Pinball spare parts

[pinball god]

Just for fun, would love to hear what people have for spares that they reckon 'hell would have to freeze over' before they'd ever have to use them.

Quickly thinking of my case, I have 4 ToM trunks as spares. I replaced my original shortly after buying the game and its still good. So I think my machine will be about 100YO before I go through all my trunks.

The other would be the main metal bracket that the trunk sits over. I'm sure if I take a hammer at my machine, this part will be needed 

[markc]

hey that my name ...  LOL

its ok mate

I normally have at home  some globes , rubbers and novus

[pinnies4me]

A few spare AFM martians - the rubbery ones are so rare that I kept buying the odd one as it came up, and a BBB playfield.

[Strangeways]

I have two NEW Bally stepper units for a Bingo machine - They are circa 1955 - So they are at least 50 years old - Genuine, still in their box.

I have Bingo machines to restore, but they are YEARS from being restored at the rate I'm going !

[Extra Ball]

One NOS FT slingshot plastic. The machine came with 3 NOS ones, and 4 broken ones.

[illawarra_steelers]

I just make a list a month in advance for each PBR order and update it at work each time it changes.

Just finished the next order and it came to US$600 and had to cut back!

Lucky the dollar is happy against the greenback

Order once a month and have orders in advance in Word docs 4 months in advance

[ddstoys]

Every part ive sent to members of AP never thought id need them but kept them anyway....   I bet there are a few people who glad i did lol

 And a Full set of plastics for GORGAR COMET AND JUNGLE PRINCESS

[The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan]

My biggest problem is collecting/hoarding pinball electronics from late 70s thru 80s.  From complete boards, to individual ICs.  Think I must have most components to rebuild just about any board CPU, Driver, Sound, Power Supply etc... and from all manufacturers Bally, Williams, Gottlieb, Zaccaria, Stern

And it just keeps growing

[Greg]

my own stuff- (not for sale- ever)
most of mine have spare
 PF's,
board sets,
 plastic sets -
 ramps-
 cab art,
 translight
 and motors


if its a game I like then l start buying parts  before I buy the game
already have a JD and centuar pf and plastics just waiting for the right game

 

[Caveoftreasures]

a spare set of glow balls for VIPER NIGHT DRIVE which cost me $650 USA which are as rare as rocking horse shit.
stupid money but they were brand new NOS never used and they came from a guy who worked at the sega factory. needed for my next VIPER.

ohhh, and alot of spares for VIPER NIGHT DRIVE cause another dude in USA found a complete machine on the side of the road, in the rain.but all the boards/dotmatrix are fine.got em cheap too !

[Maxprofits]

ohhh, and alot of spares for VIPER NIGHT DRIVE cause another dude in USA found a complete machine on the side of the road, in the rain.but all the boards/dotmatrix are fine.got em cheap too !
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Dude, that sounds dodgy as hell! Hope those boards don't burn your hard when you pick 'em up! More power to you for getting them boards cheap, not much beats a good deal. 

[Caveoftreasures]

Actually, machine really did get rained on, the fellow in the states did load a video on google/youtube, i dont buy anything hot cause i work in the security industry and i cant handle thieves. 
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The story goes that a mechanical car performance firm had it in their lunch room as their pride n joy.
The firm was moving premises, left the pinball machine n other stuff outside waiting for the next truck load, when the heavens opened up and the machine got totally drenched. The owner put it out for rubbish collection day when the arcade operator drove past n enquired n picked it up literally for zero.the playfield was rooted but all else was fine. 

i got the various spares from this guy, glow balls elsewhere. no hot stuff for me !

[Maxprofits]

Fair enough about not handling stolen goods, Being ex-military I cant stand thieves either. Congrats on the cheap parts, always nice having plenty of spares in the shed, (my wife does think so however).