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Title: If money was no object... Post by: davethebirdman on August 07, 2009, 03:24:15 pm Found this footage on another site and went to bed dreaming of this machine last night... Wow... If only I could win the lottery.. I'd buy one and have it flown home in my own private Jet... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIbKWl8c9kQ Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: Creighton on August 07, 2009, 04:51:34 pm Dave,
Very cool!! Anyone know how many of those were made? Thanks, Creighton Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: collecture on August 07, 2009, 05:27:53 pm I can see myself playing that for hours - never seen one before, but the name sounds familair.
Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: Ltransam on August 07, 2009, 06:05:55 pm Really Cool !! Seen Some like it Before There big $$$ .Larry ( Mills 400c ) Probably Know More abought them . Leonard Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: Larry on August 07, 2009, 06:49:12 pm They are worth a few grand. Williams made a mannequin bowler and so did Evans. The Evans one is worth 2-3 times more than the Williams. A few years ago, I was at the Pinball Expo in Rosemont Ill and there was a replica of this machine with digital scoring. Someone, I forgot who, made these Ten Strikes again. I believe it was about 3 grand for it.
There was one of these originals at the last two Chicagoland shows. Home arcade's, Paul, had one there. I asked him a few months ago if he ever sold it and he did. They are fun to play. When the pins reset a magnet is energized, under the pins, and they all fall into place. The pins are on ropes, which is even cooler. More realistic play that way. Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: SIGNGUY on August 07, 2009, 10:35:10 pm Yes, very cool indeed... hope to see one in person someday, maybe this fall in chicago..
it's definately rating high on the COOL Factor! :tounge: :happydrinkers: Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: Kilroy on August 07, 2009, 11:13:27 pm C'mon Mega Millions!!!
Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: Kapri on August 08, 2009, 11:31:13 am One of the TOPS dvd's features the restoration of one of these.
Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: Sodak Bob on August 08, 2009, 02:32:13 pm WOW ! Thanks for sharing - maybe someday...
Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: davethebirdman on August 30, 2009, 10:24:53 am Found this today on Ebay.... Its a copy of the original game made a few years ago... Looks to be a very good copy. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170377223023&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: Larry on August 30, 2009, 11:10:16 am I was bouncing around on the net one day and read a few reviews from people who purchased this replica and it seemed that they were not very happy with them. The maniquin would malfunction all the time. One person bought it new and had nothing but hassles from the manufactuer. After, the seller at a pinball store stepped in, he got a new one, only to have it fail again. He eventually received his money back. These are replicas made in China. They also replicated the Chicago coin basketball game with the two players that shoot towards the basket.
The reason these games are still around is because they were made here back in the fifties. You got to love the manufacturing back then. On another note, I did play this game at the Pinball Expo in Rosemont, Il. years ago and it worked fine. But that was just one game. These guys that I read about mentioned that it took about a week for their machines to fail. Title: Re: If money was no object... Post by: loman4ec on August 31, 2009, 01:50:06 am Living in Asia I have learned that everything made in China is that way. Making small stuff or metal parts is a good deal but anything electrical is worthless. As it is Hot here we have several fans in the house. Almost every fan on the Market here is made in China unless you want to pay $150 for a stand fan made in Japan. We have to replace the China ones every few months. The motors burn out right away. Must be cheap wire in the windings. We had temperature sensors made for out company two years ago and 50% of them were bad. Its a shame that they don't take pride in their products.
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