pinball machine cheap....

sham69

Hi,
Sorry if this doesnt belong in here but does anyone know where I could get a cheap pinball machine?
Trying to build a games room.
Cheers..

DublinWriter

I was going to get one a few years back for the same thing, but I was put off by a guy in the business who told me that they need *a lot* of maintenance and repairs due to the large number of moving parts.

BLITZ_Molloy

You're talking about a grand for one in nice working order. Anything less than that and you're going to need to learn to fix it up. I've heard most of the maintenance isn't very hard to learn.

There's a chap from Limerick posts here who has like 10 or 15 of them. He'd probably be able to offer some pointers.

sham69

Cheers for the replies.
I wouldnt mind doing one up as its always a bit of fun and learning curve doing that kind of stuff. I will keep an eye on adverts and might chance a few old arcade places just in case.
Thanks.

deadl0ck

Keep an eye on Buy and Sell also.

I'd fixed up (Shopped) 3 pins (Black Hole, Doctor Who and Star Trek:The Next Generation) so far and I really enjoyed doing it.

The best place for information on repairs etc is the rec.games.pinball newsgroup. The people there are very helpful and without them I would never have been able to fix up my machines.

There is also some great repair guides here

sham69

Thanks for the reply deadl0ck, I will keep an eye out.
Cheers.

Thargor

deadl0ck wrote: »

and Star Trek:The Next Generation)

http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=2357

:eek:

That looks insane, do oyu still have it? Whats it like to play?

deadl0ck

Yep - It's a great game.

I have it packed up now as I'm building a new house, but it's going to be in the games room along with the MAME Arcade machine and a pool table