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[T.Jackson]

Mine wont look so bad. My GCSE pinball did look a bit crap because i only had spray paint to paint it with. Ive not seen any pinball machines that i could get cheap and do up.

All pinball machines that I know of have the cabinets spray painted and the artwork airbrushed. $2,000 can get you something half decent from the early 90's -- if you look hard enough. Stay clear of Street Fighter II, terrible machine, possibly one of the worst Gottliebs around, hard-to-sell even at $1,500. High Speed is an excellent machine on the cheap, in fact most William's pinballs are brilliant. $1,000 might get you a mid to late 80's one that's a bit rough around the edges.

Best of luck with the project!

[The Master]

All pinball machines that I know of have the cabinets spray painted and the artwork airbrushed.

Im not sure but some that ive seen have something stuck on them. Its not the type of thing i was going for but it wasnt paint. The vinyl should give it a nice finish too.

The person doing the vinyl says he can make the front of it sticky so thats the decals sorted to

The playfield im definately going with vinyl for. I know someone who is really good with photoshop so i can give him the design of the playfield and he can put the images in. The harley davidson playfield i have seems to have a vinyl cover then its either varnished or laminated in some way.

Best of luck with the project!

Thanx. It should be fun

[T.Jackson]

Playboy by Bally 1978, so so rare in this condition. THE most collectible pinball of the 70's. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BALLY-1978-PL...QQcmdZViewItem

I could have bought this machine bout 15 years back for $500. I'm kicking myself for not.

[T.Jackson]

Example of a "mediocre" early 90's machine going cheap. Cue Ball Wizard -- not as brilliant as Fish Tales but certainly not quite as terrible as Street Fighter II.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Gottlieb-Cue-...QQcmdZViewItem

[The Master]

I saw one of those the last time i was in america. I think it was in TGI Fridays (if thats the right name) on I-drive (florida). It looked in pretty good condition too.

I hate seeing pinballs that havnt been looked after. They had an addams family one at my local club but half the things dont work. The rubbers arnt rubbery anymore. The electric chair is inside the hole under where it should be and the ball keeps getting stuck on everything.

It annoys me because if something breaks most places will give you your money back and turn the machine off. Then they turn it back on the next day asif it would magically fix itself.

By the way. Do you know if a TFT or LCD exists thats about the size of a pinball's dot matrix? Im having a 17" TFT in the backbox in the middle but it would be nice to have one in place of the dot matrix too. I was reading some threads on here the other day about using a screen (from a mobile phone i think) and displaying things on it. I want to buy a new phone soon so maybe a little screen on the playfield would look good

[T.Jackson]

It annoys me because if something breaks most places will give you your money back and turn the machine off. Then they turn it back on the next day as if it would magically fix itself.

Oh there's some seriously shady characters in the amusement industry (what's left of it that is)
They range from con artists to pedophiles, assassins and mobsters so I believe.