Plan on spending HOURS cleaning out the excess clear inside each tang of the 11 Star rollovers for starters. Installing tnuts and anchor bolts for the pops (or do it the Williams way and skip the anchors and just use screws from the backside of the playfield to secure the pop bumper brackets.) And then a few days of rebuilding everything on the old playfield and then unstapling everything from the old and sliding it over to the new and screwing and stapling everything down once you make sure the rear side dimpling lines up with assemblies like the drop target banks as some times they don't line up right and will be prone to Bally bricking of the drop targets as the drop targets will sit too far back. You want the front of the drops to be right up flush with the playfield wood when they are in reset position to minimize bricking.

Thanks Dave! Yes just had the owner over to check it out and play it. He loved it!

It's a great game to bring back all those childhood memories. =)

Congratulations. Hope youn didn't carve your initials into the game like so many did back then as there is no way to put your initials into these Classic Ballys until the mid to late 80's. pre 1985, all these games had were numerical scoring.

Williams pinball came up with LANE CHANGE with 1980 Firepower. Bally didn't incorporate lane change until much later AFTER Eigth Ball Deluxe was made in 1981. EBD never had lane change as a feature. It would make the game too easy anyway.

Thankyou! We pulled out all the stops on this one. =)

Universal may want it but Stern most likely won't do it becuase the theme is even too cheesy for them. Although, it could be a winner in Germany.

I totally get it Vic. =)

It's a good game for it's time. That being said, I did tire of it after a while vs other EM titles. I also replaced the flipper buttons this era of game came with that would most times make blooody fingers from lifting your fingernail off from your fingeras the button would press too far into the cabinet. With a little reworking of the button area, you can fit a late 70's flipper button in there which makes these games much more enjoyable.

Wow! That's dedication!

Thankyou! =)

Thankyou Dave!

Thankyou Kyle! How's your game doing?

@ going great as always thanks Dr. Dave

Bell in lower cabinet sounds different. Williams got in trouble using Marilyn n had to change to Lola.

@@garrymiller8031 Williams used this bell a LOT during this timeframe. And yes, they had to change to Lola for copyright reasons.

Yes indeed! I was going easy on the old gal. ;)

@pinballdoctor Make it harder!! Love to see the word "TILT!!" happen! Me wanna see what it takes to lose a little bonus, so shake horizontally!!!!!

You are a man of great taste Dave. =)

Some background: This machine was on an Island and the customer wanted it deep cleaned and flippers rebuilt and thoroughly checked out and refreshed as their family heavily played it with all the factory black rubber staining the entire playfield surface and ramps. The customer also wanted us to suggest and install any mod we could get our hands on in short notice. The customer never said anything about the spinner mech turning back and forth until we were in front of the game. We looked at the mech and could not see anything wrong with the switches or wiring to it so we left it as is FOR NOW with the intention of researching the movement of the mech with STERN tech staff and PINSIDE research. Nothing definitive on the fix for it thus far except for a board replacement for the mech or adjusting the motor speed / voltage in settings. Due to go out to the island again Spring of 2025 to address the erroneous spinner mech action with more data on the issue in hand (customer isn't really concerned about it as he has always played it this way since he bought it new.) Also going to take the opportunity to install ATOMIC GODZILLA Stumblor mod and maybe a few other goodies while there. PS: Nice Fade to Black cover

Preorder for?

@@pinballdoctor Godzilla Premium. I put in for a preorder months ago but then they announced that black and white version and my order got pushed back to Q1 2025. Will by my first machine.

@@ellbeeyt Cue Tom Petty "The waiting is the hardest part". =) It is the best title Stern has put out in recent years. The production numbers are easily over 10,000 at this point. Are you planning on modding yours out? If so, which mods and are you going to do it yourself?

@@pinballdoctor Myself. I still need to order and see what I can actually get, but I wanted to do -neon scoop sign, the fancy atomic breath Godzilla model, Raiden UFO, maybe one of the oxygen destroyers, stadium lights probably as the game seems pretty dark at my location, speakers and maybe sub -shaker motor, art blades, maybe the mothra egg shooter knob, maybe the stern speaker lighting kit Actually I don't know if you've seen anything like this; the Atomic Breath Godzilla mod uses some sort of shitty clip-on vampire taps to wire in, would you just chuck that and solder and heat shrink it or do some connectors instead? Damaging the original wiring seems silly and I don't trust pierced thin copper to hold up at all.

Yes. You commented on my video 4 months ago looking for bulbs. Did you find them? Look at all the fuses. You should be able to see if any are blown. Best to consult a pinball repair tech in your area as he could come out and fix the issues with your game.

@@pinballdoctor yes I need fine them I will check the fuses. How many are there

Where are you getting this info? The official info on largest production runs doesn't agree with your assertion: From IPDB: 1992-03 The Addams Family Midway SS 20,270 1977-09 Eight Ball Bally SS 20,230 1979-01 Flash Williams SS 19,505 1978-12 Playboy Bally SS 18,250 1980-02 Firepower Williams SS 17,410 1986-01 High Speed Williams SS 17,080 1979-06 Kiss Bally SS 17,000 1979-04 Star Trek Bally SS 16,842 1978-04 Mata Hari Bally SS 16,260 1976-06 Capt. Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy Bally EM 16,155 1993-04 Twilight Zone Midway SS 15,235 Widebody 1991-07 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Williams SS 15,202 1979-09 Harlem Globetrotters On Tour Bally SS 14,550 1987-03 F-14 Tomcat Williams SS ~14,502 1979-12 Gorgar Williams SS 14,000 1977-06 Evel Knievel Bally SS 14,000 1978-01 Power Play Bally SS 13,750 1992-10 Fish Tales Williams SS 13,640 1992-02 The Getaway: High Speed II Williams SS 13,259 1980-11 Black Knight Williams SS 13,075 Keep in mind the TAF gold was another 1,000 on top of that number.

@@pinballdoctor do your research. It's common knowledge that production numbers in 1979 did not include exports. IPDB Can only use the data they have.

@@Gortman1 Got a link?

Thankyou!

Indeed! A glowing tribute to her attributes. =)

Yes it sure does. Love a lively old school pin!

Thankyou! And thankyou for noting the finer details we do. =)