What do you currently own? What's their condition?

[Burt6666]

I know a good lender you can speak to about getting a home equity loan. Then you can just buy them all now

You better know a good divorce lawyer too....besides,I have less room than you.I'll just take 25 or so...

 

[Jeff F]

Xenon is fully working and in solid "C" condition. Wish the play field had more paint.

Gorgar is fully working and in "C+ to maybe B-" condition. Again, wish the play field had more paint.

Firepower is fully working and in "B to B+" condition. Overall nice machine.

 

[30FathomDave]

I've tried to stick with a Horror theme...

Me too! My games are in my signature. I hope to add Monster Bash one of these days.

 

[shardian]

I have Jurassic Park and Freddy joining me soon. Freddy will be a temp resident in casa de' repair shop. Jurassic park looks like a good restoration candidate.

 

[Betelgeuse]

Originally Posted by 30FathomDave
Me too! My games are in my signature. I hope to add Monster Bash one of these days.

Yea, I would love to get a MB! Definitely on my short list. They don't come up too often, though. I've only got room for a couple more pins and then anything else would have to be a trade. Hoping to make it count!

 

[wonderpuddle]

More details on this please! And, does it have a shaker motor? How does it play?

You should check out the hyper pin forums. Here is a link to my build:

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3903

But there are several builds more impressive than mine - just browse through here:

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5082

The machine is essentially just a desktop computer with dual monitors in a cabinet I made myself. It has an ipac to handle the controls for the buttons. And it runs hyperpin (a front end) and visual pinball and future pinball in full screen mode.

There are two main schools of thought on how it plays - 1) those that love it and can't believe how amazing it is (the vast majority of people who have tried it out, by the way), and 2) those who believe to their core that nothing on a video screen can ever come close to real pinball.

Personally, I think the thing is incredibly close to the real thing. I can load up twilight zone on the pin city and play it side by side with the real thing. It's hard to say either game plays different from the other. I pretty much only pay visual pinball, as future pinball's physics are just too inaccurate in my opinion, but the most recent vp tables are crazy good.

There are some amazing guys on the vpforums craftingbsome incredible fullscreen vp tables. Way better than the old single screen, weird angle tables of yesteryear.

If you have a widescreen monitor and a decent video card I recommend you download vp 9.x and try out some of the full screen tables on vpforums. I'd be surprised if you weren't impressed.

 

[spanks_4]

SMB: Comes up with switch error 0 and 3 won't go any further. The other three games play 100% and POP and MSF have no wear at all, but TAF needs a lot of love!

 

[colehvac1]

all mint cond or fully restored

 

[spanks_4]

Wow dude love the collection! Really want a Shadow

 

[colehvac1]

bought a TOTAN last weekend,it will be home tomorrow,i will add a pic.also have a centaur that i have not restored yet and iam in the middle of restoring a f-14 tomcat.

 

[stevenp61]

You should check out the hyper pin forums. Here is a link to my build:

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3903

But there are several builds more impressive than mine - just browse through here:

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5082

The machine is essentially just a desktop computer with dual monitors in a cabinet I made myself. It has an ipac to handle the controls for the buttons. And it runs hyperpin (a front end) and visual pinball and future pinball in full screen mode.

There are two main schools of thought on how it plays - 1) those that love it and can't believe how amazing it is (the vast majority of people who have tried it out, by the way), and 2) those who believe to their core that nothing on a video screen can ever come close to real pinball.

Personally, I think the thing is incredibly close to the real thing. I can load up twilight zone on the pin city and play it side by side with the real thing. It's hard to say either game plays different from the other. I pretty much only pay visual pinball, as future pinball's physics are just too inaccurate in my opinion, but the most recent vp tables are crazy good.

There are some amazing guys on the vpforums craftingbsome incredible fullscreen vp tables. Way better than the old single screen, weird angle tables of yesteryear.

If you have a widescreen monitor and a decent video card I recommend you download vp 9.x and try out some of the full screen tables on vpforums. I'd be surprised if you weren't impressed.

Crap. I did not need another obsession now. But there is one of these projects in my future.

Has anyone made one in a real pin body (regular or widebody)? (Sorry--got a bit distracted browsing and couldn't find this info easily.)

 

[wonderpuddle]

Crap. I did not need another obsession now. But there is one of these projects in my future.

Has anyone made one in a real pin body (regular or widebody)? (Sorry--got a bit distracted browsing and couldn't find this info easily.)

Ha ha. Sorry man. If it is any consolation, it is a fun obsession. Mine was my main summer project last year and I thoroughly enjoyed building it. And I love playing it as well.

There are several builds of 42 or even 46 inch lcds in a wide body cabinet. Most run three monitors - one for the play field, one for the back glass and one for the dmd. Most guys decase the tv to minimize the bezel effect. There are some amazing builds out there. One with a sttng cab. Browse around that project page and you'll see some cool stuff for sure.
Check out chriz99. I think that is what you have in mind.

 

[stevenp61]

Ha ha. Sorry man. If it is any consolation, it is a fun obsession. Mine was my main summer project last year and I thoroughly enjoyed building it. And I love playing it as well.

There are several builds of 42 or even 46 inch lcds in a wide body cabinet. Most run three monitors - one for the play field, one for the back glass and one for the dmd. Most guys decase the tv to minimize the bezel effect. There are some amazing builds out there. One with a sttng cab. Browse around that project page and you'll see some cool stuff for sure.
Check out chriz99. I think that is what you have in mind.

Thanks for the info and sorry for the questions, but I am in a work crunch and don't dare start browsing the projects again because I'll never escape! BUT, does the VP software allow the bg monitor to display the DMD as well as the backglass art? (I see that it handles the EM and ss displays on the one screen, of course.) Wouldn't the standalone DMD display be pretty small (like a 10" lcd)?

More Q's: Has anyone made a small-sized v pin cab? (I think using a Safecracker cab would be cool!) Has anyone tied in a shaker motor? (Preferably one that 'bumps' with flipper/bumper hits--if the sw allows for this). I noticed some projects put the lcd just below the glass, and some drop it a few inches--have you seen both? I would think the 'dropped' mounting would look more realistic but I haven't seen one of these projects yet.

As soon as things settle down workwise, I am going to explore in more detail, probably get a project going this summer.

 

[wonderpuddle]

Thanks for the info and sorry for the questions, but I am in a work crunch and don't dare start browsing the projects again because I'll never escape! BUT, does the VP software allow the bg monitor to display the DMD as well as the backglass art? (I see that it handles the EM and ss displays on the one screen, of course.) Wouldn't the standalone DMD display be pretty small (like a 10" lcd)?

More Q's: Has anyone made a small-sized v pin cab? (I think using a Safecracker cab would be cool!) Has anyone tied in a shaker motor? (Preferably one that 'bumps' with flipper/bumper hits--if the sw allows for this). I noticed some projects put the lcd just below the glass, and some drop it a few inches--have you seen both? I would think the 'dropped' mounting would look more realistic but I haven't seen one of these projects yet.

As soon as things settle down workwise, I am going to explore in more detail, probably get a project going this summer.

When you get some free time, spend it on the hyper pin boards. Your going to see lots of cool stuff. Using hyperpin and VP, you can put the dmd where ever you want. I am using two monitors, so my mini pin runs the play field on the widescreen monitor and the back glass is a 4:3 that I divided, back glass image on top and a faux speaker/dmd area on bottom. When you initially set up each table, I set it up to place the dmd where I want it on my back glass monitor.

Machines with a dedicated small dmd screen are using a third monitor, and they are only using about a third of that screen -- the rest is buried in the cabinet and left blank.

And you'll see almost any size project imaginable. Mine is small, probably a little smaller tan safecracker. 22 in play field. You'll see anywhere from 17 inch play field to 46 inch. And you'll see homemade cabs ( like mine) and you'll see people using real cabs (like chriz99's sttng). One of the guys recently figured out he could use his psp as a play field monitor. So you can really do whatever size you want.

 

[Burt6666]

Mars:God of War-mostly working,good condition

Cheetah-working,not very good shape

Buck Rogers-not working but good shape

Paradise-not working great shape

Funhouse-working,great shape

Pinball Pool-working,great shape

Orbitor 1-working,great shape

Top Score-mostly working,great shape

Aztec-working,great shape

Lightning-not working,good shape

Totem-not working,so-so shape

 

[stevenp61]

When you get some free time, spend it on the hyper pin boards. Your going to see lots of cool stuff. Using hyperpin and VP, you can put the dmd where ever you want. I am using two monitors, so my mini pin runs the play field on the widescreen monitor and the back glass is a 4:3 that I divided, back glass image on top and a faux speaker/dmd area on bottom. When you initially set up each table, I set it up to place the dmd where I want it on my back glass monitor.

Machines with a dedicated small dmd screen are using a third monitor, and they are only using about a third of that screen -- the rest is buried in the cabinet and left blank.

And you'll see almost any size project imaginable. Mine is small, probably a little smaller tan safecracker. 22 in play field. You'll see anywhere from 17 inch play field to 46 inch. And you'll see homemade cabs ( like mine) and you'll see people using real cabs (like chriz99's sttng). One of the guys recently figured out he could use his psp as a play field monitor. So you can really do whatever size you want.

Thx! I definitely will be spending lots of time on those forums... soon. I'll stop hijacking this thread now. Sorry.