Pinball Friends

[Frank A]

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

[KirkLasVegas]

I have a few here too Frank 

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

[Frank A]

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

[PinballWiz]

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 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

[Frank A]

PM me at fara3@optonline.net. Thanks,

Frank

[Flexpipe]

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!

[Frank A]

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

[drunktek]

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

[Frank A]

All great games too.

[drunktek]

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

[PinballWiz]

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

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

Rob

[Frank A]

Thanks. I was stumped on those.

Frank A

[bobn]

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.

[dinot]

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...)

[Frank A]

Looks great. I like the lighting effect. Nice machine titles on the pinball.

Frank A

[dinot]

Thanks a lot Frank.

[Frank A]

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

[dinot]

Frank,

UPDATE:
I found one here:

http://www.pinballpromos.com/

They want $50 for it.


You can try this place:
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/

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

and post a WTB: Hook Topper

[Frank A]

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

Frank

[nightmaretony]

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.

[Frank A]

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

[slotsteve]

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

[Fourbyracer]

... as far as the rgp group you in for a real treat there   with those know it alls...

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.

[slotsteve]

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

[Fourbyracer]

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).