Sunday Pinball Questionaire - part 5 - Ballywannabe

[Retropin]

Awesome read, Ian. Early Sterns are severely underrated..

How about we "synchronize" our Flight 2000 Restos ???

Sounds good to me   I like that the early Sterns are under-rated cause it means I can pick them up for less $$.  I think one of the raesons that they get a bad rep is that they were not as robust as the other brands, and parts not as readily available, hence they tend to play like crap as they are not maintained.  I soon fix that however!cheers
Ian

Mate - is good to hear about an early Stern fan - its funny how we all have our prefered manufacturers. you are right about them being underrated and therefore cheaper - same can be said for Wms 50's pins - GTB are way preferred and demand a higher $$, but because of that Wms machines can be picked up cheaper. This is changing though as now the Wms machines are rarer cos no one wanted them - i have 2 and only 1 of them id be prepared to let go of - simply because of the price ive been offered for it, i could pretty much buy ANY 50's GTB bar MERMAID..we are talking rare, rare, rare!

Could even consider buying a GTB KNOCKOUT and have change - look it up, has to be #2 on the list of top 50's pins

[illawarra_steelers]

Have to agree there were so many Stern pins (and seeing they only released around 6 different titles a year) from this vintage that just rocked - Seawitch, Trident, Star Gazer, Magic, Big Game, Nugent, Catacomb, Cosmic Princess, Dracula, Meteor, Ali, Quicksilver and Nine Ball

Even games like Stingray, Wild Fyre, Stars, Hot Hand....and I'm sure I have missed some!

Would loved to have played Iron Maiden and Viper also

[ktm450]

Great stuff 

[Strangeways]

I remember the old days with the Sterns next to the Ballys.. The electronic sounds of the Ballys were far better. As a "player" I loved the electronic sounds of the Ballys.

Harry Williams designed "Galaxy", and along with Meteor, these are my two favorite Sterns. I was lucky enough to buy a project Flight 2000 and I would love a Viper, Iron Maiden or Freefall...

[Pinball Fixers]

Great read Ian!