Black Hole .. Bought another project .. I must be crazy

[goodolddays]

I already have a project that I'm slowly working on (Thoro Bred) and another 3 in the queue but on the weekend I bought another one from an AA member.
I must be crazy  but the I think the price was right .

Its an export version Black Hole , looks to be a Euro import from Germany . So, no spinning disk or inifity effect backglass , but heck the game is the same .

I know squat about SYS80's by the way but I played this game back in my arcade days.

Headbox is currently empty (stripped out by seller) and will need a repaint , so I will be repainting the cab as well .

The good news is it came with the following parts

 New Ni-WUMPF CPU and driver board,
 New new rotten dog power board
 New Led Displays from Boston Pinball Company 
 New Plastics set and New playfield Window
 An original sound and speech card from another SYS80 game (the Export version Black Hole did not have speech)

 Here's the sellers pics .. playfield needs a few touchups, especially around the bumpers, lower playfield is in great shape .

No idea when I will get time to make a start on this one

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[Pop Bumper Pete]

Very nice pickup there

[goodolddays]

Very nice pickup there

Thanks Pete .. shame the backglass is pretty poor (I'll have to take a better pic of it and post it up) but thats part of the challenge 

[pinnies4me]

Great game, glad you plan to add the speech, part of the charm of this game.

[Crashramp]

Great game, well done!

[swinks]

Congrats, nice pin, one of the few I that I remember playing in the early days.

I have a NOS back box spinning disc if you decide to venture down this way in the restore

[Ford Fairlane]

awesome pickup! i love this game. cant wait to see you bring it up to speed 

[Strangeways]

One of the best games ever made. I've recently added one to my personal collection, and I'm as keen as you ti get started !

[howzat]

I dont think your crazy     
It would be a shame not to get it  and I guess it dosent really matter how long it takes 
This game was also from my past  and a great player       what a great score               Howzat

[Mr Pinbologist]

Yepp, GREAT SCORE for sure, would like to see some bigger pictures of it  but what can be seen looks good 

I've never played this title before but i sure do like the look of it, having seen vids on youtube.

[Freiherr]

Great project. I played  BH a lot when it was released. The lower playfield is a treat and I love the feel and sweeping long shots. The other Gottlieb from this era which I regret not playing enough of is Spirit. There was only one machine in all of Sydney and I believe it was a very underated pin. Now it is highly desirable.
All the best for your restoration.

[goodolddays]

Thanks for the feedback guys 

Sounds like at least a few of you will be interested in this resto when I can get started on it .

I just couldn't resist grabbing it for just under $1K with all the new parts included.

Might have to push it up the resto queue methinks 

[swinks]

what a great buy 

[ktm450]

Great game, I have enjoyed playing Nicks, got two balls locked a couple of times but never achieved multiball, very challenging