Continuing with my vintage pinball machine restoration. My Bally Hang Glider pinball machine came with a cracked backglass. I haven’t found a replacement and doubt…
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Top: Marco Specialties version. Bottom: The original yellowed 1976 score card. I’ve been working on the restoration of a 1976 Bally Hang Glider EM pinball…
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My circa 1976 Bally Electro-mechanical pinball machine, Hang Glider came with some rather gnarly legs. They were spray painted glossy black, old and rusty. I…
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Bumpers are both a common element on a pinball machine as well as a part that can take a lot of abuse. The parts are…
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For those not familiar with pinball, one might assume that the game is as random as a slot machine. But if you know what you…
Comments closedI’m restoring a Bally Hang Glider Electro-Mechanical (EM) pinball machine released in December, 1976. This forty plus-year-old machine has seen about 40,000 game plays in…
1 CommentOne of my longer-term projects for my Bally Hang Glider Pinball machine will be to add a soundtrack and sound triggers. I’d like to create…
Comments closedVibrating polisher and walnut medium for polishing small parts on a pinball machine. Magnetic tool for getting the parts out of the medium after 24…
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Fanton, Melissa A., “Pinups and Pinball: The Sexualized Female Image in Pinball Artwork” (2016). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from https://scholarworks.rit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=10384&context=theses Ran across this…
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I recently saw one of these ’70s made for the home market pinball machines on Facebook Marketplace offered for sale for $300 – which is…
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