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Title: Hi All
Post by: specs on August 30, 2009, 10:21:04 PM

  I was on the net searching for Gottlieb Genie and one of the places it sent me to was Wattos web page which had the link to this site. After reading Wattos story i found out that we live in a small world as i attended the same high school at a similar time and fondly remember the Engadine Liesure centre he takes about.
 
My story - I grew up on the NSW South Coast and moved several years ago into the Sutherland Shire. I have enjoyed all forms of gaming all my life , from pinballs to hand held game and watch units and everything in between.
 
I currently have two Gottlieb EM machines Wild Life and Grand Slam. Both machines have issues as they have been in storage for several years unused. I am unsure whether when both are going whether i will sell one or both. I thinking of buying machines that i remember from my youth ie Mustang (1st machine i remember playing) , Mati Hari , Lost World , Genie , Joker Poker.  One project i want to do is build (maybe buy if time does not permit )a lowboy mame machine .  After reading several post on this site i have already found several good tips to help me restore these machines . Will do as i much as i can myself and seek help if needed.

                                     Cheers Ken...

Title: Re: Hi All
Post by: pinballist on August 30, 2009, 10:29:48 PM

Great intro Ken! Nice to have another Shire boy on board :)

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Post by: millsy on August 31, 2009, 12:01:45 AM

 $.$ and  %)% to the forum Ken

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Post by: 63wizz on August 31, 2009, 06:54:46 AM

Welcome Ken, I had a Grand Slam, sold it about 18 months ago.

Lots of good info on this site.

Ian

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Post by: JD on August 31, 2009, 07:55:47 AM

Welcome aboard Ken,

Hope you enjoy this forum. We do!

Wild Life is a good machine to play! If you are selling, let us know wha condition and coin you are after.

J.D.

 #*#   #*#   $#$ $#$

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Post by: illawarra_steelers on August 31, 2009, 08:56:26 AM

Hey Ken,

Welcome to Aussie Pinball we are glad to have you here.

Great to see some more love for those EMs  *%*

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Post by: Wotto on August 31, 2009, 09:15:37 AM

Welcome Ken,


Good to see another old ELC person here.
Another AP member –Freeplay-  also used to haunt the place and we have been able to catch up again thanks to this hobby.
I see U are still in the Shire, you should get along to one of Rollerballs next meet at Heathcote, right next to our old school ( the old brick pits ) – they are GREAT nights and he has awesome machines from our ‘youth’

Hope U enjoy the time here at AP and contact me anytime if ya want some help re Mame etc.



Wotto

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Post by: ajlaird on August 31, 2009, 09:17:14 AM

Welcome to AP, Ken - if you do need help just ask away. We have a very friendly and knowledgeable bunch of people who are very willing to assist.

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Post by: pinnies4me on August 31, 2009, 09:30:03 AM

Great to have you on board Ken, hope you enjoy the place.

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Post by: Strangeways on August 31, 2009, 09:55:27 AM

 $.$ Ken and  %)% to AP !

Keep both EMs - If you need help, post some tech threads and there's a good chance the problems will be fixed.

Enjoy the site !

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Post by: ktm450 on August 31, 2009, 09:59:04 AM

 %)% Ken

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Post by: Replicas on August 31, 2009, 10:43:09 AM

Welcome to the group Ken.
Darren.

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Post by: Extra Ball on August 31, 2009, 12:51:53 PM

welcome Ken

everyone needs at least 1 EM  *%*

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Post by: SPURR on August 31, 2009, 02:27:29 PM

HI KEN &  %)%

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Post by: ddstoys on August 31, 2009, 03:21:51 PM

 %)% Ken Great intro if you have seen wottos site your in trouble man he sets the bar high.   But dont be scared to ask for advice if we cant help get it going no one can.

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Post by: MrMaloo on September 01, 2009, 12:21:59 AM

Hi and welcome to AP Ken.

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Post by: FirePower on September 02, 2009, 10:01:56 PM

Hi Ken and welcome.

There 's lots of good info and helpful people on this site.

I have a Wild Life that I acquired through a connection on this site. It's a fun game. A great shot if you can shoot up over one set of rollovers and then back down the other side.

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Post by: specs on September 03, 2009, 11:37:59 AM

  Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.
 
  Have found so great info -thanks to ddstoys post on Gottlieb score reel rebuilding , I now am doing both machine