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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2009, 08:12:10 AM »
Well done,

That machine looks awsesome!

The hunt is halve the fun with pinballs!

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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2009, 09:45:25 AM »
Cool looking machine and really interesting to see the different approaches to the technology.
I'd have been nervous switching on with those "fuses".

And the manuals .... Parle vous Francais?

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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2009, 10:28:19 AM »
Even knowing what that game was I'm still blown away!  :D

How friggen cool is that, no wonder you are stoked.

Just one question....what was the other game you were getting yesterday?

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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2009, 10:31:58 AM »
Congrats Gavin  ^^^

An amazing piece of technology. I really chuffed that it simply "worked" on plugin - even with those dodgy fuses. The playfield looks immaculate.

Good luck finding a flipper or rubber kit !

Can't wait to see it working one day  #@#
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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2009, 01:49:34 PM »
Well done Gav

What a rare pinball, it must be a bloody great feeling to find a pin that has taken 6 years to find. Good work  #*#
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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #20 on: October 08, 2009, 01:55:33 PM »
WOW, what an unusual pin, well done mate  ^^^
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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #21 on: October 08, 2009, 01:58:59 PM »
Classic playfield artwork !

The flying bike thing the girl is on and the dude shooting the tiger with a batman tattoo on his back in B&W shooting a coloured tiger with a handgun  *!@
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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #22 on: October 08, 2009, 02:07:25 PM »
There is a photo in Roger Sharps PINBALL! book from 1977 with this game on page 91 with the caption Home Made in Amsterdam Arcade

So he didn't know they were made!

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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #23 on: October 08, 2009, 04:07:07 PM »
Very interesting and unusual looking game Gav. Congrats on finally tracking one down .
I reckon it would be a blast to play.
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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #24 on: October 09, 2009, 09:41:53 AM »
Definitely unusual, but how friggin COOOL is that??!! looks to be in AWESOME condition too!! wot a score.. Well done tracking it down.

I remember marvelling at the technology in these Rally machines while looking at them in Michael Shalhoubs last book. Prior to that i'd always wondered if anyone had used nixie tubes for score displays in a pinball


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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #25 on: October 09, 2009, 10:28:12 AM »
What is the plan on repairing/replacing the nixie tube that doesn't work?

Is that something you will be able to do in your line of work?

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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #26 on: October 09, 2009, 10:42:32 AM »
I'm bloody excited for you Gav - what a find! That is just an amazing piece of pinball history.

hey - you can be first to rate it on IPDB http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1774
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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #27 on: October 09, 2009, 02:51:27 PM »
Definately an "out there" oddball machine, it's fantastic in every way.

 Just wondering is the backglass actually glass or a plexi?

Any chance of uploading a sample of the electronic sounds?

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Re: Sleepless night 1 in da house!!!
« Reply #28 on: October 09, 2009, 05:23:52 PM »
Well  done Gav, gotta say I aint ever seen nuthin like that before.  Love the scores, what are they tubes of some sort ????WTF
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