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I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video and I'm happy to share what I've learned about pinball! I will think about doing a new video on what is my best condition game in my collection at the present time. Thanks for stopping by and leaving these great comments. Go here to these links on my channel to view some of the cleanest and low played games I have and had in my collection and you tell me which one you think is the best condition one etc... GOLDEN ARROW: ua-cam.com/video/R3ZYVyhyN90/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ERmp5TPajTk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/R3ZYVyhyN90/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ERmp5TPajTk/v-deo.html JACKS OPEN: ua-cam.com/video/Qrd6qeIf4HM/v-deo.html

Gottlieb didn't design many wedge heads with the kickers/slingshots on the lower and upper sections of the playfield. 2001 is another with the lower/upper kickers on the playfield and is a great player being it was the first EM game with the drop targets and 20 of them! Thanks for commenting it is appreciated. Stop back in anytime.

@viccamppinball I like the stories you share

Glad to hear. Thanks for watching and stopping by.

Hi Tim, What a great story! Comments like this about beating the game for free replays verify what i have been saying for years that Target Pool is a fun and player friendly wedge head and the novice player would enjoy the game. I had a really nice all original Gottlieb Corral in my collection and loved that game too. Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment and story, which I am always so interested in hearing. Looking to your next visit here on our EM Pinball Channel.

I have plenty of stories for these games, thanks for the request! I will try to make a video of my Show Boat and Sweet Hearts soon. Thanks so much for the nice comments/suggestions. Drop by anytime again. It would be good to hear from you.

@@viccamppinball I agree with calla, I really enjoyed this video and would love to hear stories and see game play for North Star and Sing Along if you have one

Great feedback! I appreciate you watching. Drop back in again soon, it would be nice to hear from you.

Hi Steve, These New Jersey winters are too cold for me. South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) is a very special place to be, especially since I retired 5 years ago. Always good to hear from you. Stop back in soon.....

Hi Eric, It's interesting to hear about your comments about Add a Balls compared to Replay machines. I played my buddy Wayne's Mini Pool in his collection and other Mini Pools else where and think they're both fun and player friendly games. What I do not like and never do, is play a 3 ball game on an EM. I'm with you on keeping the EM games set for 5 ball only. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Looking forward to your next visit here on our EM pinball machine channel.

I'm glad you liked it. I appreciate the feedback and suggestions. Keep an eye out for more play and talk stories about these wonderful and fun EM machines. Stop by anytime again.

Hey Louis, Sounds like your having a nice time in sunny warm Florida. It won't be long before I'm enjoying the weather there too! It's always great to here from you. I'll call you from the beach when we get down there....Thanks for dropping by.

My pleasure. Glad to hear from you in the comment section of my channel. Thanks for dropping by. Thanks for being interested.

Thanks Mike. You're never too old to start! Keep at it and I'm sure you'll find a lot of enjoyment in the pinball hobby. I appreciate you stopping by.

The back box artwork is made of a durable cardboard substance and this material will last a very long time if it isn't damage somehow. These mid-1960's Classic Animated games are so cool to have in a wedge head collection. They are great players and so much fun to play. Here in my collection I have Buckaroo, Cross Town, King of Diamonds , Bank a Ball and Mibs. Thanks for stopping by and asking a question and commenting. I appreciate it. Looking forward to hearing from you again.

@@viccamppinball Wow you know so much about this subject Vic! Thank you for the great explanation and have yourself a splendid day fine sir!

My Pleasure always. Thanks for dropping in and commenting. I enjoy hearing what other people are thinking.

Every game in my collection always gets the "royal treatment" and the "icing on the cake" for me after the restoration is completed is installing NOS (new old stock) #455 GE brand bulbs in the title of the game and other sections of the back glass like the star on a1964 Gottlieb North Star, the diamond necklace on the guy on my 1967 Gottlieb King of Diamonds and other places too on other games in my collection. I just love my EM's games having this kind of attraction mode and for sure the sweet sounds of the twinkle the bulbs sound out is amazingly heavenly. Sometimes I just light up the games and not play them, so I can listen to the #455 GE original (NOS) bulbs doing their thing! My games have been plugged in for 25 years and only unplug them if I am going to move them in the line up. I just turn on the switch and boom they light up when I want them to. Thanks for the questions and comments. Drop by anytime again.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I appreciate your support and makes me want to continue to do more EM pinball machines videos.

I have many of my games with (2) rubbers rings on each flipper, but not all of my games because each game has it's own unique design build from the factory that might not need the double rubbers on their flippers. What I do is, I install the (2) rubber rings on the flippers(after I tested with (1) rubber ring) on a game and then test play a game a many times and try to get a feel (in my head/mind with a lot of concentration and observation) on how much better of a hit/power I get with ball making contact with the rubber rings on the flippers. Testing and really concentrating/observing can[t hurt to see if your get the best playability out of your game after all the hard work that went into the machine during its repair/restoration. It's might be hard to detect, but playing many test games you might somehow say to yourself, this game gets a better hit with the (2) rubbers on each the flipper. I know, it sounds a little too much or an over kill, but it sure is always rewarding to fine tune your games to point that not a lot of restoration specialist or collectors will not take the time to do. Thanks for stopping in and commenting and asking questions. Hopefully people are reading the comments here on our EM channel and learning something. Drop by again anytime!

This suggestion about playing a game during (story telling) is a good idea for me to try during another video that I already haven't made a video of me playing a game. Here below is a video of me playing my Bank a Ball in another video a made a little while ago, if you want to see the game in action. ua-cam.com/video/BIqAjgp1c0c/v-deo.html Thanks for commenting and sharing your thoughts here on our EM channel. Keep an aye out for a new video of me telling a story about a game while I play the machine. Drop by anytime again....

Thanks Danny. I appreciate your kind words. Did you ever get your Gottlieb Target Alpha working 100%? Drop by again soon.

@@viccamppinball Yes, it's been working good since this summer. I play it almost every day, thanks for asking.

Very welcome. Stop back in again. Thanks for watching.

I have plenty more. Be on the look out for them. Thanks for the nice comments. Drop back in soon again.

Thanks for commenting. Glad you enjoyed the video. Looking forward to hearing from you again.

Glad you liked the video, I hope you have a fun day off! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Talk to you soon.

It's always my pleasure. I'm sure have some good memories about all the joy the Sing Along brought to your family and friends. Thanks so much for dropping by and sharing your comments. Hope to here from you again.

I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Thanks for watching. Looking forward to hearing from you again. Best to you in 2025!

Here's what I would do....Hopefully you are a member on PINSIDE.COM If not, join pinside its free to become a member. Once your a member you can go to the EM pinball forum section and view lots of collectors that posted their Gottlieb wedge head EM restorations in detail along with videos. Also on pinside is an EM TECH section where top of the lin. e EM trouble-shooting and reair experts are there wait to help any pinsider with getting their game up and running 100% again. Really its endless how knowledge and learning you can do on this site. Yes...my BaB is a low played well taken care of machine. Its always good to start off with a better original condition game. I still spent 80 plus hours making it play and look as new as I could get it through my techniques I learned along the way You can also become a member here below for additional help. Gottlieb EM(Electromechanical) pinball repair group It is great to meet you and hear from you about your story about Gottlieb's 1965 single player MID-1960's classic animated EM wedge head. Hope to hear back from you again.

@@viccamppinball Thank you for the advice. I am a member of Pinside, and will read up as you suggested.

That's a great story! Thank you so much for sharing your comments here with all our viewers. This is exactly what the EM pinball machine groups and collectors need to keep the EM games alive and well into the future. This is another fantastic EM pinball machine website below. Go there and study hard to gain knowledge you will need to get your Bank a Ball into the shape you want it to be. www.pinrepair.com/em/ Talk to you soon....

It's a pleasure sharing knowledge to help keep the EM hobby alive well into the future. We need to hear from more people like yourself that feel the way you do. Thanks for stopping by and sharing such an important comment. Hope to hear from you again.

Oh the sweet heavenly sound of tinkering # 455 GE bulbs. There's nothing like it! Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Hope to hear from you again.

Paperwork is history!

Glad your interested in hearing them. I appreciate you letting me know. Thanks for dropping by.

Thank you for supporting our channel by dropping by and commenting. I appreciate it!

So True. Thanks for stopping by and commenting about the EM pinball machines.

I appreciate you stopping by and commenting. It's important we continue to grow this EM channel to keep the EM pinball machines alive and well into the future. Drop by anytime.

I will keep an eye out for you and let you know if one comes up for sale or if any of our circle of collectors here on the Northeast has one they might want to let go. Skill Pool is for sure a fun and challenging player that keeps you wanting to play another game. It is also very player friendly for a 1963 EM two inch flipper game. It is always good to hear from you. Have a Happy Healthy New Year. Talk to you soon....

@viccamppinball Thank you Vic, enjoy the new year please! See you soon big guy

Funny comment. It made me laugh. Thanks for stopping by.

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment. Stop by again.

This is an exciting story. Keep us posted. Thanks for sharing.

Haven't thought about pinball in years now but you happened to cross my mind so I thought I would "stop in" and say hello. Glad you are doing so well

Hi Steve, It's good to hear from you. I was wondering what you were up to these days. I too remember when you were at my pinball party about 10 plus years ago when you got bit by the pinball bug and went all out in this great hobby to the extent of opening a really nice ARCADE in P.A. Glad to hear your Gottlieb Fun Park wedge head is sitting in your living room. What ever happened to the Bally Dixieland 6 card Bingo Pinball Machine you bought at the York Show? Do you still have it? If not, who has that Dixieland at the present time? Thanks for dropping by and leaving such a nice comment and reminding me of the great times we had at all our New Jersey pinball party's and gathering in the past. Stop back in soon. After hearing from you I now got to give your good friend and mine "Joe Caddy" a call.

I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Have a Healthy and Happy New Year!

​@@viccamppinballThanks for the kind words. I will have to stop by again sometime if you have a party. I know the Dixieland bingo is no longer with me but through all the crazy process of off loading a lot of stuff, I can't remember where it went and I don't have any specific records on who it went to. I think it was just a cash in hand transaction several years ago. Sorry. I know you really liked it and if I still had it I would just give it to you for free as I only paid $75.

Wow! That sounds awesome. Is there a link to the picture of the Jetsons back glass? If not, i will go to Past Time arcade and search around. Thanks for stopping by and letting us know about this artwork. I had a real nice Jet Spin at one time in my collection and is close by now in a friends collection. Are any of these back glasses available for sale?

It's interesting to me to be able to view other peoples collections all over the world that you may never be able to see or play and read about their time in the hobby. Glad you liked the site and thanks for checking it out! Drop by again and leave a comment of any sort anytime.

The 3 machines behind me are great players. I enjoy playing the heck out of them too, since i never played them on route growing up. Like I said in one of my videos, by 1973 I was only playing bingo pinball machines on route. Glad for sure they are in my collection today! Stop by again it would be good to hear from you.

At the start of the game the player card score is zero. The object of the game is to get Black Jack or 21, just like the real game of Black Jack is played in a casino. The player card score can and will go over 21 during game play since it is hard for the player to control and get the ball to do what he wants during his time playing the game...with that being said, the player card score does go over 21 just like a player in a casino will go over 21 when he asks the dealer to give them a hit to try to make 21 during his time at the Black Jack table. Note: When the player goes over 21 during the game.

@ I understand this but the player card score would never reset between balls and we would get it up in the 90’s im pretty sure the machine is just broken

The player card score reels only reset back to (00) when the player goes over 99 on the card score reels. The other time the player card score will reset is when the player card score goes over 21 and the ball gate opens on the right side out and the ball then gets returned to the shooter lane, which the player gets to shoot the ball over again. If your game isn't working like this...then you may have an issue. Note: There is a switch at the very top of the arch that when the ball rolls over this switch it resets the player card score reels back to zero zero.

Mike, you made my day by dropping in and commenting on this particular video with such a nice comment. Wayne has a great Gottlieb EM Add a Ball collection and the games play like factory new too. I think he is opening up his collection to see and playin Jan or Feb. I can't wait to attend his pinball gathering. Mike are you a replay guy or Add a Ball guy? If you like Gottlieb Add a Balls than you must view my Buddy Pete's collection on my channel below in the link. ua-cam.com/video/iuQAY1tYxyQ/v-deo.html Thanks for stopping by, it always good to hear from you.

Brian, I am all smiles here in New Jersey reading the information about your outstanding EM collection. The selection of EM games in your collection are all machines I played growing up, , museums, shows and other peoples collection and are great players. I also had a Gottlieb Fun Land. 4 roses too. Its really cool to talk to you through commenting here on my channel. If, it wasn't for my EM channel I would have ever known about you. Thanks so much for connecting with me here. Drop by anytime. It would be good to hear what you have to say.

Glad you liked the video and the stories about my pinball era John. Looking forward to chatting more with you soon as well. Thanks for dropping by.

It's great to hear that the videos are inspiring your love for pinball! I look forward to hearing more.

Hi Steve, I also have a Gottlieb 1969 Target Pool in my collection at the present time and love the game play on that wedge head. I had 3 other Target Pools through the years, but the one i have now is in amazing original condition. Target Pool was my go to game on the boardwalk in Seaside Hts NJ because i would always some how beat the machines for some replays, since it was such a player friendly game. If you any help with getting a Bingo Pinball Machines, I'm your guy. There really is a lot of information on these wonderful machines. Go here to get some quick knowledge about the Bally Bingo Pinball Machines on my you tube channel, I have quite a few Bingo videos. ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=vic+camp+pinball+bingo+pinball Steve is a pleasure meeting you and thanks for commenting. Drop by again soon and let us know what your thoughts are on the Bingos.

Tim this is exactly the kind of comments I was hoping to hear. There are not that many people that ever played a bingo and there's even less that ever end up collecting Bingos, so I'm glad you drop my channel and shared this very cool story. I am really enjoying hearing comments from everyone that's been participating in my PINBALL TALK videos as of lately. Thanks for dropping by!

I can't believe that Show Boat is one of your favorite Gottlieb wedge heads. My grandmothers house growing up had a Show Boat back in 1963 and played the hell out of that game. It is one of my favorite wedge heads too. It sounds like you would fit in perfect with our circle of collectors here on the north east coast. Glad to hear you liked the videos. Thanks for stopping in and commenting. Hope to hear from you again. What are the other 7 EM's you have?

Hi Vic. A great series of new videos. I also like the ones you made several years ago. I am impressed on your meticulous restoration process. Perhaps you can focus a video or two on your procedure for a restoration. I have 4 Gottlieb machines that I picked up in the 90's and I am now restoring them. I have a Kings & Queens, Ice Review, Rack A Ball, and Card Whiz. Thanks again for great videos.

Hi Ward,, I guess I can pick out any machine from my line up (since all were basically restored the same way) and explain what I have done to the machine and how many hours etc. Have you seen my Super Score restoration videos on my channel? If not, maybe take a look at all of them and see if they might be helpful in any way. Just enter in the you tube search box (vic camp pinball Super Score and all the videos should appear) You have 4 great Gottlieb EM's in your collection and once they are restored for sure the enjoyment will begin for you. I've had an Ice Revue and Card Whiz and know how good of a player are both of them are. I also played Rack a Ball and Kings and Queens many times at other peoples collections and know these 2 wedge heads are fantastic to own too. It good to hear you are restoring these Gottlieb EM's and that once they are restored completely they will be around for many years to come. Thanks for dropping by and commenting on this channel. feel free to stop back in anytime. Looking forward to hearing from you!

@@viccamppinball thank you Vic. I found these 4 games individually back in the 90's with an ad I ran in a local publication in the days before much internet use. They are all in original condition and are complete. They seem to need clean up and tune up. Life took over at that time with kids, sports and work so I didn't have the time. I have it now and the fun begins. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Great to hear this story about holding on for game for years and getting chance to restore them later in life. I sure your story will inspire youngers guys that get into the EM hobby, knowing that later on on life you can start to build a collection. Thanks for dropping by and sharing your information. Come back soon again !