janice6 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 2 hours ago, DrB said: Bally had a few pinball machines made and advertised by Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira, Mistress of the dark. "Scared Stiff" and "Party Monsters".. I hesitate to post those advertisements, here because..... well it's Elvira and I don't want to get this thread locked. Dave.. Elvira is a cultural Icon and exempt from censorship as long as her girly bits don't show! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 2 hours ago, janice6 said: Elvira is a cultural Icon and exempt from censorship as long as her girly bits don't show! I fully understand that she is an Icon and all that. The ads were from Bally and in general print. Nothing but legs, cleavage, her black hairdo and black dress as seen on TV and elsewhere. I'll pass for now posting. Dave.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 5 hours ago, DrB said: I fully understand that she is an Icon and all that. The ads were from Bally and in general print. Nothing but legs, cleavage, her black hairdo and black dress as seen on TV and elsewhere. I'll pass for now posting. Dave.. MY kids even gave me a life size carboard cutout of her. I put it in the window facing the neighbors so they would have something to see. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 I'll probably get in trouble here but here is the one advertisement. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 i used to go to the Playland Arcade in Hampton Beach N.H. every summer and play all those games 'Shark Hunter' it was the same as 'killer shark' was one of my favorites, so was 'Hercules' and 'shoot out' those were like a Dime or a Quarter to play and i`d get to play them forever because of all the free plays you got and i did`nt have a lot of coin to spend. my favorite was called 'Wild Gunman' it was a projection screen with a movie and a Colt Peace Maker complete with rig and Lever action http://www.8bitrocket.com/2016/06/19/the-wild-gunman-1976/ there was a fire there years after and i went and tried to buy it from them but they would`nt sell it. Summer of 1981 i had High Score on 6 Pinball Machines.. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 In my innocent years a friend and I would double on my Vespa to a newsstand with a two (sometimes four) player flipper machine. Ten cents per pay or three for a quarter. we would each drop a quarter, play all afternoon or until we got bored. Often enough we walked away leaving more games on the machine than we had bought. At least the machines were changed out frequently. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 10:42 PM, janice6 said: Ours were all a Nickle. Mine is configurable from 1 - 5 games / nickle, to 1-5 games per quarter. Depending on how you plug the wiring harness plugs into the bank of connectors on the side. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 It has a three layer, opposite spinning, multi-contact plate just for picking the "match" number. I think how many spins depends on the last digit of the first-player. It's pretty much truly random. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I learned how to read and follow schematics with that thing. And pretty much learned how to get the **** shocked out of me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 6 hours ago, DrB said: I'll probably get in trouble here but here is the one advertisement. I’ve worked with her. Absolute class. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Boobarilla. "Booooooooooooooobs!!" (the simpsons) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Everything on the machine is 110V. It never drops. There's twenty plugs for the per / play thing. You only need four of them. The other rest are just 110, hanging there. And they are right next to the main tilt mechanism. (a large lead weight, dangling down in a loop of wire (also 110)). I can adjust the tilt from "none" to "you can't even touch the flipper-buttons". But to adjust the tilt ( a thumbscrew on the lead weight), you have to touch it. Which is OK. Just don't let it "tilt" while your adjusting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 If you leave the play-field tilted up on the hood-prop and touch all the bumpers or the flippers, the whole inside of it looks like a lightning storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 13 hours ago, Batesmotel said: I’ve worked with her. Absolute class. Out of character she appears to be adorable. She did some posing before her Elvira Character. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 13 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: I can adjust the tilt from "none" to "you can't even touch the flipper-buttons". Nudging the machine with your hip to influence play was called a gunch. Why, I have no idea. And, yes, I have worked on the innards of the old pinball machines. Shocking. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, tous said: Nudging the machine with your hip to influence play was called a gunch. Why, I have no idea. And, yes, I have worked on the innards of the old pinball machines. Shocking. Or a hunch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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