Holy Grails

[wizo]

Hi Guys being a bit of a noob to the board I thought Id ask a question thats probably been asked before but what are your 'holy grail' machines the elusive one that youve always wanted but never been able to get???

cheers

Greg

 

[goodolddays]

I want a CFTBL but haven't been able to bring myself to spend the $$ yet.

[Strangeways]

Greg - Here's an "old thread" regarding "Holy Grail" pins done a while ago - http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=5926.0

Heaps of members have joined since, so we can hear more interesting stories.

Mine were always Paragon and Fathom - got both. I then changed to EMs - So it became Bally Fireball and Vampire. I sourced a MINT Fireball and I'm still hoping for a Vampire !

[Retropin]

BALLY CAPT FANTATSTIC - have one of these in the retoration queue.
1958 GOTTLIEB ROCKET SHIP - have the instruction card....( well its a start!)

[wizo]

Wow just saw spurr's bank a ball, what a beautiful machine 

[wizo]

I saw a time warp on eBay for $2495 approx the banana flippers brought back some memories 

[Caveoftreasures]

the machine I havent got yet but want is 1978 Phoenix - by Williams, and a really nice Addams Family cause the wife wants one.

plus ten others ofcourse, if I continue to be a bad boy and keep collecting these oversized n heavy fun machines.  

its only money (gulp)    

[blue95]

Mine would be a Stern NASCAR, but I would make do with a Stern Grand Prix if one came along at the right price.

[ddstoys]

This tread reminded me i know have my two grail pins??   And really dont have a grail pin????  Is this bad?

       

[Caveoftreasures]

hey daniel, the next pin u want is always the holy grail pin.

for me, it becomes a grail pin when i want it but dont have the money.  probably the same for all of us.

ps- what are your 2 x grail pins by the way daniel since u mentioned you had 2. 

[ajlaird]

I have my grail pin, so don't feel compelled to get any more at the moment - and have no spare cash at the moment anyway.

There are a couple (well, a few) more pins I would like if they came at the right price, but they can wait for now.

[Cow Corner]

I had owned grail pins but I moved them on and in one case boguht a better example, I am unsure if their really is such a claim as a grail pin for me.
For the record my fav pins are wh20, cftbl and stern spiderman.

[wizo]

hehe im still coming to terms with abbreviations but they are starting to make sense with a bit of help from google and the ipdb. 

[ddstoys]

My original grail pins were.

Strikes and spares. - done
Paragon - Done

My next wish pins were

Creature from the black lagoon - done
Bride of Pinbot - done


I have always like Guns n Roses so maybe that will be the next grail pin

[Mr Pinbologist]

For me, a holy grail machine represents a game that was among the first few machines i had ever played that had a big impact on me. I have most of mine now.. KISS was THE holy grail because it was the first machine i ever played, I had little interest in pins until i played KISS for the first time, after that i was hooked and started looking for pins to play anywhere i could find them. The next few pins i played after that one were Stern Dracula, Gtb Buck Rogers, Stern Cosmic Princess, Stern Hot Hand (i own ALL of these now) 

SO my "new grail" titles which i played and enjoyed yrs ago are Gtb Haunted House, Gtb Countdown, Bally Playboy, Star Trek, Williams Gorgar are all games i'd like to own some day. There are a quite a few others too but i could go on for ages listing them