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I hope to see many pinball postings going forward. Slots and Pinball seem to go together.I enjoy working on both. I have 8 pin games. A1949 Williams Tucson, a 1949 Williams Dallas, Casanova, Volley, Waterworld, Fish Tales, Taxi and Diner. I would like to find a Funhouse someday.

Frank A

I have a few here too Frank  ;D

1972 Bally "Monte Carlo" EM
1973 Gottlieb "Hot SHot" EM
1979 Gottlieb "Genie" Electronic Wide Body
1986 Gottlieb "Genesis" Electronic
1989 Williams "EarthShaker"

All of them came from E-Bay, needed little work (oh yeah! right..sure..uh-huh)...
The Hot Shot still has scoring problems..gotta be buggered up relay(s)
The Genie Needed a chip replaced (Gottlieb "Spider chip)
The Earthshaker needed NPN transistors and driver chips replaced
The Monte Carlo needed a new backglass
The Genesis need the power supply rebuilt

most people HATE working on Gottlieb's...so I get them cheap.

Kirk

I just shopped out the Waterworld and donated it to a charity for a live auction and they got $ 2,700 for it in live bidding. That is more than I thought they would get for it. Nice collection that you have there. I don't find the Gottlieb's any more difficult to work on than any others. The easiest to work on are the Williams electromechanicals. Pinball Resource is a good source of supplies if you can get over Steve's attitude at times.

Frank A

I love slots and pinball as well.  I play in tournaments too!  I currently have a World Poker Tour, Shadow and Twilight Zone pinball games.  I also have a Jackpot Party dotmation slot, Triple Diamond Deluxe S+ game and a Bally GameMaker that currently has a monitor issue.  In addition to that I have a Jukebox (that is for sale), a MegaTouch game, a few gumball machines and a soda machine.  My wife decorates the house, and I decorate the gameroom!!

Rob

PM me at fara3@optonline.net. Thanks,

Frank

Hello. I have Pinballs and Slots Also. They are all over my House, lol. Fortunately my wife is tolerant of my hobby and allows for this. Pinballs  I currently have... Twilight Zone. Scared Stiff, No Good Goffers, Creature from the Black Lgoon, The Addams Famiy, Lord of trhe Rings, Simpsons Pinball Party, Theatre of Magic, Pirates of the Carribean, and Strikes and Spares (Gottlieb). As far as Slots Go, I have a Triple Diamond Haywire, Barcrest Quack Shot, Reel em In Dual Screen, Sigma UV1700, Reel Touch Lobstermania, IGT 19" iGame Plus,  Little Green Men Vision, Munsters Vision, Pink Panther Vision, and a Odyssey, and a WMS Bluebird
Glad they created a space for us here, looking forward to hearing from  all the "crossover"  collectors! :155-

I figured out what most of the abbreviations were: TZ-Twilight Zone, CFTBL-Creature From The Black Lagoon, POTC-Pirates Of The Caribbean,  CV-Circus Voltaire, LOTR-Lord Of The Rings, SS-Scared Stiff, but what is TAF, TSPP and TOM ?
You have some great titles and some very expensive games.

Frank

Right now in my collection I have
Medieval Madness
Stern Monopoly
No Good Gofers
Riverboat Gambler
Bally Playboy
Bally Harlem Globetrotters
I game +
I Game
Blazing 7s
Sizzling 7s
Wms 550 CPUNXT Conversion
and tooo many vids

All great games too.

ill take pix later of the harlem and Playboy. For machines made in 1978 there almost perfect. Think the playboy when i got it was HUO

TAF = The Addams Family
TSPP = The Simpsons Pinball Party
TOM = Theater Of Magic

Rob

Thanks. I was stumped on those.

Frank A

Nice collections there. Pinball acronyms are fun to decipher. Pinballs are my favorite of all games. I shuffle thru pinballs often because of space issues. Currently I am playing a Close Encounters and a Austin Powers. The Close Encounters was a pleasent suprise. I find it to be a fun pin.

I've got a dedicated arcade room with:
Medieval Madness
Theatre Of Magic
Monster Bash
Cirqus Voltaire
Family Guy

All of them are in excellent condition with MB and CV having clearcoated playfields.

I have 3 slots.
They are:
IGT Triple Diamond Deluxe
Bally 6000 Wild Times
Bally 6000 Winning For Dummies

My gameroom also has:
Mame machine (Upright)
Crane Machine (Elaut MegaCrane)
Pay Phone
Gumball and Candy machine

Outside of my gameroom I have a bar with:
MegaTouch Vibe
Mame (Cocktail)
Pretzel Warmer
Popcorn Machine
Super Chexx
Racing Cabinet (Gutted a Hydro Thunder and put in an XBox360 with a 27" LCD, 5 surround speakers, subwoofer, etc...)

(http://www.thetheos.com/images/DSC02601.jpg)
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Looks great. I like the lighting effect. Nice machine titles on the pinball.

Frank A

Thanks a lot Frank.

I am looking for a HOOK topper for a recently acquired HOOK pinball machine. I saw one on e-bay but can't seem to find it again. Any thoughts or does someone have one ?Thanks,

Frank A

Frank,

UPDATE:
I found one here:

http://www.pinballpromos.com/

They want $50 for it.


You can try this place:
http://www.foramusementonly.to// (http://www.foramusementonly.to//)
Also,
You might try posting on the RGP newsgroup. If you are not aware of it, you can go to:
http://groups.google.com/ (http://groups.google.com/)

The group you want to go to is:
Rec.Games.Pinball

and post a WTB: Hook Topper

Thank you. I appreciate the reply and the lead. I will call them tomorrow about the e-mail that I just sent them.

Frank

Haunted house, hyperball, 2 home fireballs, 1 home evel knievel
for videos, upright star rider and a cybertank, the only one of its kind in the world.

I have a very nice FISHTALES, a DINER and 2 Williams wood rails, DALLAS & TUCSON, available for sale in Jackson which is in Central NJ. I sold the VOLLEY last night.
PM if interested.
Frank A

frank i still have 140+ pins  I have toppers but even a hook    but not selling any right now but the guy selling the one for 50 bucks is fair , as far as the rgp group you in for a real treat there   with those know it alls :208-

I have to agree, RGP has gotten out of hand and is more of a slam fest than a place to go for help these days.  That's why I came over to NLG and got into Slots instead!   BTW, I am looking to buy a Space Invaders Topper if anyone is hanging on to one out there.  Cant seem to find them anywhere.  Currently have SI, Pinbot, and High Speed all in great, playable condition.

We never saw a sI topper and we bought those pins new

They made them as an aftermarket part when CPR ran the repro-plastics a few years back.  The alien sits on the top of the box, and the hands go on the side (like the alien is standing behind your machine).  Here is a pic of that kit (that I cant find).

I have a few in my game room
Firepower
Eight ball deluxe
Taxi (Marilyn)
Police Force
Jorkerz
Black Knight
Black Knight 2000
NASCAR
Diner
Mario
Theater of Magic
Hook
Fish Tales
Haunted House
Freddy
Johnny Menomic
Jurassic Park
Slug Fest
Older Pitch and Bat (Can't remember name)
Just to name a few
 
 

I just sold my Diner. I had at least 15 e-mails and phone calls on it. I sold it for $ 1750. Too cheap. I have a Fishtales in great condition with topper for sale and two 1949 Williams woodrails  for sale too: Dallas and Tucson. I have 5 IGT S + machines to sell too. $ 500 each. Double 10 X Pay round top 25 cent, Haywire Deluxe high top, Double American Beauty round top, Gold Silver Bronze round top and Sizzlin 7's high top. All are 25 cent or token.

Frank A, Central NJ.

I have the following in my game room:

Star Trek Next Generation
Star Wars - Data East w/topper
Jurassic Park w/topper
Goldeneye

Someone told me there is a satellite dish topper for the Goldeneye, but I have never seen one for sale or installed in a machine pic.  Would love to find one some day. 

Does anyone know if there is a website that posts the most recent prices published in the annual price guide?  I bought one of those guides a few years back and was curious if my machines were + or - in recent years. 

mark you'll be in stock with todays prices , we left nj in 2008 for va  with 175 pinballs  worth 250to275k in 08 , sold 40 to same person have a little over 130 left  still worth 250k + , we did the pinball show in York pa this fall ,where we saw prices that were so high , but the pins were selling,  Addams ran from 6 to 9k each and were selling at close to asking prices , with price of new pins  so high the older  bally ,Williams games are still going up , I,m going to put in my game room 1  not sure yet which but looking towards a creature from b/l

FrankA - I bought my diner for $1200 in 2004. I have dropped $300 into lights and rubbers and wax over the last 10 years.
I bought mine from a route operator in Oil City PA (he lived in saxonburg) who was moving out of Pins into video platform.
Great game.

When we moved last year, I sold all of my machines including Diner. The 2010 book price was $ 1,575. I sold it for $ 1,200 for a quick sale.  Probably worth more now.

I'm still holding mine  its better than $$$ in the bank that only pay's 1.20% , in 2014 I do plan to sell or try to sell carousel , we'll never get to restore it

Gotta love Pinballs.  Here is our current lineup:

Newer games,

Iron Man  (came new in box)
Elvis
Spiderman  (newer Stern Black edition)
No Good Gophers
Creature From The Black Lagoon
Flintstones
Congo  (home use only)
Attack From Mars  (decked out with many mods)

Older pins:

Big Brave
Volley
Flipper pool
Meteor
Atlantis
300  (home use only)
Hokus Pokus
Surf Champ
Eye Of The Tiger
Upper deck  (Pitch and bat baseball)
Pathand  (home use only)
Jumping Jack
Space Mission
Grand Prix
Jacks Open
Dealers Choice
Aladdins Castle
Hot Shot
Night Rider
Capt. Fantastic
Big Hit
Sure Shot
Playboy  (1978 bally, new in box unboxed in 2010, what a find!)
Harlem Globetrotters
Power Play
Mata Hari
Strikes And Spares

Add to that 25 slots, 6 jukeboxes, many, many old vending machines, and you can say that there is not a room in the house without coin op.  Loving it!  :-)

some great titles there . I have 130 pins in our warehouses  and not 1 in house are setup to play , just no free time to shop out 1 yet thinking cfbl, we use to play that a a local go go bar in nj. pin prices keep going up in last 5 years my value went up 25%, use to be happy with 2100 for Addams now I get around 4k offers,
great investments

Heck yeah, get that CFTBL shopped, and I bet it will motivate you to get a few more ready to go in the house.  Indeed, good investments, these Pinballs.  And great fun to boot.  :-)

i have  also a big Pinball Collection  from 1930  to  2010
  around 500 pinballmachines 

 and the biggest  PINBALL  Hall of Fame  in Austria /Europe

International pinballfriends  WELCOME !!
also a lot  of Jukeboxes  here 

we need space   we  have   an   quantity  around  70 pinballmachines    ..most EM,s  from 1950  to 1975    for SELL  this Year   2014   
Shipping  international  or containerhandling is no problem  for  PINDIGILAND  Austria 

see  www.Pinball.at

direct email  pindigi@pindigi.at

kind regards  pindigi -guenter freinberger

PS :  i search  an manual  and schematic  for  an IGT  Super Sallys  SHRIMP MANIA  !!