I looked for years for the schematic, without success. I found that Steve Fury had redrawn a United Singapore from scratch; that was the closest thing I found. But since you've released this video, I know that you got the machine fully working, with or without a schematic! I am thrilled to see you bring this to its former glory. For the record: it worked before I put it in the truck to drive it to Rock Hill; any wires that came apart vibrated free in the journey.
There’s an old pinball joke that goes “How do you fix an EM pinball machine?” …Answer: Drive it around the block. The same is true in reverse. How do you break an EM pinball? ….Same answer, just drive it around the block. Your machine proves the truth of this old saying.
Thanks for sharing, congrats on giving life to these wonderful machines. Interesting to see that before score wheels, scores were already in the millions.
So old school. Just fantastic. A real antique. I wish I was healthy. I would have a game room. People need to do things while they are young, don't wait.
The playfield looks better than most of the games you work on. Wonder if it wasn't used much, thus much less wear. Fun to think the people who built this beautiful thing could be 95 years old. MERRY CHRISTMAS Ron and Joe!
I had the pleasure to chat with Steve Kordek for awhile when we happen to just meet in the lobby at Pinball Expo a few years ago. Very nice approachable gentleman. We talked about everything but pinball. I figured what can anyone tell Steve Kordek about pinball after all?
What a beautiful, early flipper, pinball machine! Never seen an United before. I also kept seeing it on the background and was wondering... Much respect to the post war designers, artists and engineers. In 1947, Kilroy, from Chicago Coin, was the last best-seller (8800 units) of the flipperless era. In the same year, Humpty Dumpty, from Gottlieb was the first pin with 6 flippers on the sides of the playfield. Just as described in the video. That first flipper pin, had Harry Mabs in the game design and Roy Parker's art. Enter Steve Kordek, at Genco, who introduced direct current flippers, producing more force. Author of other innovations, Kordek would work for Bally and Williams, living a long life of 100 years. Any time you put your hands on such games, and repair it, it becomes an homage to their creators. Those fine gents and creative minds of the post war, deserve all our respect. What a great arcade RUclips channel! Cheers 🇵🇹
That game is a fair bit older than me but in better shape. I hope I still look that good when I'm 75! 😂 Really looking forward to seeing how it plays and scores as well as the schematics 😎 That post-war competition was fierce! In just a short time they really moved the tech and game play from the older simple games! 🤓 🤔 The world could really use more competitiveness and creativity aimed at making things more fun! 😃
Yeah, the idea that a guy could open a company and start making something physical, then go try to sell it in the market is what the country was built on, it'd be cool to see a little bit of that back.
Wow... just wow. One does NOT see many of these in the wild. And for it's age, it looks to be in excellent condition. What a treat to see. Thank you for sharing!!!
Super cool Ron !!!! How awesome is it to see one of these in such amazing shape . Love hearing about the history of pinball . So Haggis is actually reproducing those games . Fathom was there first , a cool 10,000 dollars. Now they are starting to make Centaur over again . So it’s not a kit but an entirely new production. They are picking some awesome titles to reproduce! But man 10G’s is hard to swallow ! Can’t wait to see you go through that beautiful machine ! Merry Christmas to my two favorite Arcade guys!
10g's is steep but i can see it for a new game. They just cost a fortune to make, it's hard for Stern to sell them at 7 or whatever even with a full production line.... sucks but if you think about it, there was never really a time where it was affordable to have a new pinball machine in your house.... it's always been a rich man's game unfortunately.
Love the channel. Great work. Keep it up. Tie down on a dock is called a pylon. You are also having a little sound problem with your mic. Sometimes it distorts a little and in this video, the left channel is louder than the right. You can easily hear both issues with headphones.
I think the left channel being louder than the right is because I'm stand left of the microphone, it's stereo and i'm holding it in my hand. Thanks for watching Donnie!
Absolutely, you're the best source of information I've found online for my Serenade. I do have the printed schematic about 4' long and I just scratch my head. You rock!
I love these older machines , i have a 1959 gottlieb racetime wood rail , it is playable but there are a couple things that show signs of hackery , she's comming around nicely though
Very nice !! :) That discoloration would be from being in a shop window with the head facing the glass,hence the sun fade,thast what a friend told me years ago,and so badly faded ones are often played outside or in an open enviroment exposed to weather and sunlight etc, thanks guys,this game is very very cool x
How exciting it was for me when you showed my cd on this video. Many songwriters will tell you that once recorded, your songs live on. Some of them are almost like your children, you get attached to them, and sometimes this increases over time. I tried hard on these songs and to me they hold up pretty well over time. Hoping you get into a few of them Ronnie. Happy Xmas to all the Lyons boys and their families. 2024 has a good ring to it, so here’s hoping for the best.
I believe flippers were added to turn the machines into games of skill rather than chance. This made them legal in more places. That is why all the manufacturers added flippers around the same time.
The 6 flipper pinball machine that first had flippers was called Humpty Dumpty. It was the first flipper bats to be controlled by electricity and or coils. And yeah I am with you on pinball machines I just want to get a machine back up and running and I just enjoy playing the game.
Hey Ronnie... Can we get a link to Mark J's RUclips? Does he have one? Also... there's something about using an LED flashlight to look into a 1948 EM pin and video it for youtube... Is it...blasphemy? 😅 Besides, I thought you hated LEDs in them? 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for showing this machine... I love it too
Wow, love seeing this esoteric early flipper machine! A quarter seems extremely expensive for a 1940s machine. Do you think it might have been modified from taking a dime?
Hi there, in Dutch it is called “ meerpaal” and google translate came up with the name “bollard” . Is that the word you were looking for ? Greets from the Netherlands.
Unfortunately nobody has that one, these earlier machines the schematics were only at the factory, most of the Chicago Coin stuff from that era nobody has.
Yeah - I wouldn't trust that dodgy switch to turn off the power. It only isolates one of the two wires - maybe it's live, maybe it's neutral. Even so, best to use a proper power cutout.
comments about paint..."that is original..cool" (foreshadowing warning) future episode will touch up the paint in the style of someone with parkinsons and bad eyesight
I am so excited to see you finally bringing that beauty back to life again! 😀
Love the wood rails. Glad some people still make them go!!
Joe told me "it's broke". Glad to see it getting some love. 😊
I looked for years for the schematic, without success. I found that Steve Fury had redrawn a United Singapore from scratch; that was the closest thing I found. But since you've released this video, I know that you got the machine fully working, with or without a schematic! I am thrilled to see you bring this to its former glory. For the record: it worked before I put it in the truck to drive it to Rock Hill; any wires that came apart vibrated free in the journey.
Thank you again for bringing it to us, and I'm glad we were able to get to work on it! Merry Christmas!
There’s an old pinball joke that goes “How do you fix an EM pinball machine?” …Answer: Drive it around the block.
The same is true in reverse. How do you break an EM pinball? ….Same answer, just drive it around the block. Your machine proves the truth of this old saying.
It’s like a foosball table too, just drops all the balls for the game at one time
Old school multiball.
Thanks for sharing, congrats on giving life to these wonderful machines.
Interesting to see that before score wheels, scores were already in the millions.
Very cool - can’t wait to see you work through this one!
Piling, and the right flipper is jacked up🐬
So old school. Just fantastic. A real antique.
I wish I was healthy. I would have a game room.
People need to do things while they are young, don't wait.
WOW! Woodrail era pinball. Those machines are delicate and must be handled with care.
The playfield looks better than most of the games you work on. Wonder if it wasn't used much, thus much less wear. Fun to think the people who built this beautiful thing could be 95 years old. MERRY CHRISTMAS Ron and Joe!
In general the ones from the 60's and back hold up a little better, probably because the ball doesn't roll very fast, lol
Wow. Its in better shape than most of the newer ones you work on😂 I love it❤
What a lovely looking machine, a proper piece of history. Can't wait to see it in all its glory.
I had the pleasure to chat with Steve Kordek for awhile when we happen to just meet in the lobby at Pinball Expo a few years ago. Very nice approachable gentleman. We talked about everything but pinball. I figured what can anyone tell Steve Kordek about pinball after all?
You'd be like Chris Farley interviewing Paul McCartney
I really enjoy your enthusiasm, story telling, and history lessons. Keep it up!!!
Cool story. Thanks for the info.
What an amazing piece of history. And it doesn't have any of those score reels that you hate working on!
I dig it. Nice machine. I have never played a pinball machine that old.
What a beautiful, early flipper, pinball machine! Never seen an United before. I also kept seeing it on the background and was wondering...
Much respect to the post war designers, artists and engineers.
In 1947, Kilroy, from Chicago Coin, was the last best-seller (8800 units) of the flipperless era. In the same year, Humpty Dumpty, from Gottlieb was the first pin with 6 flippers on the sides of the playfield. Just as described in the video.
That first flipper pin, had Harry Mabs in the game design and Roy Parker's art.
Enter Steve Kordek, at Genco, who introduced direct current flippers, producing more force. Author of other innovations, Kordek would work for Bally and Williams, living a long life of 100 years.
Any time you put your hands on such games, and repair it, it becomes an homage to their creators. Those fine gents and creative minds of the post war, deserve all our respect.
What a great arcade RUclips channel!
Cheers 🇵🇹
Thank you TigerBoy! Yes these things are real pieces of history, so cool to see them up close!
This is one of the ones I’ve been waiting for…! Regards
Glad you're here for it!
That game is a fair bit older than me but in better shape. I hope I still look that good when I'm 75! 😂 Really looking forward to seeing how it plays and scores as well as the schematics 😎
That post-war competition was fierce! In just a short time they really moved the tech and game play from the older simple games! 🤓
🤔 The world could really use more competitiveness and creativity aimed at making things more fun! 😃
Yeah, the idea that a guy could open a company and start making something physical, then go try to sell it in the market is what the country was built on, it'd be cool to see a little bit of that back.
Wow... just wow. One does NOT see many of these in the wild.
And for it's age, it looks to be in excellent condition. What a treat to see. Thank you for sharing!!!
Gorgeous machine Ron!!
Oww man, this is awesome! Keep them EM’s coming! These are my favorite. All that engineering that went into those…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'm also interested in the vintage/mechanical engineering aspect that's why I enjoy your videos. 👍
What a cool machine in amazing shape. Can't wait to see you get this one going.
Super cool Ron !!!! How awesome is it to see one of these in such amazing shape . Love hearing about the history of pinball . So Haggis is actually reproducing those games . Fathom was there first , a cool 10,000 dollars. Now they are starting to make Centaur over again . So it’s not a kit but an entirely new production. They are picking some awesome titles to reproduce! But man 10G’s is hard to swallow ! Can’t wait to see you go through that beautiful machine ! Merry Christmas to my two favorite Arcade guys!
10g's is steep but i can see it for a new game. They just cost a fortune to make, it's hard for Stern to sell them at 7 or whatever even with a full production line.... sucks but if you think about it, there was never really a time where it was affordable to have a new pinball machine in your house.... it's always been a rich man's game unfortunately.
Love the channel. Great work. Keep it up. Tie down on a dock is called a pylon. You are also having a little sound problem with your mic. Sometimes it distorts a little and in this video, the left channel is louder than the right. You can easily hear both issues with headphones.
I think the left channel being louder than the right is because I'm stand left of the microphone, it's stereo and i'm holding it in my hand. Thanks for watching Donnie!
Left is ALWAYS louder than the right..because they are all talk and no action 😆
This is fantastic. I'm struggling with a United Serenade. I'm learning alot from this series. Totally watching out of order.
That United stuff is so cool e-mail me if you run into problems
Absolutely, you're the best source of information I've found online for my Serenade. I do have the printed schematic about 4' long and I just scratch my head. You rock!
I love these older machines , i have a 1959 gottlieb racetime wood rail , it is playable but there are a couple things that show signs of hackery , she's comming around nicely though
I love it!
Hurray! Looking forward to this series.
Very nice !! :) That discoloration would be from being in a shop window with the head facing the glass,hence the sun fade,thast what a friend told me years ago,and so badly faded ones are often played outside or in an open enviroment exposed to weather and sunlight etc, thanks guys,this game is very very cool x
How exciting it was for me when you showed my cd on this video. Many songwriters will tell you that once recorded, your songs live on. Some of them are almost like your children, you get attached to them, and sometimes this increases over time. I tried hard on these songs and to me they hold up pretty well over time. Hoping you get into a few of them Ronnie.
Happy Xmas to all the Lyons boys and their families. 2024 has a good ring to it, so here’s hoping for the best.
Merry Christmas Mark we'll let you know more about which songs we like in the near future, gotta give it several listens first :)
I believe flippers were added to turn the machines into games of skill rather than chance. This made them legal in more places. That is why all the manufacturers added flippers around the same time.
The 6 flipper pinball machine that first had flippers was called Humpty Dumpty.
It was the first flipper bats to be controlled by electricity and or coils.
And yeah I am with you on pinball machines I just want to get a machine back up and running and I just enjoy playing the game.
I believe the first pinball machine with flippers is Gottlieb's Humpty Dumpty from 1947 and yes the flippers were backwards with 6 on the playfield
Hey Ronnie...
Can we get a link to Mark J's RUclips? Does he have one?
Also... there's something about using an LED flashlight to look into a 1948 EM pin and video it for youtube... Is it...blasphemy? 😅
Besides, I thought you hated LEDs in them? 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for showing this machine... I love it too
Mark watches all our videos and replies on all of them, I don't think he makes many videos though himself. He's too busy saving pinball machines :)
It is a cool machine.
I know have met Bill Kurtz one of the Authors of that book
Wow, love seeing this esoteric early flipper machine! A quarter seems extremely expensive for a 1940s machine. Do you think it might have been modified from taking a dime?
Hey Ron!!
Hey Jason!
The first pinball game with flippers was Gottlieb's Humpty Dumpty (1947). The first with inward-facing flippers was Gottlieb's Just 21 (1950).
Yes you do 🎉
We were all in liquid form in 1948 .....lol
Just keep walkin people.
23:12 dock post, pier post.
Hi there, in Dutch it is called “ meerpaal” and google translate came up with the name “bollard” . Is that the word you were looking for ? Greets from the Netherlands.
Mooring: a place where a boat or ship is moored.
"the boat had been at its usual moorings immediately prior to the storm"
I have a 1949 Chicago Coins Super Hockey. Can't find a schematic for it. Ever seen one or how to find one?
Unfortunately nobody has that one, these earlier machines the schematics were only at the factory, most of the Chicago Coin stuff from that era nobody has.
Joe's the man, Donnie's the muscle, Ronnie's the brain
howdy u-all. hope everything is well
Hello, Everything's going good
A dock mooring perhaps?
Yeah - I wouldn't trust that dodgy switch to turn off the power. It only isolates one of the two wires - maybe it's live, maybe it's neutral. Even so, best to use a proper power cutout.
Bonacal clamb
IT'S BROKE.❤
Oh look! It's broke!
Maybe it’s undignified, but other RUclipsrs seem to like GoPros.
The owner old you, It's broke lol
Haggis = offense to Fathom. Not to be critical.
I have no idea what you're talking about
its a "piling" that is flaking on the art
Yodelayheehoo
not COOL JUst joking
comments about paint..."that is original..cool" (foreshadowing warning) future episode will touch up the paint in the style of someone with parkinsons and bad eyesight
Drew you're not as funny as you think you are. Go do the right thing
Not to mention...
...you *really* need to get outta your parent's basement...wotta lame troll...gky... XD