A poll for pinball owners.

How many EM pinball machines do you have?


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    174
1 EM Williams Gulfstream. I love the "pointy people". I have many SS machines and everyone in the door wants to play the machine with the bells and chimes. A Bi*%h to work on but rewarding with a voltmeter and schematic.
 
2 EM pins, 1 slot, 1 juke

I only like the EM pins, the clack of the relays and stepper switches is like music. My first was a Gottlieb Bronco 4 player that I got working after finding a few broken wires where they were soldered to various mechanisms. One of my kids gave me a Darling 2 player that was abandoned under a layer of dust in a small shop he worked at. The owner gave it to him just to get rid of it.
I also have an Aladdin slot and I just picked up a Wurlitzer 3700 Americana Juke. I am still in learning mode on the Juke but a few of the members of this forum have been very helpful.
 
I don't have one yet, but it's "in the cards". I have fixed a few for other peeps, and would like to aquire a few specific titles.

Just last week I was at Cedar Point, and spent nearly 2 hours playing mostly the EM pins they have. Though the Abra Ca Dabra wasn't functioning properly, it was still playable to a point. And my fav, Williams "Grand Prix", was working, but the coin slots were jammed. A slight nudge to the coin door got the game to coin up though .. :eek:
Yes, I did notify a tech that it was doing that... a lil later... :D
 
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Em pins

I have six and we like them all thay are,nip it,king rock, space mission,little chif,hot shot,and oh boy, but now I think that will be it? But u just do not know?
 
i only had 1 em, williams darling----horrible boring pin
its the only 1 i had.
i think mostly all pinball is fun, gottlieb ems seem the best fun for me
for ems id say gottlieb
solid state id have to say williams..
 
I have one EM, Williams Skylab. It's not working, but I couldn't pass it up as I got it for $50. I haven't had any time to mess with it yet, but I am hoping I can learn on the fly and figure out how to get this one going, as I would love to give it to my Dad when it's all done.
 
EMs and some SS are the only ones I can afford. Fuck DMDs man all my homies hate DMDs because they're too expensive :cry:
 
Where i work, i have access to a ton of greats(i fix them). Most are in disrepair at the moment due to poor storage...ugh...it kills me. Blackout. Firepower...bride of pinbot...just to name a few. I restored an Eight-Ball Deluxe this past summer. The playfield paint was so dry and cracked. The paint just flaked off. I debated few options but stumbled across hard top playfield replacements from outsideedgeproducts.com. i am not affiliated with them in any way, but i want to praise the product. I was very impressed. They didnt ship it rolled, it came flat and well boxed. The printing was exceptional quality and the predrilled holes were perfect. It isnt an easy installation, you must remove the entire top of the playfield. All bumpers...posts...everything. It adheres down and then all hardware goes back. The result is hard printed surface with no grooves or lips just like factory. The pictures show some areas of the old playfield and then the new. I have more if anyone wants to see. Anyways, i Got a Liberty Belle i need to restore next!20200804_134209_HDR.jpg20200804_134217.jpg20200811_173919.jpg
 
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