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Post by somejabroni on Feb 16, 2023 12:03:13 GMT -6
Can't believe I missed out on pinbot! Jk, but I really enjoyed playing it. It was the first pinball I ever really sat down and learned how the game works. I don't think I'll ever be able to pass one in public without playing it now.
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Post by jackparanoia on Feb 20, 2023 18:38:30 GMT -6
RIP in peace Pinbot and Mars. I'm excited for their replacements.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Feb 22, 2023 17:05:40 GMT -6
well it's been a very productive week, selling 2 pins, moving in 2 pins. Good job to everyone all around.
If all goes as planned, maybe next month we'll be moving in the next sit-down racing game.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Feb 27, 2023 14:01:51 GMT -6
I kept busy over the weekend working on the next racing game and I got another pinball ready to go. This pinball is an EM that will eventually replace MIBS, at some point this week maybe I might post a video about it. I think it will be a better pin overall but is still from 1969.
I'm very close to finishing the next racing game, maybe we'll bring it to the arcade next week?
Dredd is still waiting for me to slap the new boards into it, just didn't quite have time for that yet.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Mar 6, 2023 11:50:02 GMT -6
FINALLY the next sit down racing game for the arcade is ready! Maybe we'll bring it to the arcade this week. It's heavier and awkward-er than a normal arcade cabinet so we'll see if we're up to the task. This will be the last arcade cabinet that I pull out of my basement as that's getting to be a bit much, just pinballs from now until I get an actual ground level workshop.
I also have Surf Planet up for sale as that will be the game to leave to make room for the next racing title. It's for the low price of $350, which $400 is typically the going price for a solid empty cabinet... so far no bites. I'll give any forum members a special deal!
I still haven't touched Dredd, that will be next in my pinball workshop to get ready, and after that I have a larger project to get this last pinball in the workshop fully working. Of course there is no big hurry to get all these ready as I still have that other finished pinball in the queue to go to the arcade after the new racing game.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Mar 8, 2023 13:27:49 GMT -6
new racing game is in the arcade, yay!
Brian was playing VR for a while and hootin and hollerin the whole time, and then played the new game and thought it sucked. Thanks VR.
Brian kept saying it was just like Surf Planet. But really Brian, every racing game is like surf planet, mario kart is like surf planet only with items. that's just what a racing game is.
But we now have one of the best arcade racing games ever and I plan to keep it until it completely breaks as it was a lot of work moving it in and out of my basement. I also have some extra parts to hopefully keep it running for a long time.
I think it's safe to say I'll probably be bringing a new game into the arcade each month instead of every 2 or 3 months. Next month I have our next EM pinball machine ready to go to replace MIBs. I should probably get all the lights working on mibs next time I have time to work in the arcade. I've noticed more lights have gone out which makes it hard to know what shots you've hit to collect marbles. Brian got a chance to play the next machine last night. I think we can say it will be a better game than Mibs, by just a tiny bit.
I guess I should also mention I still have a bid in the current Arcadia auction going on right now on marketplace so I guess there could be a chance for a bonus arcade arriving this month, although I doubt it as I'm not going to try to up my bid if I lose at this point.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Mar 15, 2023 9:45:13 GMT -6
Boy I'm hitting a bad run on arcade repairs. Right now we have 3 games down in the arcade, Volcano, SF2 and now Godzilla. I happened to notice the screen was blank on sf2 last night and it appears the monitor has stopped working. I'll be stopping by BLH this week to grab another cheap lcd monitor. Volcano has been down since last week and hopefully the parts will be in by Friday for me to repair that. I was noticing Godzilla flippers were sticking sometimes so I was starting a routine flipper rebuild and I kept stripping and breaking the main screw involved with that process to the point where the upper flipper doesn't work and I have to order new parts. It was a very frustrating night in the arcade.
On top of all of that, last weekend I plopped the new boards in Dredd and it didn't work at all. I didn't have time to troubleshoot and won't for a while as I'm starting a bathroom remodel this weekend.
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Post by jackparanoia on Mar 15, 2023 12:01:52 GMT -6
Boy I'm hitting a bad run on arcade repairs. Right now we have 3 games down in the arcade, Volcano, SF2 and now Godzilla. I happened to notice the screen was blank on sf2 last night and it appears the monitor has stopped working. I'll be stopping by BLH this week to grab another cheap lcd monitor. Volcano has been down since last week and hopefully the parts will be in by Friday for me to repair that. I was noticing Godzilla flippers were sticking sometimes so I was starting a routine flipper rebuild and I kept stripping and breaking the main screw involved with that process to the point where the upper flipper doesn't work and I have to order new parts. It was a very frustrating night in the arcade. On top of all of that, last weekend I plopped the new boards in Dredd and it didn't work at all. I didn't have time to troubleshoot and won't for a while as I'm starting a bathroom remodel this weekend. If you need to borrow tools during the remodel, hit me up on FB messenger. I don't have everything, but I've accumulated an absurd amount of tools during the past few years. Also, I can't help everyday, but if you sometimes need a hand with the bathroom, let me know. |
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Apr 3, 2023 14:16:34 GMT -6
Over the weekend I spent some time on Dredd and finally got it working again. After all the expensive board work, it was still having the same problem of blowing a fuse constantly and not shooting the ball at the start of the game. I finally tracked it down to the plunger coil. Even tho it was testing fine and there were no loose wires, I took it out and noticed a tiny part of the coil winding had been exposed and was probably grounding out on the coil bracket. So after fixing that Dredd is finally running again. At least it's going to last a long time now that most of the boards have now been bulletproofed, just cost me a few hundred dollars.
This week I will be posting MIBS for sale to make room for the next EM Pinball coming to the arcade. I expect I'll wait till May to replace Raven with Dredd.
Now I only have one project left to work on, which is another gottlieb premier game like Raven and Hollywood Heat, except this one is going to take a lot more time to figure out as I've basically been stealing parts off it to get the other games running. The challenge will be if I can fix all the defective boards without have to spend hundreds replacing them all.
After my bathroom remodel and RSD are done this month then I'll feel comfortable again going on the hunt for more games, although I always have an eye out for a good deal.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Apr 5, 2023 15:00:35 GMT -6
I listed MIBS for sale last night around midnight and it has a buyer in less than 12 hours later. So I guess it will be leaving the arcade tomorrow evening. I have the next EM pinball ready to come in, so maybe that will make an appearance on Friday
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Post by jackparanoia on Apr 7, 2023 20:55:19 GMT -6
I stopped by today to play the new game. I won't spoil anything about it, but I think this one is pretty cool. I love the artwork and the cool feature in this one.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Apr 20, 2023 13:34:55 GMT -6
Wow when I was checking things out at the arcade last night, we've gone 2 weeks without any games breaking!
This weekend after RSD, I may be visiting the Troy in Jacksonville who may be liquidating his pinball and arcade collection, we'll see if I bring anything home.
Other than that I just have 2 pinballs in my basement. One is Dredd that's still ready to come to the arcade in May and the other is waiting for its cpu board to be repaired and shipped back.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Apr 27, 2023 15:54:00 GMT -6
Wow the board has been pretty dead, eh? Must have been Record Store Day recently or something.
A couple of new developments. I've made a deal with Jacksonville Troy. We couldn't reach a price agreement on any games but we did figure out something that could be mutually beneficial. Right now I have one of his non-working arcade machines in my basement to work on which I will then bring out to the arcade for a little while before he comes to pick it up. he has a lot of games that need repair, so this may be the start of a whole deal where arcades and pinballs are fixed, brought into the arcade, taken away, etc. Just that in this case I don't own any of them.
Also this Sunday I'll be driving over to Vincennes, IN to pick up a pinball. Supposedly this pin has been worked on and is all set to play, but I'll bring it to my basement for a while anyway just to make sure. I'm not saying what it is just yet but it's from the late 80s, so not long before the DMD era. It should be a little bit more exciting than the Gottliebs I've been putting out lately but also a little bit more expensive too.
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Post by jackparanoia on Apr 27, 2023 16:41:11 GMT -6
Ohhhhh man I'm excited for raven to get replaced. Well, hoping it's replacing raven lol. If it's the game I'm thinking it is, I'm rather stoked. I'm pretty sure I'll be stoked even if it's not the game I'm thinking it is.
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Post by jeffradon2000 on Apr 28, 2023 14:38:05 GMT -6
BREAKING NEWS
i just found a new dumb thing on the internet that I'm going to go and get next week
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