The pinball photo thread

smbhax

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'Cause maybe you're like me and have discovered you like taking photos of pinball machines and showing them to people on the internet.

These are all from the Seattle Pinball Museum:

Asteroid Annie and the Aliens - Gottlieb 1980
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Black Hole - Gottlieb 1981
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Black Pyramid - Bally 1984
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F-14 Tomcat - Williams 1987
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smbhax

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Future Spa - Bally 1979
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Loop the Loop (Bally 1966) and Swing-Along (Gottlieb 1963)
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Spin Out - Gottlieb 1975
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The Simpsons - Data East 1990
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Vyrastas

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Surprised no one else has posted here... I just started getting into playing actual tables. Was in San Francisco yesterday for a concert and went a few hours early to search out some tables. Here's what I found. Sorry the pictures aren't the greatest, the lighting in two of the bars was very poor and TVs and crap reflect off the tables.

Interesting to note that tables I'm decent at in Pinball Arcade (Monster Bash, Creature from the Black Lagoon), I sucked at in real life, and vice versa.

Blooms Saloon, 1318 18th St, San Francisco CA

Monster Bash - Williams 1998
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No Fear: Dangerous Sports - Williams 1995 (this was a fun table, but I think the lights on the upper playfield were broken, hard to see up there)
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Dear Mom, 2700 16th St, San Francisco CA

Theatre of Magic - Bally 1995 (this one was a bit beat up, easy to nudge)
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Vyrastas

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Pop's Bar, 2800 24th St, San Francisco CA

Creature From the Black Lagoon - Bally 1992 (I was surprised by how dark this table was in reality, really hard to see the features... thought the hologram wasn't working until I activated it)
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Star Trek: TNG - Williams 1993
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Rollercoaster Tycoon - Stern 2002 (Didn't play this one much as I ran out of my quarter budget)
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superballs

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I saw the side of the RCT table and hoped to dear God you would post the shot of it. I wonder how a flash would reflect from that angle...usually that's how I would use a flash through glass if I had to is to put it at an angle. I'll try to get a couple shots tonight of the table at my local bowling alley. One of our theaters also just got an ACDC but sadly it replaced a nice LoTR
 

heddhunter

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Surprised no one else has posted here... I just started getting into playing actual tables. Was in San Francisco yesterday for a concert and went a few hours early to search out some tables. Here's what I found.

If you're in San Francisco tomorrow night (Wednesday), the San Francisco Pinball Department (SFPD) league is starting up its second season at Free Gold Watch (1767 Waller). Come on down! 20 pins, Friendly competition!
 

Vyrastas

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I saw the side of the RCT table and hoped to dear God you would post the shot of it. I wonder how a flash would reflect from that angle...usually that's how I would use a flash through glass if I had to is to put it at an angle. I'll try to get a couple shots tonight of the table at my local bowling alley. One of our theaters also just got an ACDC but sadly it replaced a nice LoTR

Yeah I didn't get side shots of the ones in Pops... too dark, my flash wasn't working right and since I could only get one side of two of them (since they were jammed next to each other) I didn't bother. I want to search out ones like AC/DC and Metallica, heard those are cool tables.

If you're in San Francisco tomorrow night (Wednesday), the San Francisco Pinball Department (SFPD) league is starting up its second season at Free Gold Watch (1767 Waller). Come on down! 20 pins, Friendly competition!

I'd love to go, won't be able to make it though... but I'll definitely put it on the schedule for next season. I need to practice more with the real tables first, otherwise I'd completely embarrass myself. :)
 

Vyrastas

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A couple that I played over the weekend in Emeryville CA...

Fuddrucker's, 5614 Bay St., Emeryville CA

Batman: The Dark Knight - Stern 2008
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Honor Bar, 1411 Powell St, Emeryville CA

The Champion Pub - Bally 1998 - Was in great condition. The ball jumps all over the place in this one, due to the two ramps in the center... much different than the Pinball Arcade version.
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Kolchak357

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Here's a pin I bumped into at the Allentown Fair today. Can't recall ever seeing a Bally Cybernaut before. Only twenty five cents per play, but it wasn't working. :(
Anyone ever play this?
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