Current 'working' lineup: ( 2 ) Flipper Football, The Shadow
Gone but not forgotten: ( 22 ) City Slicker, Dirty Harry, CFTBL, Big Shot, Big Guns, Black Rose, Judge Dredd, Indianapolis 500, Big Game, BS: Dracula x 2, Beat the Clock, Fire!, F-14 Tomcat, Getaway, Breakshot, Cheetah, Meteor, El Dorado, Nitro Ground Shaker, Chexx Hockey, Slugfest
Speaking of weird pinballs, anyone played that Ranco/Arkon 'Sexy Girl' pinball machine?
Looking for 1966 Bally Capersville, 1967 Bally The Wiggler, 1981 Stern Viper, 1986 Pinstar Gamatron, 1986 Williams Grand Lizard, 1991 Williams Bride of Pinbot, and a few others. Cash or some trades available. Could also repair a machine of yours +/-$ if needed, in exchange for one machine on my want list, non-working/unshopped welcome!
... Apparently his wife commisioned a pin company (..I couldn't figure out which one..)
I believe she commissioned Data East. If you look at the artwork, it's classic Data East (or not so classic . I believe the game playfield and layout was pretty much a mirror of Lethal Weapon with new artwork and modified rules plus added quotes from the family. I saw it last year or the year before at Expo. A personalized pin would definately be an interesting gift for the person that has everything.
Aaron Spelling: Yes, it's actually a Lethal Weapon 3 pin with different artwork.
Hmmm...the 'wierd 3' group...
Well the Dakar/MotoRace pins were pretty special...
It was the first (and mostlikley last) time I played a Hercules Pin...
Flip.....chug a beer...yawn...flip...go for a leak...tell a joke...flip...look outside...get a a snack...flip...
Well...you get the idea...
Other notable oddballs for me were:
- Spectrum (I think it's sooooo nice) - Thunderball (I see why it's known as a DOG) - PInball Circus (needed a flipper rebuild kit) - Varkon (I think it's really cool, but not $4800.00 cool)
Current 'working' lineup: ( 2 ) Flipper Football, The Shadow
Gone but not forgotten: ( 22 ) City Slicker, Dirty Harry, CFTBL, Big Shot, Big Guns, Black Rose, Judge Dredd, Indianapolis 500, Big Game, BS: Dracula x 2, Beat the Clock, Fire!, F-14 Tomcat, Getaway, Breakshot, Cheetah, Meteor, El Dorado, Nitro Ground Shaker, Chexx Hockey, Slugfest
#3 : Mike Bossy Prototype Pin =============================
This was a sad sad looking pin. The backglass had a very poor pixelated picture of Bossy. (Looked like a cheap JPEG file zoomed out 1000x to fill the backglass ). No wording or any other artwork; just his face. Most American/non-hockey player wouldn't even know who this guy was.
The playfield was boring and uninspiring and gameplay to match. I can see why this never made it out the door...
Actually the owner built it from scratch...
He got the bg on Ebay (it's supposedly a 3-D BG, thus he's missing the 2nd glass, which has all the writing)
He bought the playfield off Mike Pacak (PACAK!!!)
The ROMs, commonly found for vPinMAME are actually incomplete and just plain wrong, so there's a guy (can't remember his name) who actually coded the ROMs as per the flyers 'features'....it is a work in progress to 'complete' the ROMs...
When the game starts, it plays the US anthem (but there's a way to get the Canadian or 'another' anthem)...
Yes the gameplay sucks, but I'm happy that I was able to try it!
Current 'working' lineup: ( 2 ) Flipper Football, The Shadow
Gone but not forgotten: ( 22 ) City Slicker, Dirty Harry, CFTBL, Big Shot, Big Guns, Black Rose, Judge Dredd, Indianapolis 500, Big Game, BS: Dracula x 2, Beat the Clock, Fire!, F-14 Tomcat, Getaway, Breakshot, Cheetah, Meteor, El Dorado, Nitro Ground Shaker, Chexx Hockey, Slugfest
Finally back at work so now I have time to post here!!!
I had a good time but not because of the show but rather because of the guys... It was nice seeing Steph again, who took the time to educate us on the correct pronounciation of his name.. It's not SOOSS but SOOWISS, like the cheese damnit!
lol..
A big thanks to Giuseppe for transporting my T2 in his van thereby forgoing any chance of getting that X-Files he really wanted..
A great bunch of guys.. Too bad the show was less than what we expected but that was mitigated by the fact that a case of 30 beer (high test 5.9%) was 11$.. Marty and I sort of missed the Thursday night opening because of that but I sure slept well.. for 14 hours... or was I just unconscious??
On a good note I made the high score list (#3 after the generic entries) on Big Bang Bar.. Woohoo!!
Next: Allentown here we come!!!
Mike
Currently owning: ============ MAME in Sega cab with 25" arcade monitor (Has a 12" Bazooka powered subwoofer in it) - Not for sale Williams Civic Center Shuffle Alley (Puck Bowler) (1973) - 350$ Seeburg LS1 "Spectra" Jukebox (1967) - 300$
Currently babysitting =============== Heavy Metal Meltdown SOLD - leaving soon
Previously owned ============= Hot Tip, Countdown, HS, WWF, TFTC, T2, RS, Pinbot, Laser War, LOTR, Flinstones, FH, DM, STTNG, Getaway, Silver Slugger, Laser Ball, Bad Cats, Batman Forever, Meteor, TZ, Galaxy, 6MDM, TSPP, MB.
In my book, Steph's last name is 'SOOZE'...not 'SWISS'...
I'm still in awe that it cost us only $42.00CAD for 3 cases of 30 cans...and that includes 2 cases of 'Canadian strength' beer!!! (5.9% Natural Ice from A-B)
I got my name on the Pinball Circus after getting a 800M jackpot...
Also put some HSes on a few others, which probably got wiped out when the Sheats/Kerins/Shatz-type guys played it.
Mike: Now if we wipe out Chicago for '06, will it be Rochester in March, Las Vegas in July or PAPA (Pittsburgh) in the summer??? hmmmmm......
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Current 'working' lineup: ( 2 ) Flipper Football, The Shadow
Gone but not forgotten: ( 22 ) City Slicker, Dirty Harry, CFTBL, Big Shot, Big Guns, Black Rose, Judge Dredd, Indianapolis 500, Big Game, BS: Dracula x 2, Beat the Clock, Fire!, F-14 Tomcat, Getaway, Breakshot, Cheetah, Meteor, El Dorado, Nitro Ground Shaker, Chexx Hockey, Slugfest
In my book, Steph's last name is 'SOOZE'...not 'SWISS'...
My god you guys are boneheads ...!
Yes the spelling of my last name is a little weird [SUYS] (...you can thank my Belgian/Dutch ancestry for that...), but the pronounciation should be simple enough, ..even after 30 beers !
Altogether now ... SWISS, SWISS, SWISS ou pour les Francophones SUISSE, SUISSE, SUISSE !
Current 'working' lineup: ( 2 ) Flipper Football, The Shadow
Gone but not forgotten: ( 22 ) City Slicker, Dirty Harry, CFTBL, Big Shot, Big Guns, Black Rose, Judge Dredd, Indianapolis 500, Big Game, BS: Dracula x 2, Beat the Clock, Fire!, F-14 Tomcat, Getaway, Breakshot, Cheetah, Meteor, El Dorado, Nitro Ground Shaker, Chexx Hockey, Slugfest
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. I believe the game playfield and layout was pretty much a mirror of Lethal Weapon with new artwork and modified rules plus added quotes from the family. I saw it last year or the year before at Expo. A personalized pin would definately be an interesting gift for the person that has everything.
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