The one on the right looks like a ruler, used for measuing and drawing straight lines etc
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The "What is this part/Where is this from" Thread..
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ok so I was totally wrong.
Its a fibre flipper link closing. part number WIL-01-4660
as seen here
http://www.pin-games.se/parts/pinball/williams/catalogue.htm
Its a fibre flipper link closing. part number WIL-01-4660
as seen here
http://www.pin-games.se/parts/pinball/williams/catalogue.htm
and the name the pin for Brucy points..........
If anyone wants one of these (Not the ruler as I only have one!) send me a SAE and I will send one.
it's gotta be something that has two coils pulling in different directions on the same thing - like Congo perhaps?
That T-piece seems to be for Williams' version of the 'Zipper Flipper', only used on four games in the late 60's. Well, three really, since two of them ('Doozie' and 'Daffie') were Replay and Add-A-Ball variants of the same basic layout. The Williams unit was smaller than the Bally original, see below;
picture from Ipdb. The unit is shown in the closed position.
Apart from worries about copyright infringement, I suppose Williams used this arrangement due to their lack of a modular flipper unit (with all components mounted on a baseplate, and this in turn attached to the playfield). Bally had introduced such a unit in 1965, and their zipper unit appeared the following year.
picture from Ipdb. The unit is shown in the closed position.
Apart from worries about copyright infringement, I suppose Williams used this arrangement due to their lack of a modular flipper unit (with all components mounted on a baseplate, and this in turn attached to the playfield). Bally had introduced such a unit in 1965, and their zipper unit appeared the following year.
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Wow, very good, a pretty obscure part, typical that I have a bag full of them!
Advertise it as a 'Group Buy' on here
Maybe it'll go like fishpaper, and even people who don't have those machines will end up buying them, "just in case they happen to own one in the future!"
Found these in my VECTOR - what machine(s) please?
Hi, astyy,
The larger, black one is from an old-time Stern game, that's their numbering format. Game #113, probably 'Galaxy'.
The orange one I'd hazard a guess is from something with a 'punk' theme. Maybe Gottlieb's game by that name?
The larger, black one is from an old-time Stern game, that's their numbering format. Game #113, probably 'Galaxy'.
The orange one I'd hazard a guess is from something with a 'punk' theme. Maybe Gottlieb's game by that name?
Thanks for the clue @Jay Walker the part I thought was a sling shot I've found here on a METEOR and you're spot on with the PUNK
The 'Punk' l/h slingshot plastic seems to have been cut down from its original shape, to a more 'normal' one. I've never even seen the actual machine, just glimpsed it in an 80's French film.
I also found this Stern apron which looks like it could be from a METEOR too. It has an interesting PAA Tournament Play sticker. Were these generic as it looks similar to a GALAXY too? Shame I don't have the rest of the METEOR it looks a great theme.
Ah, I recognise the auction sticker. Yup, stern Meteor apron. See lot 332 at http://www.pinballnews.com/news/paradise.html
Some of those those prices
Mind you some are high for back then considering machines were bought basically blind ...Williams 'Fire' for 500+ 
??And some things make me mad ...
Poor old Popeyes - butchered for the boards no doubt. 
Some of those those prices
They were cheap prices as not many people knew about the first auction, that was rectified at the second auction thanks to that report in pinball news. Most items went for ebay prices or higher even though they were buying blind. http://www.pinballnews.com/news/paradise2.html
Stern didn't usually stretch to custom artwork on the apron/cardholder, just different colour options; e.g. Seawitch has the same design in shades of blue. Even the widened item for the wide-body games used it.
Meteor was the first pinball that I saw with a direct licencing deal tied to a film. I thought the fillum turned out a bit lame, but the machine was popular. It's one of those early solid-state games that could've done with 7 digit scoring.
The 'Tournament Play' sticker, or a variant of it, also appeared on Stern's 'Nine Ball'.
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Have 4 NOS drop targets that I thought was for Fireball 2. Looking at the IPDB and they're similar but not the same. Any ideas?
Paragon mate
Thank you very much!
I will label the bag.
Dave
I will label the bag.
Dave
No worries. They're the in line drops
Also called piggie drops
You've been watching those films again Rudi
Funny you should say that I accidentally found a site at th weekend you'd like it's quite vile
Slingshot plastics identification.
This pair of Ice Hockey players are fitted to a Williams Jolly Roger.
Can anyone name the machine they should be on?
Anyone selling Jolly Roger ones? The chap has some other plastics from this machine that may be a trade off.
This pair of Ice Hockey players are fitted to a Williams Jolly Roger.
Can anyone name the machine they should be on?
Anyone selling Jolly Roger ones? The chap has some other plastics from this machine that may be a trade off.
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I really don't know how you found that!
Thanks Peter!
(Those slingshots are as old as me!)
Thanks Peter!
(Those slingshots are as old as me!)
ipdb is very helpful 
My latest aquistion Space Ship is older than me!
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2259
My latest aquistion Space Ship is older than me!
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2259
