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Pinball !
« on: June 21, 2014, 06:31:54 AM »
Pre-1977 EM (Electro mechanical) & Early SS (Solid state) Pinball machines.

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2014, 03:02:03 PM »
Me too....except different era. I am a fan of Dot Matrix display machines. (1991+)


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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2014, 04:49:22 PM »
I take what I can get locally and cheap!
Gottlieb Big Casino that belonged to the company owner's nephew. Never setup to take coins and the playfield is slightly different than any other Big Casinos I have seen online. Also got a Bally Sun Valley bingo game. A friend picked it up at the Sheriff's evidence auction. It was seized in a raid at a local bar.
I prefer non working machines. The challenge of the repair is what I really enjoy.

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2014, 05:21:39 AM »
we have a few pins here too around 120 of them oldest non electric one  to stern monopoloy

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2014, 06:17:07 AM »
Wish I had room for a Pin.
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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2014, 01:14:03 PM »
I have a 1984 ish Bally Kings of Steel and I love it. Kind of like a slot machine though, you get to work on it once in a while.
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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2014, 02:34:03 PM »
Something about slots and pins go together I guess.  38 restored pinballs here, along with 6 jukes to keep the 26 slots in good company. 


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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2014, 02:56:47 PM »
I play Pinball while playing Pinball!  :arrowthruhead:

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2014, 07:40:23 PM »
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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2014, 08:06:12 PM »
Big fan of the early Bally S/S games. Just recently sold a Six Million Dollar Man and a Black Pyramid which funded my latest foray into WMS DMD slots! So when I am not looking around here you can find me at Pinside with a few other projects. Right now I am trying to prepare 3 machines for the Texas Pinball Festival in March in Dallas. A Bally Space Invaders, Eight Ball Deluxe and this little project...


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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2014, 08:12:46 PM »
Big fan of the early Bally S/S games. Just recently sold a Six Million Dollar Man and a Black Pyramid which funded my latest foray into WMS DMD slots! So when I am not looking around here you can find me at Pinside with a few other projects. Right now I am trying to prepare 3 machines for the Texas Pinball Festival in March in Dallas. A Bally Space Invaders, Eight Ball Deluxe and this little project...
NO WAY.. Are you the 'Clearly Insane' guy? I have followed that post for a long time!

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2014, 09:16:26 PM »
Yeah that's me. Giving my back a nice break after this past weekend and then it's back to it.

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2014, 09:27:11 PM »
Yeah that's me. Giving my back a nice break after this past weekend and then it's back to it.
Well, great work.. That's no small task by any means.. :cool_thumb_up:


I have been working (with another PinSide member) on a MOD for TFTC that'll come out soon., a TV MOD like on TZ, but will eventually be interactive with modes during game play.. Gotta love Pinball!!


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(I'd love an Eight Ball Deluxe.., IF I could find one with a nice PF..)

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2014, 05:04:46 AM »
Oh nice! I've yet to play that game. 

Yeah, my EBD is a $300 special that was the last machine off the truck at last years TPF swapmeet. She's a junker with decent bones. We'll see!

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2015, 08:46:48 PM »
One of these days I will re-write (again) the story behind my custom Space Invaders rebuild. Short version is the play-field was beyond hope when I bought it, so I gave it a generic space theme (I always thought the original was too "busy"). I made my own plastics, it has the 7 digit mod with new LED score displays, new control boards, and a few other extras.

The generic space theme playfield


Added one of those plasma things, to give it a little more dazzle (got rid of the green one and have the one in the video below now)


Complete with fold out drink holder


Short video of the Beta Brite I connected to it via a PIC that will display the high score, extra ball, and game over. I've changed the display a bit since I first recorded this, but you can get the idea.
Space Invaders.mov
« Last Edit: February 11, 2015, 09:35:00 PM by TexasMark »

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2015, 09:03:48 PM »
Nice! Curious what you used on the playfield? I look forward to playing that machine and a few other retros at a pin expo this April. Classics.


I built my way up to 4 pins..,  sadly I just sold the last one tonight...  :banghead:


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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2015, 09:12:21 PM »
Well,  I have three pins......Spanish Eyes(em,1972), Space Invaders(1980) and Flight 2000(1980).  I've fully restored all of them including a total re paint of Flight 2000.  I had to make my own stencils from the worn and faded graphics.  It also has a new repo back glass.  I soldered in new lamp sockets in all of the playfields.  Touched up the playfields where needed and installed all new pop bumper assys. and switches.  Quite a job, but its all about the hobby as slots are too.  I've had many pins but these are the three I keeping.   John

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2015, 09:20:36 PM »
Harvs.........I once owned an Eight Ball Deluxe, 1981.  Its the best year.  It was a Fabulous Fantisies fully restored one. VERY expensive.  A lot of fun though, however I learned a lesson.  It had one of his overlays on the playfield and over time it started bubbling up near the pops.  DON'T buy a pin with an overlay.  Just my opinion....     John

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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2015, 09:23:09 PM »
Curious what you used on the playfield?

I sanded it down to bare wood. Painted it blue, then gave it a dozen or so coats of polyurethane which gave it the darker gloss look seen above. with all of the lights, bumpers, etc. the finished product  really does not look too "plain" without any other play-field graphics.

After the painting, but before the polyurethane, while I was installing the new lamp plastics including some home made "invader" decals (second pic below).
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I know it's no longer "original", but I enjoy playing it.
 
Oh, I also got one of those polygon multi-color slot toppers, made a custom pinball insert, and this now sits on top of it. where the clock was in the video.
 
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Re: Pinball !
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2015, 06:17:18 AM »
Harvs.........I once owned an Eight Ball Deluxe, 1981.  Its the best year.  It was a Fabulous Fantisies fully restored one. VERY expensive.  A lot of fun though, however I learned a lesson.  It had one of his overlays on the playfield and over time it started bubbling up near the pops.  DON'T buy a pin with an overlay.  Just my opinion....     John
I have read about those overlays on Pinside and agree.  :yes:

 

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