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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => Your Collection => Topic started by: bossninja17 on March 22, 2009, 10:08:51 PM

Title: My pins
Post by: bossninja17 on March 22, 2009, 10:08:51 PM

My collection is made up of the following Gottlieb EMs:
Aquarius (bought at the Luna Park auction about 1981)
Jungle Princess
Super Spin
Pioneer
Volley (thanks to Tony Mather)
High Hand (thanks to Tony Mather)
ProFootball (project to complete)
At the back of my garage is a Snow Derby cabinet used for spare parts.

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: ajlaird on March 22, 2009, 10:22:52 PM

Ah, so you scored that Pro Football - recent pickup?

It looks like the sort of pin I would be interested in.

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: MartyJ on March 22, 2009, 10:26:09 PM

Nice collection!

Would love to see some photos!

 #*#

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: jyebow on March 22, 2009, 10:28:31 PM

Hi Mark,
Glad to see you're  here  %)%
Great line up of pins, How is the Pioneer going ?
cheers Steve.

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: Strangeways on March 22, 2009, 11:30:32 PM

G'Day Mark &  %)%

nice collection of pins there. The Aquarius is an interesting pinball. I've never seen on in person.

you have bought some good titles from Tony !

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: pinnies4me on March 22, 2009, 11:53:11 PM

 %)% bossninja17

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: ktm450 on March 25, 2009, 01:45:55 PM

 %)%

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: millsy on March 25, 2009, 07:49:35 PM

Great collection, if you get a chance,how about some details about that Luna Park auction,remember reading about it back then,many people there ? many pins etc - would find it an interesting read.
Millsy

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: bossninja17 on March 26, 2009, 07:47:21 PM

Hopefully a pic has been uploaded of my collection. At the back is a stack that is Pioneer, ProFootball and the Snow Derby carcass.
I have some photos that I took at the Luna Park auction that I will dig out.
Aquarius has been a great machine -survived years in a shed, being dragged from house to house and 3 kids.

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: Ford Fairlane on March 26, 2009, 07:53:39 PM

 %)% to the forum. Great line up of EMs there mate!!!

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: ddstoys on March 26, 2009, 08:30:30 PM

Great line up of pins there and welcome aboard. Good to see another jungle princess out there. Might be coz it was my first (You always remember your first) but i always love seeing it.

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: ddstoys on March 26, 2009, 09:43:03 PM

THANKS
 @@*Your jungle princess made me want to do a restore thread for mine if your interested @@*
http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=1091.msg16201;topicseen#msg16201

 

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: bossninja17 on March 26, 2009, 10:14:09 PM

You have done a great job on the Jungle Princess. My Jungle Princess was my second machine. Bought it at auction in Dec 2006 (the one at Annandale) for $900. At the time I thought I paid too much. It was in good condition and has worked beautifully since. I wanted a 2 player so my son and I could play together. It is still my son's favourite machine.

Title: Luna Park and my Aquarius
Post by: bossninja17 on March 26, 2009, 10:26:07 PM

I was at the Luna Park auction and I bought Aquarius. I think I paid $140. There was a fairly big crowd and everything was auctioned (even the signs that said "mens toilet"). It was sad to see the old park end its life. Tony Mather has a fabulous video on the history of Luna Park.
A few weeks before the auction, I talked my way in and got to wander around the park. It was like a ghost town and if time had stood still - there were still coffee cups in the tearoom that had been left there since the fire.
Here are some of the photos I took at the time

Title: Re: My pins
Post by: Strangeways on March 27, 2009, 09:18:42 PM

Great pictures of your collection and Luna Park. Thanks for sharing. That last picture of the Ghost Train still looks a little eerie