Pinball Machines

[tymcneer]

Ok, who here has the pinball "problem"?

I collect some of the more interesting examples, such as Addams Family, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Pinbot, etc.

Ty

[Anjin3515]

If ya don't have Indiana Jones you don't have a complete collection :)

[BigEvil]

:worthlesschant:

Ive been waiting to use that smiley

[TnDeathInc]

i like playing them.

[tymcneer]

I'd love to post pictures, but they are all in storage right now :( I need a shop again <pout>

Ty

[tymcneer]

I own the following machines

1963 Williams El Toro (http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=770) It's close to restored!

1969 Williams Expo (http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=798)

1970 Gottlieb Scuba (http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2077) Needs help, but is restorable.

1986 Williams PinBot (http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1796) This one actually belongs to my current girlfriend.

1992 Williams Black Rose (http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=313) Completely restored, but left with my previous girlfriend :(

1992 Bally Addams Family (http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=20)

Chicago Coin Big Strike shuffle puck bowler circa 1969

Karate Champ Stand up arcade

Ghost Town - Electromechanical shooter

Ty

[etjoyride]

wow tymcneer we have that same 1986 PinBot in our gameroom. no space for anymore due to the pool table/ping pong table, foose ball table, big screen, and computer

[TnDeathInc]

i used to play the hell out of the adams family

[tymcneer]

etjoyride... The new house has a VERY large rec room designed into it. I want space to place a pool table, all of the pins and pachinkos, in addition to the various bits of Americana I have in storage.

TNDeathInc... The main reason I purchased the Addams was I'd play the crap outta the local ones, and realized that at $5 or more a play session, it was cheaper to own one. :)

I promise to post some pictures after the New Year, when I have time to pull the next restoration project out and do some work on it.

Ty

[redic]

i have seen his collection and it is very nice

[flank]

thats awesome that you collect them. you must be a pro at pinball.

[MedicDVG]

We had an old mechanical pinball machine down in the student union of the college I attended for a while.. It was so easy to win free balls and free games that you basically just stood in line for when whomever got tired of playing let you have the machine. If you had to put money in the machine it was becuase someone unplugged it by accident.

[tymcneer]

A couple of the electromechanical (EM) machines I have are rediculously easy to win extra balls/credits.

Kinda funny... Pinball machines were considered gambling devices in many places, and they went to "add a ball" (Extra ball) instead of free games to try and skirt the laws.

Ty

[etjoyride]

^ I didn't know that.

How can it be gambling if you don't ever actually gain any money?

[tymcneer]

It isn't, except that places in our country made laws that made pinball machines gambling devices...

Ty