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I would rather like that Sopranos on eBay. Had one back along and had good fun with it. Plus for some reason my non pinhead mates loved it. Owner claims it's huo. Hasn't sold after multiple auctions with a 4k start. The market is obviously saying it's over priced. Anyone know who it belongs to?
 
huggers said:
I would rather like that Sopranos on eBay. Had one back along and had good fun with it. Plus for some reason my non pinhead mates loved it. Owner claims it's huo. Hasn't sold after multiple auctions with a 4k start. The market is obviously saying it's over priced. Anyone know who it belongs to?
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G.pow

Gone to Ebay Thread 'Sopranos'

Stern Pinball Machine: Sopranos

Up for sale Is my mint condition home use only Sopranos pinball machine. With around less then 300 plays

This machine was shipped directly from the east coast of America to the UK. It has had all the correct factory voltages converted to suit UK power as it states per Sterns factory instructions.

This machine hardly has any plays on it, the playfield/ plastics show this. they are in mint condition with all steel work powder coated in Mafia / mob red with a clearcoat over the top the cabinet is in great condition inside and out nothing has been hacked or...
  • Haha
  • Wow
 
Fubar said:
G.pow

Gone to Ebay Thread 'Sopranos'

Stern Pinball Machine: Sopranos

Up for sale Is my mint condition home use only Sopranos pinball machine. With around less then 300 plays

This machine was shipped directly from the east coast of America to the UK. It has had all the correct factory voltages converted to suit UK power as it states per Sterns factory instructions.

This machine hardly has any plays on it, the playfield/ plastics show this. they are in mint condition with all steel work powder coated in Mafia / mob red with a clearcoat over the top the cabinet is in great condition inside and out nothing has been hacked or...
  • Haha
  • Wow
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Didnt they want £8k for it originally.
 
Fubar said:
G.pow

Gone to Ebay Thread 'Sopranos'

Stern Pinball Machine: Sopranos

Up for sale Is my mint condition home use only Sopranos pinball machine. With around less then 300 plays

This machine was shipped directly from the east coast of America to the UK. It has had all the correct factory voltages converted to suit UK power as it states per Sterns factory instructions.

This machine hardly has any plays on it, the playfield/ plastics show this. they are in mint condition with all steel work powder coated in Mafia / mob red with a clearcoat over the top the cabinet is in great condition inside and out nothing has been hacked or...
  • Haha
  • Wow
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Oh it's THAT one, cheers

Fantazia2 said:
Didnt they want £8k for it originally.
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Ffs 🤣
 
cooldan said:
i think it may have been more, tbh
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You are correct

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Hi, advice please. Looking at a Bride of Pinbot. There is a dot after Free Play on the display when the machine starts up. Am I right in thinking that this indicates a possible fault? What would be a fair price for a machine in reasonable condition given the age. Tia.
 
colin7070 said:
on closer inspection 750.110 comes up (as a fault code possibly) after "press enter for test report". any ideas?
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Colin,

A Test Report should be spelled out in English (or French, or German, depending on what language the machine's set to), not a number like that. And not disclosed unless the door's opened and the Enter button pressed. 750.110 may simply be the score left from the game played before turning it off. As Steve mentioned, there are myriad reasons for the appearance of the ominous dot, such as;
  • the time and date not being restored after Ram corruption. the worry with this is did the battery cells leak, damaging circuit board traces?
  • the usual result is 'Check Switch ##..', followed by the name(s) of the switch(es) that the program hasn't seen operate for a while. Some games have switches that are able to slip into report status due to being tricky to actually reach, such as White Waters' 'Bigfoot Cave', but I don't recall Bride of Pinbot being one of the frequent offenders. Most genuine Check Switch reports turn out to be broken connections, e.g. switch wiring detached somewhere, not necessarily the switch reported
  • more serious are things like (switch) 'Row # Ground Short', or game-specific things such as (for this game) problems with the rotating head mechanism; it has to know which 'face' is showing, in order to use the three solenoids inside it safely. The head's rotated after booting up the machine, to confirm that it can see, as I recall, the 'human' face, and then work from there. One switch indicates that face showing, so initialisation needs to check for that
Ask to see what the report says, whether it's in person or the owner calling it up.
 
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Jay Walker said:
Colin,

A Test Report should be spelled out in English (or French, or German, depending on what language the machine's set to), not a number like that. And not disclosed unless the door's opened and the Enter button pressed. 750.110 may simply be the score left from the game played before turning it off. As Steve mentioned, there are myriad reasons for the appearance of the ominous dot, such as;
  • the time and date not being restored after Ram corruption. the worry with this is did the battery cells leak, damaging circuit board traces?
  • the usual result is 'Check Switch ##..', followed by the name(s) of the switch(es) that the program hasn't seen operate for a while. Some games have switches that are able to slip into report status due to being tricky to actually reach, such as White Waters' 'Bigfoot Cave', but I don't recall Bride of Pinbot being one of the frequent offenders. Most Check Switch reports turn out to be broken connections, e.g. switch wiring detached somewhere, not necessarily the switch reported
  • more serious are things like (switch) 'Row # Ground Short', or game-specific things such as (for this game) problems with the rotating head mechanism; it has to know which 'face' is showing, in order to use the three solenoids inside it safely. The head's rotated after booting up the machine, to confirm that it can see, as I recall, the 'human' face, and then work from there. One switch indicates that face showing, so initialisation needs to check for that
Ask to see what the report says, whether it's in person or the owner calling it up.
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Many thanks for that. It will be helpful for when I see the machine.
 
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