Your first pin

[chris288]

Gottlieb Black Hole.
Got it at auction for $450 as " easily repairable" yeah right!!

But me and my brother spent a bit of time on it , did the Marvin's mods and fixes and basically got it running ok, it just needs de mylaring and Cab respray now.

Wont get rid of it as it is the cornerstone in my GTB Sytem 80 collection.

[goodolddays]

Williams Blue Chip about 5 years ago .. still have it .
 Found another one about 6 months after the 1st one, made one good machine out of 2 , fixed the other one (which is how I learnt about fixing EM's) then sold it on Ebay for a small profit

Wasn't that mine at one point?

Yep . The cab and playboard are from that game . The PF and BG from that game are now in the cab I sold to Mark (member name Pict on here).
I recently gave my machine a complete mechanical overhaul and it is plays really well now .

I still haven't managed to clock it though .. closest I've ever come is 980,xxx .. and nowhere near that ever since.

   

[beaky]

Black Knight (1980) was my first pin. And no i no longer have it.
I bought it back in 1988 for $450. The dick head i was living with stuffed it up on me. one of the wires broke off the coin switch so he tried to put a credit up on it by touching the wire that broke off the coin switch on to one of the flipper wires. That totally killed the cpu board. then i left it with another mate to look after and he shifted house but left it behind.
don't know what ever happened to it.

[Pintech]

Stern Cosmic Princess. Rather simple, but none the less, I was a proud pinball owner. Flatmates enjoyed it too. Long gone now, but know exactly where it is.

[JD]

Bally Playboy 1978. Cost me a lot more to restore than I planned but it is a great machine which was my favourite game as a kid! Not planning to sell it either! Had heaps of learnings and fun restoring it over 1 year.


J.D.

[pinball god]

First pin was a T2 in 1993 or 1994 for just under $1800. Still have it (Sorry I forgot that I'd already posted something ont he thread)

But hey look at the investment oppotunity people keep going on about on ebay. 1993 @ $1800, 2009 @ say $2500 that's $700 bucks over 16 years nearly 40% increase @ 2.5% P/A not a good investment but heaps of fun

[bossninja17]

First pin - Gottlieb Aquarius. Bought it at the Sydney Luna Park auction. Still got it. It has been through thick and thin. Nearly got rid of it, instead Mrs Bossninja talked me into getting it repaired, led to meeting up with Michael Shaloub and before I know it I've got 6 more Gottlieb EMs and, as they say, the rest is history.

[beaky]

First pin was a T2 in 1993 or 1994 for just under $1800. Still have it (Sorry I forgot that I'd already posted something ont he thread)

But hey look at the investment oppotunity people keep going on about on ebay. 1993 @ $1800, 2009 @ say $2500 that's $700 bucks over 16 years nearly 40% increase @ 2.5% P/A not a good investment but heaps of fun

where did you get a T2 in 1994 for $1800. that would have been the deal of the year

[illawarra_steelers]

Stern Cosmic Princess. Rather simple, but none the less, I was a proud pinball owner. Flatmates enjoyed it too. Long gone now, but know exactly where it is.

Out of interest was the in New Zealand? Did Cosmic Princess get to NZ also?

eally cool game by the way 

[pinball god]

First pin was a T2 in 1993 or 1994 for just under $1800. Still have it (Sorry I forgot that I'd already posted something ont he thread)

But hey look at the investment oppotunity people keep going on about on ebay. 1993 @ $1800, 2009 @ say $2500 that's $700 bucks over 16 years nearly 40% increase @ 2.5% P/A not a good investment but heaps of fun

where did you get a T2 in 1994 for $1800. that would have been the deal of the year

Leisure and Allied in Collingwood/Abottsford. I think I still have the paperwork so will confirm the year.