Australians are not paying to much for old EMs, it is the rest of the world that hasn't yet fully appreciated their beauty. It seems that slowly the appreciation of old pins is spreading across the world.
I love both old and new pins, with a preference leaning towards new pins for gameplay. But when it comes to the look of the machines, old pins are the winner for me, especially 60s and 70s artwork.
"Cowpoke" priced at $12000 - $14000 EUROS
We are not the ones paying too much
There's a bit of the old VS the new with LEDs in some of the EMs. Not sure if I'm a fan or not, but the machines all look very nice.
I have pretty much nothing but EMs in my collection.. favourite eras are 50's &60's.
Guess that makes me pretty old but take in mind that the years I played most pinball was the late 80's early 90's... distinctly remember TAF and TZ sitting side by side in the pub and boy did they take some money... absolutely loved TAF and would dearly love one in the collection.
In fact... had it not been Brighton Pier in the 70's I wouldn't have played any EMS apart from the WMS Travel Time my mates mum had in her Café.
First machine I owned was the Segasa version of Travel Time and GTB Torch... in fact here I am in 1993 ish with my two machines..
Didn't take me too long into collecting games to realise that I MUCH prefer EMs, then once I played a 50's and 60's game, that was it - I was hooked on the pure game they gave... no toys, short flippers and a game that is nearly always beyond reach of achieving... devilishly simple and yet devilishly hard... that's a great EM.
Me??.. Im still in my 40's...( just!).
EMs differ for each decade.. you can tell a game from the 50's.. its different to the 60's which is also different to the 70's.
The restored EMs look absolutely lovely but in all honesty I like my games to be a bit ragged.. just like me. If I had a machine restored to the level these are then it would have been a real basket case as a starting point.
Great article.. thank you!
Was this a photo of you on your 36th Birthday ? Did someone say - "SPLIFF"
