| ABRA CA DABRA Owners List | | |
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| | 85txaggie | | | | Kitsap, WA | USA | |
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| | ac70 | | | | Toronto | Canada | Very challenging to score a special replay on this one but nevertheless I do enjoy the longer target shots. The BG art work vacillates between very cool and a bit scary for me? Bought the machine with just under 100,000 plays and after a couple of thousand plays in a friends basement yet another Gottlieb battleship logs past 100000 plays. Since getting the game back from my friend I decided to freshen up the play field with touch ups and a clear coat. I also decided to installed some high power flipper coils which makes for better accuracy with the long target shots. Changed the pop bumpers over to red along with the upper rollover lane guides as I thought it suited the PF better than the original green. Also replaced the bulls eye target with a joker I had lying around and put in a colour changing LED for the wizard eyes that light up upon game end. The PF now looks very sharp now and plays a bit smoother and faster. A fun, challenging and great game to play. Oh yeah, I also decided to interphase an IBM computer to play music upon a couple of PF contact inputs. This has music cycle through a song list upon advancing to next level of bonus or advancing to next ball. It was a fun little project but not as great as it seems as turning the music up too loud detracts from game play and turning it down to a suitable level makes it like some back ground elevator music. Moreover, as opposed to just triggering 2 second sound bites playing entire songs never really works as PF triggers have the song change too frequently to the point of being annoying in my opinion. So, I have disabled the PF triggers and have the songs only change on ball advance and just have it play as quite back ground music when I feel like it. |
| adampinball | | | | Las vegas, NV | USA | Very good condition playfield, no cracked plastics, new drop targets, great backglass. plays like a champ. |
| adriana | | | | Maidenhead | United Kingdom | A fabulous game, with new plastics, new drop targets, new rubbers and uprated pop bumper and flipper coils. Plays fast and furious. Brilliant! |
| airiq | | | | Brive | France | |
| aldz4shez | | | | Puyallup, WA | USA | Was in working condition last year but needs a tune up due to sitting. Beautiful conditon! |
| alf | | | | Rennes | France | |
| andrewb | | | | Geelong | Australia | Ser# 05213 Brought (2015) from Adelaide it took a few parts and a bit of TLC but what can I say another great Gottlieb game from the 70s |
| arnoldbabar | | | | Omaha, NE | USA | |
| atlanta_paul | | | | Acworth, GA | USA | Just finished restoring. Great game, tough to score big on, good rules. Playfield polished up great! Almost looks liquid. Very magical game...... Never say never, traded for a new CPR Fathom playfield, sad to see it go.... |
| atpcfiaim | | | | Tacoma, WA | USA | I didn’t play this game before I bought it as it was broken down. That was a mistake. I won 13 games the first time I played it. Never became a more difficult game after I shopped it and used all the conservative settings. |
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| | baddogjake | | | | New castle, DE | USA | |
| bangbackula | | | | Austin, TX | USA | |
| baz999 | | | | Nottingham | United Kingdom | |
| bellystyle | | | | Reno, NV | USA | |
| bicyclenut | | | | Fresno, CA | USA | touched up some spots on the playfield and clear coated it. I also replaced the coin door and buttons and the legs. |
| bicyclenut | | | | Fresno, CA | USA | |
| bintzknocker | | | | Rosemount, MN | USA | |
| bintzknocker | | | | Rosemount, MN | USA | SN 05753 |
| black_knight | | | | Atlanta, GA | USA | Very Nice pf, repro bg |
| blutarsky | | | | Leawood, KS | USA | |
| bobsterx | | | | ottawa ont | Canada | Beautiful example. Plays perfectly. |
| budman | | | | Mccutchenville, OH | USA | Ken Head restoration and rebuild, 2022. Wade Krause and Ron Webb supplied the playfield and backglass. Fun player! |
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| | cajunpinballer | | | | Zachary, LA | USA | Just picked up 2 weeks ago from vintage record store with a PacMan machine. It was originally on an Oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico so the story goes then ended up in a warehouse in New Orleans and was saved from Katrina being on high floors. Everything seems to work well, replaced a couple of bulbs that were out.Previous owner had refurbished some of the coils, switches and rubbers. Cabinet and backbox are worn, paint kinda rough in spots but backglass in really nice shape and playfield pretty decent. So far very happy. |
| campgames | | | | Clifton, NJ | USA | I got a call from a collector here in NJ that I've known for many years about this Abra back in Dec 2015 but the deal fell through. His cousin wanted the game so I forgot about it. Then a couple of weeks ago in April of 2016 he called me back to see if I was still interested, well the rest is history. I went a grabbed the game the first chance I had at it. This machine had many problems at first glance and the playfield looked decent but I knew I would have to work my magic touch on it to get it to look great. The backglass had some flaking in the wizards cape but the rest of the backglass looked nice. I called Steve from Mayfair and bought a NOS backglass for him. The cabinet looked real nice but had a few scars and nicks that I knew I could touch up to perfection. Plastics by flippers were chipped. I am in the process of restoring the game at the present time but repaired all the electrical problems ahead of time so I can play a few games before the tear down and rebuild procedure. Added pictures today 6-18-16 and the cabinet looks great after a extensive cleaning and tiny bit of touch up with just the right matching colors making it hard to detect where I needed to work my artistic magic. I installed a NOS backglass from MAYFAIR AMUSEMENTS and it looks sensational!I still have a little fine tuning left on the restoration but I am coming to a close and the ABRA will be looking for a spot in the line up of the 42 machines. I might be forced to sell a game from my collection to fit this great player in the line up of wedgeheads. The problem is I am not sure there is anything I can sell from my present 41 game collection. For sure this game is a keeper and won't be going any where soon. Game play on this wide open playfield design is outstanding giving the player skill flipper shots on like no other wedgehead I have in my line up.(see IPDB for my rating)The artwork and colors on this dynamite player really stand out from other wedgeheads and is pleasing to the eye. So glad I have added this machine to my collection and just love playing it too! Finally got to the ball count unit which was mangled like a bear had its paws on it. The large spring had to be taken off and bent back to factory shape in a vise and with the help of two sets needle nose plyiers. I needed to clip a tiny portion of the metal spring off to get it to work to perfection, since the tiny section of the spring was weak from being mangled by the previous owner?. The switches were bent way out of proportion and was refusing to let the tooth gear rest at the stop position pin which is located on the reverse side of the tooth gear. After setting the switches up correctly and repairing the spring and re-adjusting, I got the gear to rest at zero position. This took some time, but the end result was rewarding and the game went into game over mode when the 5th ball landed in the out hole. I still need to take apart the shooter rod assembly and restore it to perfection with new springs and there are a few other fine tuning things I want to do to the game. At least now the game is playing 100% all the way through, including the match feature. I sold the game to a young guy from South Jersey who's favorite Gottlieb wedgehead is(you guessed it)Abra Ca Dabra. I know the game is good hands now and will get the extra love it deserves. |
| cantbfrank | | | | Bedminster, NJ | USA | |
| cjs001 | | | | Fort ann, NY | USA | |
| ckcsm | | | | Lansdale, PA | USA | Removed playfield and I'm in the process of cleaning up and spraying the playfield with automotive urethane clearcoat; order new plastics form Pinball Rescue and will go over and rebuild all playfield components when reassembled. Update: I shopped & installed the completed playfield; took it to the Allentown Pinfest (May 2018) for the freeplay area; plays really nice now. Added pictures of complete cabinet prep and repaint, also installed a new Webb backglass. |
| cmi1047690 | | | | Bellefonte, PA | USA | Good working condition. Purchased ~40+ years ago...lightly used personally since |
| corral | | | | Agnieres | France | |
| cruiser1 | | | | Newcastle | Australia | |
| cruiser1 | | | | Newcastle | Australia | SOLD !!! |
| cstiletto | | | | Ottawa | Canada | |
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| | dallaspinball | | | | Dallas, TX | USA | Nice condition Abra-Ca-Dabra that had been in a home for nearly 25 years with minimal play. Playfield has some issues and backglass has some flaking on the robe. Picked up a reproduction playfield and backglass from Wade Krause that are awaiting installation. Usual three plastics are broke and I need to order ordering a repro set of plastics soon. Very fun game to play. Long term keeper in my collection... Should be restored and in the gameroom in a few months. |
| darrt268 | | | | Trivoli, IL | USA | Very nice original condition game. |
| denisn72 | | | | East broughton station | Canada | Manufactured in November 1975, this game is different from the others. The pop bumpers and the slingshots are reversed. The pops bumpers are located in the lower playfield and the slingshots are in the upper playfield. With its mysterious magic and sorcery theme, this machine is one of the most beloved games made by Gottlieb in the mid-'70s. I bought this one in June 2022. My 21st pinball. Total play meter: 90 000. |
| dirtflipper | | | | Shakopee, MN | USA | ser# 05191 |
| dirtflipper | | | | Shakopee, MN | USA | ser# 04384 |
| dirtflipper | | | | Shakopee, MN | USA | didn't get ser# Rear of cabinet was damaged and repaired. |
| dirtflipper | | | | Shakopee, MN | USA | ser# 03883 |
| dirtflipper | | | | Shakopee, MN | USA | ser# 04356. |
| dirtflipper | | | | Shakopee, MN | USA | ser# 04392. Nice condition, local pickup. Will pass it along. |
| djhp1 | | | | Lombard, IL | USA | |
| dodgeball2014 | | | | Chesapeake, VA | USA | |
| dolybloom | | | | Olympia, WA | USA | |
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| | elmo harris | | | | Molalla, OR | USA | |
| elvisinmypants | | | | Fargo, ND | USA | Webb backglass, this will receive a sympathetic restoration |
| elvisinmypants | | | | Fargo, ND | USA | |
| em-pinman | | | | Saginaw, TX | USA | Cabinet repair/repaint scheduled for 2016. New Ron Webb Backglass to be purchased late 2015 - Update: Just got the new Backglass 5/2016. Game will hopefully go to TPF 2017. |
| emmanuel | | | | Lyon | France | |
| emplayer | | | | Kemptville | Canada | One of the Best All time Wedgehead EM's IMO, lucky to find this all original HUO machine, I couldn’t believe it when I found it. |
| enzo | | | | Tarn | France | |
| erico201 | | | | Winnipeg | Canada | |
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| | faju78 | | | | Arnouville | France | Entièrement restauré mécanique et esthétique chromes neufs |
| fanofpinball | | | | Milton, WA | USA | |
| fanuminski1 | | | | Circle pines, MN | USA | over 50 hrs shopping this one - bought new backglass, coin door and plastics repro's. one of my favorites pins. Plays great. Can have great games...but also quick, low scoring ones. |
| flashman | | | | Winnipeg | Canada | Nice playfield and backglass.....all original. Alas haven't even put this game together. |
| footer | | | | Stillwater, MN | USA | Acquired 12/2020. |
| frg | | | | Stuttgart | Germany | Just updated my list of machines - more infos coming up... |
| fumbleflippers | | | | Memphis, TN | USA | |
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| | georgie | | | | Ottawa | Canada | The gameplay is fun and fast and the artwork is one of the best. I just purchased this all-original game. The backglass is perfect, with no peeling at all. The cabinet is in excellent original condition, with a few scuffs on the corners, etc. The playfield is also excellent, with only a couple of touch-ups to be done, but no rush. The plastics are a bit rough, so may get some repros. Mechanically solid and pristine. Easy to see why this is such a highly rated machine. |
| geostar | | | | San antonio, TX | USA | |
| geraldad | | | | Winnipeg | Canada | My second pin ever - played great right from garage sale, new rubbers made it fast, just like I remember as a kid. Very fun game with medium skill level needed. |
| gideon | | | | Surrey | Canada | |
| gloorch | | | | thalwil / zurigo | Switzerland | |
| gosepin | | | | Champaign, IL | USA | |
| greenacres0802 | | | | Rome, PA | USA | Picked up for a song... no Backglass.. That costed me a song and a half...Pics to follow... |
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| | hammerhead | | | | Melbourne | Canada | |
| heatbag | | | | North vancouver | Canada | Plays fairly well. I have rebuilt the flippers but still need to do some fine tuning on what I think is one of the best playing and best looking e/m's of all time. I don't think I would ever sell this simplistic masterpiece. Classic seventies all the way. |
| hendrikm | | | | Centurion | South Africa | This machine works 100%. The cabinet and playfield is bad though and needs restoration. Would like to get another playfield, otherwise I'll make a new one. |
| hilander | | | | Henley | South Africa | A few problems, busy restoring |
| hoakypoaky | | | | Reno, NV | USA | |
| hurl | | | | Véringes | France | |
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| | insurancemike | | | | Sun city, CA | USA | |
| integ194 | | | | Newcastle | Australia | Serial no 04239 purchased US 23 May 14. Machine stripped & restored (incl repro backglass) and plays really well-in fact most enjoyable to play. Pf stripped, cleaned and waxed 9/20. Sold 9/20 |
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| | jesmith11 | | | | Sutherlin, OR | USA | |
| jodini | | | | Omaha, NE | USA | One of those games that begs for more! LOVE IT! |
| joe shelby | | | | Girard, OH | USA | |
| johntfriedrich | | | | Fallon, NV | USA | |
| jsib | | | | Wake forest, NC | USA | |
| judoratt | | | | Edmonds, WA | USA | Found this 1.5 miles from my house recently put a Wade Krause PF in it and have really enjoyed it |
| jufath | | | | Arnouville les mantes | France | Entièrement restauré : mécanique et chromes refaits |
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| | kangourou | | | | Lyon | France | |
| katoenlr | | | | Cahors | France | |
| kingpinman | | | | San leandro, CA | USA | |
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| | leckmeck | | | | Afton, MN | USA | Traded for Drop-a-Card summer of 2013, sold to BintzKnocker November 2020. This project has survived water damage and a rodent infestation yet will still make a nice game. The only thing I did was recover the serial number (05753) which a crooked operator scrubbed from nearly everywhere. |
| leckmeck | | | | Afton, MN | USA | November 2020: I found a nicer, low-miles Abra Ca Dabra that will displace my other project. Serial number 04372, 40k clicks on the meter. December 2023: another deep restoration completed. Playfield by Wade Krause, backglass by Ron Webb, plastics by Pinball Rescue, sweat by me. Combine ’em all, you get magic! |
| lenub | | | | Oxford, PA | USA | |
| lenub | | | | Oxford, PA | USA | |
| lenub | | | | Oxford, PA | USA | |
| lenub | | | | Oxford, PA | USA | |
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| | magniez christop | | | | Duclair | France | |
| manitouguy | | | | Vancouver | Canada | |
| mark2374 | | | | Saint johns, FL | USA | restored. looks and plays great |
| maryfleure | | | | Gatineau | Canada | |
| matth-matth | | | | Nantes | France | |
| mikeo | | | | Overland park, KS | USA | |
| mitch | | | | Wauchope, new south wales | Australia | My 1st EM game bought in 1989. Restored. Sold 28/07/12 to fund my Stern Galaxy! |
| mnpinball | | | | Cokato, MN | USA | |
| motoman | | | | Riviera shores, FL | USA | Found this one in nasty shape on someone's back porch. Termites, corrosion, rotten wood, a faded backglass, yellowed plastics, and a dirty playfield meant plenty of work had to be done to bring this one back to life. Undaunted, I took the challange: this game plays awesome and looks pretty darn good as well. Yeah it took a year or so but it was worth it. |
| mrkegflex | | | | Beavercreek, OH | USA | |
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| | nicovolta | | | | Roanoke, VA | USA | Ron Webb backglass, nice cab and PF. |
| nor5182 | | | | Salem, OR | USA | Sold to jesmith11 |
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| | old school | | | | Santa barbara, CA | USA | |
| ottervswolf | | | | New orleans, LA | USA | Right target sets pop up rarely, and the middle target works randomly. Other than that. plays great. all new rubbers and bulbs. fresh wax and clean of the playfield and triple coated the backglass for protection. no lock either. multiple copies of original schematics |
| ottogd | | | | Brampton | Canada | |
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| | paparufus | | | | Toronto | Canada | Another expert restoration by AC70. Not much needed mechanically,plays 100%. Playfield stripped,retouched, and clearcoated. Original Backglass a 10. Excellent cabinet. Plays fast! |
| phillips88 | | | | Sewell, NJ | USA | |
| phillips88 | | | | Sewell, NJ | USA | I had to work some "Magic" to acquire this beautiful all original Abra Ca Dabra. Thanks to a friend I was able to upgrade my first Abra and make a fantastic machine. Sharp edges and paint on the cabinet and just a beautiful backglass. Great gameplay and my favorite machine |
| phillips88 | | | | Sewell, NJ | USA | |
| phillips88 | | | | Sewell, NJ | USA | |
| pierre-benoit | | | | Montréal, québec | Canada | |
| pinball-koenig | | | | Mackenbach | Germany | Fully Restored! |
| pinballdan | | | | San rafael, CA | USA | |
| pinballpa | | | | Twin cities, MN | USA | |
| pinballtom | | | | Salem, OR | USA | |
| pinbhallman | | | | Tampa, FL | USA | |
| pinbit23 | | | | Toronto | Canada | Mint Playfield. Everything works. Game sold Nov 2012 |
| pinbit23 | | | | Toronto | Canada | Glad to get this title back after selling it last year. This playfield is without a doubt a 10. Backglass 9. Very low number of plays. Game sold Dec 2013 |
| pincushion | | | | San antonio, TX | USA | CL find in April 2014 from China Grove, Texas. Nice backglass and great player! |
| pinhead52 | | | | Southlake, TX | USA | Needs a paint job |
| pinhead52 | | | | Southlake, TX | USA | Currently being restored, Wade K pf ordered |
| pinhead52 | | | | Southlake, TX | USA | |
| pioneer | | | | Port macquarie | Australia | Playfield is quite good. Backglass are ok. Cabinet is pretty ordinary. Could use a proper repaint. |
| princetonu275 | | | | Austin, TX | USA | |
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| | ramarapins | | | | Richmond hill | Canada | Beautiful Game! Adds to my El Dorado in the single player zone |
| redknight | | | | Riverside, CA | USA | |
| ricker | | | | Toronto | Canada | |
| ricker | | | | Toronto | Canada | Beautiful playfield, nice backglass. Very fun game to play! |
| robbo | | | | Adelaide | Australia | In original condition. Restored to play |
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| | scott1958 | | | | Kansas city, MO | USA | Extremely clean game, all original. It had a small piece of the veneer on the head that had been knocked out, fixed that up and she looks great. |
| seshpilot | | | | Birmingham, AL | USA | Amazing shape. |
| skyfyre | | | | Kansas city, KS | USA | manual and key |
| spiroagnew | | | | Scotch block | Canada | Beautiful original condition. |
| sponson123 | | | | Media, PA | USA | |
| stashyboy | | | | High falls, NY | USA | Finished! check out the pics.Cab.8+, BG 9, PF 9+.Will be sorely missed! on to a good home in California...... |
| sunnrat | | | | Mesa, AZ | USA | |
| szabo | | | | York region | Canada | HUO |
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| | todd | | | | Oshawa | Canada | |
| todd | | | | Oshawa | Canada | |
| tr1ed | | | | Leicester | United Kingdom | |
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| | unbroken | | | | Calgary | Canada | |
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| | vitty | | | | Minnetrista, MN | USA | Ser# 04356 Purchased in White Bear Lake MN 2/2015 from an owner who claimed to have had it in his basement for 25+ years. Pretty nice original condition. Backglass was very good, cabinet inside was clean, and the exterior of the cabinet overall was good as well. 001024 games on the meter when purchased (thinking there may be a stuck digit or two on the play meter). |
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| | wagonaire | | | | East greenville, PA | USA | |
| wesailors4 | | | | Polk city, IA | USA | Great play field and cabinet is very good. Back glass has flaking but is sealed and repairable. On a side note, I have spoken with Ron Webb and he says he is going to print reproductions of the back glass before the end of the year if you would want a brand new one. That is what I am doing if I keep it. I am asking less to compensate for purchasing a back glass, if you should wish to. Plays well except gives an extra ball that drains at end of each game and scoring stepper unit could handle a cleaning. It plays fast and looks good. $1100 obo. |
| whatchapopo | | | | Port des barques | France | Très bon état. bg 9/10 set décors neufs |
| woz | | | | Coquitlam | Canada | Just installed a Wade Kraus repro playfield. Wow!! What a great game, one of my all time favorite EM's!!! |
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| | yogidogi | | | | Neenah, WI | USA | One of my favorites |
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