Cheap pinball finds - discussion thread for new projects

Gottlieb Jungle Princess - $250 in Little Rock

http://littlerock.craigslist.org/atq/4984213354.html

Bit of a drive, but looks very nice and is the more desirable 2-player version. Fun game, cool artwork.

Gottlieb Dragon (SS version) - $450 in Midland

http://dallas.craigslist.org/sdf/tag/4992011314.html


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How Cheap? Ghetto pinball. Courtesy of Stev-o and a Sunday afternoon.

Works too. Made from spare and pulled parts.

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I have a project 1981 Williams Jungle Lord pinball for sale at $300 that would make a great starter project for someone. It will need some minor board repairs from the batteries leaking and making a mess on the corner of the MPU and driver board. The power supply also has the typical cooked connectors that is common on this era of game that is easily fixed. The backglass is in above average condition and the cabinet only needs some minor repair work to pop the corner of the head back together and glue and clamp the front of the cabinet below the coin door where the plywood has delaminated some. The playfield and plastics are dirty and will need cleaning. There is some paint typical wear and minor planking on the playfield and one broken plastic that does not affect game play. It is located at my storage in Carrollton. Delivery to DMS or anywhere within 10 miles of DMS is not a problem.

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Bally Hardbody - $525 or best offer in Fort Worth

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/tag/5009037025.html

Whew… this one sinks you neck-deep in late 80’s cheese, but hey, perhaps that is part of the fun. I’ve heard this is actually a good playing game.

Hey guys
If anyone finds Atari Airborn Avenger play space or back splash art (I’m not sure the terminology here) artwork Please let me know… I think that its really an amazing piece of art.

Yeah that late 70’s streamlined, swoopy, psychedelic Atari look is cool… like vintage brochures from an interstellar taxi service. You can search IPDB to find others… Space Riders, Time 2000, etc.

Sadly, the artwork was often the only good thing about Atari pinball…

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Stern Stingray - $350 in Mesquite

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/atq/5015449477.html

Gottlieb Wild Life - $450 in Euless

https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/vgm/5046471034.html

Bally Black Pyramid - $400
Bally Spy Hunter - $400 (both same seller in Fort Worth)

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/tag/5028772842.html

Both work and are outfitted with Cointaker LED’s. Nice price for both!

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Cool finds Nick, I’ve heard black pyramid is a challenging and fun title. If someone picked up both machines I would bet you could knock off $100 at least by pointing out how difficult it is to replace the reflective back glass on spy hunter. Also, make sure to explain you are not buying these to flip them even if you are.

Williams 4 Roses - $500

http://austin.craigslist.org/clt/5072309248.html

Looks to be in nice shape. Beautiful and difficult game, this one. Fairly collectible too.

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Gottlieb Flying Carpet - $200

http://austin.craigslist.org/clt/5062752612.html

http://images.craigslist.org/00S0S_gTmgVFtaRfS_600x450.jpg

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Saw that one… but cab was repainted, backglass is pretty flaky, and I’ve never been a fan of the layout. Tight area for the ball around those bumpers and huge side drains. Aaaargh! Though it does feature a cool 1-2-3-4-5 light display under the lanes… quite unique for an EM to do this.

Bally Freedom - $350

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/vgm/5083593350.html

Don’t you have that one? It’s a rare pinball isn’t it?

I have the rare “prototype/alpha” version with a pop bumper in the middle like Spanish Eyes. Only 100 were ever made. The version in the ad is the more common version without the center pop. Bally removed it because their European customers didn’t understand how it worked… aargh!

Personally I prefer the center pop, but the common version still has a great theme and is fun to play.

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Williams Comet - $350 in Decatur

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/tag/5094258484.html

If you want this, you had better act very, very quickly. Found this ad 9 minutes ago… just posted.

1964 Williams Zig Zag - $350 in Waxahachie

http://dallas.craigslist.org/sdf/tag/5107101061.html

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I would be very careful with that Zig Zag machine, it is in ROUGH shape. Based on the description, this machine would require major work. It has cabinet damage, electrical issues, and has more than normal corrosion. I would suggest passing on this machine, it has a lot of signs that it may be to expensive to be worth fixing. But, I’m conservative and don’t like to purchase machines that are not running.