Data East Phantom Of The Opera Pinball

[PinPal]

Found this Phantom on e-Bay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Phantom-of-the-Opera-Pinball-machine-/140998846623?pt=AU_CoinOp&hash=item20d42fa89f
My next pinball machine might be The Phantom Of The Opera by DE.
I have never owned a DE machine before as I have always liked Bally and Williams machines.
Love the theme and the sounds in this game.
I no where I can get one in VG condition.

Thoughts anyone ?

Pinpal

[4_amusement_only]

Phantom has a really basic layout and ruleset. It's not to everybody's tastes. Quite different to any Bally/WMS of similar era. Where did you end up locating one?

[bigdaddy]

Poto is a great game. Some seriously good sounds especially multiball and mad artwork. I'm a little sad I sold the one I had which was aussie delivered. hard to get one with an original backglass and mask in good nick. Love to pick one up again some day.

[PinPal]

Here is a good Video of Phantom Of The Opera,, like the sounds in this game..

[Jimmie Dimmick]

I remember hearing something special about the artwork on these machines.

I think Paul Faris used his daughter for the female model in them

Can't remember if that was it? Maybe makes it more valuable in a way?

[4_amusement_only]

Yep used his daughter as reference. Paul often used faces he knew and he could visually create more lifelike characters. POPO was the first game he did for Data East after leaving Williams. Seems like the break and the extra time to complete the work really paid off.

[skywalker]

Here you go, lucky for me its miles away 

 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121132531483?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648



 

[4_amusement_only]

Be very careful anybody who is interested in the above Phantom of the Opera!!!!!!

The listing originally said that he had owned it for 20 + years..that would bring it to within 2 years of leaving site.
Complete fabrication! I saw the machine in the garage of Chris the Pinball Medic's garage in 2007 as he was selling it!

The machine came from somewhere dodgy, I believe Serbia and the entire cabinet has been replaced by low res, poor quality paper 'decals'!
Compare front of cab (look closely and you will see paper is lifting) to IPDB to see what it really supposed to look like. The backglass is abysmal when light is shining though. Zoom in on girls breastal area and legs to see the extent of the crazing in the glass. The phantoms face is just as bad behind the mask. Playfield has significant insert wear and outlane wear.

I let him know about all this and no response but changed years of ownership to 7 and removed the picture of the headbox when I sent him a link to how it really looks like.

Trust me guys, i have been after a Phantom for that many years and have always been disappointed. Either they are missing their backglass or have playfield wear or missing magic mirror or a combination of each. I've see 6 individual examples and watched 7 from my desk chair since 2007 and they are always missing something and this one was the worst I have seen. There is a nice one in WA and possibly a good one is QLD but those guys don't want to let them go.

If you are after a project one, contact Tony from the Pinball Shed. He is about to part out one. Only reason I didnt get that one was because of significant playfield wear. I am the king of Phantom's in Australia   never found a good one yet.  


  

[skywalker]

One will turn up, when you least expect it 

Used pin market is tougher than the Us muscle car market is just got out of