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Two pins at a drive through Wild Animal Safari
Le Chuck:
About 45 minutes from my house there's this drive through wild animal safari. They have a kids area with the usual skee-ball and ticket machines and a few other arcade games but mostly redemption. I'm trying to get them to sell me one of their machines off the floor, we're down to haggling over price so I went up to check it out again and ended up getting some pinball in while I was there. They have two Stern pins tucked in the corner. Indiana Jones and Shrek.
Shrek - non working. Has been inop for at least 6 months. I got the girl behind the register to fork over the keys and let me poke around it to see if I could track down the fault. Looks like coils that run the ball lock over by donkey are frozen up and the left outlane switch is throwing a fault. I'm no pin guru but those both seem like pretty easy fixes (I can do basic maintenance like flipper rebuild) and I'm wondering why the folks that run this place would let a pin that expensive sit dead for a half a year plus. So question one, is it worth it to try and trade repairing the pin for price off the machine I want to get from them?
Indiana Jones - Good lord, is anybody else completely disappointed in this pin? First ball I rack up 50 mil plus hit the jack pots and activate some kind of crazy ass multiball that looked like about 12 balls bouncing around the playfield. I couldn't even tell what I was supposed to be doing. After the second ball I walked away and let a kid who was waiting finish. This never happens to me, I'm a mediocre pin player at best. I routinely can't finish the mansion and I own my own AF. This pin wasn't even fun. Question two, am I missing something or does this game really suck balls? It is pretty tho.
ChadTower:
The cashier gave you the keys to the inside of the game without knowing you?
:laugh2:
TopJimmyCooks:
The local waterpark/gocart track here in Wilmington, Jungle Rapids, has a TSPP, Starship troopers, addams, and south park. I like the Troopers the best. I can't tell if I like the Addams family or the Southpark because they haven't worked for THREE YEARS. Still take your tokens, though. they keep the addams turned off lately.
I know I could easily fix the southpark (just 1 flipper not working) but I can't imagine it's a high priority for these people. Nobody plays the pins, ever until I go over there and start playing. Thank god they do not dispense tickets.
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 17, 2012, 03:56:00 pm ---
The cashier gave you the keys to the inside of the game without knowing you?
:laugh2:
--- End quote ---
Oh yeah, I waltz up and ask how long it's been out. She says that it's been out as long as she has worked there and asked if I knew anything about those "things". Next thing you know I've got the door open and am cycling through tests. ;D
My favorite answer I got from them thus far:
What do you do when something breaks?
-We own all the machines here so we usually just sell it and buy a working something else.
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on July 17, 2012, 03:59:58 pm ---The local waterpark/gocart track here in Wilmington, Jungle Rapids, has a TSPP, Starship troopers, addams, and south park. I like the Troopers the best. I can't tell if I like the Addams family or the Southpark because they haven't worked for THREE YEARS. Still take your tokens, though. they keep the addams turned off lately.
I know I could easily fix the southpark (just 1 flipper not working) but I can't imagine it's a high priority for these people. Nobody plays the pins, ever until I go over there and start playing. Thank god they do not dispense tickets.
--- End quote ---
Offer to fix the SP and take TAF off their hands for a grand. If they bite you won't regret it.
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