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#69 Best in play Pintastic 2021 - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 13 min listenBy George
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Dave and George interview several winners of ribbons at Pintastic. Goodfellas? Dave then takes the mic and has a round table with 3 other Dave’s. They both interview Brian, the 70’s solid state...

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Highlights

  • Dave from Rhode Island has owned and restored his Williams Solifier for over 30 years with full paintjob, new backglass, and cabinet work, winning best-in-play for early 1980s solid state
  • Ty Ueda's Gottlieb Atlantis (1975) was found on Craigslist from an L.L. Bean family estate, had rat damage including droppings and hay, but featured an original immaculate playfield
  • CPR is producing new playfields for machines like Bad Cats and Elvira House of Horrors, reviving interest in older games as Stern price increases make restoration economically viable
  • Stern raised prices on new machines following large California museum auction with 'ridiculous prices,' which cascaded upward pricing of secondary market vintage games
  • Dave Macy has performed three Bad Cats playfield swaps, a notably rare restoration given scarcity of original Bad Cats machines
  • Rhode Island Pinball Service (Dave's business) maintains 100% five-star rating with 30+ years of repair experience
  • Ty Ueda's Atlantis backglass is a reproduction from Ron Webb in Island Heights, New Jersey
  • Gottlieb playfields from early 1960s (Kewpie Doll, Foto Finish era) exhibit cracking in their clear coat finish, a known manufacturing issue
  • Wolfpack manufactures LED display kits (similar to Heath kits) for pinball machines, with options for white displays and colored filter overlays to simulate original incandescent look
  • Multiple restoration technicians report that partial repairs on 40-50 year old machines inevitably reveal additional hidden problems, making single-issue repairs difficult and frustrating for both tech and customer

Notable quotes

“I've been working on machines over 30 years, and I just enjoy pinball and keeping this hobby alive.”
Dave (Rhode Island)
“They're up on their chairs, you know, playing it. And I think, you know, this is why I do what I tell them. And, you know, just keep going as long as I can. It's great seeing young kids playing this stuff, you know, because they usually take a break from the thumbs on the stupid device there and play a real game.”
Dave (Rhode Island)
“They're cheap. Oh. Ha ha. But the Atlantis ain't that cheap. Well, well. It's desirable.”
Ty Ueda
“I offered them some sort of low money and they just said sure... when I got there um they described that the they were selling the house and it was the estate of the L.L. Bean family.”
Ty Ueda
“It pays to give a guy a break. Absolutely. Give a guy a break and it pays off in the long run. You've got to be nice.”
Dave Macy and host (discussion about Bill Davis)
“Well, now that Stern keeps raising the prices because, and here's the other thing I heard. I heard since that big auction they had out in California for all these museums that are going defunct and the price is ridiculous prices, you know, Stern was saying, well, we should raise our prices accordingly or whatever.”
Dave Macy
“When you don't have that option, the CPR is a nice, nice change. The back glass is still original and that was in good shape.”
Brian Hawkins
“I can fix one thing, but you're going to call back the next day with something else wrong, and it's like it's not on me because I fixed the one thing.”
Dave (technician, Daves roundtable)
“You know, to go and work on a game and say, I just want you to fix this one little thing here and cherry pick it. No, that's not it. It's really hard to do because when I go and see a game, I don't know about you guys, but I find 16 other things wrong with it.”
Dave (New York)
“I've been documenting all the play field swaps. It never intended. It was just doing it for a couple friends, and it turned into a growing hobby.”
Dave Macy

Entities

  • CPR (California Pinball Restoration)· company
  • Stern· company
  • Wolfpack· company
  • Pintastic 2021· event
  • Bad Cat· game
  • Ballet Skate Ball· game
  • Elvira House of Horrors· game
  • Evil Knievel· game
  • Flipper Clown· game
  • Godzilla LE· game
  • Gottlieb Atlantis· game
  • Gottlieb Team One· game
  • Kewpie Doll· game
  • Photo Finish· game
  • Williams Solifier· game
  • Electromagnetic Pinball Museum· organization
  • Pinside· organization
  • Bill Davis· person
  • Brian Hawkins· person
  • Dave (Rhode Island)· person
  • Dave Macy· person
  • Ron Kruseman· person
  • Ron Webb· person
  • Ty Ueda· person

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