The olden days

[steve brum]

Found some old pinball owners association mags in a tidy up and amazed to find a super rare Solar Fire in the small ads

Seller Steve Dyer was in IT and a serial bulk pinball buyer

I first met him at the arcade show in London in the late 80s where he was polishing a row of 3 black knights

I asked him why bring 3 of the same game and his answer was "because l can"

A role model from the very first encounter lol !

Article from 1985

 

[strobey]

And there you see it... "pintable" !!

 

[keith b smith]

Also Mike Pearce selling on that ad he used to write some brilliant witty pages in the pinball wizard mag ,used to make me laugh how he told stories

 

[Jay Walker]

One ad from those days that's stuck with me listed four requirements; after backglasses, Williams driver boards for Gorgar and Disco Fever, and 'Gottlieb front rails, for 1967 machines, qty 4', the final line said '(a) good F-14 Tomcat', which would only have been a couple of years old at the time.