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Just joined recently so though I would say hello. Have 4 machines Gorgar (just gone into Sean Pinball Palace for fixing), Pinbot, BOP and Jack Bot, which I am sure most will think weird!!! I am a bit obsessive compulsive and wanted to complete the set of 3 :-) In time will be acquiring TOM and CV but that will be a while away, as got bit carried away last 12 months and did over 10k on upright video cabs, had a lovely collection (Dedicated QBert, Dig Dug, Rolling Thunder, Mario Bros, Stern Scramble, Joust, Pac Man, Donkey Kong etc)after restoring many and woke up one day and realised I had lost it completely, so decided to part with the collection and just kept the pins and a xevious video (needs renovating and an air hockey table which I could do with getting shot of.
Have just ordered replacement toughened glass for all the pins from my pall who owns a window company, £8.50 a sheet was a bargain methinks!!!
Bought couple of mods for my BOP from Judge Dread last week, what a great guy to deal with and good mods.
I am based in Kent if anyone fancies hooking up.
 
Groom of The Machine said:
Just joined recently so though I would say hello. Have 4 machines Gorgar (just gone into Sean Pinball Palace for fixing), Pinbot, BOP and Jack Bot, which I am sure most will think weird!!! I am a bit obsessive compulsive and wanted to complete the set of 3 :) In time will be acquiring TOM and CV but that will be a while away, as got bit carried away last 12 months and did over 10k on upright video cabs, had a lovely collection (Dedicated QBert, Dig Dug, Rolling Thunder, Mario Bros, Stern Scramble, Joust, Pac Man, Donkey Kong etc)after restoring many and woke up one day and realised I had lost it completely, so decided to part with the collection and just kept the pins and a xevious video (needs renovating and an air hockey table which I could do with getting shot of.
Have just ordered replacement toughened glass for all the pins from my pall who owns a window company, £8.50 a sheet was a bargain methinks!!!
Bought couple of mods for my BOP from Judge Dread last week, what a great guy to deal with and good mods.
I am based in Kent if anyone fancies hooking up.
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I'll pay double per sheet if he fancies selling a few more!!! :)

Welcome to the Mad house. Bate's Motel as some call it, Hotel California as others say. Pinball. You can check out any time you like - but you can never "leave" ;)
 
JWG9999 said:
Hi, I'm John from from Yelverton near Plymouth, Devon.

I'm a retired software engineer - so well wrinkly - but when I was young pinball was the only game in town.

I love the game and finally bought a Williams Tri Zone which was brilliant until it broke beyond my ability to repair.

I now have an EM Bally Hi-Deal and a Data East Time Machine, both of which meet my idea of a pin:- short, fast (3-ball) games aiming for best score rather than lots of missions, modes and toys. It's an age thing I suppose.

I have also bought a hopelessly beaten-up Bally The Wiggler as a project I'm working on with my youngest son. The Wiggler rates low on the IPDB but as an EM with 3-ball multi-ball and Zipper-Flippers we can't wait to play it. If we ever achieve a decent restoration I'd love to post some pics showing off our brilliance!
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Welcome to the madness,

Hi-Deal and Time Machine are two great pins, quite rare but loads of fun to play.
 
Hello, new here... always liked Pinball, but Pinball Arcade has really made me remember why... now actively looking for a pin... they aint cheap so its a hard choice... :)
 
Welcome to the forum Wizbiscuit.
Plenty of machines come up for sale on the group and a lot less hassel than buying from the bay. Cheaper to, put up a wanted post in the for sale / wanted section and let us know what you are looking for.
 
Typically at the moment when I have no money or space, there are lots of games for sale. That I know of at the moment there's a Space Station, Fishtales, Swords of Fury, spy hunter, laser war and a couple more which escape me at the moment. All well priced too.
 
Paul said:
I'll pay double per sheet if he fancies selling a few more!!! :)

Welcome to the Mad house. Bate's Motel as some call it, Hotel California as others say. Pinball. You can check out any time you like - but you can never "leave" ;)
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I doubt he would mind supplying me more but I am along way from you mate, so not sure how you would get them.
 
Hi - again!

I did pop by and say hello but I still keep getting nagged to do it again. Maybe I chose the wrong words or my avatar was too boring, or maybe I shouldn't have tried to get a response during the Pinball Party!

Anyway, I've drawn myself a new avatar - this one's a bit more dramatic - and I'll try again.

I'm John, a wrinkly from near Plymouth, Devon. I own an EM Bally Hi-Deal, and a Data East Time machine. I love playing modern machines but somehow the older pins still win for me with quick fast games (I always set to 3-ball), and with the simple aim of getting best score.

My youngest son and I bought a seriously beaten up Bally The Wiggler. £144 was way too much I think, but we've had huge fun getting it fully working and as an EM with 3 ball Multi-Ball and Zipper Flippers it's certainly a different experience.

Sadly the cosmetic challenge (very gouged playfield and hideously hand painted cabinet) has pretty well beaten us, and we thought that bit would be easy! Live and learn I suppose.

We haven't worked out what to do with it yet. It's in the my garage right now. We enjoy playing it but no way I'm bringing something that ugly into my games room.

We'll probably sell it on in a few weeks, for spares I fear though it would be great if someone was keen enough to restore it. If I do decide to sell it I'll offer it here first, then ebay.

In the meantime I'm still looking for another pin. Probably another cheap EM.
 
JWG9999 said:
Hi - again!

I did pop by and say hello but I still keep getting nagged to do it again. Maybe I chose the wrong words or my avatar was too boring, or maybe I shouldn't have tried to get a response during the Pinball Party!

Anyway, I've drawn myself a new avatar - this one's a bit more dramatic - and I'll try again.

I'm John, a wrinkly from near Plymouth, Devon. I own an EM Bally Hi-Deal, and a Data East Time machine. I love playing modern machines but somehow the older pins still win for me with quick fast games (I always set to 3-ball), and with the simple aim of getting best score.

My youngest son and I bought a seriously beaten up Bally The Wiggler. £144 was way too much I think, but we've had huge fun getting it fully working and as an EM with 3 ball Multi-Ball and Zipper Flippers it's certainly a different experience.

Sadly the cosmetic challenge (very gouged playfield and hideously hand painted cabinet) has pretty well beaten us, and we thought that bit would be easy! Live and learn I suppose.

We haven't worked out what to do with it yet. It's in the my garage right now. We enjoy playing it but no way I'm bringing something that ugly into my games room.

We'll probably sell it on in a few weeks, for spares I fear though it would be great if someone was keen enough to restore it. If I do decide to sell it I'll offer it here first, then ebay.

In the meantime I'm still looking for another pin. Probably another cheap EM.
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Hi ya John,

It sounds like you've had great fun with pins and spending time with your son too! I just sold a lovely 4 player EM at the Pinball Party that you may have liked! I do have a couple of classic games awaiting restoration, fire me other a PM if you are interested in a Future Spa or Space Shuttle.

Welcome to the forum

Matt
 
Welcome fellow Devonian, you may be able to source painting templates for your pin. Then it's a case of sand and fill, prep and paint jobs a gooden
 
Hello all,

New member here; 33, living near York and I bring a reasonable condition Twilight Zone along for the ride.

Frequented arcades for many years in the 90's, many fond memories and I still have a passion for the feel of a real machine.

Recently enjoyed played Pinball Arcade on the iPad, but it can only go so far...

Actively looking for an AFM project to work on and restore. An Addam's Family would be nice too, but i'm not a millionaire.

Also have 2 1995 JPM fruit machines which were bought as projects and now fixed up.

Will be heading over to the NLP event on the Saturday too.

See you all around soon.

Paul.
 
Monkeyboypaul said:
Actively looking for an AFM project to work on and restore. An Addam's Family would be nice too, but i'm not a millionaire.
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welcome Paul. you may have your numbers a bit twizzy, these days TAF is a £2500 machine, but you'll never find an AFM for less than £4000 - evan a £4500 would have punters queueing up
 
Hi guys, I finally got sick of the banner flashing up saying to introduce myself so I thought it would be easier to do it than keep closing down the prompt :)

Anyway, I'm Mark, 37, and live in the Midlands, near Wolverhampton. My "games room" is constantly changing and I usually have somewhere between 3 and 5 pins. At the moment my line up is TAF, WH20 and WWFRR - I am trying to get the kids (6, 2 and 2) to play pinball more so I have moved away from TZ, FH, etc and moved towards things like WWFRR!

I've been interested in pinball pretty much since I can remember - when I was a kid, we had a Gotleib Spin a Card in the spare bedroom since I was born! When I was 16 I got a Williams Black Knight (and some other arcade machines) in a shed in my parents garden, and when I got my own place I splashed out on a ToM from PH! Which I traded for a NIB TSPP a year or two later. Since then I have gone though loads of machines, but strangely find I often enjoy the cheaper machines as much as the more expensive titles (Some of my all timed favourites are R&B, Hurricane, LW3, for example!).

I like other types of slot machine too, and have had loads of other machines, including video games, quiz machines, coin pushers, jukeboxes, etc. My current non-pin lineup is Pacman Ball pusher (2p), Frooty Looty pusher (2p), Inde quiz machine, Megatouch Force Fusion 2007, couple of handle pull fruit machines, Sound Leisure Superstars Jukebox, Videostars touch screen frooty.

Anyway, if anyone is near the Midlands and fancies calling round for a beer/coffee/coke and a few games, give me a shout!

Also, if anyone has anything to sell, let me know as I'm always changing things around :)

Cheers, Mark.
 
Thanks guys, good to be here! Don't worry I'm quite used to the mad house (2 year old twins and a 6 year old does that!), and also have become an expert at pinball tetris, trying to squeeze every inch out of my available space! Unfortunately my other half is no so understanding as some of you guys, so the house is strictly a machine free zone :(

So are there any other members near Wolverhampton?

Cheers, Mark
 
Hi Paul, I work in the city centre :) Do you know if there are any machines on site anywhere in Brum? There used to be one at the Sports Bar in Broad Street, but that is closed down now :(

Cheers, Mark.
 
I was most hacked off when the Sports bar closed, as it was the only Real place a load of us used to go on Broad St.... Not sure of any on site in Birmingham at all any more :(
 
Hi folks,

My names Roger and I'm from the Wilds of Northern Cheshire. I played pinball a lot at Uni and in the pubs in the 80s and 90s and always fancied owning a machine but never had either the cash or the space at the time.

After hardly seeing any pinballs in the last 10 years I got talking to a colleague at work who owns several and re-introduced me to the hobby (Craft?/ Art form?/ Money-sucking-life-stealing-addiction?) and after a trip to the Pinball Party recently (where I met some really top people - Hi all) I'm trying to get hold of a pin or two from my memories.

I'm currently looking to see if I can get hold of a Judge Dredd as that was about my personal favourite from the good old days, but the Party re-introduced me to several other old favourites I'll also be tempted to pick up if a decent deal presents itself. I'm currently smarting over losing my first attempt to get a pin on eBay (Damn last second sniper beat me off), but no sign of a Dredd as yet.

Well that's me anyway - Hi all.

RV
 
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