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Pinball Collection of 4starstout
10 pinball machines
last updated: 04/07/2024
  Member: 4starstout
From: AURORA, Canada (find on the map)
Specialty': Electromechanicals from the 50's and 60's
Member since: 12/16/2009
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4starstout owns these 10 pinballs:

pinball nameDBmanufacturerconditionis it for sale?notespictures
400 Genco (USA)In storage, waiting for restorationNeverBought this game back at the beginning of December 2019. Game is still in North Carolina as of the end of June 2020. Because of the coronavirus epidemic it is not possible to cross into the USA from Canada.Fast forward to November 2020. Border still closed. Now at the beginning of May 2021 there is no update. No idea of when I can pick up this game. So now it is November 2022 and still haven’t got the game. It is however it is scheduled to be picked up in May 2023.  
BASKETBALL CHAMP Chicago Coin (USA)Set up, plays!NeverI know this is not a pinball but it sure is a nice game. Picked this up in December 2019 just before the pandemic hit North America and I was able to cross the border into the US and pick it up. Did a complete restoration on this game and spent many hours and months. Love this game but it is so heavy.
BOWLETTE Gottlieb (USA)Set up, plays!NeverPicked up this game in January 2021 and I have been working/restoring/ refurbishing it. All the insides have been torn apart , cleaned and rebuilt. I have sourced a new backglass, plexiglass cover , a puck, a coin slide , a front door and a rake that were all missing. I had a friend kindly manufacturer the missing parts for the back side of the coin door. I have started a repaint of the cabinets. ( May 2021)Game is all done. Perfect in every way
KNOCK OUT Gottlieb (USA)Set up, plays!NeverStarted a restoration back near the end of July 2017 and completed the work by the middle of November 2017. Repainted cabinets and graphics to original. Lots of new parts including new legs and levellers, new Wade Krause playfield, new backglass, new flipper bats.new ball shooter cover, new EOS switches, new Flipper switches, and numerous other parts. Game has been completely taken apart and rebuilt with everything cleaned. Over 200 hours into restoration. This was a hard game to find
LEAGUE LEADER Keeney (USA)Set up, plays!Yes!
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I have been working on this game for several months. Almost complete. Just waiting on a couple of plastic panels. Update April 2024. Game is now completely done.All new paint, back panels, stickers, play field glass new BGresto back glass. Every item has been rebuilt. Playfield cleared
MINSTREL MAN Gottlieb (USA)Set up, plays!NeverI started to restore this game back in July 2016 and I am still not finished. The game had been sitting in a barn for the last 10 years and mice had moved in. I was torn about buying it as it was in pretty bad shape but it had potential and I like a challenge. It was also missing a lot of parts but over the summer and fall of 2016 I was able to find all the missing pieces. It may be a few more months before it is totally redone.I sent the play field out to be restored by HSA Pinball back in October 2016. I received it back at the end of March 2017. Game is all back together now but I'm still ironing out a few bugs, Updated March 2018 game is working 100%
MYSTIC MARVEL Gottlieb (USA)Set up, plays!NeverFinally finished up on this nice game. I bought it along with the Ten Strike back in June of 2018. The cabinet is still original and haven’t decided whether to repaint it. The longest thing was getting the playfield re inked. It came out 99% with a few tiny things that aren’t quite correct . Overall worth the wait.I ended up re painting the cabinets back in August/September 2020.
SITTIN' PRETTY Gottlieb (USA)Set up, plays!NeverI started restoring this game back in early 2023 and has now been finished for around 6 months
TEN STRIKE  Williams (USA)Set up, plays!NeverFinally finished restoring this game. Not a true pinball but still really nice. I searched high and low to find one in complete condition. Still have to get a new plexiglass cover made but then done. I ended up finding 4 new bowling pins for the game and I had a new plexiglass cover made in Nov 2019.
UNIVERSE Gottlieb (USA)Set up, plays!NeverJust finished a 4 month restore on this . Will update with pictures later
 
 
Pinball machines that 4starstout used to own in the past
(the following games are no longer part of 4starstout's collection)
 
 
pinball nameDBmanufactureris it for sale?notespictures
BUCKAROO Gottlieb (USA)Sold After a 9 week restoration the game is finally done.At this point I am just waiting on a new back glass for it.This was the most extensive restoration I have ever done up to this point.Every piece and I mean every single piece was dismantled cleaned and reassembled.At times it was quite daunting
CAMELOT Bally (USA)Sold This was the only Bally game I ever owned. Great game but it developed score motor trouble that I couldn't fix  
CENTRAL PARK Gottlieb (USA)Sold All original nice shape. Game is sold
COVER GIRL Gottlieb (USA)Sold Bought this game a few years back and sold it within a week to a friend  
COW POKE Gottlieb (USA)Sold Nice Add-A-Ball from 1965. This game is pretty well all original and in nice shape cosmetically but needs a good clean.Main cabinet does have a few touchups on it but head is untouched and nice.It does have new legs, levellers, bumper caps, locks, flipper buttons, rebound bracket and ball gate assembly. New bulbs but may be 44's. Checked a couple and they were. Does have some flipper drag. Plays nice.Back glass is original and has a few tiny spots of missing paint Game is SOLD
CROSS TOWN Gottlieb (USA)Sold This is the second Cross Town I have bought. I spent a few months off and on restoring this game. I did this game a few years ago but never added any text until now. If memory serves me well I think I did a complete tear down of every part except the bank(s). Lots of new parts .This one is definitely a keeper
CROSS TOWN Gottlieb (USA)Sold This was the first CT that I owned and sold it back in 2009  
FLIPPER Gottlieb (USA)Sold Just got this game 10/12 and just starting restoration on it.Finished restoration at end of 12/12.Ground up restoration
FLIPPER CLOWN Gottlieb (USA)Sold Ground up restoration-hardiest game to date to repaint
FLIPPER COWBOY Gottlieb (USA)Sold All rebuilt from the ground up--plays great. This was the first game in the series that I bought 6-7 years ago. Over time I have become more anal in restoring my games so I finally decided I would restore this game again.I spent a couple of months off and on rebuilding this game and did a 100% complete rebuild. Every piece was dismantled, cleaned and reassembled.Some minor touchups were also done to the play field and areas around the pop pumpers were restored to original.Second restoration was done in spring of 2015
FLIPPER FAIR Gottlieb (USA)Sold Finally finished a complete restoration after 3 months off and on
FLIPPER PARADE Gottlieb (USA)Sold Ground up restoration -working 100%--beautiful machine
GIGI Gottlieb (USA)Sold 1963 Gottlieb Gigi Game has had very extensive hours put into it including a repaint to factory colours and graphics. It includes new legs, new coin door, new coin entrance plate, new beehive shooter housing, new flipper buttons, new lockdown bar end caps, new repro backglass, new pop bumper skirts, new adhesive mylar under the skirts, new flipper bats, new rubber, new leg levellers, new locks, new power cord, all coil sleeves replaced, all bulbs replaced with 47's and 455's (455 under game name). Playfield in very nice condition with no planking although there is some ball swirl present. Areas around the pop bumpers have been fixed. Game comes with extra score cards and other paper items.
ICE REVUE Gottlieb (USA)Sold Sold this game back in 2013  
JACKS OPEN Gottlieb (USA)Sold Sold this back in either 2007 or 2008. Nice game which I should have probably kept  
MAJORETTES Gottlieb (USA)Sold Picked up this sample game a few weeks back.Just starting a total restoration. Spent 6-7 weeks restoring this game. I have decided not to do a cabinet repaint because it is a sample. Only thing I have found different on this game is that the bumper caps are domed rather than slanted. After restoring the other production game I did find a couple of other differences between the two. On the production game when a bumper is first lit it rings both the 10 and 100 bell but on the sample game only the 10 point bell rings. Also when a bumper is first hit it make the red Majorettes on the backglass blink on the production game but not the sample  
MAJORETTES Gottlieb (USA)Sold This is a production game I picked up a few months ago. I have just finished a 6 week restoration including a total cabinet repaint to factory spec. Over $600 in new parts.. A very nice example and plays perfectly. Nothing has been spared on this game. Priced at $2100 firm. No overseas sales
MINSTREL MAN Gottlieb (USA)Sold Game is set up and plays about 98%.. This is a second one I picked up in February 2017. It has had a ground up restoration done mechanically. Play field has wear and some paint loss but is playable. Needs new back glass or existing one touched up. Glass 5-6. Cabinet could get away with painting the front of the main cab. Cab 6-7. playfield 5. If you wanted to spend some money on this game you could have a very nice example.  
NORTH STAR Gottlieb (USA)Sold Beautiful fully restored game working 100%
SHOW BOAT Gottlieb (USA)Sold Game is all original and has been shopped but it was probably at least 5 years ago. It has a new Ron Webb backglass ( most games have trashed glasses), new lockdown bar end caps, new flipper buttons, new locks, new beehive shooter housing, new pop bumper skirts and caps, new flipper bats (4), new back door, new front legs only and new leg levellers.It comes with all new 47 and 455 bulbs (455 under game name) new rubber, and new Score to Beat cards.All new coil sleeves. Play field is in pretty good condition but does have some issues.There are two pairs of flippers on each side and between each set someone had installed a post years ago which left a circular mark on the play field and a post hole screw which has since been filled.Paint in that area needs a small touch up.There is also chatter around the pop bumpers which would need to be touched up.Cabinet has scratches and paint loss which is common for a 55 year old machine.Game plays as it should and it is an unusual game to get used to with the twin flippers on each side.
SLICK CHICK Gottlieb (USA)Sold Nice game --had to repaint cabinet---done to spec
SURE SHOT Gottlieb (USA)Sold Sold this back in 2009. Fun game to play  
SWEET HEARTS Gottlieb (USA)Sold 1963 Sweet Hearts Game has had very extensive hours put into it including a repaint to factory colours and graphics. it includes new legs and levellers, new coin door, new lockdown bar end caps, new coin entrance plate, new beehive shooter housing, new flipper buttons, new repro backglass (slight mark in between 2 score reels about 1/8" high by 3/8" long. Easy touch up or I will do it and seal) NOS playfield which includes new adhesive mylar platters, new skirts, new bumper caps, new rollover guides, new target faces, new flipper bats, and also associated playfield hardware such as rebound bracket etc, new rubber, all bulbs replaced with 47's or 455's ( 455 under game name) Playfield is immaculate and game plays 100%. If you like card game themed pins then this is a nice choice.
TROPIC ISLE Gottlieb (USA)Sold After about 8 weeks I have finally finished an extensive ground up restoration of this game. Cabinet repainted to spec. All components completely stripped- cleaned and polished . Lots of new parts. At this point I am just waiting on repro back glass and the Mercury tilt switch to complete everything. I hope to have everything done by 3rd week of October 2015. New glass from Ron Webb installed and mercury tilt switch installed also. Game completed by third week in October 2015
WORLD FAIR Gottlieb (USA)Sold Game has had extensive hours put into it including a repaint to factory colours and graphics. It includes new legs and levellers, new coin door, new new coin entrance plate, new beehive shooter housing, new flipper buttons, new lockdown bar end caps, new repro backglass, new rubber, all bulbs replaced with 47's and 455's (455 under game name) all new coil sleeves, center roto target rebuilt and spins real nice. Playfield is in pretty nice condition but it does have a couple of small issues. Below the #2 and #10 rollovers someone had taken out the original mini posts and replaced them with regular posts.The posts have left circular marks in the play field once the mini posts were re installed. Also the bottom right plastic has been broken just above the post but has been reglued. Pinball Rescue has new plastics available for this game.Most of the bumper caps are original with no burn marks but a few have been replaced. Adhesive mylar installed under the pop bumpers, new skirts. Works 100%. Probably more new parts but that is all I can think of at the moment
DISCLAIMER: This page shows the pinball machine Collection of PinballOwners member 4starstout from AURORA, Canada. The coin operated pinball machines listed above, including their images, were uploaded into our database by 4starstout himself; 4starstout is the sole responsible for the information contained in this page. The pinball machines shown above are not necessarily for sale! Please refer to the 4th column in the list to know whether a certain pinball is for sale or not. Most likely 4starstout's pinball machines are second-hand (used) pinballs that were once installed in bars and other public places; their value as a collectible largely depends on appearance and functionality of every single machine.
 
 
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 From tr7purdey on 09-27-2017 12:16:
Très belle collection de flippers électromécaniques.

Bravo.
Cordialement.
Richard
 From jeanhube on 08-06-2017 06:29:
Beautiful collection of em gottlieb pinball greatest I hope I find like you flipper cow boy and flipper clown.Best regards jeanhube.
 From gorgar on 03-22-2016 11:16:
Hello. Greetings from Germany. Very nice collection. With machines you'll never see in Germany. They never crossed the ocean! Hold on! With regards: Gorgar
 From spiroagnew on 12-07-2015 15:31:
WOW! Great collection, fantastic photos. Lots of great titles from a great era of pinball. Looks like tons of fun!
 From surfchamp on 08-26-2015 03:17:
Great collection, I like the "Flipper" line-up you have! I think I'll add Flipper Parade to my wanted list.
 From singlezero on 12-01-2014 01:36:
very beautiful collection of machines.. love the northstar
 From corral on 10-14-2013 20:19:
Très belle collection pour les amoureux de flippers mécaniques comme moi.
 From punchpow on 08-26-2013 01:03:
Mouth-watering collection, gives me goosebumbs , amazing.
 From bandwagon on 07-12-2013 16:13:
Beautifull "Wedgehead" Collection, realy nice! You´ve done a great job!
That´s a *****
 From 1452spunky on 05-10-2012 01:55:
Really nice collection of older machines !! I love the 3 number scoring...and the fact that many of them take dimes...I hope they get played at at least !!
 
 
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