One end of the shed is the workshop of my marine electronics / general electronics repair business
the other end of the shed is my friend's vintage audio & records business.
in the space between is a sort of lobby area which has become a black museum of "I remember that" stuff, including CRT radar, scrolling paper-trace echosounder, enormous radiotelephone sets, CB's etc.
I would love to put a pinball table in there.
I am not too sure what to get but I'd like these elements:
moderately essential features
1. it's going to be played by all comers (not very many!) and kept going by us, so pristine collector's condition is not called for in this case. The inevitable repairs probably won't be with all authentic parts.
2. therefore a "players pinball" (I hope I am using the term correctly) with staying power would be good.
3. the ability to take money for plays (50p a go? £1 a go?) would be good. this might keep it from getting absolutely caned if it took off, and it might make a bit of pocket money for the urchins.
4. family friendly - children/mothers are sometimes around, and would be encouraged to play it.
nice-to-have's but not deal breakers!
5. An automaton toy feature would be great - I guess this goes with point 2 - seems to add the X-factor to a pinball table, specially for kids.
6. DMD with exciting animations
7. a marine or otherwise aquatic theme
8. Bally. I love the Bally logo for some reason. probably from the association with The Who 'Bally table king' lyric.
Anything considered, including EM tables - though EM potentially precludes points 2 and 5,6. I realise that EM machines are somewhat less expensive and often 'charming', which is obviously an attraction.
budget - £2750
I would appreciate comments on the above as to what particular table might be "right" for us.
Given our somewhat remote location, I need reasonable time (weeks - possibly months!) between securing a purchase and arranging pickup. Any pinball clearly needs specialist carriage therefore I would prefer to pick up myself (though I gather there is a very accommodating fellow by the name of Martin who might well be engaged to get the machine closer to me within the UK mainland)
the other end of the shed is my friend's vintage audio & records business.
in the space between is a sort of lobby area which has become a black museum of "I remember that" stuff, including CRT radar, scrolling paper-trace echosounder, enormous radiotelephone sets, CB's etc.
I would love to put a pinball table in there.
I am not too sure what to get but I'd like these elements:
moderately essential features
1. it's going to be played by all comers (not very many!) and kept going by us, so pristine collector's condition is not called for in this case. The inevitable repairs probably won't be with all authentic parts.
2. therefore a "players pinball" (I hope I am using the term correctly) with staying power would be good.
3. the ability to take money for plays (50p a go? £1 a go?) would be good. this might keep it from getting absolutely caned if it took off, and it might make a bit of pocket money for the urchins.
4. family friendly - children/mothers are sometimes around, and would be encouraged to play it.
nice-to-have's but not deal breakers!
5. An automaton toy feature would be great - I guess this goes with point 2 - seems to add the X-factor to a pinball table, specially for kids.
6. DMD with exciting animations
7. a marine or otherwise aquatic theme
8. Bally. I love the Bally logo for some reason. probably from the association with The Who 'Bally table king' lyric.
Anything considered, including EM tables - though EM potentially precludes points 2 and 5,6. I realise that EM machines are somewhat less expensive and often 'charming', which is obviously an attraction.
budget - £2750
I would appreciate comments on the above as to what particular table might be "right" for us.
Given our somewhat remote location, I need reasonable time (weeks - possibly months!) between securing a purchase and arranging pickup. Any pinball clearly needs specialist carriage therefore I would prefer to pick up myself (though I gather there is a very accommodating fellow by the name of Martin who might well be engaged to get the machine closer to me within the UK mainland)