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par·a·gon
/ˈperəˌɡän/
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noun
a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
"it would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel viciously jealous"
a person or thing viewed as a model of excellence.
"your cook is a paragon"
a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more.
PARAGON (resized).jpgQuoted from Manny65:Nice pickup - lots of memories playing one back in the day and on my wishlist
just have one minor issue to deal with...
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Brought this "Eater of men's souls" back from Alpena MI last November!
900+ Trip!
He's thankful to be in a little warmer (?) climate!
A lot of it on twisty local roads!
My Williams trifecta is complete! (firepower-flash-gorgar)
#gorgar
The Invasion has begun!
Close to home for a change
She’s got some issues but that’s ok!
#space-invaders
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Thank you Spacemanratso09 for the great deal and pin!
And yes...you get first dibs if I ever sell!
image_67201793 (resized).JPGimage_67239425 (resized).JPGQuoted from generalgman:Damn that is sweet ! I remember playing that game many times while waiting for the movie theatre to open it’s doors. Great score!!!
Thank you...now to try and figure out how it works...
original owner said it would start and play but reset after awhile
Quoted from 20eyes:Just brought these three home. Only one of them is mine but I couldn't resist a picture of them together.
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was just up in door county last weekend...beautiful!
How you doing @20eyes? Still loving my Firepower!!!
Quoted from gdonovan:Ah, very little sleep the last 24 hours, I'm going to fall down and sleep a lot now.
Congrats on a fantastic day!
Quoted from BorgDog:Spidey and Hulk welcomed Buck and Ardala into the house today.
Buck plays but needs some work and parts. Who takes knockers out?
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Really digging this line up!
Quoted from Taygeta:Got a great shape Flash Gordon today. Has eaten me alive in tournaments throughout the years, wanted an old school ass kicker to make me a better player and I think this fits the bill. Watched the movie for the first time last night, a classic!
[quoted imWe did it! and it fits in a 2014 subaru crosstrek (first time trying a pin in it), and yes it was raining.
Thanks to the project pins thread. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/post-project-pins-for-sale-here-cl-ebay-pinside-and-others/
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second pin I ever bought(#1 was flash) simple yet fun...and sometimes brutal
keeper for me
Quoted from BorgDog:We did it! and it fits in a 2014 subaru crosstrek (first time trying a pin in it), and yes it was raining.
Thanks to the project pins thread. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/post-project-pins-for-sale-here-cl-ebay-pinside-and-others/
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great old bally!
my second pin after williams flash...simple, fun and brutal at times
that's a keeper!
Quoted from lowbeau67:11 hour round trip for an 800 em??? Fuck yeah!!
Haha.
Great trip with my grandson as copilot up around the windy city ..sweet home Chicago!
Beautiful pin and in nice shape and plays great. Been wanting one of these because I'm a spinner whore.
Great seller and great day!!
Had a few beers so excuse the colorful language....
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One of (if not) the best!
my neighbor who wanted to get a pin, asked me to help him...told him to get this pin...car guy and he loves it!
worth every penny!
congrats
Quoted from bayoubilly70:In transit with a 1979 Bally classic... HUO since 1982. I have the paperwork
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own 4 of the 5 early bally fatties...still my favorite!
And another late post(of course)
Thank you so much popeboy for the hospitality and the muscle to get this classic pin out of your basement!
Not to self, a small Mazda is BARELY big enough for this era pin.
unnamed (111) (resized).jpgunnamed (191) (resized).jpgunnamed (199) (resized).jpgQuoted from jaytrem:There's a Hi-Ride in there somewhere. Only about 900 miles from home. Thanks to Neo and his son Riven who fixed it up!
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You are a Road Warrior.
MV5BNDY2MGRkMGItOTk4Yi00Y2E5LTk0MWUtMDczYjdjN2MyMzFiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_ (resized).jpgQuoted from barakandl:I disagree in a lot of cases. It is a comfortability and maybe tool issue. SMT is way easier than people make it out to be. My replacement board you can swap chips.... without heating up a desoldering gun! which is by far the most likely place to go wrong. I stagger a SMT chip over top of through holes. If a SMT chip needs replaced you can snip out the SMT chip with sharp snips or heat gun it off. Then you have FRESH holes to work with. I will do this will SMT regulators and power transistors too. I can usually fix the same issue on one of my boards way faster than an original.
I avoid densely placing parts. Avoid anything smaller than 0805 and standard outline chips. I avoid tiny drill holes, 15mil to 20mil signal traces are pretty sturdy compared to the thin copper tracks on say a system 11 MPU. Future rework is kept in mind. I have to fix these boards after people blow them up hooking connectors up wrong or etc =).
I can see the thought you put into your boards @barakandl, greatly appreciated!
heck, I've just bought 3 of your boards in the last month
I really can see how you have build possible repairs into there design.
I learned SMT soldering from your Bally lamp driver kits you used to offer. Now I can literally drag solder a large IC package in less than a minute!
If I had to play Devil's Advocate, I'd love to see a little thicker board, like PCB Pinball does.
Photo below I did the transistors like that for practice...working around obstacles instead of working the middle outward.
IMG_1634 (resized).jpgQuoted from stavio:4 machine pick up today... Custom Black Hole clock. Home brew Raspberry Pi, pinball pool, and World's Series
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You knocked it out of the park! What a great day!
Bravo
Quoted from cottonm4:Here is a new term. For me, anyway.
I have used the sweat solder method over the years.
But what is drag solder?
https://gikfun.com/products/gikfun-diy-smd-smt-welding-practice-soldering-skill-training-board
Not Today, but @ TPF.
Bally Strikes 'N' Spares.
It played without any issues the whole show!
Unlike the 2 I brought from Illinois(looking at you #BOPP)!
And it's true...That back glass get's a LOT of side eye's!!!
Thanks again Joe S.
P.S. My better half say's to stop selling me pins Joe...LOL!
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