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I've decided to sell my Bally VECTOR. It's been with a friend for over 2 years for him to use a reference for his project VECTOR rebuild, but to also give me some space in my 3-pin man-cave that I tried to put 4 machines into! I have to admit I don't really have the time or space to have so many...

It's taken just over 4 years but I've finally got a pin IN THE HOUSE! The missus got another rescue crow (she's a veterinary nurse) so half my pinshack got turned into an aviary. This meant I had nowhere to keep the bicycles so they were left out in the garden. I think she felt a bit bad so...

Facebook has kindly reminded me that it was 4 years ago today that I was in Lincoln buying my first pinball machine, a project Bally PARAGON, assisted by the very helpful @Dave2084. Wow, how time flies. I know, I know... I still haven't finished the restoration. The problem is called kids. And...

This turned up in my feed on YouTube. Apparently it was water-damaged beyond repair meaning that this most majestic of pinball machines has been butchered in to a... desk :eek: Oh man... I wish my playfield looked as unsaveable as this one...

Been enjoying playing this pinball-esque game on my iPhone. Cool TRON-like neon styling, the neat part is that as you make shot up the "table" you actually make your way along a continuous playfield with dozens of extra flippers. Draining takes you make down to the previous "table". The...

I was going to start a thread specifically about this Star Wars light I spotted in Maplin, but thought maybe we could have a thread where we could post anything we find (with price, shop name and a link) that has the potential to make a nice topper. I though this might be a good possibility for...

Superb pinball history article! http://backglass.org/williams/tlpdohw/expo2016/

16-October-2016 SETTING UP AND INSPECTION It's all @DRD's fault. I wasn't supposed to be getting another pin. There's only room for 3 in my summerhouse/office... unless... maybe... if I get rid of the desk I could put another machine in its place...? The PinballInfo community is a very bad...

I'm curious what parts go wrong most often in your pinball machines other than the usual suspects such as rubbers, lamps and coil sleeves, which are essentially consumable items really? I only have experience of early 80s Bally solid-state classics and the obvious culprits from this era are the...

Thought I had one, but I don't. Not bothered about the condition, can be scruffy as long as complete and legible. Needed for looking after a game, not some bookshelf ornament left unread!

TO BE CLEAR THIS IS NOT BEING SOLD BY ME. I contacted the owner, D. Hodges, of a MR & MRS PAC-MAN that was listed on PinballOwners.com. He's based in Exeter, Devon. The machine is listed here: http://www.pinballowners.com/dihodges With the note: "ANY offer considered. Not working at the...

I posted this list on the Event Page but thought it was worth creating this separate thread for posterity and discussion about the pins themselves rather than the event itself generally. By my reckoning there were 121 pinball machines present although 2 of them on the Pinball Heaven stand...

Finally managed to clear some space in my summerhouse/office/mancave/pinshack yesterday and fire up GOLD BALL ready for NPL in a forthnight. Oh dear... :confused: all the momentary solenoids are dead. That's 3 pop bumpers, 1 slingshot, 2 outhole kickers (normal and gold ball) and 1 knocker. All...

Whilst I'd love a sheet of Roman's PDI unfortunately the pennies don't stretch that far, but I was wondering if anyone would bring and sell me a standard sheet of playfield glass to NLP? Maybe one of the folks who are in on the PDI deal will now have a few too many spare sheets to hand? It's...

This got thrown in at the last minute to sweeten a deal on a pair of Bally VECTOR machines plus a load of other bits. After a little research (because there's nothing on the playfield itself to indicate what it is) I discovered this is a Stern CATACOMB from 1981. So, basically I've never seen or...

I was in Harrods last week visiting the free STAR WARS GALLERY when I spotted this sat in the corner of the Disney store, another sad lonely unloved - and broken - pinball machine:

Has anyone dabbled with the "pck-bally" Pinball Construction Kit by Oliver Kaegi (okaegi)? http://www.pinball4you.ch/okaegi/pro_pck.html I recently taught myself assembly language for the Commodore 64 so now this toolkit for the 6800 CPU makes a whole lot more sense! I got the included sample...

Used playfield from a 1995 Bally WHO dunnit. To me this seems in pretty good condition but that's because I'm used to crap from the 70s and 80s in need of total restoration! It's got several Mylar patches, biggest at the top between the pop bumpers, a "D" shape by the right-hand slighshot (the...

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/merthyr-tydfil-officially-awesome-201103113619 ;):p:D

Did this last year just with VECTOR but this year I took GOLD BALL as well to the School Christmas Fair. It's a charity event to raise funds for the school. Machines were on free-play as coins mechs don't work but it was 50p per 3-ball game or £1 for 3 games. GOLD BALL was as the high score...