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What am I getting into? (EM Pin)

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kayoteq:
Well, a friend had requested a grail pinball (for him) and I found it. A long roadtrip is pending.
1975, Chicago coin company. Reset issues 'contacts need cleaning'.. externally, looks clean..

Since neither one of us owns pins, let alone a EM..

 I hope I'm not getting us into trouble.
I know there's lots of suppliers out there, but all I've found so far is a manual (vital) and bumper rings.
And yeah, ratings are so-so for this game. Matters not when it comes to grails, of course..

HaRuMaN:
I have an EM pin, and its not that bad to work on...

Plus, you gotta love the sounds that all the EM internals make...   ;D

shardian:
All pin collectors start from scratch at some point. If that isn't enough evidence you'll do fine, I don't know what  would be.

ChadTower:

Any one he wants.  Pinball seems to be more prone to "I played title X a lot as a kid" than other hobbies.

kayoteq:
Yeah, this is friend's grail from 'back in the day'. Apparently he was racking up the points and free games
and the arcade guy just pulled the plug on him, said the game must be malfunctioning. I think he had
merely figured out how to get the bonus points multipliers going properly..

I'm not concerned too much about the technical aspect (finitely complex) just concern about parts availability..

'oh, you need a x widget, and there's no equivalent available anywhere since the chemicals they used to make it were outlawed in 78'.

It looks to be an excellent start if I can carefully negotiate between buyer and seller and coordinate the 12 hour trip to pick it up.

I researched the game value, cosmetics look good, electrics need cleaning. Hopefully it will be clicking binging and such soon.

I have my own personal grails for pins and vids. 1/4 there in regards to those..

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