1. Earliest pinball memory?
Back to 1977 I then lived in a place in Victoria called Lorne ,It had a pinball parlor operatated a Mr Driscoll? Not sure on spelling .Played there a bit ,but no way as much as my friends as I had a paper run to do morning and afternoon. The games I remember are Traveltime my best mate would play it for ages, a Williams baseball game(when you ran out of 20’s you went to this as it was only 10 cents) Blue Chip, wow I just can not remember any more. There was that Tank game(now that was hi tech) and some gun games (like Tony has or had)..but the one I remember most was Card Whiz, It was in the Pub when I was doing the paper run I’d stop a play her ,It had the lucky number stuck on 70 so if you didn’t look like getting a game ,tilt it on 70 and start a new game.
2. All time favorite pin? Why?
Dr who ,Love the audio sound, love the game, hate how it breaks down all the time.
3. Favorite pinball manufacture?
Gottlieb EM’s but not gottlieb in the 90’s
4. Favorite game in your collection? Why? Volley, why, it was the 1st game I bought, didn’t think to much about it except the dorky girl on backglass. But over time ,the game itself is a ripper . A game I don’t turn off till I have a good game on her. Got it in 2004, lots of people have played it, It has not stopped once.
5. How long have you been collecting?I started in 2004, I guess ! Got Volley and thought one game would be great, how wrong was I ! Then I found bloody ebay, no hope!!!
6. First game and how did you find it?
Volley, it was in the local paper for sale, I played it, I paid for it, I loaded it, and then she changed her mind on selling it! After a ½ hour begging session I was granted permission to keep her (volley)
7. Do you still have it?Yes, and more are welcome
8. What are you currently working on?Gottlieb Abra ca dabra , I have not done much resto work on my games but looking and meeting some guys from this site have inspired me.Getting Abra ca dabra going was a great buzz. I will clean her up, re clear coat cabinet, coat back glass, coin door ect ect.
9. Most wanted game to add to your collection?Asteroid Annie and the Aliens, Good chance I will never get it, but the dream lives on, maybe one day I might get to play it. Find me one theres a good spotters fee!
10. Best all time bargain game added to your collection?Well, this is where I differ to you guys, not good at fixing them, and most, if not all games I have, I paid top dollar for. I look at it this way . I bought them to play not to make money on. But if I was in the hunt, 10 or 20 years earlier I would gladly take profits from a hobbie. So my best is Gottlieb Spin out for $500, didn’t take to much to get it going again.
11. Worst ever miss – tell us about the one that got away!Maybe a Asteroid Annie in the states , off ebay, but who knows! It could have been my worst.
12. Worst ever purchase – tell us about the game you wished you never boughtMaybe a Williams Gulf Stream off that well known Brisbane (shonky) dealer on ebay . 1. the game was in a crap condition. 2. I thought I put a max bid of $980 but after placing the bid on it I realized I put $98,000 dollars on it, and guess what , I won it. Oops!!!
13. Describe your collection
Mainly systems 1 Gottliebs and gottlieb EM’s a Dr Who and a T2 9 in total ,heats the room up just fine.
14. Describe your gamesroom
It was a down stairs tv/games room, but it’s all pinballs now, but the wife has now given it the thumbs up. We have been having pinball nights to raise money for relay for life as my wife has had a battle with breast cancer. Looks like we will raise over $1000 dollars for 4 nights and it’s been great fun.
15. Do you have other games other than pinball?Yes a T2 gun game and a one arm bandit, nothing on a pinball!
16. Where can you see the hobby in 10 yearsTaking over some of my garage (a bit) and moving that stuff to a shed. Learning more about resto work and fixing to keep my games going. Hopefully going to more expo’s , and watching them get better and better and bigger and bigger and every one can contribute to it’s success . Love to see all getting on to make this a great thing for the future. Together we stand , divided we fall!
Thank you to all that is making it happen, I havn’t a clue who it is? But THANKS.
I’m not very bright but I can lift heavy things!!!
