...my dream finally came true.




Not museum quality but in excellent playing condition. I know its only a Stones' pinball, but I like it!! YES I DO!!



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Nice!

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

SWEET!
Happy playing and Happy New Year

Congrats!

Aw, totally happy for you man. Made me :-)

Totally cool punkfloyd! This is a dream of mine too!

Feel free to tell more about it, little things that are cool... and/or tips on how to make it KNOCK!
What child/teenager of the 50s-70s doesn't love that pinball KNOCK! sound?

Great! Congratulations

Nice one.

Wow. One happy dude.

I'm chuffed for you dude

cool, congrats.

love it! but dude, get it out of your garage and in your living room!

Congratulations! It looks great.

Wow! Great, I'm very happy for you!

Welcome to the club....

OK, some more details. I "came of age" in the late 70s and early 80s and rather than Pac-Man, Asteriods or Donkey Kong, I always went straight to the pinballs in the arcade. So when a local collector shop recently posted a picture of their pinballs on their Facebook page...I saw The Rolling Stones pinball! I sent them a message to see if it was even a financial possibility. Long story short, we worked out a trade where I swapped a Bally 'Mystic' pinball plus a bit of cash for my dream machine. Pinball people are the nicest on the planet. He delivered, set it up and even gave some flexibility on cash portion. (I paid in full).

It has plenty of cosmetic issues to the stenciled artwork, but the playfield is very good and electromechanical bits work perfectly. I had a pinball technician come and service it and he just needed to adjust one flipper and replace some bulbs.

I must admit I expected to hear more Stones riffs and sound effects. As it is, I think it only plays Miss You and Satisfaction. Playing it, while listening to The Stones, is just sublime. Mostly because I never imagined the day would come!

Thanks for all the nice comments! Rolling Stones people are even better than pinball people!!

Love it!

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Welcome to the club....

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Insanely cool!
Congrats from another one who always went and always will go straight to the pinball machine.

Very nice I was in a bar in the summer and played a different Rolling Stones machine it was awesome would love to have that in the basement! Enjoy

Fantastic , Have a great New Year .

That's so cool! How much do they go for?

And, isn't it about time they release that video on DVD???

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That's so cool! How much do they go for?

And, isn't it about time they release that video on DVD???

God i hope not.......

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Lynd8
That's so cool! How much do they go for?

And, isn't it about time they release that video on DVD???

God i hope not.......

LOL! It was the best a Stones fan could get in 1984 so it still has a place in my heart. Neat to see Mick and Bill interact particularly as he would leave just 7 years later.

Congratulations - I've always wanted one. I have a very hazy memory as a 12/13 year old on a coach trip to France in the early 80s seeing one in a bar that we drove past but that's the closes I've ever been to one.

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Lynd8
That's so cool! How much do they go for?

And, isn't it about time they release that video on DVD???

God i hope not.......

LOL! It was the best a Stones fan could get in 1984 so it still has a place in my heart. Neat to see Mick and Bill interact particularly as he would leave just 7 years later.

You have a big heart!

Congratulations brother!

That is AMAZING!

"Well my heavy throbbers itchin' just to lay a solid rhythm down"

Great! It's never too late to fulfill your childhood dreams!

Beautiful Man! I have looked for one myself - but the condition was always so bad. I have fond memories of playing the machine at a Omaha blues club in the 80’s. Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

... Tilt

Rod

I also own one....apart for space reasons but will be up one day.

Curious how many IORR fans have a RS pinball, I purchased the Bally 1980 pinball in July 2016 from a Recording Studio in Nashville (near mint) and shipped it to Sydney Australia, purchase price was $4,000 USD, another $300 for freight within US to my agent and $550 US to freight it to Australia. Will put some photos up shortly.

There were 5,700 of the 1980 machines produced.