Bally Fireball Home Edition $650 SOLD

This was the first pinball I bought. It was in very good shape.

Mr and Mrs. Pac Man $1200-SOLD

Sold to another collector last year, this is old news. I still wanted to add it to the machines I have had and passed on.
I bought this one in Edmonton not working as usual. It had alot of small electronic issues. The cabinet was "perfect", the backglass was perfect and there was a bit of wear up top, common for this game. Pretty good game, I liked the targets on it

Mr. and Mrs. Pac Man-side work

Got a call from someone who picked up this pin at an auction....The cabinet is repainted.....I hate that the worst! It's been dropped off in my garage...
He is getting the keys for it, I'll have a look at it to evaluate it and see the damage. Usually if stuff is at an auction, its bad....we'll see.

Bally Harlem Globetrotters-SOLD

Going to a good home.
I fixed a cold solder joint on the bulb socket for one of the bumpers tonight and cleaned it up.
This game is challenging. The whole time I had it, I never did knock down all of those targets on the upper right. The double flipper on the left is a challenge as well. A sign of a good pinball is one that keeps you from getting bored too soon! I wanted to add a double switch for the credit, game start but I didn't have all the parts. I set the credit max to 40.

Bally Supersonic repair job June 8, 2008

I also do this occasionally for those who need it. I installed new rubbers, bulbs, targets and fixed the solenoid driver board. The display voltage was 230v also and I could tell it wasn't working by the burnt displays..he gave me a dead power supply/transformer that I will refurbish as part payment. He bought a used one on Ebay...that was before he knew I could help! Oh well.
Got to go back, I stopped in and that driver board still doesn't work so I'll have to have another look. I think that the resistor is bad (changed the FET, then changed the diode).

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MONTE CARLO CABINET DETAILS

Thanks to Glenn for asking about this, I forgot about it and would like to add it to the details!

This cabinet had issues like something had spashed onto it and caused the wood to swell in places. What I did was shaved the "swell" down with a razor blade and touch it up with Tremclad Black. Someone also tried to spray black paint over the sides, then tried to wipe the overspay off and swiped the blue a bit on one side. This is probably the worst part of the cabinet.

The left side has the swiped paint issue. The right side has some black touched up spots as well.

Once I cleaned and waxed the entire cabinet, it made the issues less noticeable. I also touched up the wear around the flipper buttons and the start button to make it blend in better.

Also, I repainted the head by recreating the stencils and matching the blue paint to the cabinet. It is covered with satin clear varathane to reduce the gloss slightly and protect it. It turned out pretty good.

The flash on the camera is not very flattering. The machine looks good in person.

Gottlieb Monte Carlo Sold

See previous posts on this machine for details on work performed.

This one has 2 ramps, 3 ball multi-ball, targets, 3 bumpers, cool sounds, scrolling high scores with initials and a roulette wheel in the playfield!

This game pretty fast and shiny....

Stern Stars $700 SOLD

This one is in excellent condition. Cabinet is awesome. Backglass has a couple of tiny flakes but very minor. Playfield has ball swirls but very minor. Sorry about the pics, I can send better ones if required. revised: 2008-05-27: Made new target stickers, had a shorting coil (there was a bunch of blown fuses inside, usually means something).

Repair Log:
New rubbers and bulbs , cleaned playfield and waxed.
Repaired MPU board, replaced some sockets, cleaned up minor corrosion.
Repaired one dead display, repaired power supply board and display regulator circuit

Repaired bridge power supply, installed new gen illumination rectifier and installed power supply filter cap
Repaired some faulty lamp sockets

Pinbot #2

Here's some pics of the second Pinbot. It is in great condition but needs the cabinet redone. Stencils are available for this one. It has a couple of minor issues but works great. The ramp and blue plastic piece are intact.

Repair Log:

September 19, 2008: Removed topper, fixed and flipped it around. Fixed player 1 display, wasn't assembled correctly. Had to remove it from the board, drill a hole into the board and remount it.

September 20,2008: Fixed issue with target back.

Decided to sell this one as is. Works great. Needs cosmetics.