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Hello Aussiepinballers
« on: March 16, 2011, 02:08:35 PM »
Hi, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Gary & have been playing pinball since 1972.  I have been collecting EM Gottlieb pins for about 13 years.  Between my 3 brothers & I, we own over 35 machines. I would enjoy helping anyone with techincal/troubleshooting issues on any EM Gottlieb machine & maybe system 1 through system 80A. I was an electronic technician in US Navy for 6 years followed by a bachelors (4 year) degree in electrical engineering. I have recently written 40+ page documents on the theory of operation for specific machines such as Target Pool, Egg Head, Spirit of 76, Top Card, Golden Arrow, Sure Shot, Mayfair, Spin-A-Card, & Hi Dolly. Please feel free to contact me here in the states.

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2011, 02:21:04 PM »

BIG   $.$ and  %)% to Aussie Pinball !

That is a very interesting intro post  ^^^ 35 machines sure is a healthy collection of pins and I'm more than curious on your "Theory of Operation" documents. Is that similar to Clay's guides ? Sounds more "in depth" !

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2011, 02:43:48 PM »
Wow, great intro, and I know you'll be more than welcome here with the amount of love around here for the old Gottlieb games (including me).
“If you wanna escape, go up to a pinball machine. There’s a magic button on the front that takes you to a world under the glass and makes the the rest of the universe disappear.”

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2011, 02:55:05 PM »
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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2011, 03:07:00 PM »
Gday and welcome to Aussie pinball plenty of gottlieb love around here  ^^^  Hope you enjoy the site as much as i do

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2011, 05:57:52 PM »
Gday Gary .  %)%. Great to have you here .

Enjoy the site
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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2011, 05:58:40 PM »
Hello and welcome.  Great to have you aboard.  Sounds like you will be a great asset to the forum.  Enjoy and don't laugh too much at some of our silly questions - well my silly questions.
Addicted to pins.

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2011, 06:42:35 PM »
Welcome to Aussie Pinball. %)%

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2011, 01:18:59 AM »
Greatings and  %)%

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2011, 01:31:37 AM »
Welcome aboard! Your theory of operation work sounds really useful.

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2011, 07:03:27 AM »
Gary  %)% to Aussie Pinball.
Very generous offer as trouble shooting EM's can be pretty difficult.
Darren.

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2011, 07:52:18 AM »
Welcome Gary!

Hope you enjoy our great site.  ^^^

J.D.
There is no law against having fun just yet (but I am sure they are busy are drafting one!)

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2011, 05:56:28 AM »
HI Gary  $.$ and  %)%

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2011, 08:04:46 AM »
Gidday Gary!  %)%

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Re: Hello Aussiepinballers
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2011, 02:04:39 PM »
Hi Gary and welcome aboard!  35 Gottlieb EMs ........... drool, drool.  I also grew up in the 1970's era of pins, and the attraction of EM is very much still in the blood.  I always found Gottlieb's to be one of the more challenging EMs, but one of the greatest draw cards for any EM fan.  Would love to see some pics of your collection.