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Aussie Pinball Forums => Photo Gallery => Pinball nostalgia pics => Topic started by: Wotto on December 01, 2010, 09:08:02 PM

Title: I found it - I bloody finally found it !!
Post by: Wotto on December 01, 2010, 09:08:02 PM

Hey all

Here are some pics of Dodgem City in George St Sydney - THE place we used to frequent ALL THE TIME as kids.
It was opposite Hoyts in 'The Cinema Strip' - near the famous Crystal Palace.
I was contacted by a guy who has a Facebook group named Sydney Cinema Flashback 70's/80's and he said I should look at the shots.

There are some EXCELLENT old pics if you look at thier photos ( over 400 )

Anyway - here is Dogem City from a time when pinball / arcade RULED #*#

(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/899/dodgemcity2.jpg)

(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1635/dodgemcity.png)

ALL I need now is my holy grail of photo's - the pinball section located inside the George St Hoyts complex in the late 70's  *)*

Title: Re: I found it - I bloody finally found it !!
Post by: ddstoys on December 01, 2010, 09:29:29 PM

Thanks for sharing Wotto and its also great to see a smashed up shitbox ford.  Bloody XE or XF is it what idiot thought they looked good?  probably the same one who liked the AU  %.% @.@

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Post by: Retropin on December 01, 2010, 09:32:30 PM

Cops taking $50 each to not book the bugger

Title: Re: I found it - I bloody finally found it !!
Post by: pinnies4me on December 01, 2010, 10:07:33 PM

It's a great feeling when you find an old location you'd forgotten - good one Wotto!

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Post by: Caveoftreasures on December 02, 2010, 12:58:51 AM

Its a 1983 model 6 cylinder XE.  The 351 version in red-X Pak or Fairmont Ghia looked excellent.

Also, if u do a google search and look at some of the 1983 Dick Johnson Bathurst videos of his 1983 model XE and how hard that went down Conrod straight at 279 kilometres per hour and the beautiful noise that car made, u would think thisas agreat car.  ^^^

Good photos.

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Post by: ajlaird on December 02, 2010, 08:05:29 AM

Nice work on tracking this one down!

It is also interesting how half the city is always a building site! Happening back then, still happening now.

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Post by: Marty Machine on December 05, 2010, 12:46:59 AM

Did you know anything about the "Indoor BMX track" attraction???? (being my other collectable hobby)...

MM.

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Post by: goodolddays on December 05, 2010, 11:11:30 AM

I remember that joint Wotto. We didn't go there that often though .
Thanks for posting the Pic.

Title: The Big Top, George street Sydney
Post by: PinPal on January 05, 2011, 01:30:14 AM

Hi Wotto, thought you might like to see this cliping I kept,  Its the Big Top Amusement Parlor that Was in George st, about where the old Movie Cinamas where.
I went there when I was a kid..
Paul

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Post by: ajlaird on January 05, 2011, 08:41:13 AM

Nice clipping - did you get a Firepower in the end?

Title: Re: I found it - I bloody finally found it !!
Post by: PinPal on January 06, 2011, 09:58:45 PM

That cliping I found way back in 1990, I did not long after   #*# sorry I ever sold it  ^.^   Interesting thing, when I bought my Firepower back then it cost me $700.00 now its over twice that much for a good working one..

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Post by: aaronmaestri on March 24, 2012, 01:07:11 PM

Seems the sydney cinema facebook page is no longer active, pity