Where to buy pinball machines in Omaha Ne?

Ken forgot to mention you'll most likely need to bring a jar of vaseline with you. Mt Koin Ken? lol You'll end up paying retail pricing which typically equates to more than 1.5x's an average price.
I would personally suggest using the normal avenues of CL, eBay, Mrpinball.com, rec.games.pinball
 
I agree with Deadly on pursuing CL, eBay, Mrpinball.com and rec.games.pinball for machines

If your looking for another local retailer, Nebraska Technical Services is another option.
 
Pinball Past advertises on craigslist for the omaha/lincoln area. Any members in that area heard about or have seen what these guys offer?
 
Try Bene's Pizza (124th & Maple) - they have an excellent classic arcade - and the guy in charge of the arcade is likely to help you out (he seems to like the collector crowd, and is friendly in general). Worst case, this is by far your best bet to play a good game in in town - they do their best to keep the games working correctly (and actually clean them!). They had eight pins when I was in there last (though the Mario was down due to a dead flipper).
 
That is true, Benne's does take excellent care of their machines, I go there a lot. I also go to Big Johns, but holy cow maintenance is bad, most of them are having lots of issues and some are even off.

As far as buying machines, Central does have about 5 or 6 pins at any given time, but the pricing is above retail, Pinball past has older machines and as mentioned earlier his prices can be pretty high, but I have bought from him a couple machines over the years. I suppose it depends if you are looking for a complete machine, ready and raring to go, or an average machine that you can spend a few hours shopping and save some bucks.

I do a lot of pinball buying and now will be selling some as well (because now I have too much). I also travel alot and know operators so I can get alot of machines at reasonable prices. That said, I have about 28 machines or so, and about 8 of them I am ready to replace with something else. I also have some non working machines. IM me if you want to chat, it is always nice to meet other enthusiasts around the area.

Non working
Lethal Weapon 3
Streetfighter 2
Last Action Hero

Working Shopped
Apollo 13
Independence Day
Johnny Mnemonic
F14 Tomcat
Jubilee
Klondike

Working needs shopped
High speed (rough platfield)
Cue Ball Wizard
Star Trek Next Gen
 
Awesome. We made it up to benes and that was a lot of fun. The burnt pizza smell was a bit overpowering after an hour though.

I have started a Lincoln pinball map.

Just got an email back from VVS with their machines and locations. Need to update the map and hit some more places to play. The maintenance on their machines is really bad as well. I offered to purchase their Attack from Mars just so I could save it from them. Poor thing is so dirty.
 
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