I wanted to offer you some advice which might help in your search.
Seems like your looking for your first pin.
#1. Do not buy on ebay, unless local and you can see and use the machine.
#2. Buy what you want, not what you might think is a good deal.
#3. Know your strengths. What is your electrical background? These are high voltage machines, not toys. You will be working on them!
#4. Any seller with the phrase shopped, that really means absolutely nothing and is not an industry term rather made up phrase to make things sound better. (most ebay units have been plugged in, bulbs replaced, and cleaned if that much.)
#5. Know the brands. Some have hard to find parts, stay away from EM’s, if you consider Gottlieb, System 3’s only!
If you need a good contact near and not far from Jax, google “little shop of games” Curly “near Ocala” is the man for pins, repairs, machines, etc. I bought 3 machines from him last year and he just rocks.
Questions ask. As for prices, most the prices I have seen mentioned on here are very high. And can be found cheaper via warehouses located across the US and dealing directly to the sources. Just fyi.
My Toys.
1 DE Jurassic Park, 1 DE Star wars, 1 Williams Indy, 1 Gottlieb Gladiators, 1 Ms. Pac, speed chip/daughter board mod dual loader with Pac upright, 1 Donkey Kong upright.
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I wanted to offer you some advice which might help in your search.
Seems like your looking for your first pin.
#1. Do not buy on ebay, unless local and you can see and use the machine.
#2. Buy what you want, not what you might think is a good deal.
#3. Know your strengths. What is your electrical background? These are high voltage machines, not toys. You will be working on them!
#4. Any seller with the phrase shopped, that really means absolutely nothing and is not an industry term rather made up phrase to make things sound better. (most ebay units have been plugged in, bulbs replaced, and cleaned if that much.)
#5. Know the brands. Some have hard to find parts, stay away from EM’s, if you consider Gottlieb, System 3’s only!
If you need a good contact near and not far from Jax, google “little shop of games” Curly “near Ocala” is the man for pins, repairs, machines, etc. I bought 3 machines from him last year and he just rocks.
Questions ask. As for prices, most the prices I have seen mentioned on here are very high. And can be found cheaper via warehouses located across the US and dealing directly to the sources. Just fyi.
My Toys.
1 DE Jurassic Park, 1 DE Star wars, 1 Williams Indy, 1 Gottlieb Gladiators, 1 Ms. Pac, speed chip/daughter board mod dual loader with Pac upright, 1 Donkey Kong upright.