Gtb Solar Ride what's it like and what are they worth?

[Crashramp]

I'm not looking to buy either of these but I do like the look of this machine, thus the question. Other thing is, do these come up very oftern? I haven't noticed one on ebay before but I havent really been looking out for one either. Ones a project and the others painted the wrong colour.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pinball-Machine-Solar-Ride-/200915382841?pt=AU_CoinOp&hash=item2ec77d7239&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_922

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GOTTLIEB-PINBALL-MACHINE-SOLAR-RIDE-1978-MODEL-/200915855815?pt=AU_CoinOp&hash=item2ec784a9c7&_uhb=1#ht_514wt_922

[delarge]

My uncle had one of these at his holiday house in Talbingo and I went up there a few times as a kid and always loved playing it (a pinball machine in a house that had nothing else that would interest a kid like me that loved anything electronic). Years later, he sold it to a guy who I worked for at the time and it didn't work for many years. I ran into my old boss the other day and asked him if he still had it. "Nah, mate. Sold it for $100 just to get rid of it. I would have given it to you if I had known you were into pinnies when I got rid of it." SHATTERED!

[Crashramp]

Ha ha, sometimes it's just better not to know isn't it.

[delarge]

haha it sure is. I'd been thinking in my head for the past few years "I must ask him when I see him if he wants to sell it. Would be good for nostalgia and could use my Hulk's boards to test it and get it going again."

[Boots]

Solar Ride is my first machine and personally I think it's great.
I never played I until I restored it and I ended up setting the back up a little higher and it plays real fast.
I still haven't got the drop target bonus for dropping the centre one last.
I have played a mates set at standard height and its a bit slow.
One thing I am looking to do is fit chimes to it.

[Strangeways]

I enjoyed mine. A very interesting game with the rules around the drop target. VERY hard to achieve, but a fun game. They are very common in Australia. Non working will most likely need a Pascal or Ni-Wumpf SYS1 board.

Price - $750 - $1300 for a reconditioned game.

[ralph67]

I own a few of these Babies(1 fully restored) and 2 others ,1 full machine but RS backglass and the other just a populated playfield. Last one was a freebie with badly water damaged cab ( 1 leg fell off when loading on my ute ) But a fav of mine i used to hammer one a the local Pizza Bar, even had the owner worried because of the amount of free games i would sometimes get. Really nice artwork on the backglass Very simple rule set. I think that's why its so fun to play, easy (sometimes) to get a special. But beware of the gap between the double flippers on the left hand side..