I'm looking for a beat-up project pin to use to enhance my pinball maintenance and repair skills. Watching Clay's Pinball Ninja videos and YouTube will only take you so far without actually going under the glass and I think I need a challenge that will force me to improve. Possibly something in the realm of a System 11 or 80's pin that was not treated too nicely on route and could be brought back from the dead with some work. Maybe it is that pin with a theme you don't care about that you were going to restore five years ago and has been collecting dust in your basement?

I'm not exactly certain what I'm looking for, but I feel like I've hit my repair comfort ceiling on my two current pins and I want something that I can solder on with a purpose to improve my skills without wrecking my two favorite games.

Something near the Milwaukee and Chicago markets would be ideal.

Please let me know if you've got any leads or ideas.

_{Post edited by Lame33: Found a F-14 that needs some TLC}

No one has a Millionaire gathering dust in their garage that they now realize they are never going to fix? Maybe a broken Bugs Bunny that someone gifted you as a joke and you just have not gotten around to selling it yet?

How about a lead to a vendor that gets re-imports and wants to dump a dilapidated Hollywood Heat because they won't make their money back after fixing it?

I'm thinking that I might try my hand at EMs after I hone my skills on SS a bit more.

Just clarify, it does not need to be a awful theme or have a cabinet that was in a lumberjack contest. Ideally, a pin from the 80's+ working or not that has not been shopped for sale, falls in the $400 to $800 range, and I don't have to cross the country is what I am looking for...

Good point. That addendum was just expanding my range beyond the kindling masquerading as a pin that I had been requesting in my previous posts.

I was hoping that the difference was that I will buy a broken Hollywood Heat or a dirty Millionaire. This is not a quest for a grail pin,(I already have my DW) but something I can tinker on with less trepidation. However, if someone wants to offer something more to my tastes like a SoF or BG in the right range, I won't complain.

Sorry about the brain cramp, Rusty. I've responded to your PM.

As far as if these games are good or not, I've probably not played them as I've only taken an active interest in pinball for about a year. I'm a newb, hence the project pin. I've only watched video and read reviews on most of these games. Big Guns looks more fun to me then Millionaire. As with most things, I am probably wrong.

PM me the details. I assume you're in Tomahawk?

I've got a couple of possibilities and I'm waiting to hear back from some others.

If you just discovered a cargo container in your driveway full of broken SoF that you want to sell cheap, you still have time to let me know. (and let Lionman out. He probably needs to use the litterbox.)

Are those easier find in California? I will let you know if I see any in Wisconsin.

I'm just trying to cast as wide a net as I can and I think I already clarified this admittedly ridiculous statement when chastised by Wayout.

This thread is still open and so I don't believe those exist or they've been carted off by the infamous supermodel riding a unicorn with a sasquatch.

There is another thread lamenting the pool of system 11's drying up. Based on my offers, it would seem they are being hoarded in the distant land of Minnesota.