Twilight Zone Pinball Machine

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This is Twilight Zone like Pat Lawlor designed it. It has been fully restored and upgraded to the original intended spec (production units were simplified to save $$) with the following: 3rd Magnet Door Flashers Spiral Entrance Sign In addition, it has had the following playability upgrades ($1,000s worth of parts alone): Integrated mini-playfield switches (notice the lack of switch pockets blocking the view in the mini pf) Diverter magnet And mechanically / cosmetically: Cliffys protectors throughout. New LED Clock board New main ramp... Clear version which I think looks much better. Reinforced scoop with the switch support to avoid broken switches, and the short circuit that resets the machine. Reinforced Power board traces jumpered per Marvin's guide Soldered trough proximity board connections New trough proximity board and coil All coils with new molex connectors - soldered on New flipper coils & rebuilds New side rails New solenoid sleeves throughout New capacitors and bridges on the power supply New flipper opto boards. Gumballs in the machine LED lights in the gumball machine New legs New target switches Replaced GI harness connectors with crimpon/solder New pop bumpers New Gumball Motor New white rubber New bulbs New star posts New flipper bats New Ramp flaps New micro switches throughout. Clearcoated and restored play field. Minor imperfections were painted and cleared. If I didn't tell you where, you probably wouldn't notice. Essentially, this project happened because I wanted a TZ as it was intended. So I launched into a full restore with playfield clear coat and all mechanicals rebuilt. Obviously, the third magnet and the flashers were necessary since these were in the original design. But I wanted to take it a step further, and eliminate the gremlins that plague TZs both due to their complexity, and due to their being almost 20 years old. The aging capacitors, the flaky proximity sensors, the weak mechanisms, the reset problems... all ironed out so that the machine could be played reliably and fast! I like restoring. Perhaps you can tell, but I hate unreliable machines that keep me from playing so I overdid the rebuild to not have the machine with an out of order sign while I troubleshoot periodically. The only part that I didn't redo completely on this machine was the cabinet. It is a good looking cabinet, but if you look carefully, you will find the imperfections. A 6 foot job if I were to put it where I can't tell the defects. There is a bit of fade, and there are some touched up scratches, and some decal lifting at the legs. The good news is that it is a mostly black cabinet so it doesn't show much. Nothing that keeps me from proudly having it in my living room, but it is not factory perfect by any means. I have many more pictures of the restoration process, and I also can take closeups of anything that interests you. If you love to play pinball, this is the machine for you. Rated #1 for many years running, and the most complex machine ever to come out of Williams/Bally... having an additional transistor board to accommodate the extra features that the standard board set couldn't handle. Everything works, and the display is bright. Includes the manual. Read about it on ipdb and then come back and get one of the few fully featured and functioning Twilight Zones in existence. Thanks for looking.... at this amazing Christmas present for your gameroom! Too bad for mine, but kids in college get in the way of the pin habit. Added details: Sold as is since it is still a delicate and complex device. In fact, I encourage buyers to be willing to learn repair as owning one of these at the mercy or the repairman is a tough proposition. Will deliver locally for free if you pay cash. International Sales OK but you must pay in advance via wire transfer. For sale locally so I reserve the right to end this auction early. Added Note: I've been asked when the restore was done. I finished a... read more

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