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Pinball Collection of tenholtpianist
| | Member: tenholtpianist
From: Haarlem, Netherlands (find on the map)
Specialty': Electromechanicals from the 50's and 60's
Member since: 06/20/2010
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last updated: 05/07/2024 |
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| pinball name | DB | manufacturer | condition | is it for sale? | notes | pictures |
| BALLS-A-POPPIN |
 | Bally (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | 1956 Bally. After I found some small parts of this game at internet, I decided to build and assemble missing parts myself and reconstruct a complete Balls-a-Poppin game. After a year of work I was able to play the first game at this famous multiball pinball. The most difficult part was reconstruction of playfield silkscreen print. This is a list of parts assembled or made by myself: panel and cabinet (made from 50-ties Bally bingo games), print on panel and cabinet, woodrails, plywood playfield (silkscreen printing included), wooden playfield parts, wires, all stepper units (from Bally bingo components). Remaining playfield parts were assembled by Bally 60-ties parts. List of original parts used: score motor, 6 relays, reset bank, flipper buttons, tilt assembly, coin shute, credit button, plunger, lock bar, cigarette holder, 4 sling shot kickers, kickout hole unit, outhole kicker unit, wild ball kicker unit (partially), 20 playfield posts, 4 plastic shields, 6 rollover buttons, instruction and score cards. Reproduction parts imported from USA: back glass, bumper caps and flipper caps. Special thanks to Riccardo (webmaster of this site) who was kind to show me his great pinball collection in Milano. He allowed me to measure his Balls-a-Poppin game in detail. |
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| BE-BOP |
| Exhibit (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | 1950 Exhibit's. Cute game with 'bobble bumpers'! Almost every part of this game was repainted in horrible colors. (For some reason the games I find in Belgium are almost always repainted). After long hours of work the mechanic parts work. The graphics need total reconstruction. |
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| BIG BEN |
| Williams (USA) | Set up, needs some work | Never | 1954 Williams. Bought this game in Italy. The backglass is flaking badly. I will make a new silkscreen backglass this year. |
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| C.O.D. |
| Williams (USA) | Set up, needs some work | Never | 1953 Williams. I got fascinated by this early Williams game because of the asymmetric playfield. The game features 5 trap holes. Once caught by a trap hole, ball will remain stuck until end of game. But the trap holes award big points. This game offers many ways to earn free plays. It works almost perfect but the playfield needs restoration. I recently made a real silkscreen back glass myself (picture 3 and 4). This game makes me smile every time I play it. The automatic flipper on the right bottom is very funny. It's controlled by the pinball machine itself. C.O.D. is the only EM pinball ever made featuring a single automatic flipper. |
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| COLORS |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | Williams 1954. Looking for backglass. This beautiful game features two miniature midget fields. |
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| DAFFY DERBY |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | Williams 1954. An exceptional game, in many ways by far the most complex EM game ever built. |
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| DOUBLE ACTION |
| Genco (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | Genco 1951. This game features a vertical playfield in the backrack. Olive green glass marbles bounce vertically in the bagatelle during game play. |
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| FLYING SAUCERS |
| Genco (USA) | Set up, needs some work | Never | Genco's 1950. Pretty graphics and surprisingly nice to play. When all kickout holes are completed and the three planets are lit almost all targets score a replay. The body of this game was repainted in horrible colors. This needs restoration. |
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| GEORGIA |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | |
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| GUSHER |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | Kinda rough condition, but it will look great next to Sea Wolf. |
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| HI-SCORE |
| Gottlieb (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | 1967 Gottlieb. I was about 9 y/o when I first played Gottlieb's Hi-Score. I fell in love immediately. The colors look great. Fast ball play. |
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| HUMPTY DUMPTY |
| Gottlieb (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | 1947 Gottlieb. |
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| KICK-OFF |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | Soccer Kick-Off, 1958 Williams. Looking for a better backglass. Very nice playfield. |
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| LULU |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | 1954 is the golden year of the creativity of Harry Williams. Lulu features a captive ball and a lited clock in the backglass which works like a wheel of fortune, pointing at lit numbers to score a special! |
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| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL |
| United (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | 1948 United. Very nice game with a unique scoring system. The midget baseball playfield moves balls as if they were baseball players. Every ball that returns to home plate counts one game. Double, triple, home run! |
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| NIFTY |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | |
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| NINE SISTERS |
| Williams (USA) | Set up, needs some work | Never | Williams 1953. I purchased this game in US. It needs restoration, but it's complete and plays great. Just like C.O.D. and Big Ben this game features an asymmetrical playfield. It has a ramp too which is extremely unusual for an EM game. The game is in poor condition, but I love to restore pin games and wake them up. |
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| PARATROOPER |
| Williams (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | 1952 Williams. This wonderfull game features a 'ball lift' comparable to Thunderbird and Skyway. |
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| SEA WOLF |
| Williams (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | Williams 1959. I bought this game in Sweden. Seller found it in a barn. It had been stored there for decades. The owner of the barn used to have a bar where visitors could play this game. It has been vast asleep until now. After many hours of work the game plays fast and smooth. It was fascinating to clean the mechanical parts of the disappearing bumper, which is a very rare playfield part. |
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| SHOO SHOO |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | |
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| SKYWAY |
| Williams (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | Williams 1954. After a long, long search I found this great game. Skyway features an elevated wireform track which is highly unusual for a 50ties EM game. The game was in very bad shape when I bought it. Recently I finished silkscreen printing of the playfield and the game is set up and working now. Last step is to make silkscreen print of the backglass. |
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| SUPER HOCKEY |
| Chicago Coin (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | Chicago Coin 1949. I immediately fell in love with the hockey player at the backglass. This pinball machine was ahead of its time with a set of flippers and a set of slingshots which are both activated by the flipper buttons. On top of the slingshots a metal hockey stick is attached. |
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| SUPER SCORE |
| Williams (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | Williams 1956 |
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| THING |
| Chicago Coin (USA) | In storage, waiting for restoration | Never | Excellent backglass, medium playfield, cabinet ugly. Nice restoration project. |
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| THUNDERBIRD |
| Williams (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | Williams 1954. Found this game in Canada. This game has a remarkable rule set. Balls captured in left bottom pockets can be released by shooting playfield ball in the right top lane. This causes to advance balls in pockets one step downwards. A ball landing in the bottom gobble hole is returned to the shooter. On the bottom right there is a special scoring lane. It can be entered by first opening the gate. If a ball enters this lane a spectacular sequence starts. The ball scores a special and is shot back up to the right upper kickback lane and advances any ball(s) in the pockets on the left side. If a ball makes it to the bottom gobble hole it is returned to the player and this opens the special lane gate again. The ball in play is kicked back and passes the special gate to score a replay and being shot up again. The sequence continues until all balls in the left pockets are returned to the player, scoring extra balls and specials at the same time! |
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| WINGS |
| Exhibit (USA) | Set up, plays! | Never | Exhibit 1940, Flipperless game with fantastic graphics. |
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DISCLAIMER: This page shows the pinball machine Collection of PinballOwners member tenholtpianist from Haarlem, Netherlands. The coin operated pinball machines listed above, including their images, were uploaded into our database by tenholtpianist himself; tenholtpianist 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 tenholtpianist'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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Comments left by other members of our website
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| | | | From webmaster on 05-04-2024 17:42: |
 | Robert, gotta book a flight and come visit! |
| | From ballystern on 12-21-2022 05:06: |
 | très belle collection... continuez la recherche de modèles très rares ! jpc |
| | From pake67 on 07-19-2020 15:24: |
 | Love your Sea Wolf!!! |
| | From patblote on 01-09-2020 03:34: |
 | wow, amazing restoration skills...really like your collection of classic and unique games |
| | From joseallen on 07-27-2018 16:41: |
 | Great collection there. Your rebuild of Balls-a-Poppin is unbelievable! Congrats |
| | From surfchamp on 05-19-2018 18:12: |
 | Great collection! Love the Flaying Saucers game.
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| | From klokkie on 04-12-2018 14:06: |
 | Great collection. Seen them live and they are amazing. :-)
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| | From integ194 on 12-02-2017 22:48: |
 | A wonderful collection. Your craftsmanship is astounding-congratulations. |
| | From gorgar on 04-29-2016 10:38: |
 | Nice Little collection. Very interesting to see, that they already used the stepper Units back in the 1950's. Looks like they stayed the same until the end of EM in the mid-70ies. Would be beautiful to Play a few rounds on your Balls-a-poppin. Greetings from Germany: Gorgar |
| | From danimal1481 on 01-06-2016 21:41: |
 | Your reproduction looks great. I can't even guess how many hours you have into the project. I'm working on an almost complete machine and still get overwhelmed sometimes. Do you have and resources on where you reproduced the plastics and backglass? |
| | From znet on 11-23-2015 17:33: |
 | Incredible Balls-a-Poppin' creation. I am astounded that you undertook such an arduous project. We'll done! |
| | From webmaster on 07-14-2015 13:42: |
| Hey, your Balls-a-Poppin looks almost like the Real Thing. You have amazing building skills and it shows up!!! Congrats, can't wait to see what your next project will be :-) |
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