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  1. g-man

    The 10 Best Musician-Based Pinball Tables

    The article pulls me in with the introduction ~ where he implies that the top 10 list is based upon art more than game play or sales ~ but I still disagree with a few of his choices. Especially surprising to me, is Dolly Parton at #3. It appears Jef has a fondness for the more "classic"...
  2. g-man

    FS "Not Mine" Pinball Machines For Sale

    Gotta love the EK lunchbox ~ WITH thermos ! Why do ads where they say "playfield has wear" never show you pics of the playfield ? Hmmmmmmm.... :geek:
  3. g-man

    FS "Not Mine" Pinball Machines For Sale

    First off, you should definitely re-read my post because there is NOTHING in there to suggest that brokering a container deal is unethical. It's actually quite the contrary. I am defending a container deal as something a buyer enters into willingly, as opposed to having to pay more for a...
  4. g-man

    FS "Not Mine" Pinball Machines For Sale

    I get Frolic's point ~ someone flipping pinball machines is not the end of the world. It's a classic first-world problem. That said, my problem with it is that it makes it harder and harder for someone in the hobby to display true benevolence. Some people get a great deal for a game and want...
  5. g-man

    SkitB's - Experts of Dangerous Pinball

    I have not been impressed by their artwork at all. Take another look at a Bally playfield from 40 years ago and the quality blows this stuff away. Their art always looks to me like they got one of their nephews who is a senior at high school to do it. It's better than I could do, but yeesh...
  6. g-man

    Will TAF ever be remade?

    But this is that particular branch of mathematics that is perhaps the least objective of all ~ statistics.
  7. g-man

    Will TAF ever be remade?

    The problem with your graph however, Adam, is while it shows a correlation, it does not show which variable is the controlling variable. If the price goes up, you'd expect fewer machines to trade hands. Likewise, if fewer trade hands, then people are willing to pay more to pry them loose...
  8. g-man

    Will TAF ever be remade?

    That's why I find the surging value of TAF so surprising ~ if there are thousands and thousands of these games, then why the sharp increase in value ? I could have bought this game for $3000 about 4 years ago all over the Great Lakes area. If I had, I would have near doubled my money. That's...
  9. g-man

    FS "Not Mine" Pinball Machines For Sale

    I wonder why no one has picked up that Embryon yet. Maybe the seller just forgot to remove the ad.
  10. g-man

    SOLD Container Pinballs *list received*

    Don't forget that if it ever comes to deciding between buying a pooched machine locally or one from Europe, at least when taking the initiative to bring one in from overseas, you are adding a machine to the Canadian stockpile, rather than simply recycling one that is already here. I know that I...
  11. g-man

    SOLD Bally Evel Knievel ss For Trade only [TRADED]

    Re: Bally Evel Knievel ss For Trade only IF you are still looking a few months from now, and IF you are still interested in a Galaxy at that time, then I MAY be able to bring one down with me when I head to Nova Scotia this summer. Yes, that is a lot of "IFs" . :D
  12. g-man

    System 1 help needed !

    Thanks Sylvain. I will check the harness over tonight. I forgot to mention a new strange behavior. When I first replaced the 74175 chip and a couple of transistors, there was no change....the 2x, 3x and 3K-7K lamps still locked on. However, when I powered the game off and then on again...
  13. g-man

    System 1 help needed !

    Quick update before I hit the hay. As I mentioned previously, I have repinned the MPU/driver harness. Lamps still locking on. I also repined the driver board connector which runs to the lamps. They still locked on. I replaced one of the 74175 chips to see if that would make a difference...
  14. g-man

    System 1 help needed !

    So an update to this thread: I repined the MPU/driver harness. When I did that, I found that the 1K,2K and 3K lights plus the 2X and 3X lights came on and stayed on when game was started. Grounding out the transistors would light the other lamps, but the other lamps would not come on during...
  15. g-man

    FS "Not Mine" Pinball Machines For Sale

    Anyone know what that Evel Knieval looked like ? $1650 and the ad is already gone so I'm curious....I hope it had a repro pf for that price. :shock:
  16. g-man

    System 1 help needed !

    Picked up some 0.156 pins today at Sayal. Gonna re-pin the mpu/driver harness. Which connector should I do after that ?
  17. g-man

    System 1 help needed !

    Fuse rings out okay, but I could put a new one in anyway just to be safe. Also forgot to mention that I replaced the bridge rectifiers as well. :oops:
  18. g-man

    System 1 help needed !

    Thanks for all the responses. Yes, the connector from the MPU sounds plausible. I am at a bit of a handicap since I have a manual for the game which does not have the schematics. Even the pinrepair guide is a little vague in this area. Is there a single wire in that harness which is...
  19. g-man

    System 1 help needed !

    I know Menace is one of the resident Sys 1 experts, but in case there are others, I'm just throwing this out there. Feel like chiming in with a possible solution ? Go right ahead. Trying to get my Close Encounters ( solid state) up and running. Has a Ni-Wumph (older model) and a Rottendog...