Get it i just checked and the asking price and its 1600. I herd the gameplay is very addictive. If you don't like it you could always give it to me for my birthday lol.

I always LOVED playing whitewater, some of the best ramp action there is. Definitely in my top-5. Very fun game, and a good price if it's in good shape.

This guy has a good restoration blog of his own machine
http://home.kooee.com.au/brainsnap/

-Hans

Wh20 is a fantastic game. Look for wear on the upper playfield under the wireform, and also at the lost mine.

Also, look for broken ramps, targets and boulders. Wh20 can be a very expensive game to restore. I am picking up my new wh20 on friday-cant wait!

So the cost of that machine for you will be about $2500 with your new parts, balls and rubber. So the question now, is it worth it at that price?

I herd the gameplay is very addictive watch the promo video its pretty sick

The average price on Ebay in the past 4 years is about $1700. So if it needs that much work then I would pass.

It has tons of flow....the game is all ramps.

Seriously, it is the king of flow...Only stop and go is the upper vuk, and the whirlpool. Beyone that its non stop. The only thing I dont like about this game is the music, but its tolerable. The other sounds are cool. The game really integrates the theme well. You will not be disaapointed.

Lookign back at your post, this will be a bit different from the other games, but in a good way. The layout is unique, and that is part of the draw. The one that I am getting on Friday will be my second one. I sold one exactly a year ago friday, and I miss it terribly. For $1600, its a good buy. If you replace ramps, you can sell the old ones if they are in good shape to ease the cost.

The avg wh20 needs needs new boulders, ramps, shop job, and probably other parts as well. I sold a really nice import wh20 with no broken boulders, shopped, and all new ramps (except one) for $2200 last year. Game had some dings, but was in above average shape (not CQ). I think the $1600 price is good if it is complete and working.

Also, if you look at IPDB, you will see it is one of the top rated games. Its sitting at 12 with an average of 8.2 points.

Regarding gameplay, it is actually both stop and go, and flow. It can be played very flowy but it also has a vertical up-kicker to the upper playfield which adds a little "stop" to the play, and a kickout on the bottom. Likewise the whirlpool shot is a "stop shot" as it plays the animation and gives you an award.

All this said, to play with optimal strategy, the game is much more stop and go. That's because the key shot is the center shot > VUK > whirlpool modes.

i never realized how much plastic is in this game. i could def see it being pricey to restore.

this guy has pretty neat lighting effects. (gameplay starts around 4:30min in)

Its very differant from any other pin. Major shots are both on upper playfield which leads to unique game play

I like that game,
nice bright playfield could never get to the far left ramp.

$1600 is not a bad deal for a White Water, even one that needs a bit of work. I see them going in the $2200 range quite often now if they're fully shopped out.

So, what did you decide to do?

Sweet! Good decision! You'll love it!

new rocks? heh. sounds about right for that game tatman. make sure to get cliffy protectors for yours. once i replace my white water boulders, im getting cliffys for them, else they will break again. its almost enivetable that they will break. cheap plastics. what can you do?

make sure to also grab the VUK protector. if the VUK didn't already make a dime sized dent on the bigfoot bluff upper-playfield, it eventually will. cliffy made a special metal piece that the ball can land on, and is flush with the playfield to avoid snags.

as far as other protectors, last I checked, cliffy was out of the disaster drop protector. that thing gets beat up quite a bit.

It looks like the worst part is the left side is completely faded otherwise it looks good.

Man, I wish I knew where there was one near me to play. That was always one of my favorites, perhaps I'll have to look up getting one in a few years for my next project.

-Hans

The fading issue is a common problem wes. Usually gets faded on one side, and not the other for machines of the era when they were on location/route.

Even with the fade on the left side of the WH2O, no immediate sign of flipper button area wear on either side. Translite and speaker backbox panel look in great shape. I imagine yours didn't come with the topper tatman? Mine came with working light board and strips, but no topper. I got a good price on my WH2O because of it, so I'm not too bummed about it. I got a email lying around from repro guys saying that they were possibly going to repro the entire White Water topper. I'm sure there is a market for them.

I can't tell how good the WH2O upper-playfield is with the glare, but otherwise looks fine. I'm digging the teal leg protectors. Boulders I can't really tell what shape they are in, but there are reproduction pieces for them (includes repro Bigfoot and whirlpool ramp diverter).

Otherwise, grats on your new pin tatman. I love my White Water. IMO, White Water is Dennis Nordman's best game. Its always a blast just to come home from a long day of work, and just unwind, trying to see if today will be the day I get the Vacation Jackpot (let alone, get to Wet Willy's).

Im aware of the fading issue with games i was just pointing out the worst point. What a great buy too bad MA doesnt have sh*t for games i cant find anything good worth buying.

dmd looks bright as hell in that one pick.

nice find tatman. good luck with it.

u gonna be adding any leds to it??

Do you have leds in all of your machines? By the way do you own your own tattoo company?

Hello all,

Nice pick-up!!! I am glad you like the flow of WH2O as it can be a lot of fun once you get the timing down.

As for LEDs, I thought I would show you some that I put into my WH2O. I elected, though, to keep a fair amount of incandescent bulbs in the playfield as I thought the mix looked nice.

Always...

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For what it is worth, I have since added some LEDs into the lower playfield and some by Bigfoot. I will send them a little later when I get a chance.

So...its been a few days. What do you think of the game? I set mine up last night and started swapping out leds. Such a great game.

LED's on WH2O look awesome. I might change mine to LED someday, when I get the chance.

On a side note, I finally got around to getting a topper for my LOTR. I don't know why I took so long, because the LOTR topper on the machine looks incredible!

Ramps are so expensive because they are so damned big, and there are so many of them. That left side one is just too much fun.

OH, How times have changed.......

LOL...took me a while to see the date of the post....I was thinking "is this guy shittin' me??"

Holy resurrection Batman...

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