EM porn: photos of some immaculately restored machines

[Pavlov Pinball]

Hi all.

I got to visit one of the world's very best EM restoration workshops recently and came across some incredible old machines from the 60's and 70s. If you're interested you can see some of the best pictures of my visit at:

http://pavlovpinball.com/em-porn-electro-mechnical-beauties/       

Cheers,

Paul

[Freiherr]

Thanks Paul. There is something gorgeous about old EMs. Simple yet captivating. And the art! A long lost art which modern machines just can't emulate or project.

[4_amusement_only]

Love your work, Paul. Keep it up

[andypinboy]

Thanks Paul. There is something gorgeous about old EMs. Simple yet captivating. And the art! A long lost art which modern machines just can't emulate or project.

+1

[Pavlov Pinball]

Thanks, gents.  Dying to get my hands on an EM of my own now...

[The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan]

Thanks for sharing Paul, beautiful examples

[Brunswick Brawler]

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.

[pinball god]

Kind of agree but think metallica was pretty good and I have a bit of a feeling that the lure of the old em artwork may not be totally based on the quality of work but maybe just nostagia. We're getting to be old farts and old farts always think the past is much better than today. I'm probably wrong???

[Brunswick Brawler]

Kind of agree but think metallica was pretty good and I have a bit of a feeling that the lure of the old em artwork may not be totally based on the quality of work but maybe just nostagia. We're getting to be old farts and old farts always think the past is much better than today. I'm probably wrong???

I heard many years ago that the music you are listening to when you are about 16 years old becomes 'wired in' as the only music style that you will love for the rest of your life.  Though my music taste have changed since then, I think the general pricing is true, and that it also applies to a lot more than music.


...So yes, a younger person would probably think 'what is all the fuss about EM period pinball artwork; modern day photoshop art is so much better."

[Retropin]

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!

[Strangeways]

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" 

[goodolddays]

Some stunning resto work there 

Thanks for the awesome pics