Big Indian
Gottlieb, 1974As I was playing my newly acquired 1974 Gottlieb Big Indian this morning, I caught a pleasant whiff of "musty old pinball". It's almost the exact opposite smell of when I lift the playfield on my Mando LE and the "NIB wood" aroma wafts out.
I wonder what Mando will smell like in 50 years? 
What smells better?
1. Old musty EM smell
2. New in box wood smell?
EM musty smell is ok. EM nicotine or dead mouse smell is not. In that case I prefer Simple Green smell.
I have a better one!
I got a Scared Stiff that was in an ice cream parlor, when we brought it home the basement smelled like waffle cones for a month. It was awesome!
Not to hijack the thread, but how often does a pinball-smelling thread pop up.
I'll go for #1, musty old smelling.
I prefer the smell of Bally EMs over Gottlieb’s. It’s the first thing I notice when I walk into the room with the 2 Bally’s
Quoted from pinzrfun:I got a Scared Stiff that was in an ice cream parlor, when we brought it home the basement smelled like waffle cones for a month. It was awesome!
I picked up a TZ from a laundromat and it smelled like dryer sheets the entire time I owned it.
Every once in a while i'll walk by my Williams Shangri La and open the door just to smell inside. Reminds me of old books. I love that smell.
Sometimes I open the door when I'm playing. The smell and the noises are part of the EM experience.
Wonderful!
Quoted from mrm_4:Every once in a while i'll walk by my Williams Shangri La and open the door just to smell inside. Reminds me of old books. I love that smell.
That actually reminds me of an old book! I picked up Charlie Chaplins autobiography (written in 1964) from a Goodwill store, it had been slightly water damaged and had that old book smell - i kept it by my dresser long after reading it just to take a whiff of it once in a while.
One of the best books I've ever read. Guy was bigger than the friggin' Beatles.
My paragon I restored recently lost the smell I LOVE - it sounds weird but I always loved that old bar smell. I've never even tried a cig but that slight aging cig smell from it the cabinet has since perished and I miss it.
Quoted from wisefwumyogwave:My paragon I restored recently lost the smell I LOVE - it sounds weird but I always loved that old bar smell. I've never even tried a cig but that slight aging cig smell from it the cabinet has since perished and I miss it.
40-50 year old cigarette smell is not a bad smell nowadays. It's a noticeable and memorable smell for sure. Especially, for those of use who were playing these games when they were slowly soaking in that smell.
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