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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => Your Collection => Topic started by: slammer on December 10, 2008, 11:48:21 PM
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Hi guys,
This is my small collection of pinballs.
As a teenager I was never allowed to go to the pinnys, I had never played a pinball till earlier this year.
I started with an absolutely mint Dr Dude from Mark C, fully shopped and as I was not after a particular pinball, all I went with was the best quality and best condition I could afford at the time. The cabinet was unmarked, the playfield was factory mylared and I was quite spolit for a firsat pinball.
After playing the heck out of it for a couple of weeks, I was quite frustrated with it, if you have ever played a Dr Dude, the flippers seem to be too far apart, not a biggineers pinball for sure. That was August the 1st this year.
As Mark C has stated many a time, you cannot stop at one pinball.
By Sepetember the 18th, I was unloading my second pinball. The Getaway High Speed II purchased from a local operator.
The playfield was excellent, the known faults were the missing DMD, missing a pop up bumper coil, the bottom flipper did not function, the supercharger did not spin the pinball quick enough and the cabinet was split in the front.
This was to be my first project, and along the way I have learnt many things. I purchased it mainly on the condition of the playfield, the Fliptronics II was my first repair (faulty transistor) and I sorted through most of the other issues execpt for the supercharger.
I had to come to Melbourne from Bendigo for a work meeting, and I dropped off the Getaway to Mark C to have a look at it for me.
Just as well, it took Mark and the boys over 6 hours to get the problem sorted, great guys, looked after me heaps with this!
I have the decal set sitting in the corner for the Getaway from Illinois Pinball, and will rebuild the cabinet soon.
I was hit pretty hard by this pinball addiction by now, and come November the 26th I am Silverball's warehouse picking up my Indy 500.
The machine was not as I or Silverball expected, but the price was better than all right and with a some TLC will come up nicely.
So far I have gone through what I call the operator "ghetto" repairs (twist and tape) and replaced the three mismatched flipper coils with genuine ones and am waiting for parts to rebuild the illuminated drop targets.
The great thing is that I have three pinballs that all play well now, and enjoy just banging away in the shed.
Thanks heaps to Mark C and Silverball for hooking me up.
The following is a link to most of the pics.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/758664/2 (http://www.cardomain.com/ride/758664/2)
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glad you made it mate
and thanks for the kind words
the dr dude looks great I want it back !!!!!!!!!!! <.> <.>
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Thanks for the write up. I enjoyed reading that! Very nice Dr Dude. I've never played that one.
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Very nice collection that will only grow !
I'm sure I saw that Dr Dude before you bought it - It looked new, very nice indeed.
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Great intro there, nice read!
Three machines makes you officially a collector!
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Thanks for the replies and kind words guys.
AP is so good. No bullshit. just pinballs....
Cheers Angelo
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Good write up and collection Angelo.
I have a Dr Dude as well, good fun pinball. My six year old son loves it. It is my most reliable pinball as well. Have had it for three years and have never had any problems at all with it.
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And then came the forth pinball, purchased from a collector in Geelong this week.
Unmarked cabinet, perfect playfield, Australian delivered machine with the original manuals in the original envelope.
Even the Hunter ship had been removed and placed in the box incase of damage!
The only issue is that the NRI mech gives 2 plays for a $1 coin (probably needs reprograming as I put it in my Getaway and it does the same thing)
All it needs is a good playfield clean and a set of white rubbers which I ordered today.
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Angelo,
You should be very proud (and I'm sure you are) with these games.
Thanks for sharing and I really enjoyed reading your story.
Now do yourself a favour and get a nice EM :lol
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Another beautiful game for your collection, Angelo #*#
I have a "soft spot" for T2 - I love the movie and it is just a really cool pinball. I agree with Tony - You need an EM !
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Another beautiful game for your collection, Angelo #*#
I have a "soft spot" for T2 - I love the movie and it is just a really cool pinball. I agree with Tony - You need an EM !
I agree with Tony as well, but know that early SS games are alot more fun than EMs!
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lol
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Kinda funny - But a while ago - I sort of experienced a "plateau" - Where I mistakenly though that I would not actively chase any more keeper pins.
Then Mark's "Super Score" hit eBay - and I REALLY want a "Super Score" - But it was not going to happen..Too many pins..
But looking at Angelo's machines - T2 AND Getaway - I remember playing them, and they HAVE to be the better of the Williams machines made in that era. Both his machines look really nice...Not too hard for the beginner to play, and not too easy for the enthusiast..
Angelo - make sure you post a picture of the two games next to each other.. #*#
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Great looking T2 Angelo!
You're a lucky man having a full set of playfield plastics unbroken! I love my T2 and it gets played almost daily.
The best thing I EVER did for my T2 was to swap out the playfield insert globes with coloured LED's. I also swapped the skull eyes for red LED's too. It really changed the gameplay and made it super bright and fun!
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I forgot how heavy the Dr Dude was to get up a 3m flight of stairs!
All are together in the workshop now.
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Great lineup #*#
Thanks for sharing !
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Very nice lineup mate. I love it when they are all lined up like that! ^^^
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I have just started on my first Gottlieb, a Catcus Jacks.
Full rebuild with some repairs.
I don't mind Gottlieb machines so far, pretty cool in fact.
Cheers Angelo
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Looks nice Angelo, well done @@*
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That's scrubbed up real good, nice job.
Looks like one I would love to have a bash at one day; will have to find one in Melbourne.
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Very nice, Angelo.
$#$
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Building up a good collection very fast mate ^^^
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Very nice Angelo ! @@*
Good old Gottlieb, gotta lov'em... :2cents:
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Looks like you have made up for that lack of teenage action in a hurry !!
Congrats - nice stuff.
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Collection growing real fast, great to see the Indy 500 in its new home.........that was the "bargain" of the the year.
No need to plaster that shed mate,the pins have covered the walls nicely.
How good does that Gottlieb look, keep up the good work.
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Collection growing real fast, great to see the Indy 500 in its new home.........that was the "bargain" of the the year.
No need to plaster that shed mate,the pins have covered the walls nicely.
How good does that Gottlieb look, keep up the good work.
Actually Dave the Cactus Jacks was a "steal" compared to the Indy 500.
The Indy 500 would be the best in the current line up now that I have to deliver the Dr Dude on Sunday to the Caddy man.
Hopefully in the next two weeks I will have a late model Williams to add to the collection.
Cheers Angelo
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Late model Williams? Title? or give us a hint.
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Yeah, nice, gave one a quick bash on Saturday and could have really got into it if I had played it a bit longer.
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Yeah, nice, gave one a quick bash on Saturday and could have really got into it if I had played it a bit longer.
Yep - The JY on the floor on Saturday was VERY nice $#$
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Ok, so today I added another two machines to the collection.
Completely different to all the other machines I own
Talk about a barn find, I had to post a pic to prove it.
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I picked up a Bally Playboy and a Gottlieb Drop A Card.
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Come on, then, give us the full story - including the location!
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Ok, so today I added another two machines to the collection.
Completely different to all the other machines I own
Talk about a barn find, I had to post a pic to prove it.
I picked up a Bally Playboy and a Gottlieb Drop A Card.
Wow!
Spill the beans - what's the condition like under all that protective dust?
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PLAYBOY IN A BARN Some people should be shot but great for you. How did you get hold of these?
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Nice pickup Angelo, any Monaro's or GT's in the barn as well?
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They are just the coolest photos! I know that the word inspiration gets used all the time - but seeing 2 very collectable pins like that being found in a location like that is......inspirational!
Just shows that games are still out there to be found in the strangest place!
Well done Angelo, you must be stoked!
Did you know the 2 titles of these games before you went and looked at them?
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OK, here is the story, quite amusing really.
My Coca Cola refiller was in one day at work filling the machine, and we were chatting about the pinball I was going to buy next.
Then he remebered when filling the Coke machine at another shop, that there were several pinballs stored in a mezanine section of that shop.
Anyway I put it in the back of my mind, and heaps then happened personally, the worst being made redundant after 11 years of service and not getting paid out at all, no annual leave, no long service, no redundancy, no notice etc etc.
So last month I said f**k it, I will go around the shop and see if they were for sale.
I went around, and you would'nt beleive it, they guy had sold the buisness and taken the pinballs with him.
So I made some calls to some mates who might know of this guy, Bendigo is pretty small (100K POP) and I finally got through to him.
I asked if he wanted to sell any pinballs, and he told me which one, as he has quite a collection.
So we started talking and he said only two he would sell me were the Playboy and the Drop A Card, as all the others were scattered in mates houses being used.
So I head out one night with the guy, rain pissing down (some drought we are in!) approx 50 mins from Bendigo and get to the family farm with these two pinballs on a pallet surrounded by hay and a couple of possums wondering what the hell we were doing looking at a couple of pinballs in the middle of the night!
I told him that I would work out a price to offer him and get back to him in the next couple of days.
Anyway, quick run down with the machines.
Drop a Card is missing legs, every thing else is there, perfect backglass, plastics pretty good, only two cracks, playfield excellant except for the center section, for some weird reason, the factory mylar has had a knife or something sharp criss crossed against it, only 4" square of surface, I raised the mylar here and thank god it only cut through the mylar, playfield is unmarked under this area,cabinet is perfect no scratches just slightly faded paint.
I powered it up, I couldn't help myself, GI camew up and the a hi pitched noise developed so I shut it down, no smoke...
Overall a great EM for a first one for me.
Bally Playboy is missing the backglass, everything else is there, playfield is rooted, I will order a new one from CPR or Wayne I haven't made up my mind yet.
All the plastics are warped something feirce, I will order these as well,bottom of cabinet is just holding together,one side had been rubbed back to the wood, all boards are there and are original, no repairs, powered it up, same thing GI but nothing else not even the displays.
Overall the Playboy is a lot of work for me in the future, but still an original Playboy.
Cheers Angelo
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Thats a top story we can all dream of a barn find like that.
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Angelo - GREAT STORY @@*
Every Pinball MUST have a story for me - all mine have one ! Pins are a great talking point - one of the things about pins that never ceases to amaze me - people can play a pin they have not seen for 20 years, yet when they play it - they ALWAYS seem to return "Back in time" and recall a story about it..
Once you get these two machines up and running - I guarantee you will be telling the story over a beer for YEARS to come !
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Excellent find! It obviously took a little bit of work to get on to this guy but it was worth it in the end.
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great story angelo, good work
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That is such an AWESOME story Angelo!
You know what? Seeing at the start of the story you said you got put off work and really got stuffed about - then this excellent karma comes your way.
Thanks so much for sharing this amazing story!
Brought a huge smile to my face ^^^
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Great stuff Angelo.
Can wait for the resto threads. You are very lucky to find both those machines!
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Thanks for sharing, there's nothing like hearing about these odd finds - well maybe having one myself would be like hearing about one, only better! :lol
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OK, so really a pinball, but this is my latest toy.
A 1961 Rock-Ola 100 model 1484 wall mounted jukebox.
It was listed for sale here a while ago, I picked it up on Easter Monday (720 Km round trip) and am looking forward to restoring this machine.
Cheers Angelo
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Thats a fantastic looking Juke mate would love to get hold of an old em jukebox to restore but the funds dont allow it. One day i might have to do a trade for my R89 one day
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Hey Ang, you going to put some of that doof doof tunes in it? <.>
nice buy.
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Angelo,
Troy mentioned you came out to buy the juke - he said you were a nice guy also.
That is a real nice juke - have seen that while at Troy's place - all the chrome work done also. ^^^
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Hey Ang, you going to put some of that doof doof tunes in it? <.>
nice buy.
No way, valve amplifiers and a classic sound for me with this.
I have the provsion to add extra speakers/amplifiers and I could modify it to accept an Ipod, but that would defet the purpose of restoring this machine.
Welcome Rich also....
Angelo,
Troy mentioned you came out to buy the juke - he said you were a nice guy also.
That is a real nice juke - have seen that while at Troy's place - all the chrome work done also. ^^^
Troy is a great guy, his place is truly outstanding.
I love the way he has set everything up out there.
Cheers Angelo
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Cant beat the sound of the original Angelo. Ive got a box of old 45s if you need any let me know and ill PM you a list of whats there.
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The last machine for me for a little while, the wife has told me no more than these machines in the shed.
I had looked around for a Junkyard for quite a while now, found a Japanese issued machine which is unmarked in every way.
The only weird thing is it came with two power supplies which one was removed and the correct jumpers placed into the factory supply.
Cheers Angelo
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nice machine, Angelo - Not a commonly found game but fun to play.
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nice machine, Angelo - Not a commonly found game but fun to play.
Commonly found at MarkC's - he has had a bunch of them go through.
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nice machine, Angelo - Not a commonly found game but fun to play.
Commonly found at MarkC's - he has had a bunch of them go through.
I thought he only had Yunk Yards? !@#
Matthew
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nice machine, Angelo - Not a commonly found game but fun to play.
Commonly found at MarkC's - he has had a bunch of them go through.
I thought he only had Yunk Yards? !@#
Matthew
Yes, he had a few of those as well :)
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nice machine, Angelo - Not a commonly found game but fun to play.
Commonly found at MarkC's - he has had a bunch of them go through.
I thought he only had Yunk Yards? !@#
Matthew
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