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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Ball Kid" data-source="post: 144810" data-attributes="member: 3940"><p>Thanks Farside Studios, for rekindling my love for pinball. Five months ago I bought TPA. Now, I'm about to buy my first (as in there WILL be more) real pin.</p><p></p><p>I'd love to hear opinions and comments here from other pin owners (and anyone else) as I move toward a decision. </p><p></p><p>I am a brewmaster in a pub and I meet all kinds of people all the time. Through a stroke of good fortune, I have the opportunity to buy a 1976 Williams Space Odyssey table from a customer friend for $350.00 and the money was given to me as a gift by an amazingly cool person in my life so dough is in hand. I know the owner personally and I know that the machine is in "playable condition", at least as far as the fact that they say their grandson always wants to play it whenever he comes over (and the wife was grouching that "it is SO LOUD" when he plays it). They did say that there is writing in marker on the cabinet front where people wrote on it to keep high scores. Other than those two things, I haven't seen it yet so I can't say.</p><p></p><p>I am decently mechanically inclined. I have never worked on a pin before but I have the fever now and the means I really want to start buying and fixing/flipping pins as a hobby. One of my best friends is an installer for Pepsi who has Navy electronics training and spent five years of his life in the late 80s - early 90s as a vending machine/pinball repair guy. For part of that time he was actually a hire of an arcade as a tech. In short, I have a willing teacher who knows his stuff and has training on EMs and newer machines so he knows how player units work and all such things. The only thing we might be slightly lacking in is if there is touch up painting that needs to be done. </p><p></p><p>Obviously I am going to get more info on the pin and either get pix or go see it in person. A few questions I am looking for answers to are:</p><p></p><p>1. I see that the re-sale value on this machine isn't great. Should that be a deterrent? Matt and I intend to completely shop it, tune it up and go from there. I may end up keeping it or I may end up trying to "flip" it as I move toward something with a rule set I like better.</p><p></p><p>2. If I am going to attempt to flip it, what are any important things to be mindful of when working on the machine.</p><p></p><p>3. I have read a lot that Williams EMs are problematic. Any thoughts on this?</p><p></p><p>Any and all other comments are warmly welcomed. I'm excited and I think I will pull the trigger on this purchase.</p><p></p><p>Thanks and cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Ball Kid, post: 144810, member: 3940"] Thanks Farside Studios, for rekindling my love for pinball. Five months ago I bought TPA. Now, I'm about to buy my first (as in there WILL be more) real pin. I'd love to hear opinions and comments here from other pin owners (and anyone else) as I move toward a decision. I am a brewmaster in a pub and I meet all kinds of people all the time. Through a stroke of good fortune, I have the opportunity to buy a 1976 Williams Space Odyssey table from a customer friend for $350.00 and the money was given to me as a gift by an amazingly cool person in my life so dough is in hand. I know the owner personally and I know that the machine is in "playable condition", at least as far as the fact that they say their grandson always wants to play it whenever he comes over (and the wife was grouching that "it is SO LOUD" when he plays it). They did say that there is writing in marker on the cabinet front where people wrote on it to keep high scores. Other than those two things, I haven't seen it yet so I can't say. I am decently mechanically inclined. I have never worked on a pin before but I have the fever now and the means I really want to start buying and fixing/flipping pins as a hobby. One of my best friends is an installer for Pepsi who has Navy electronics training and spent five years of his life in the late 80s - early 90s as a vending machine/pinball repair guy. For part of that time he was actually a hire of an arcade as a tech. In short, I have a willing teacher who knows his stuff and has training on EMs and newer machines so he knows how player units work and all such things. The only thing we might be slightly lacking in is if there is touch up painting that needs to be done. Obviously I am going to get more info on the pin and either get pix or go see it in person. A few questions I am looking for answers to are: 1. I see that the re-sale value on this machine isn't great. Should that be a deterrent? Matt and I intend to completely shop it, tune it up and go from there. I may end up keeping it or I may end up trying to "flip" it as I move toward something with a rule set I like better. 2. If I am going to attempt to flip it, what are any important things to be mindful of when working on the machine. 3. I have read a lot that Williams EMs are problematic. Any thoughts on this? Any and all other comments are warmly welcomed. I'm excited and I think I will pull the trigger on this purchase. Thanks and cheers! [/QUOTE]
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