Author Topic: Gottlieb Surfer  (Read 200 times)

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Offline Strangeways

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Re: Gottlieb Surfer
« on: October 01, 2010, 10:34:58 AM »
"To find one in this condition is impossible"  %.% %.% Love the sales pitch. Whoever writes the "de******ion" needs to get out more. Surfer and Surf Champ are desirable games, but would hardly be in the top 10 70's EMs. I wonder what machines it dislodged - Wizard, Fireball, Klondike or El Dorado ?

For some reason, they have polished the door, siderails and placed Bally post caps rather than Gottlieb. Original machine did not have a coin door decal and the lane guides are incorrect. Bumper caps & bodies don't look right either.

The paint job is a good attempt but the blue color (much too light) was painted on too thin and you can see too much of the yellow. Shame they could not draw a straight line on the blue and yellow below the backglass. Imagine having to look at that while playing the machine !

FFS - the spinner is installed the wrong way around !

Really nice apron spoiled with the Bumper sticker  !@#

Good attempt, but not worth $5K. Spend the extra 10 minutes researching the machine and installing the correct parts.



« Last Edit: October 01, 2010, 10:38:15 AM by Strangeways »
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