Lights...Camera...Action! (Melbourne)

[ajlaird]

No, not another Coconut Island movie, but a pinball machine. I am constantly amazed by titles I have never heard of - but this one looks very interesting. It rates highly over at IPDB, and is reasonably rare to boot (production run of 1708).

Shame about the playfield on this one http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Lights-Camera-Action-Pinball-Machine-fully-working_W0QQitemZ290307282515QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_15?hash=item290307282515 and the cabinet looks faded to me. What do you think it will go for?

[pinnies4me]

If you were keen, there's always a NOS playfield at PBR you could buy -

http://www.pbresource.com/playfields/gtb-pb720.jpg

We diddn't get much in the way of Gottliebs in that period. Apparently a a pretty decent game too.

[ajlaird]

If you were keen, there's always a NOS playfield at PBR you could buy -

http://www.pbresource.com/playfields/gtb-pb720.jpg

We diddn't get much in the way of Gottliebs in that period. Apparently a a pretty decent game too.

I am guessing this will go too high to make it worth it anyway.

[Strangeways]

Looks like an interesting title - shame about the playfield 

[vinito]

Interesting. This one just came up for sale in my little town today:
http://craigslist link

I played this at the pinball hall of fame in Vegas and remembered liking it for some reason but couldn't remember why. I think it may have simply been the novelty of the animated gunfight thing in the backglass. I'm a sucker for animated backglasses.

The one in the above link has the topper too, though from what I hear the glare is more distracting than anything. I'm kind of a sucker for toppers also, and glare is just part of pinball, so I think I'd like having that too. I'll go pick it up and crate it for shipping fer nuthin' if anybody down under wants it. Likely cost prohibitive though. US $1200 = quite a bit Aussie I think, even these days.

(c&p of craigslist ad):
This is a very nice and i do mean nice gottlieb pinball machine Lights Camera Action i think the year is 1990 Gottlieb is the premier name in pinball i have the insturction book all lights work very nice working machine i have had 0 issues with this pinball machine. This is a very hard to find machine almost rare if you find one so dont let this chance go buy to own a great fun machine. Call jim *** *** **** not looking to trade for anything thanks for looking.

    * Location: lawson

[ajlaird]

OK, did anyone see the pin on 'Commercial Breakdown' (Channel 9 tonight) - yep, it was a Lights, Camera, Action.

'Fess up, Bumper Dave, did you lend them this pin?

[Marty Machine]

AJ, that pin was hired from Bumper.

I saw the lads packing it back on their ute after i was too late to play it in the studio.
damn damn damn.

MM.

[ajlaird]

So everyone has the chance to own a pin that has been on TV! Bid up.

[Marty Machine]

Only the winning bidder has the chance to own it 

[ajlaird]

Did you get a look at the playfield? The photos make it look pretty bad.

[Marty Machine]

Nah, it was tarped-up on the ute before i could get near it...

Yep, those pics make it look crap 

[Docpinball]

Pin ended up going for $1450. Yes the guy doesn't know his pinball is famous Haha.  Deliberately closed in on the photos so there was no hiding the wear, touch ups.  It is a good pinball to play, I also remember playing it at hall of fame in Vegas and thinking it was a really fun pin.  No Gottlieb's of this era were bought into the country sadly so there are many titles most have never seen. A lot of them are quite good fun.  We also sold a "Diner" to a guy in Adelaide a year ago and his pin was in the Toyota commercial with the cat people in the abandoned wherehouse if you can remember.  I never got around to telling him either his pin was a star.

[Marty Machine]

That ad with the cat-people was a bit creepy 

[Docpinball]

Wasn't it!  Can't imagine it sold more Toyota's.

[ddstoys]

Oh so it was a Toyota add i thought.  Looked more like a whiskas add lol