I last went to a pinball tournament” or “been a minute since my last break from Pinside” (I’ve been on everyday for over 2 years)

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#13384 4 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from psd4me:
Actually brought this home Thurs.
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CLEAN wow!!
Someone sell me one of these, dangit!

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#13622 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

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...

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#13631 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

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.

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#13633 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

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

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#13646 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

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.

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#13679 4 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from northerndude:
People literally don't know how to get the glass off. The first pin I ever bought, the guy said "some bulbs burnt out, didn't know how to get to them"

A lot of operators are like that too. At least they act like they have no clue how to take the glass off LOL

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#13725 4 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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I know I said I didn’t have any money or time to get these... but when they pop up 45 minutes from your house ya gotta make it happen!! Especially a 2 for 1 deal!!

Bally Freedom and I’ll let you guess the other one

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#13792 4 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from egyptrus:
That would be awesome. I'm amazed at how often you find this game and the launcher is missing. It makes you wonder what happened to them? I guess it's possible that it's been broken off because it sticks out a bit but it seems to be missing more often than you think it would.
I appreciate you checking for me.
Dave

“Damn I bet this is expensive to replace... better take it off for safe keeping”
*loses it or throws it in some box of random crap*
That’s how I imagine 90% of operator hacks.

I finally cracked into that Freedom I picked up.
Turns out it works 93% the wire just broke off the kickout solenoid so the ball never got served up! Everything fires and counts. Only remaining issue is the saucer switches don’t do anything, and someone butchered the chime unit pretty badly, even though the simple jones plug to unhook it is directly underneath it.
Will probably be selling it since I have the Super Straight to work on.

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#14061 4 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Spyderturbo007:
Grabbed this earlier today. It has a battery U3 / U6 error, but I think it’s just because the batteries are shot.[quoted image]

Boy, I’m still wanting one of these!

Quoted from DGMartin:
The World Series is named after a now defunct newspaper that was in New York called The World, since they were the ones that sponsored it.

I’ve always sorta wondered what’s up with that and now I know! See, pinball IS educational!

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#14105 4 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from bballfan:
The same guy has another really rare game for sale as well
Goin Nuts, 1983 Gottlieb: 44000
Working condition, playfield in need of restoration, cabinet in good condition, head in good condition. Prototype rare Gottlieb game, less than 10 avail. For serious collectors of rare pinball machines and arcades in need of an ultra rare attraction.
Chris
[email protected], Westwood, New Jersey

Such a cool game. Not a bad time to buy, efforts are underway currently to finish the code and create replacement parts finally. One of only 9 left, the 10th was parted to keep the other 9 going.
Wish I could join the club but it’s not worth nearly that. The only pinball machines truly worth 45k would be:
Total Recall
Bigfoot
(AKA: They aren’t real)

Quoted from jrpinball:
Throw 20k at him, and see what he says.

Probably won’t take it, I tried before. The guys who have one simply aren’t selling unless it’s a silly number. The last guy I talked to said he turned down 45k, perhaps now someone wants to cash in?

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#14120 4 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Murphdom:
My Gottlieb Drop-a-Card arrived. One of Bob Cunningham’s workers dropped it off. It was a Craigslist’s find a few months back. Some guy inherited it after his father who was an electrical engineer passed away. It is an excellent original example and is very clean and responsive. The backglass is a 9/10 with no fading or flaking, cabinet probably an 8/9 because of only one decent sized scratch, and the playfield is a 9 with no planking or wear other than one pencil sized dot of paint missing on the middle of the playfield. Pictures to follow. I got a little over zealous and stripped the playfield right away otherwise I would have posted some.

Drop-A-Card was my first pin in the hobby! What a great EM. Very challenging and a total blast

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#14183 4 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Colsond3:
Got a call for an unknown pin lingering in a house yesterday. Forced me to jump back in the game earlier today after some unexpected surgery and recovery last week.
No pics...but I took the ride. Then this thing magically appeared in my car. I can’t seem to escape this title (which I don’t mind).
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Oh no!!! Hope you get well soon, dude!
Who else could I live the daily pinball pickup life vicariously through?!

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#15005 4 years ago

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Just picked this gorgeous lady!
Thanks Crispin !

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#16278 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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I couldn’t resist! Got it in last Tuesday.
Ever since I played Breakshot back in November I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it!!

Absolutely stunning game. Great addition to the lineup!

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#16282 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from JT-Pinball:
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A second baby?! That’s dedication!
Love that game.

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#16333 3 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Colsond3:
Driving home and this hit the hull...
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WELCOME TO THE CLUB!!!
Torpedo Alley is the most criminally underrated DE ever made. The game is just awesome. Coding is packed. Flows
like water. 80s cheese galore. And the best part, a wireform trifecta!
Congrats!

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#16498 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from gdonovan:
This one was restored a few years ago, needs some minor tuning. Playfield has been clearcoated, new translite too.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

What a gorgeous example. I might have to come over and take notes for my restoration! That is genuinely the NICEST TA I’ve ever seen. EVER!

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#16632 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Bought some parts from the96stang for my Night Moves! Now it is finally 100% after all this time, plays music, no broken plastics, fully working display!

He basically threw this Stop 'N' Go at me and for a few extra bucks I couldn’t say no!
I’m not afraid of some cheap EMs, especially when they’ve got some nifty gimmicks!
Gonna take a TON of work to get this sucker going, but I’m sure it’ll be a fun project

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#17165 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from pinzrfun:
Also not a pin, but lotsa musicians on here, and I know how you guys like the thrill of the chase....i won it on eBay with a ridiculously low bid - seller had zero feedback, local pickup only which probably scared people off. Her son moved to Germany years ago and amp was too expensive to ship. She also threw in a 12 string acoustic w/hardshell case, a couple guitar stands and 8 wall hangers. I'm in SE Mich, amp was in Brooklyn, NY, about 1250 miles round trip. I grabbed a co-pilot, left at 5am and back home by 1030pm, including stopping for a couple New York slices, couple photo ops, and picking up some lawn ornaments in PA for the wife.
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YES, some REAL, authentic Pizza! I feel bad for folks who live in other states. Every state, I always sample the pizza, and at best it tasted like our gas station pizza! It's a travesty! I've found NY, parts of VT and PA are the only spots with good-ass pizza.

Quoted from bluespin:
But Congo, Shadow and Johnny Mnemonic were horrible movies, but great pins.

Johnny Mnemonic is so awful and cringy that I love it. The story behind how that movie got made is even better. Basically they threw as much junk as humanly possible into one script and asked for a HUGE budget and Sony practically jumped out of their seat, check in hand!

Quoted from Pinkitten:
Like pee, of course! Actually, like cardboard and shipping materials.
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You're out of your element, Donny.

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#17172 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Just picked up this good ass game
Rarest game I own now, 1 of 54 made!

Double feature I also snagged a CT-48 on the way! The only machine I’ve ever regretted selling so far! This one is far nicer and I’m glad to have it.

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#17192 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Got Nudge-It all setup! It came with all the factory paperwork and envelope. It’s pretty awesome. Even has some of the original cardboard packaging still stapled on the back. The Namco Arcade got the game in, unpacked it and just left it sitting to earn.
Most the rubbers rotted off it so it’s basically extra hard mode!

I’m glad to have this weird little game. It’s pretty addicting. It’s cool to be the second owner of this thing too. Straight from the source!

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#17900 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

BOOYA!
After 4 years of searching, I’ve finally secured a wild Granny. Fresh pick from an old operators trailer.
She’s the only game to survive. The rest were totally disintegrated and this Granny isn’t far behind.
This is gonna get a full all-out restoration.
Baby Pac was my second ever game I picked up and I’ve searched for it’s sister game ever since.
I ALSO secured not one but TWO completely populated spare playfields for Granny and the Gators! Talk about an incredible haul!!!

They are still out there if you look hard enough and harass everyone you meet

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Of course we stopped at world famous Knoebels and had a great time too!

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#17918 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Murphdom:
It was a two pin kind of weekend with no York show. I was on my way back from my second trip after a two and half hour drive and was almost home when I was rear ended and pushed into a truck in front of me that had its rear bumper made out of a steel I-beam. The truck was lifted so I went under it. It was then nice enough to take off.
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Been there done that on the way to Allentown last year. That sucks, glad you’re alright!!! Was the pin in the back when it happened? If so I’m shocked it survived so well.

Quoted from Schusler:
Your Granny was also a Discs of Tron

Quoted from Bax1:
Save that bottom. That is a discs of tron cabinet. Williams sometimes used cabs they had around for bottoms. That’s very cool

So far the 3 GatG I’ve seen all have had a environmental Discs of Tron bottoms.
Bally Midway loved reusing cabinets.
My city slicker is made from a Rampage! Crazy!

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#17937 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Murphdom:
For what reason would she get a ticket? Following too close? Maybe? If that’s even a thing where you live. But that’s a stretch. The driver would have to been intentionally riding your tail. We were in heavy traffic and it was just unfortunate.

That happened to me too! 8am rush hour traffic. Lady texting. And in the Allentown thread I had some clown making fun of me for it

Quoted from Ceckitti:
Most def a thing. assured clear distance. If you hit someone from behind (without anyone pushing you into them) I would think that’s a ticket anywhere.

Except in some cases, like mine, where the driver NEVER hit the brakes when she plowed into the first car at 65 mph so I had no warning when she came to a complete dead stop even with a 3-4 second gap, that’s not enough time to come to a complete stop especially in rush hour traffic when nobody lets you have more than a car-length of space!

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#17938 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

On topic:
SPECTRA IV IN THE HOUSE!!!

Big thanks to Shawn, Mk1Mod0 for holding onto this game since April till it could be delivered to me! Nobody expected this craziness to happen.

Now I get to work on this thing and make it beautiful. Love the look of it and the novelty!

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#19596 3 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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FINALLY! It’s been 5 months since my last pickup so I was having withdrawals... first new pin of 2021! Hollywood Heat (I love this game, Gottlieb/Premier haters be damned!)

Good ol’ the96stang always convinces me to leave with more pins than I planned to!

Didn’t have the funds for the extra game so I did the next best thing... called herbertbsharp my pinball “neighbor” and said I’d bring it back and deliver it as long as I get to come over and play it

Fun trip and everyone involved in the deal is happy!

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#20355 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

GOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!
Picked up the game everyone loves to hate! Also the game that bankrupted Capcom and is the reason we didn’t get a proper release of Big Bang Bar I love it!

I’m the guy who buys the games nobody else wants

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#20357 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from stefanmader:
Wow didn t know this one. Looks really unique! Cool stuff

The story is that Capcom had a bunch of European distributors from Austria and Germany that day and they lost their minds when they saw Flipper Football, so Capcom thought it was gonna be HUGE! They forgot that “football” isn’t popular here in America

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#20384 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from GorillaBiscuits:
Cleveland is lovely this time of year!
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That Stars looks amazing!!! One hell of a lineup

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#20440 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from atrainn:
I had an order of Vewlix clones show up this week along with a Sound Voltex. I've wanted an SDVX for a couple of years now,it's awesome to finally have one! Only one of the Vewlix clones is for me, the rest were bought for friends. [quoted image][quoted image]

Those games are awesome!!! Where do you order those? Looks like those awesome Japanese arcade games. My friend is looking for one of them for her place!

Quoted from AlexRogan84:
Cool looking game. Unique for sure and rare. Agreed on the jumbo DMD and great images. I just watched a gameplay video and it’s quite elaborate what they did with it.
Oddly enough, there is one of these games being advertised locally here in Ontario. It’s listed as being offered as a trade or an outright sale for the right offer. There’s no mention of price or value. Can you give me an idea what one of these should go for right now? Assume it’s in good condition and perhaps that the DMD is working correctly. That large and unusual sized DMD I would imagine is a pricey thing to replace if it is t working correctly. Thanks.

Under 1500 USD is a good price. There are TONS of spare super-sized high-def DMD spares for this game laying around. They seem unobtainium but they aren’t. Just requires some hard work to wrangle one. I LOVE the gameplay. It’s way better with friends, but if you challenge yourself it’s a lot of fun. It probably could use a code update so it has traditional scoring to improve home-use but I love novelty games like this. It is most certainly pinball, nay-sayers have not played it seriously. They probably put one game on it and dismiss it.

Quoted from MrMikeman:
Boring gameplay(it's not a pinball) for a solo player. A bit like fooseball and dome hockey. Fun party game, dust collector otherwise. I know someone in Ontario who got one 6-7 months ago for less than 2k$CAD. These games are often parted out because the boards are worth more than the game. Same boardset as Big Bang Bar.
Things to look for:
DMD is unobtanium and has to be perfect.
Long distance optos at goal are often flaky and don't work correctly (detecting goals when they shouldn't).
Drop targets break all the time and are often replaced with wrong targets.

Many were parted out to make BBBs and get more money. They were hated games. DMD is not unobtainium, that’s nonsense as stated above. Capcom had stock out the wazoo when they closed up shop!
I appreciate the opto advice, I started having that issue after an adjustment for the arcade. Drop targets are original and really don’t break often. Dial down the flipper strength if you’re breaking them.

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#20877 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Neglected to post when I first picked these up almost 3 weeks ago.

I guess there was a divorce and the wife took all the heads off the machines! I got the bodies and already have one of the heads coming in to Allentown

Fun trip!

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#20886 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:
Selection looks great around here. Truly.
Guess now I know why they didn't show the cab in the ad... lol
// no, I didn't offer on it as I'm not working on any project that might need donor parts from this. Sadly, that's all I see here.
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It almost looks like that cabinet is metal?
Offer them $5 and burn it right where it sits.

Or spray the mechs down with a garden hose, and list it on fleecebay “Lightly used, pulled off a mostly working machine”

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#20961 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from oilspot:
Been way too long since I posted in this forum. Here's today's $50 poor score.
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Neat operator sticker, post it in the sticker thread!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/show-us-your-old-operator-decals-etc

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#20982 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Just scored a real uncommon dream! This was only 25 minutes away in an Orthodontist office where it’s lived for 8+ years. Never been serviced except for last year when some “tech” “fixed” the issues and by that I mean jacked up the flippers and shorted a bunch of switches.

Still, the price was bonkers, cheaper than most Facebook EMs this will never happen again!image.jpg4AE29260-CAF0-4182-886D-D43353BA699B.jpeg2330249B-E65B-4AD0-B098-C788BE63A16F.jpeg1FDB869B-E8C0-46A3-845D-33D3C15D8FB7.jpeg

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Drop-A-Card is a fantastic game! My first and I still love it.

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#20986 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from Pinkitten:
Whoa, the wait time for that orthodontist must have been looooong. That pin got some serious play!

The audits are hilarious. Game has 80 thousand plays. But that Ball Search number is insane!!! Looks like nobody ever had a chance to put a real game on it!

Unfortunately their “tech” was a real piece of work. He removed the EOS switches on the flippers and you can see the coils cooked. The game needs some love.
So far it’s cleaned up really really nicely! The huge wear trail is sad, but maybe someone can help me make a water slide to cover it.

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#21000 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from ThatOneDude:
We hit 420 pages. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

I feel it’s only right to close out Page 420 with this!

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#21011 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from dirkdiggler:
I'd love to hang this poster in my gameroom
Did anyone else rip gig/concert posters off of poles like I did as a youth?
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Try contacting Add-A-Ball? When I found that I thought it was amazing. I need one hanging next to my Baby Pac-Man!
Pinball is corrupting the youth!!

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#21111 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Forgot to post my pre-Pinfest pickup! Woulda bought some projects at the flea market if my car wasn’t totally jammed full!

Picked up Caveman from LBJ after something near 3 years after we agreed to the deal!

Also got my Target Alpha head from 890khz delivered to Pinfest by @zerbam! Thanks so much to everyone who made this happen!

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#21120 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from ccbiggsoo7:
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Always a cool game!!! Love the horror theme of it, wish I had more chances to play!

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#21151 2 years ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from Taygeta:
You’d be amazed how much this plays like a standard pinball machine.
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Night Moves is the greatest cocktail game made! Congrats! It has a really awesome rule set for such a small game

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:
I was convinced this was going to fall through but it all worked out great. Left flipper wasn't working but a new coil fixed it. Too bad we lost the feature lamps in the process. The rectifier board is hacked and looks like crap (not surprised) so we'll swap in an xpin and then see where we are on those feature lamps.
Ultimately it's going to become a Quicksilver someday because the cab is horribly painted and the backglass is crap. In the meantime I left it at a friend's so he can play it.
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Galaxy is a great game!! So sad people keep killing them! yes Quicksilver is amazing, but Galaxy is too!

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:
Random thoughts this morning from helping yesterday with the Galaxy acquisition... I told my friend I didn't have time to bring any EMs back to life (and I don't fix pop machines!) but that I would help him to clear space by selling off some of what he had spent gobs of money accumulating before he let me start guiding him--lol.
Gottlieb Skill Pool - two complete cabinets, three playfields, one brand new backglass and set of plastics (both cabs have complete set of pool balls)
Gottlieb Surf Side - complete, some flaking on BG but decent overall
Williams Doodle Bug custom painted Beetles retheme project - probably not worth much more than random parts/mechs and for a solid cabinet to do something else with -- IMO
Gottlieb Continental Cafe - complete, backglass okay but not great, would be a solid donor for a Woah Nellie build
Bally Dude Ranch bingo (head under the Surf Side in pic 4)
Some other bingo (head under the Surf Side in pic 4)
Pepsi vending machine - doesn't cool but I think he said it works otherwise
He's a bit overwhelmed and I'm not sure the best way to go about getting this all sold for him. Clearly he needs better pictures and it would be nice to have some sort of indication on overall (dys?) function of everything.. I just know he needs them gone and I need him with cash in hand for all the projects I'm going to be doing for him (lol). Any suggestions?
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Those Pepsi machines are terrible. I believe that model should weigh about 600+ pounds. Hate moving them.
They’re only worth like $200

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#21165 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

My apologies! I did NOT mean to start this war!
I agree that they did make a ton of them so it’s a fair point to use games that had large production numbers. I just worry eventually they’ll end up “rare” like loads of other old EMs and early solid state titles that people used to think sucked and would fit for parts. Remember that back when these were coming out Stern games were basically scoffed at. This whole Classic Stern craze is relatively new.

Good luck to all of your builds though! I wish one of those cheap player Galaxy’s would come up near me!

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#21182 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from JStoltz:
I think he wired the coin drop switch up to one of the targets so that he wouldn’t have to put quarters in it and credits would rack up during play (facepalm).

If he had that much electrical knowledge to understand how to make that work... why on earth would he do something so dumb...?
At that point just jumper the credit button to the start button! People are so weird

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#21264 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Back on the forum!! Just picked up a decent players machine, thanks to the96stang

Happy to finally have one, these old Solid States are truly the best pinball experience. I never get tired of them! Just trying to convince Kate to put this one in her house

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#21307 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from undrdog:
Just brought him home from an estate sale right in my neighborhood. Everything seems to work, although I haven’t confirmed the scoring on the rototarget yet.
First pin that was playable when I got it home! It came with a bucket of tokens. Jackpot!!
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Tokens are always fun! Love when my games come with unique tokens/coins. Just got a game from Denmark with a Kroner coin in it.

Quoted from gdonovan:
Sorcerer

Correct!

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Back on the forum!! Just picked up a decent players machine, thanks to the96stang
Happy to finally have one, these old Solid States are truly the best pinball experience. I never get tired of them! Just trying to convince Kate to put this one in her house
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All setup! Need to get the sound working. If anyone has a sys9 board for sale lemme know

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#21331 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Llabnip1972:
Minty.....thank you Devin at Pinball Panic in San Jose Ca for this beautifully restored Firepower.
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Dig the bowling pin clock and the Rockin’ Bowl-O-Rama

But I need to know WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?? And where can I get one??
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Looks like “The Scream” at an EDM Rave.

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#21372 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Today I turned 25 and I got woken up by a call from an operator I’ve been working for a few months. He said “I’m done screwing around with these other guys, if you want them all then tell me when you want to get ‘em”
I told him I’d be there in 2 hours!

Here’s my best haul yet, and it was only 20 miles from my house! He bought them all NIB and they’ve sat in the bowling alley for nearly 30 years! The decals look amazing. No fade. Some slight water damage but the games all play and function perfectly!

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#21411 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from goodypin18:
6 hour round trip for the ugliest translite known to man. At least the game is fun and the playfield is nice. Now, does anyone out there have a lockdown bar?
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Quoted from cottonm4:
I think this bar from Pinball Life fits Laser War.
https://www.pinballlife.com/sternsegadata-east-black-front-molding-lockdown-bar-no-tournament-button-hole.html

Quoted from snyper2099:
It will be hard to track this down. Most DE games of that era had black lockdown bars. When I needed one years ago, I actually had to buy a black one, sand it, and polish it.

Quoted from gdonovan:
Early Data East have stainless finish and interchange with classic Stern.

I have a Monday Night Football with a stainless steel lockdown bar, but all the trim is black. It really seems like it was supposed to be black.
It is the 6th game by DE. I always figured mine was swapped for a Stainless because the black ones were harder to find

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Today I turned 25 and I got woken up by a call from an operator I’ve been working for a few months. He said “I’m done screwing around with these other guys, if you want them all then tell me when you want to get ‘em”
I told him I’d be there in 2 hours!
Here’s my best haul yet, and it was only 20 miles from my house! He bought them all NIB and they’ve sat in the bowling alley for nearly 30 years! The decals look amazing. No fade. Some slight water damage but the games all play and function perfectly!
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Here’s the games setup in the arcade!
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Kate setup Strikes ‘N Spares at her house. The pinball contagion spreads! 05F8B16C-923E-4E99-8665-0E04B5579021.jpeg

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#21600 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from cdnpinbacon:
Mini pool game I picked up this morning!
850 usf, no issues works perfect.
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Wow, that's a unique operator tag perfectly fit in the price window

Quoted from uphamj:
Hard to pass up any Pin for $400 these days.....

Easy solution, just buy them anytime a cheap pin turns up!

Quoted from AJGross:
Picked this up yesterday. $500. It looked much nicer in the pics from the seller. It came with a ton of problems at no extra charge. Displays don't come on. MPU doesn't boot. This is going to be a lengthy refurbish.
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Holy crap, is that a Diamond Lady off to the side??? Snag it quick!

Quoted from Taygeta:
Craigslist find. Seller was super friendly and had a few other pins I may be making a return trip for. I’m out of room, but there’s always ways to get creative spreading pins around.
It’s been a while since I’ve owned a 70s/early 80s pin. I prefer modern games usually, but earlier games have a unique charm about them that the games of today lack.
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Save that poor Night Moves! Cabinet looks like ass!

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#21893 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Picked up 2 Neo Geo’s, Primal Rage, Site 4 Area 51, a janky ass old Centipede Cocktail, a totally jacked Pac-Man cocktail turned into a Tetris, and finally the best part...
THE MACHINE: BRIDE OF PINBOT

TWILIGHT ZONE

And finally the cream of the crop OH YEAAAAAAH!
THE ADDAMS FAMILY!

I never ever thought the day would come where I own Addams Family and TZ.
That day still hasn’t, because neither are for me
Picked up one for a client and another for a pin buddy.
Bride is mine and it’s going into the arcade! Come play it in you’re near Toga.

My body is blown right out. Moving and transporting and delivering all these games in just a few hours was brutal. Some games were dumped. They all survived with only very minor scuffs and scratches. Most the arcades will be listed for sale as I have no interest in them. Neo Geo’s too!

There’s still more to come. Another big haul coming next month!

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#22146 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

My new game came in...
But that doesn’t look like a Turtles?!

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#22150 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

You guys love pinball trivia!!
Super thrilled to nab this rare treasure!

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#22152 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from cottonm4:
Captain Hook. 450 produced. Beautiful play field theme.

Argh! Yah swashbuckling scalliwag!
Yee be correct.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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#22163 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from TractorDoc:
Loading and Unloading this game was a Workout!
Cannot say I was able to cross a game off the wish list with this one but pins at three digit prices are hard to pass on these days.
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Hopefully I can source something up for the missing ramp -- as tempting as it might be I'm not sure I want to use that translite as a wall hanger.

Hardbody is endlessly underrated. It’s so much fun and it has a great layout. It’s the same as BMX. It’s so cheesy you have to laugh

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#22500 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from EJS:
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That was routed in NY? Small world!

Thank you for taking a Big Ben far away from this state

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#22544 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from paynemic:
So it’s been a while since I’ve thought I had something worthy to post in this thread. But I finally got to unbox this absolute masterpiece by Jjlp!!! I haven’t gotten to flip it yet as it needs to be converted to 110v and I can’t find my dang pin pullers for molex plugs, but I’ll update when I can.
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That’s incredible! How many of these are running around now??? Seems like at least 3 of them exist: the original, GAP, and @jjlp’s version.
Whatever happened to the Disney one?

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#22860 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Today I turned 25 and I got woken up by a call from an operator I’ve been working for a few months. He said “I’m done screwing around with these other guys, if you want them all then tell me when you want to get ‘em”
I told him I’d be there in 2 hours!
Here’s my best haul yet, and it was only 20 miles from my house! He bought them all NIB and they’ve sat in the bowling alley for nearly 30 years! The decals look amazing. No fade. Some slight water damage but the games all play and function perfectly!
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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Picked up 2 Neo Geo’s, Primal Rage, Site 4 Area 51, a janky ass old Centipede Cocktail, a totally jacked Pac-Man cocktail turned into a Tetris, and finally the best part...
THE MACHINE: BRIDE OF PINBOT
TWILIGHT ZONE
And finally the cream of the crop OH YEAAAAAAH!
THE ADDAMS FAMILY!
I never ever thought the day would come where I own Addams Family and TZ.
That day still hasn’t, because neither are for me
Picked up one for a client and another for a pin buddy.
Bride is mine and it’s going into the arcade! Come play it in you’re near Toga.
My body is blown right out. Moving and transporting and delivering all these games in just a few hours was brutal. Some games were dumped. They all survived with only very minor scuffs and scratches. Most the arcades will be listed for sale as I have no interest in them. Neo Geo’s too!
There’s still more to come. Another big haul coming next month!
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Let’s review:
My birthday bash pickup:
Lethal Weapon 3
World Cup Soccer
Dr. Dude
Strikes N’ Spares

We then did pre-halloween pickup of:
Twilight Zone
Addams Family
The Machine: Bride of Pin•Bot
And a buttload of arcades:
2 Neo Geo’s
Primal Rage
Site 4 Area 51
Centipede Cocktail
Arkanoid Cocktail

Finally I snagged the 2nd to last machine he had left:

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I also bought a CRT Mega Touch because they’re mildly entertaining, and it was a couple hundred with a DBV.

Pretty happy with the haul, and looking forward to going back soon for his last machine and successfully buying him out!

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#22937 2 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from frosken:
...and this one day is now here!!!
First NIB purchase!
Not wife approved, but it is "wife tolerated"...sort of...I didn't sleep in the chicken coop or the garage so all good!
...now if I could only get the improved "cliffy" soon...[quoted image][quoted image]

Nice fellow Flipper Football fan!!!
Someone out the “Capcom” sticker on the top of the backbox?!

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#22940 2 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from frosken:
LOL...Just haven't had the time to remove that atrocity...it's on my todo list
You should have seen the other "mods", like additional lighting in the backbox (why?) and on the playfield, which obstructed the top flippers.
Kick the #@$@#% Ball!

The sticker is nice! Placement is questionable... guess they didn’t have the topper so it’s the next best thing?

Mine was LED’d by the previous owner... yikes. That thing could give you an epileptic fit. Capcoms
hate LEDs and the guy put in eye-bleeding blue for all the inserts

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#22972 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:
I'm trying to help my friend straighten up his bad situation after getting "taken" several times early on when he got into the hobby and was unfortunately very naive. He brought Galaxy (I actually pushed him to buy this ugly thing for CHEAP because someday I'm going to convert it to a QS) and two Doodle Bugs. One has been.....poorly half-rethemed. Not really sure what to do with it to be honest, I'm thinking it might be best served as parts to other projects at this point.. it's a mess.
My shop is starting to look like a damn homeless camp: two mata hari hardtops (in progress), a night moves with weird flipper coil overheating issues, my wife's Roy Clark that's been shopped out but still needs a drop target replaced, my buddy's LAH that I've gotten working except sound (waiting on new sound ROMs) and now these three. Sheesh.
We did get to play a few games on my newest additions before he left town: bad cats and LOTR. High praise from both of those which made me happy since I've done a lot of work on both.
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Someone heard about the Seawitch Beatles retheme right in the middle of their project and dropped it like a hot potato lol!

Quoted from moat-pin:
Cactus Jack!! Feel like not many of these around - loved playing one in Paris cafe near my a partner, ..for hours on end in the 90s!

Such a good game. I’d love to add one to my
Lineup some day!

Here’s the machine I just brought home! Sold my first one almost exactly 3 years ago, and missed it ever since. Had searched and searched for a replacement, but found none as nice, until now. E1D7F548-1BAD-4B05-B716-1C8EA7E0963D.jpegFinally got this beautiful machine down in CT.
Pristine!
Very glad to have it back. Just gotta find a wall to hang it on where it won’t be blocked by a game...B7947E6A-853E-40C9-9A53-7A8EE4D9AE4C.jpeg

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#22987 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Charles_Kline:
I almost picked one of those up a few months ago but hesitated and missed it. Wish I would have jumped on it.

You should!!! Once you’ve got one it adds so much to the Home Arcade/Game Room!

Quoted from Zartan:
I have the chance to buy a coke machine exactly like this! $240. I am hesitant about it.

Quoted from Zartan:
I only want it for the house. That’s why I’m hesitant. I already have a fridge, but this would look cool on the wall.

Buy it! I’m unaware of a Coke version, send me a pic in PM. Totally worth it, really cool! Definitely buy it. You can always resell to recoup the money. They’re very energy efficient.

Quoted from radium:
Never seen that style before. Is it to mount on a wall?

Yes, it’s from 1981, made by Coin Co actually. CT-48 it’s awesome. Weighs 124 dry.

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#23157 2 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from ThatOneDude:
Well, I did bring it home....
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Good job!!! Those parts are worth it! Thanks for helping the old Wedgehead/EM guys!

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#23585 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Picked up some very seldom-loved games in a parking lot deal at Allentown! U-haul screwed me and thus I performed magic to turn my little Subaru into a clown car Pinhauler!!!
Fit Shaq Attaq & Truck Stop completely!69747848-4B26-4F22-9FF7-1AD211E99757.jpeg2018D676-A1F9-487D-A39D-15BFB0AC74DA.jpeg
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Nice and cozy 4 hour drive with Shaq Attaq’s backbox practically in my lap!

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#23641 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Bringing in a generously donated new pinball for the Saratoga Silverball Show this September 17th & 18th ! Very thrilled with this, and it looks to be in great shape. A great addition to the show! And an incredibly generous and kind gesture to help the show grow!
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Quoted from thekaiser82:
I think I speak for everyone here, well done on that beard! I wish I could pull that off. My wife would show me the door.

It’s about a year strong now! A beard of this caliber can be difficult for some women to handle! (that’s what I like to tell myself )

Dropped off a changer at my new location! Working on transferring ownership of everything from the old operator to me now. It’s kinda crazy, but this is the move that’s made it all feel real! 6AB2DBA6-A497-4E54-A3C6-187FFEB63BC9.jpeg The fledgeling pinball protégée celebrates the new location!

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#23678 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from jaytrem:
That's some serious deep pile carpet!

Try nudging on that floor and you’ll tear a shoulder right up!

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#23873 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Traded my WCS for Party Animal, Lady Luck (6803) and Fun Fest, didn’t get any good photos, so this will have to do till I set them up either tomorrow or the next day.

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#23949 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Skyemont:
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No big deal!

That cup holder screwed on the front kills me!

I picked up some old Pre-war games that were basically a pile of parts but forgot to take pics!! Not sure how that happened. Thanks to Peruman jrpinball and ejacques for making it happen!! I really owe you guys!

After Pintastic, we stopped at my operator buddy’s place to check out his boneyard of stuff he’s junking. Quite sad!

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#23969 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from maxharvard:
My first real pinball machine next to my home build Vpin and arcade.
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The wood grain on that cabinet looks great! Is that a decal or real wood?

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#24212 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Neglected to post this when I picked it up. Went on a road trip down to Jersey.
Got this Target Pool body for

Murphdom and the Mini Pool head for my machine!

This head turns out to be the long-lost mate for the body I have. The husband was getting divorced, the wife took the heads and sold them to a local pinball guy about a half hour away.
He died less than a year later, and some covid-Pinballer with more money than brains bought all of them to “fix”
So he spent several months trying to make a Mini Pool (AAB) head fit onto a Target Pool (Replay) body.
Obviously doesn’t work, but can’t help those types!

I’m very grateful for Murphdom negotiating for this mismatched pair! Love Mini Pool and I’m so thrilled I can play my own.

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#24276 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Another busy week! Picked up Old Coney Island, then picked up a changer, then drove out to a bizarre hoarder house with torn apart cars, 3 foot tall grass, and huge heaps of scrap metal and JUNK everywhere.

We pull up to this land of country-bumpkins, and way out, 300 yards from the road is this BEAUTIFUL candy crane, flashing and singing away. Surreal.
As we loaded they tried giving us one of their 9 cats. We politely declined and got the hell out of there.

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#24295 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Pinhead306:
Some straight hill Billy action today complete with dilapidated shed, dead squirrels and two brothers about to fist fight while I was breaking down the machines! Pumped for the soccer!
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Hill-billies always give great deals!

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#24318 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from illawarra92:
something you don't see often..a hankin orbit 1 that was made in australia in 1978
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These have always interested me.

What parts to Hankin’s use? Are they any good?

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#24334 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from dirkdiggler:
Not a pin or even a machine, but a super cool find for the gameroom today at a yard sale. Has a roulette wheel also. All the felt is like new. Debating whether to strip, sand and stain it. Either way, game night at the digglers just got more fun
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Let me know when I can stop by!! It’s gonna get wild!

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#24436 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Ballypin:
Also picked up this little gem, a 1964 Williams Stop N Go for a long time traffic light collector friend and brand new pinball owner and Pinsider briandsmia [quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
The yellow 4 way light is going to be a topper [quoted image]

An outrageously good game! If I recall O-din was a huge fan as well

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#24437 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Picked up a Class of ‘81 Reunion last Friday and brought it right over to Fandom Fest, a new local comic-con type event. It got over 333 plays in 3 days!!

I don’t have any good pics of it, surprisingly, but love this machine!!! And there’s a secret code that lets you play OG Pac-Man: Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left.

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Also got my Sorcerer running the prior Thursday and had that out for the event! The sounds are unparalleled. Sorcerer had over 350 plays on it!

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Easily one of the most popular!

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#24786 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Me and Jessie Picked up some Team One’s for Ken’s Wizard conversion! Headed to Ohio soon!

We made a fun stop at Round1 to play some games and now she wants a Deadpool... as if my collection isn’t enough to choose from!

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#25201 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Me and Jessie Picked up some Team One’s for Ken’s Wizard conversion! Headed to Ohio soon!
We made a fun stop at Round1 to play some games and now she wants a Deadpool... as if my collection isn’t enough to choose from!
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I made the trek to drop these off1631722E-435B-416C-AC00-E458869AD086.jpeg

Saw some cool machines!
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Quoted from Foxxstone_80:
I told her 2500 would have been a fair asking price...pinside estimate is 2400-2800. Yeah she was pretty bummed. This wasn't a machine I normally would go after but for the price I would've loved to take it home, oh well. About the 3rd time this year I missed out on a super low priced machine...I need to change my alert settings or something.

Lol, 2k for Street Fighter II is insane especially in Iowa! They sit all the time for that money. It’s just an awful game.
Price was fine!

Added 16 months ago:

Forgot to post the whole story here!! See updated post below

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#25564 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
I made the trek to drop these off[quoted image]
Saw some cool machines!
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I meant to post the whole story and forgot!

I brought 2 Team One’s to Mike over at Past Times Arcade (Rob Berk’s place) for @pinhead52’s Wizard builds back in October right before Expo. It was quite a haul, a thousand miles! (A little foreshadowing for the real big trip) That brutal storm that came through was rough. Barely stayed on the highway!
Luckily I was able to tag on the back of a trucker convoy. Every time I would get too far behind, hydroplaning and fighting to stay on the road, one of the trucks would hang back, let me catch his tail and ride along back up.

Went to 9, yes NINE hotels and every single one was totally booked, no vacancy.
I packed lunch, dinner and the next day’s lunch to keep it as cheap as possible! Ate dinner in the car, contemplating the lengths we go for pinball...8F302E16-D06C-4840-9106-796FC9B53ABF.jpeg
Slept in the car in a parking lot, then after 2 hours whoever was overnight decided to turn on the lights in the lot I was in. No sleep, I guess.

Decided to say screw it, got some T-bell for Breakfast, that Crunchwrap is too damn good.12844F02-92AE-4501-9D5D-EEBA5EDCB956.jpeg Then dropped the games off. 4AE137CD-8FDB-4E91-BD3C-448BEDBB07EC.jpegSpent about 5 hours playing the impressive and unusual collection of rare foreign machines. The place was a work in progress with over 100 machines taken out for Expo, and most the ones left needed work. It was great talking to the tech team about what’s
needed to get some of the bizarre foreign games working!0E7B686D-0B4C-4F50-9526-64BE4EBB94AF.jpeg256B0B7D-5A12-47AA-9F76-5C05D9B9F9EC.jpeg323DD9CE-B298-4D89-AD20-C4A121BBA6EC.jpeg3BE2D8E7-8BC8-4BB2-8D6D-ED441CCA4A72.jpegDD018BD1-057F-4429-80E4-B7049B13473E.jpeg90884C70-B491-4240-A988-AB9A28724550.jpeg

Terrific Lake was turned off because apparently the attract mode is an ear-piercingly loud scream, that CANNOT be turned off. I wanted to hear it but the guys were having none of it. A random scream in that giant building have lead to plenty of “goddammit” moments. Can’t wait till it’s open. It will be worth it, and give PHOF a run for its money. What a great team behind that place, doing whatever needs to be done so that games are working the way they should!

That whole round trip to Ohio ended up only costing me less than $200 with gas and snacks. Now THAT is pinballing on a budget!

Fast forward to December, last month, and I rescued my games from a startup that got stuck in development-hell.
Finally brought Strikes N’ Spares back home, missed that game. Glad to have it back.
Also was given a game from an operator I’ve been buying from. An old, moldy Silverball Mania... oh well, can’t complain!

And now...
for the New Year!
This is gonna be a big one, fellas...
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#25574 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from transprtr4u:
Perogies sausage and a Taco bell breakfast....
Thinking there is still more to this story!
You made it... though

Packing a home-cooked dinner on road trips is way better than I thought. Eating it in your car makes you feel homeless, lol.

Quoted from poppapin:
Kielbasa and perogies, Yumm!!

Hand-made from the local polish butcher! Outrageously good, same with the perogies.

Turned in for the night, 13 hours of driving down.
Tomorrow is the big day!

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#25587 1 year ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
I meant to post the whole story and forgot!
I brought 2 Team One’s to Mike over at Past Times Arcade (Rob Berk’s place) for pinhead52’s Wizard builds back in October right before Expo. It was quite a haul, a thousand miles! (A little foreshadowing for the real big trip) That brutal storm that came through was rough. Barely stayed on the highway!
Luckily I was able to tag on the back of a trucker convoy. Every time I would get too far behind, hydroplaning and fighting to stay on the road, one of the trucks would hang back, let me catch his tail and ride along back up.
Went to 9, yes NINE hotels and every single one was totally booked, no vacancy.
I packed lunch, dinner and the next day’s lunch to keep it as cheap as possible! Ate dinner in the car, contemplating the lengths we go for pinball...[quoted image]
Slept in the car in a parking lot, then after 2 hours whoever was overnight decided to turn on the lights in the lot I was in. No sleep, I guess.
Decided to say screw it, got some T-bell for Breakfast, that Crunchwrap is too damn good.[quoted image] Then dropped the games off. [quoted image]Spent about 5 hours playing the impressive and unusual collection of rare foreign machines. The place was a work in progress with over 100 machines taken out for Expo, and most the ones left needed work. It was great talking to the tech team about what’s
needed to get some of the bizarre foreign games working![quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Terrific Lake was turned off because apparently the attract mode is an ear-piercingly loud scream, that CANNOT be turned off. I wanted to hear it but the guys were having none of it. A random scream in that giant building have lead to plenty of “goddammit” moments. Can’t wait till it’s open. It will be worth it, and give PHOF a run for its money. What a great team behind that place, doing whatever needs to be done so that games are working the way they should!
That whole round trip to Ohio ended up only costing me less than $200 with gas and snacks. Now THAT is pinballing on a budget!
Fast forward to December, last month, and I rescued my games from a startup that got stuck in development-hell.
Finally brought Strikes N’ Spares back home, missed that game. Glad to have it back.
Also was given a game from an operator I’ve been buying from. An old, moldy Silverball Mania... oh well, can’t complain!
And now...
for the New Year!
This is gonna be a big one, fellas...
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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Packing a home-cooked dinner on road trips is way better than I thought. Eating it in your car makes you feel homeless, lol.

Hand-made from the local polish butcher! Outrageously good, same with the perogies.
Turned in for the night, 13 hours of driving down.
Tomorrow is the big day!

13 hour drive, 4 states later, got to play some gorgeous games and hear some awesome stories from an incredible pinhead!!

This is THE BIG ONE!

Ladies and Gentlemen hold onto your hats, we’ve finally hooked

The Dream

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Just a quick trip to add some forgotten 90s DMD to the collection

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#26557 11 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Been a while since I’ve posted in this thread. Saratoga Silverball did a pinball and arcade event at the local community college! C0A586D6-A8C8-44CA-AAC7-47892DE519E6.jpeg We even had the news covering us! 628CC5BE-F9A9-4A96-B38E-2E57CC6F8A53.jpeg It was a great event and a surprising turnout! Averaged about 300 plays for Sorcerer and BOP, about 150 on the others. Pac-Man/Galaga got slammed with 400+ plays607C64DB-6E64-47B2-9589-5C77C28F72D9.jpeg503811D0-11EC-4991-A1AB-21BAAFA8EE39 (resized).jpegVery cool to be bringing pinball back in a big way to the local area.

This gave me a great excuse to bring Bride of Pinbot back home! 5F82A529-9E14-4DFE-AECB-E5273777D883.jpeg Taffy’s favorite game, can’t argue with that.

Fast-Forward Today after a pinball sabbatical, picked up this Waterworld mouse-house project from the above Pinsider!
Been hunting for the cheesy 90s Gottliebs and y2k Sterns for locations.

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Bit of a sketchy setup, but only had a 30 minute drive, so no big deal!
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We’ve got a fully working Waterworld! image.jpg
All that’s left is about 40 hours of deep cleaning this nasty thing. Looking forward to flipping this bizarre game.

For those wondering the fate of Kingpin from January, I’ll have an interesting update real soon!

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#26569 11 months ago

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Saratoga Silverball

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SCORE SCORE SCORE.

Allentown was a blast, but everyone was asking “why are you only staying for a few hours when it’s almost a 4 hour drive both ways?!?” I couldn’t risk blowing this.

bluespin you are the best. I own you a lobster dinner!
This estate sale was only 25 minutes from my house. I went into this thinking there is no way I’m gonna snag it, always miss it by a hair! We got there a half hour early and the entire cul-de-sac was full of cars. The whole road was lined with cars. There was no way some other pinhead wasn’t already in line, ready to pounce.

We got there and had to sign up for either the house or the barn. Did my research and knew exactly where it was. They lined us up and some guy behind me started talking “oh yeah they’ve got an old pinball in there, can’t wait ” and I told him, “yeah, we’ve been checking it out!” Good to get a read on the crowd. Asked the estate sale guy what they were asking and he said $XXXX. The guy behind me balked and said “they only sell for $700-$900!”
Not sure what universe he lives in... either way, they gave us all numbers and Taffy and I were one number ahead of the other guy. ONE NUMBER. Only because he signed up for the wrong one first!!

We got in there and booked it right down to the basement. There it was, in all its glory tucked next to 3 Christmas trees and a huge craps table. The room next door was a sauna and a massive hot tub. Dude’s basement had THREE bathrooms.
Can’t imagine the wild party’s he must have thrown!
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There was this awesome neon sign hung over the gambling room that we bundled into the deal as well. What a great morning!!5CBED500-2A89-458B-9F03-ABE8D23B2B55 (resized).jpeg

I’m still in awe. Cannot believe I’m posting this sitting next to the most beautiful Alien Star I’ve laid eyes on. It has the name and handwritten notes from a longtime local tech, with everything that was wrong with it and what was fixed. It’s really such a nice survivor, and I am grateful to everyone who’s helped me score deals like this and rescue these machines from boneheads who suggest forcing the head down as hard has possible,

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CANNOT BELIEVE I OWN AN ALIEN STAR.

Post last edited 11 months ago: “Full story so the reader can feel the same energy without the stress!”

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#26612 11 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from Willathrilla:
This one's not tough to guess.
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Hollywood Heat! Nice

After LEDing mine out, it’s stuck around much longer than I thought! Really surprisingly enjoyable game with fun music!

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#26768 10 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Didn’t think I’d be posting in here again so soon! Been trying to pick up one of these for years now, several slipped past me!

Monday, Jessie and I went out on a quick little jaunt to Jersey.
Let’s pump some iron!987B9E4F-A55C-4298-BCF1-FBA49C3A9EDC.jpeg Excuse my exhaustion, only got 4 hours of sleep before the drive. 619D2578-AFDB-4DCB-9D49-511898AA1DA0.jpeg
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It’ll be good for teaching pin repairs, it needs EVERYTHING!

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#26779 10 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from BowlingJim:
Got this STTNG at a yard sale last weekend . I practically stole it.
Today I got this slot machine for free at a yard sale guy said it was broke. I opened it up and reset it and it worked.
Best 2 weekends in my 25 years of collecting games.
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DAMN!!! Those Neo slots with the see-through display overlay are extremely desirable!!!! I’ve been looking for a while, what an AWESOME score! One of the best pachislo skill slots you could possibly ever get

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#27031 9 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

37 days later, NEW MACHINE! My cousin alerted me to an estate sale about 25 miles away with a very rare Pre-War pinball machine!

Looked it up on Pinside and other sites and only saw ONE other example, @walrusnips! IMG_4285.jpeg

1934 Safety Zone by Scientific Machine Corp, manufactured in BROOKLYN!! How cool is that?! It’s fully working, for a GREAT price!

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It lights up and releases the ball gates for the bonus lane when you land in the “Traffic Light” Free Play hole. There is also a bonus post activated by the aluminum “Safety Zone” strip up top. Revolutionary 1934 technology!

The previous owner unfortunately broke the glass, but that’s easy to replace. It has all the balls, and is complete! I plugged it in right then and there and tried it out and the estate sellers were absolutely mystified. Took the opportunity to teach a 30 minute lecture on the history of pinball and how many of these Pre-War machines were scrapped for metal during the war effort or destroyed as immoral gambling devices during the pinball bans from the 1940s trough the mid 1970s

This is my first working Pre-War machine, and I’m really glad to have a cool piece of NYS local history. Was a nice hour drive round trip this morning, right before work.
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#27049 8 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

*2nd pin in 3 days!*
Just brought this Deadly Weapon back to the good ol’ USA! IMG_4402.jpeg

We had a great time in Canada!! We picked up our Deadly Weapon, went and visited Bird Kingdom, at some fantastic sushi, IMG_4384.jpeg then wrapped up the day seeing the beautiful Falls!IMG_4460.jpegA sign won’t help people who are dumb enough to even consider going over the rail. IMG_4436.jpegIMG_4419.jpeg
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Thrilled to finally have a Deadly Weapon and had a lot of fun telling Customs that I’ve got a Deadly Weapon in the car, lmao

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STREET LEVEL ROOLZ!!!

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#27052 8 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from pyrotech:
It looks like you guys had a great time. Love the pics.

Glad it wasn’t too much, figured people would enjoy some pics of the trip, the only reason we went was for pinball!
No pics of me, I looked like a bum haha, thankfully Taffy’s easy on the eyes.

Quoted from mollyspub:
Did you get a chance to ride maid of the mist?

Sadly no, but we will definitely be going back soon to ride it, looked like fun!!

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#27073 8 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:
Still on my current SEI Stern kick, I jumped aggressively at buying this one when I heard new code was out..even though I'm sort of in the middle of a sell-down at the moment.
I'm pulling all these lit starposts and then I can work on adjusting things and de-hacking it so it's a smooth game. Potential is there.
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#27229 8 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quick jaunt over to Vermont to buy some of the last few pieces from a retired operator.

Not a pinball, but got a 7’ Stinger Air Hockey and a Foosball table thrown in. Didn’t really want toe Foosball but they guy literally wouldn’t let me leave without it even after I told him I wouldn’t pay for it. I’ll clean it up and enjoy it for a bit!

Forgot to get pics after we moved them into the arcade, they’re not very fun to move!

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#27502 6 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

And that makes 50! IMG_6196.jpeg keep forgetting to take full trailer pics. (picture taken after 2 games and all the heads were removed)

Who woulda thought from one game, to 7 years later, several locations and 50 machines at one time! Throwback to my 2nd ever game pickup post way back in this thread.

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Yay, I can finally post my exciting score!
This is my second pin that I've been hunting down for a while now! The first time I saw one of these and watched the gameplay I fell in love. What a perfect combination!
It took me hunting into a stale ad on Facebook many hours and miles away. The pictures were sparse and the price was too high. Luckily it hadn't sold and the gentleman was glad to finally move it out! We settled on a FANTSTIC price and I set out on an all day adventure.
This game also happens to be quite special, as this hails from the legendary FUNSPOT! I'm thrilled to be only the 2nd person to own it.
Yes, FunSpot means heavily routed... but surprisingly this game looks great and there wear is minimal. Playfield needs a good polishing but artwork is fantastic!!
Without further delay, here's my extremely HEAVY new Baby!

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Went to White Rose Gameroom Show in York, picked up Wrestlemania for a client.
IMG_7302.jpeg Had a great time with Taffy, who now demands I buy a Roadshow. Thanks a lot whoever brought that! Another game I have to keep an eye out for…

Met up with friends and played lots of great classics. I always enjoy the EMs and wood rails and laid-back atmosphere of the York show.

After York hit up a sushi bar and then picked up an instant EM collection! See if you can ID the games based off cab alone

Drove through the night into the early morning, but I’ll do anything for pinball

Will post pics once the EMs are setup. Few more pics of the haul while organizing at the arcade.

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#27519 6 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from bicyclenut:
Was able to pick this one up from a friend. Such a fun game
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Wow, that’s a reimport. Not many of them made, mine is a blast! Great in a big collection.

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#27529 6 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from bicyclenut:
Yes it is

Not many made. Surprised one went overseas and came back in one piece, especially considering how people were parting these out like crazy just a few years ago!

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#27869 4 months ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Just got another “free” game unexpectedly!
There really wasn’t enough space to fit, but it’ll be a cold day in hell before I turn down a pinball!

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#28160 76 days ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

This arrived yesterday night! IMG_9118.jpegIMG_9121.jpegIMG_9132.jpeg

Unexpected trade, not something I normally do, but decided to give it a try.

Shaq Attaq is out, and I already miss it!

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#28366 48 days ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Great way to start my Saturday morning! Huge thanks to Raven69er for making this connection and allowing me to purchase this amazing piece of history!! 1947, First machine to have player controlled flippers, ushering in the new era of pinball.

The original owner received this as a gift in high school sometime in the early 60s and has been in his possession ever since. Now that his brothers and parents have passed on and he’s much older, he wanted it to go to a good home.

This will be a fantastic historically significant addition to my new space opening this summer. This game is in INCREDIBLE shape with only 9k plays on the meter! It was spray painting back in the 50s or 60s before the original owner received it, but the spray paint is bubbling off and original is underneath, it looks decent. Hopefully it can be uncovered without too much issue.
After about 20 minutes, I was able to get it playing, now onto rebuilding the flippers and replacing all the broken parts to the bells.

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#28369 48 days ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Colsond3:
1947 I believe and the first game with flippers. Wish it was a little bit of a better player, but definitely a piece of history. Congrats on that one.
There was a guy 20 miles from me that had a fully restored one for sale a few years ago that I passed on. Kind of regret it.

Yes! I thought I mentioned that, added to the post. First player-controlled flipper game, I was quite happy to pick one up! It’s not a great player, but it’s so important to pinball history!

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#28385 46 days ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Nyraiderfan:
Great idea on the handles where would someone be able to get them?

Quoted from Wmsfan-GAP:
I was curious as well, I like those..

Quoted from RumRunner9:
Great question, I too want a set.
Probably need to find a local guy to fabricate.

Quoted from PinJim:
Add me to the list, would make loading / unloading way easier.

Quoted from jrcmlc:
We have something like this in the works, not ready for sale yet but soon. Thought I had the original idea, clearly not the only one lol.

These came up in this very thread 3 years ago! They seem to be near-exclusively owned by PinballManiac40 and it was mentioned someone else made them.
There was a green set that came up in the secret Santa thread a few years back aswell. It seems like people have been begging for these for a while!

Quoted from PinballManiac40:
A local collector made these "pin moving handles" for me after I had repaired his TAF and TZ for reset issues. He doesn't seem interested in making more really since [he] had cut and welded every piece himself.

I mentioned to him that I have some older legs he can cut up to see if it speeds up his process. Maybe something will come out of that.

It appears they’re custom made by cutting pinball legs and welding the handle on the side. I couldn’t find anything else in my research, as I would also love a pair of these things! This would solve my butterfingers helper from dropping nearly every game he helps me move.

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#28395 46 days ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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Quoted from GregCon:
Those handles were PinballManiac's idea that I made. They are not made from legs that are cut up....they are made of chome-moly tubing welded to steel angle. I made a batch of them but they've all been sold. You can make 'cheap' version pretty easily....but if they break and you drop a game....
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Mystery solved!!! If you ever make a batch before jrcmlc makes some, please put me on the list. Definitely could use them and the leverage idea for getting them over the “seat hump”!

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#28516 27 days ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

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In the middle of this surprise blizzard, got these two delivered! Sorry Rixzilla We’ve got the worst luck! 18 inches and still coming down like crazy.

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#28583 13 days ago

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Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,389 108 1 1

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Today my lucky purchase just came in! A HUGE thanks to Rixzilla for finding this and transporting it here!
I asked him to keep an eye out for Night Moves and, I kid you not, 12 hours later he calls me and someone had just offered their NM to him! Insane luck to have it pop up with perfect timing.
Anyway this nifty pin is in really nice condition, but needs a good polish and cleaning on the pf. I'm thrilled to finally have a fantastic cocktail game. The only really crappy thing, which I was aware of upon purchasing, was that the MPU is totally shot. It has certainly seen better days.

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6 years later after picking up my 2nd game ever, I finally snagged it’s sister game, Caribbean Cruise, locally. It was only a half hour from my house!

Boarding my cruise soon, just need a deep clean! Only 2 owners, 2nd owner bought it from his boss back in 1999 for a Y2K party, and told me some awesome stories about getting raided and storing coke in the machine. Turns out he was great friends with my dad and when he was getting booked, he heard from a cell, “HEY MIKEY! You let me know if you need anything” and it was my fuckin dad in county. LMAO, he was the guy. “Your father was like The Fonz. He decided who was ‘cool’ and who was a nerd”

Awesome experience. Always wanted this game, and it was cool that this guy knew my dad from way back and had tons of crazy stories of the shit they used to pull. His passing is the whole reason that got me into pinball.

Having this line up, feels like it’s his way of telling me I’m doing alright.

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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
6 years later after picking up my 2nd game ever, I finally snagged it’s sister game, Caribbean Cruise, locally. It was only a half hour from my house!
Boarding my cruise soon, just need a deep clean! Only 2 owners, 2nd owner bought it from his boss back in 1999 for a Y2K party, and told me some awesome stories about getting raided and storing coke in the machine. Turns out he was great friends with my dad and when he was getting booked, he heard from a cell, “HEY MIKEY! You let me know if you need anything” and it was my fuckin dad in county. LMAO, he was the guy. “Your father was like The Fonz. He decided who was ‘cool’ and who was a nerd”
Awesome experience. Always wanted this game, and it was cool that this guy knew my dad from way back and had tons of crazy stories of the shit they used to pull. His passing is the whole reason that got me into pinball.
Having this line up, feels like it’s his way of telling me I’m doing alright.
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More photos after a minor cleaning. I’m playing it for as long as my pin OCD will allow before I tear it down for the deep clean. LEDs coming later this week. It needs them, it’s very dim even with new incandescent.

This game really is HUO. Only 10k plays on the meter, the seller didn’t even know how to get into the menus. He said if he knew that he would have reset the high scores ages ago because he could never beat them!

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Some more photos of the machine. I’ve been looking for years and was about to spring on one down south. Luckily the seller ghosted me and just a couple weeks later this pops up locally.
This game cleaned up really nicely. Already put over 200 games on it. Caribbean Cruise is a ridiculously fast game.
I’ll have to update my rankings. They make a great pair.
Night Moves has incredible flow, really impressive for such a small game.
Caribbean Cruise flows like a flat tire. However, it has that unique “multiple mini playfield” feel, common in Gottliebs of this era. The upper left, the middle, and the left side loop, all feel distinct and have their own “modes” to shoot for.
Over all, I’m really enjoying this machine, more so than I ever expected. Both of the 90s cocktails done by Gottlieb are fast and punishing, highly recommend playing them if you ever get a chance!

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