Anyone Ever Trace Their Old Pin's History?

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Hey Guys,

Just curious how you would go about it if you did?

I've got a KISS pin and I'd like to attempt to trace it's history.

I figured by using the serial number of the pin, perhaps there might be
a record somewhere of what Op bought it originally. I know after that
it would probably be harder to trace.

Just firgured it'd be cool to find out where and possibly what arcade
it started it's life in. Might only be able to get as far as the city
or town, but that would be cool.

I picture it in the corner of a 7-11 back in the '70s in the mid-west
with the local long hairs (yes, of which I was one, lol) spending hours
playin' it after school everyday.

Any clues where to start?

Thanks,
Tim

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Hey Bally Tim,
I got a Bally 8-Ball here & the Dist, had stamped the books with
his name,, Turns out I've known the Dist. close to 30 years,, This was
the only game I was ever able to trace,, Kinda cool though knowing the
game had stayed in SC all its life .

Pin-Del,

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Myrtle Beach area right now, but looks as if I'll be making a move back
to the Upstate in the next couple of weeks. You're around Columbia
right?

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Cliffy <crinear@comcast.net> wrote in news:KbKdnac8uauz6ZPeRVn-
2w@comcast.com:

> Steve Charland initialed all the game's he's worked on over the past 30
> years. If you get a game with SPC written inside it's one of Steve's

SPC or POS...

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Bally Tim,
I bought a KISS about 5 years ago. It came from a son of an operator that
had passed away. So his son had it since 1985. It had a complete log book
in it and the cool thing was it started it's life in a strip club and was
there for 2 years until it was closed down by the town. Then it move to a
swim club that I use to go to all the time. I had played the game hundreds
of times. I didn't know this until I got it home. The guy told me it came
from a strip club before I bought it but I was thinking yea right. But the
log book had it all right there. This really made the machine even more
special.

"Cliffy" <crinear@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:N9OdnZ2dnZ1aLdX4nZ2dnb3mk96dnZ2dRVn-zJ2dnZ0@comcast.com...
> When he was done fixing them he scratched out the POS and wrote SPC over
> it
>
> TheKorn wrote:
> > Cliffy <crinear@comcast.net> wrote in news:KbKdnac8uauz6ZPeRVn-
> > 2w@comcast.com:
> >
> >
> >>Steve Charland initialed all the game's he's worked on over the past 30
> >>years. If you get a game with SPC written inside it's one of Steve's
> >
> >
> > SPC or POS...
>
> --
> Cliffy - CARGPB2
> A passion for pinball!
> http://www.passionforpinball.com

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That's totally cool Phil! And that does make it that much more special,
I can see that.

What condition was the backglass in after being in the swin club?


Phil wrote:
> Bally Tim,
> I bought a KISS about 5 years ago. It came from a son of an operator that
> had passed away. So his son had it since 1985. It had a complete log book
> in it and the cool thing was it started it's life in a strip club and was
> there for 2 years until it was closed down by the town. Then it move to a
> swim club that I use to go to all the time. I had played the game hundreds
> of times. I didn't know this until I got it home. The guy told me it came
> from a strip club before I bought it but I was thinking yea right. But the
> log book had it all right there. This really made the machine even more
> special.
>
> "Cliffy" <crinear@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:N9OdnZ2dnZ1aLdX4nZ2dnb3mk96dnZ2dRVn-zJ2dnZ0@comcast.com...
> > When he was done fixing them he scratched out the POS and wrote SPC over
> > it
> >
> > TheKorn wrote:
> > > Cliffy <crinear@comcast.net> wrote in news:KbKdnac8uauz6ZPeRVn-
> > > 2w@comcast.com:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Steve Charland initialed all the game's he's worked on over the past 30
> > >>years. If you get a game with SPC written inside it's one of Steve's
> > >
> > >
> > > SPC or POS...
> >
> > --
> > Cliffy - CARGPB2
> > A passion for pinball!
> > http://www.passionforpinball.com

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I had a Taxi once that I was able to trace back to where it was on
location and what the location was...

It wasn't anywhere near me, but was kinda cool

I can see some pins on antiques roadshow some day... "In February of
1991, this pinball machine was placed in Moe's Tavern in Springfield,
next to Devils Advocate. It was removed in July of 1996, and brought in
$12,375.50 and had 53,276 balls played over its lifetime, an average
time of 52 seconds per ball. The machine had 476 free games won. It was
played by such celebrities as Comic Book Guy, Disco Stu, Ranier
Wolfcastle, and Troy McClure, whom you may remember from such self-help
videos as "Smoke Yourself Thin" and "Get Some Confidence, Stupid!"


-

http://www.myhomegameroom.com


Bally Tim wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> Just curious how you would go about it if you did?
>
> I've got a KISS pin and I'd like to attempt to trace it's history.
>
> I figured by using the serial number of the pin, perhaps there might be
> a record somewhere of what Op bought it originally. I know after that
> it would probably be harder to trace.
>
> Just firgured it'd be cool to find out where and possibly what arcade
> it started it's life in. Might only be able to get as far as the city
> or town, but that would be cool.
>
> I picture it in the corner of a 7-11 back in the '70s in the mid-west
> with the local long hairs (yes, of which I was one, lol) spending hours
> playin' it after school everyday.
>
> Any clues where to start?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>

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I can trace one in a bad way (don't flame me for this please at least I
got what I deserved in a way)

Used to play Twilight Zone in the Rutgers NJ student center where the
supervision was nil - very frustrating game at the time so I determined
that the slam switch was not connected, so I started to kick the coin
door HARD everytime I had a bad ball. Fast Forward a year, replay mag
has an ad from Frank the Crank for a TZ for sale, I go to buy it, get
it home and the coin door is bent. I bought the same machine that I
abused the hell out of. I now deal with anger issues in different
ways.