Northern Lights Show - Thanks

[replicas]

Don't forget the Gottlieb Surf Champ,

You crack me up Mr Bird. I can just see it now 10 Popeye's and all the Sega's with a large DMD screen that doesen't work cause you still have not bought any to replace all the broken ones you have.

Love a bit of bannter.

 

[pinballmania]

The proportions of machines at the shows, tend to reflect the proportion of machines present in the UK. I travel around the country repairing pins, most of the owners are not collectors, and most of them are not on this group or the other side. In my travels I would say that I see 80% Bally Williams, 15% Data East / Stern, and 5% Gottlieb. It's probably about the same proportion if split by DMD/SS/EM too. There just aren't that many post 1990 Gottlieb pins in the UK ( I believe that in the 90's there was no UK distributor for GTB - I may be wrong ). Over the past 12 Years I've been doing this I can remember servicing at people home, 1 x genesis , 1 x shaq attack, a few Stargates, a couple of SurfnSafari, a couple of 1812s, a Night Moves, two Black Holes, 3 Haunted house. Sure there are others, but so few I can't remember them. So when you turn up a show, it's not surprising that the line-up is biased BW.

 

[BallyWilliams suck]

No attempt to actually upset anyone was made - Yes, I posted to raise a laugh, which for me is why I read posts. If it's boring - I don't want to read..... If it's a laugh, it keeps my interest. To anyone I have upset, I apologise.



I did state quite clearly that a lot of hard work was put in (so as not to kick these people in the teeth).



I also said "aching for death" - and got pulled up on it. Did anyone really thing that I was ACTUALLY aching to die? Jees people if you didn't see this as an exageration of "I was a little bored" then perhaps you are taking these things a bit too far.



Many people know of my love for the lesser liked games (I LOVE Popeye, and Sega gets my vote everytime). I was simply poijting out that it was a little like the Bally Williams club at the show - but as was rightly pointed out - these are what people like, and thus what people have - and as those people supply games, then that's understandable. I watched a video that someone had made, and it just looked like a lineup of TAFs, etc. It's a shame most people "prefer" B/W games without actually playing some of the other games out there. I have played most, don't prefer B/W, and believe Sega and Gottlieb to be the most reliable games ever made.



I didn't want a rise to my "germs" line - although it was also meant in jest. I appreciate it that a lot of people want to lend their games out - but for me, I don't really want to - plus I wouldn't really want to be there all weekend and I work weekends too, etc etc. All a little too much for me I think. Perhaps that makes me selfish. Probably so.



Thanks to Chris's post - there were ONLY 4 games that were DMD machines and NOT Bally Williams games. As a percentage - I think that's a little low.



Once again - I'm pleased that people enjoyed the show - perhaps the shows maybe aren't for me

BTW - I have just ordered TWO large sega displays - at a cost of nearly $1000. Any one who doesn't believe me can see the receipt. That makes about £2.5k spent on pinball displays this year for me. And you wonder why I don't like to do it!

Don't forget the Gottlieb Surf Champ,

You crack me up Mr Bird. I can just see it now 10 Popeye's and all the Sega's with a large DMD screen that doesen't work cause you still have not bought any to replace all the broken ones you have.

Love a bit of bannter.

Now that would make a fantastic show!

 

[Paul]

Is that not a true reflection on the number of machines out there though - i thought the reason that there are/were more Bally/Williams was because more were bought and therefore more still about ??

 

[jonathan]

The reason there are so many B/W machines is because they are the best. I've had 1 DE, 2 Gottliebs and 3 Sterns and none of them could touch the likes of TAF or Wh2o

 

[JMP]

I also said "aching for death" - and got pulled up on it. Did anyone really thing that I was ACTUALLY aching to die? Jees people if you didn't see this as an exageration of "I was a little bored" then perhaps you are taking these things a bit too far.

Of course not, the accumulation of it all just seemed OTT tbh. Maybe I'll take your BW point after attending a few more events.... Just didn't think it deserved your initial slating.



I've actually just realised who you are. Met and nearly bought a pin off you 18 months ago and would have done so had it not been my desire for a particular machine that you didn't have. Anyway, you seemed a decent bloke back then so will refrain from judging via forums and/or rising to anything in these places again. Had far too much of that on vintage synthesiser forums years ago....



I'm going back to reading in a dark corner of the room....