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Yeah; I've seen much worse. That's definitely repairable. DM me and we can discuss repair options (including doing an NVRAM upgrade to remove the need for batteries) unless you're leaning towards purchasing a replacement.

Post pictures of the affected area - you'd be surprised what can be fixed... I've successfully repaired some really rough ones - may not be pretty afterwards, but they work reliably which is what counts. Of course, there's the "can it be fixed", and "can it be fixed for a reasonable price, when...

People gravitate towards what is "current" when they get into pinball. If you grew up playing EM's in the 60's, you have an emotional attachment to those going forward in many cases, though you can absolutely enjoy stuff coming out afterwards. Think of the number of older pins that are dirty...

It’s an oddball. The two pairs of four pads are for a pair of bridge rectifiers, which are on the bottom of the PCB, and use the metal mounting plate as a heat sink (kinda like the -17 / -35 Bally rectifier boards). Was a lot of fun replacing those since they had to be flush with that plate to...

Those do look MUCH more like System 3 boards than the production boards I have in my unit (see images below). Perhaps you can modify or adapt a System 3 +5v power board to work? Or, alternatively, wire in a switching +5v power supply of some sort with a home-made harness that can be connected...

Based upon the few images posted on IPDB, it looks fairly straight-forward. As with any EM, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning is where to start. Make sure you've got good power coming in. Check the coils for anything obviously burned up. Make sure all mech's appear to move as the should. Avoid...

For a *weekly* cleaning Novus 1 should be sufficient in my experience. Less messy than the others mentioned, which make more sense for a more intense, less frequent cleaning.

Need a shot of the backglass while in this state - are all the scores reset to zero? Is the ball count resetting to the first ball? Is the player count resetting to the first player? Is the bonus unit resetting to the minimum? Check the zero position switch on each of the scoring reels. Check...

I've had a couple of Xenon's - cleaned/shopped them both (basket cases when I got them). Pretty game, great art, really good audio - a nice package. Having said that - not very deep, and although they were attractive games and popular with a lot of folks, I sold them both fairly quickly. I've...

I don't know that I've seen a pin that dirty - you've got your work cut out for you, to be sure! Those plungers and coil stops are just trashed. That thing clearly got the hell played out of it. If you're tearing it down to this extent, it makes sense to not take any shortcuts, fix it all...

Great pin, and in excellent condition. Was my last EM pin that I let go, and I still miss it! I'm sure she'll enjoy it. New rubbers and some carnuba wax on that playfield, and then set at the right angle - it'll play faster than you might expect!

This. I've repaired worse, esp. for that MPU board. Not saying you should have taken them on, but while damaged, these would be salvageable if you wanted to mess with them. Given the state of the rest of the games, they're clearly parts at this point, but somebody could make a few bucks off the...

#321 here... When it's dialed in (and that is a VERY BIG "when"), it's definitely a lot of fun, and very challenging. The flippers do sit too high, as you note, out of box. Known issue. The thickness of the playfield is less than older Spooky games, and pins in general, which results in the...

Having played Joust pinball a fair amount, and currently owning a AG Soccer Ball - Joust is a better theme, but Soccer Ball is definitely more fun to play, fwiw. But - an excellent point - these "rare" games were often rare for a reason - they didn't perform well, didn't make much money, and...

Slight premium for Gold, but agreed - not a 10k pin...yet at least. When you have so many made, there are a lot out there as noted. But, a lot more people getting into pinball these days, and given the NIB prices from all the manufacturers, there's no indications of the market collapsing any...

Assuming the BK is in good shape above/beyond the backglass, it's well worth that price. You can buy a new BK backglass for around $225. Capt. Fantastic is a great EM pin. Given the head looks rough in that image, (hard to tell if rotted, vs. just some physical damage that could be repaired)...

That's a clean board - well worth spending a bit of time to get working assuming you verify the +43VDC is good as noted.

I'm surprised that you'd see this persist with only a single display installed, regardless of which display (ie players 1-4 or credit/match), as this is typically isolated to a bad decoder IC on one of the displays. Note how your credit/match display works consistently, yet the players 1-4 are...

That is odd; poor grounding perhaps, leading to the driver firing the kick-out coil? Does it play normally otherwise? Does it kick out both balls at the same time, or just a ball randomly, and then the next one randomly as well? I'd probably start by making sure the MPU board is securely...

Schematics from the manual are your friend for this kinda stuff. IPDB has a link for downloading a soft copy if you don't already have a manual/schematics. Suspect Q27 (2N5060 - .69 @ Marco) on the lamp driver board. You should be able to quickly verify it's bad by putting your meter in diode...