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Led Zeppelin 1 of 1 whitewood ;) Pinball Pick up Adventure!

Pinball Shenanigans·video·50m 58s·analyzed·Feb 2, 2026
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TL;DR

Mike acquires heavily modded Galaxy with DIY Led Zeppelin backglass; sells cabinet to Mitch for Quicksilver scratch-build.

Summary

Mike Dus acquires a heavily modified Galaxy pinball machine with a homemade Led Zeppelin stained-glass backglass from the 1990s. After consulting with Kevin at Grazley Garage, he determines a full restoration would cost $3,500-$4,000 but may not be commercially viable. The cabinet is sold to Mitch for use as a Quicksilver scratch-build project, while the striking backglass is retained by Mike for display. The video includes detailed documentation of original brewery customization plans and associated parts/ephemera.

Key Claims

  • A Stern-manufactured Meteor and eight Galaxy machines were made all-white for the Lake Placid Winter Olympics (~1980) to demonstrate pinball machines work in cold conditions

    medium confidence · Mike references seeing a Facebook post about rare Olympic-era machines and a video of Gary Stern discussing the project

  • Full restoration of the Galaxy to original would cost approximately $3,500-$4,000 in parts and materials

    high confidence · Mike and Kevin estimate parts: stencil kit, playfield, plastics, back glass, paint, bondo, LEDs, boards, displays

  • Greg Walker's company (took over John Great Witch's playfield business) has freshly cut 20 Stargazer playfields in production

    high confidence · Mike contacted Greg Walker during decision-making about machine fate

  • Reese of Flipping Out Pinball Podcast formerly made patented Reese rails for scratch builds but is no longer producing them

    high confidence · Mike discusses with Mitch regarding availability of metal rails for Quicksilver scratch build

  • The brewery (Brick Brewery in Waterloo, Ontario) that originally customized the Galaxy won the machine, likely through work

    high confidence · Direct conversation with Paul (original owner) during machine pickup

Notable Quotes

  • “I was somewhat horrified and fascinated at what I was looking at.”

    Mike Dus @ ~0:45 — Initial reaction to the heavily modified Galaxy; sets tone for discovery-based narrative

  • “It would be a pretty epic restore.”

    Kevin (Grazley Garage) @ ~5:30 — Kevin's assessment that restoration is technically possible despite damage, validating viability

  • “It's one of those projects that could take a long time. And Kevin doesn't can't afford to be spending, you know, several months on one machine.”

    Mike Dus @ ~18:00 — Explains economic reality of restoration business—time investment must justify retail value

  • “The perfect name for this project. Lep Zeppelin.”

    Mike Dus @ ~24:15 — References channel terminology 'LEP' (Low-End Pins) vs 'HEP' (High-End Pins) in humorous mashup with Led Zeppelin theme

  • “You are charged with the following offense... making or causing or permitting noise to be made likely to disturb the inhabitants.”

    Unknown (cited from coin box document dated Sept 16, 1992) @ ~38:45 — Historical artifact showing noise complaint from brewery during active use, adds character to machine's provenance

  • “He figured that if they had paid for it, they probably wouldn't have destroyed it. But since they got it for free, they uh had their fun with it.”

    Mike Dus (paraphrasing Paul) @ ~41:15 — Explains motivation for destructive customization—free acquisition enabled experimental modification

Entities

Mike DuspersonKevinpersonPaulpersonBrick BrewerycompanyMitchpersonGreg WalkerpersonReesepersonGalaxy (modified)gameGrazley GaragecompanyPinball Shenanigansorganization

Signals

  • ?

    event_signal: Homebrew pinball scratch-build community actively sourcing donor machines and parts; Mitch acquiring Galaxy cabinet for Quicksilver project represents active ecosystem of builders

    high · Mitch has accumulated parts for Quicksilver over time; pursuing various cabinet/parts combinations; Greg Walker producing playfield batches

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: DIY/homebrew pinball culture values historical preservation and creative reuse; machine with failed professional restoration becomes valued for parts/donor status rather than discarded

    high · Mike initially thought machine was 'parts machine'; Kevin reframes as 'epic restore'; community finds alternative value (Mitch project) rather than scrapping

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Mike and Kevin discuss restoration decisions as collaborative problem-solving, balancing technical feasibility against time investment and market viability for professional restorer

    high · Kevin's time constraints require selectivity about projects; $6,000+ restoration value needed to justify several months of work

  • $

    market_signal: Scarcity of original metal rail components for scratch builds; Reese rails no longer produced; affects builder economics and project viability

    high · Mitch specifically mentioned difficulty sourcing metal guides; Reese rails availability critical to his Quicksilver/Quicksilver project scope

  • ?

    product_strategy: Availability of reproduction playfields, plastics, and decal kits enables economic path to restore classic machines or create new builds from chassis

Transcript

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0:03
But it dawned on me the perfect name for this project. Lep Zeppelin. [music] I'm Mike Dus and this is Pinball I'm Mike Dus and this is Pinball Shenanigans. [music]
0:25
Okay, so I got a message yesterday. Someone said that they had a Galaxy for sale and asked if I was interested. So, I sent him my phone number and asked him to send me a couple uh photos. And this is what I received.
0:47
So, I was somewhat horrified and fascinated at what I was looking at. I had no clue what the heck it was at first other than it was a galaxy at some point. But then he gave me the backstory. He had a couple buddies in the '9s that had a brewery called Brick Brewery in Waterl, Ontario, and they wanted to uh they had this machine, then they wanted to rethe it. It's like a OG uh homebrew kind of thing or a rethe at least. And so they stripped down the playfield. They sanded it down to nothing. They painted the cabinet. They started adding some Mac Tac to the plastics. They scraped off the paint off the back box uh the back glass and uh they started making some progress but eventually got in over their head and uh kind of gave up on the project. At that point they gave it to the guy who has had it since then since the '90s. Um once he got it, he assembled it. I guess he didn't even bother connecting the wires cuz um he just removed the head today and uh the wires were still not connected. So, he just assembled it when we got it, and he was the one who said he dabbled with some acrylic paints and then uh did this pretty cool stained glass looking uh lead zeppelin back glass paint job that exists on the machine as it sits. So that's sort of how this whole galaxy/brick brewery/Led Zeppelin/Christ edition pinball machine came into existence. So I am going to head over there and pick it up. It's at first thought I thought it was like pretty much a parts machine because you can't do much with the playfield and the back glass is obviously not um anything you can work with. But I was messaging Kevin and I showed him I I sent him a photo and he's like, "What the f is that?" So I told him, he said, "That would be a pretty epic restore." So, you know, all the stuff is available. The cabinet decals uh or stencil kit, the uh playfield, the back glass, the plastics, you know, everything is available and it would make for a pretty cool restoration. So, haven't really decided the fate of this machine yet, but um it would actually make for a pretty epic restore. So, we'll see what happens. Um yeah, so I'm on my way. As you can see, it is uh just nothing but white outside because it is end of January and it feels like minus 22 Celsius right now and it is not pleasant outside. Also, my GPS is uh taking me through the back roads because there's an accident on the main highway. So, my uh hour drive, well, maybe hour and 15 is going to be an hour and 40 or something instead. So anyway, I uh will try and uh take a little video once I'm there and uh show you this thing live. Such a beautiful winter drive. But I just thought of something. Yesterday, this is kind of a coincidence. I was just looking at uh I think pinball enthusiasts Facebook group or somewhere someone had posted a machine for sale and it was a a rare custom meteor from Stern from 1980 that uh Stern made two of for the I think Lake Placid Winter Olympics. They made only two of these meteors, but they were just all white. White back glass, white playfield, white plastics, white cabinet. And I think they're trying to demonstrate that pinball machines can work in the cold. So they had them outside in tents. And they also made eight galaxy machines with the same theme, just all white. So, I'll include a photo of that. And I saw a little video of Gary Stern at a show seemingly fairly recently talking about this whole Winter Olympics uh custom pinball machine thing that they did. And uh there Yeah, it was just really cool. Also, just kind of uh funny timing how the same day I get a call for the special Galaxy Zeppelin Christmas Edition pinball machine. Okay, cool. Okay, cool. There's the glass. There's the glass. All right. And so how long do you figure that you had this machine for? You said like 20 years. I think it was it's probably mid90s. I think it was it's probably mid90s. Okay. Okay. That I got it. That I got it. All right. So it's got the uh Yeah. All right. So it's got the uh Yeah. original boards, original battery, which is uh never amazing cuz uh that is the the fate of most CPUs on these machines is you can see the you know battery exploded and basically traveled all the way up to about here on this side and then traveled down there. And you can see it's like attacked this And you can see it's like attacked this screw and uh yeah, it's pretty common to see that. But you got the soundboard, solenoid driver, lamp driver, and uh Oh, okay. So, the um transformer is in the body on this machine. So, the fact that you never connected it made our life a little bit easier. It was connected when I first got it, It was connected when I first got it, and I know I had it turned on and it seemed to work at that point. So, was this yours originally and then So, was this yours originally and then you gave it to your buddies and then No, no, no. They won it, I think, No, no, no. They won it, I think, through work or something. Oh, really? Oh, really? And then they And then they they had some grand idea to customize they had some grand idea to customize it. And it was the Brick Brewery. And it was the Brick Brewery. And And does that still exist today? And And does that still exist today? I think it does. Yeah. I think it does. Yeah. Oh, really? Oh, really? You'll see when you see the You'll see when you see the I'll have to Google it and see. I'll have to Google it and see. Yeah. Brick still. They're still in Yeah. Brick still. They're still in kitchen. Okay. Uh you did a pretty awesome job on Okay. Uh you did a pretty awesome job on this back glass. I'm surprised it turned out as well as it did. Like it was a while ago. I don't know how fragile it is, but I I don't know how fragile it is, but I don't want to like mess with it. Peeling off. It just I had a blanket Peeling off. It just I had a blanket covering the whole thing, right? right? And the blanket started to merge with And the blanket started to merge with the acrylic a little bit, but it still doesn't seem to come off very easily. Like just add some character. just add some character. Yeah, Yeah, that was pretty awesome. Do you have a that was pretty awesome. Do you have a like bit of an artistic background or uh just general uh just general toy with a lot of different things? Okay. Okay. I don't think I've touched that stuff I don't think I've touched that stuff since or even if they I don't even know if they still sell it. It was each color came in a little tube and you each color came in a little tube and you you'd make the border out of this gray you'd make the border out of this gray stuff and then you pour the liquid in between and it would just fill it up like a little pool and then harden Oh, neat. Oh, neat. In the border. But In the border. But that turned out really really cool. that turned out really really cool. staying less. It looked better. Uh, it looks better in It looked better. Uh, it looks better in person. I thought it was one of those things that it might look worse in person, but it actually looks better. It's hard to see with with the glare on It's hard to see with with the glare on the camera, too, right? Yeah. I mean, it looks fantastic hanging Yeah. I mean, it looks fantastic hanging on the wall. Yeah, that's the best part of the whole Yeah, that's the best part of the whole machine. Uh, and where's the body at? It's just It's just All right.
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high · Greg Walker has 20 fresh Stargazer playfields; stencil kits, back glass prints, and plastics available for Galaxy; CPR playfields market

8:37
Here is the body. All right. This is the uh Galaxy All right. This is the uh Galaxy Led Zeppelin brick brewing Christmas edition. Oh, is that the brick Christmas edition. Oh, is that the brick logo? Oh, cool. So, there's a little piece of brewery on there. If you look at the stencils they started If you look at the stencils they started working on Oh, okay. Cool. Beers. 35 beers. 30 Oh, okay. Cool. Beers. 35 beers. 30 beers. 25 beers. You get bonus beers. That's cool. Cuz I was going to ask if the idea was that they were going to eventually paint the playfield. I think they were, but like I think I don't know if they stripped it with chemicals, but it wasn't going to be easy to get it totally level again once they just decided to paint it, right? Yeah. I mean, I wasn't sure if right? Yeah. I mean, I wasn't sure if they sanded it, but it does kind of look like they might have stripped it with chemicals, but I don't know. I don't know. Hard to know. Hard to know. And then you said, And then you said, and it looked like they just spray and it looked like they just spray painted the the vinyl with some sort of textured spray. I thought it was a sticker, but when I looked at it again, I was like, "No, that's uh what's is there some old parts in here what's is there some old parts in here or something?" Yeah, this is all just assorted parts, Yeah, this is all just assorted parts, but you can see like there's some of the original like there's some of the original Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. plastic, but they've spread it. plastic, but they've spread it. Oh, yeah. It's some sort of textured Oh, yeah. It's some sort of textured something rather. So, I did notice there was a couple plastics around here that were missing, but this is them. Oh, yeah. That's the big piece for there. There might be maybe missing a rollover button there. missing a rollover button there. There is a bunch of like this type. I There is a bunch of like this type. I think those are I don't Those are side buttons, right? Oh, these are like more modern U flipper Oh, these are like more modern U flipper buttons. So, that's for You got the ashtray. You got the ashtray. Oh, yeah. They had a ashtray mounted on Oh, yeah. They had a ashtray mounted on the side. Must have. Yeah, Must have. Yeah, that's cool. that's cool. And then just some assorted like some of And then just some assorted like some of the original Oh, yeah. Apron cards, instruction Oh, yeah. Apron cards, instruction cards. Looks like parts that maybe aren't just for I don't even know what that is. Yeah, I don't know what that is. Yeah, I don't know what that is. I was going to throw it out, but I I was going to throw it out, but I thought And And uh the ball's still inside of the glass uh the ball's still inside of the glass there. Oh, yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. Okay. And I don't know what And I don't know what Oh, they added a little stencil there. Oh, they added a little stencil there. Oh, yeah. And I think there's another Oh, yeah. And I think there's another arrow up here. Oh, yeah. Yeah. They uh they put in some Oh, yeah. Yeah. They uh they put in some effort to get to this uh point, you know. Yeah, that was all before they they Yeah, that was all before they they consulted me. Oh, yeah. And here's another there's Oh, yeah. And here's another there's another lock, but there's none missing that I can tell. So, I don't know where this came from, but and looks like they may have just and looks like they may have just painted over the existing art or maybe they sanded it down or stripped it down first. I don't can't really see any of the original. I don't know that they seem they would I don't know that they seem they would have seemed too lazy to me to down. Oh, yeah. It's hilarious. Oh, there's an Oh, yeah. It's hilarious. Oh, there's an old isolation transformer. And uh anything interesting here?
11:33
Nope. There. And I found like a whole bunch of sheets And I found like a whole bunch of sheets of They must have been planning on Oh, interesting. Oh, interesting. Using these as Using these as cool cool to reabel it cuz they had the original to reabel it cuz they had the original Here's the original uh design idea. Here's the original uh design idea. Oh, that's amazing. That's like That's Oh, that's amazing. That's like That's historical right there. It's like one, you know, home brewing and retheing machines is like kind of common these days. This is like like before it was popular thing to do. Yeah. I think they bit off a little more Yeah. I think they bit off a little more than they Well, it's uh like I said, when I first Well, it's uh like I said, when I first saw it, I was slightly horrified and slightly fascinated all at once. [laughter] And like it's like a car wreck. like it's like a car wreck. Yeah. Couldn't turn away. Pretty Yeah. Couldn't turn away. Pretty awesome. Okay, got the machine all loaded up and Okay, got the machine all loaded up and I am heading home. And uh I was just trying to determine what what I should call this monstrosity. You know, it started off as a galaxy. Then it was going to become the brick brewing machine. Then it sort of became a lead zeppelin thing. And then you mix in a little bit of Christmas action. But it dawned on me the perfect name for this project. Lep Zeppelin. Oh yeah. Now, if you're, you know, an OG shenanigander, then you know what I'm talking about. But if you're new to the channel, then I should explain what lep/ leper/ lepping is all about on this channel. There's a guy Chris Hutchin or Hutchins. He does these high-end restorations, basically like building machines from scratch, brand new cabinets. He does the the highest end restorations pretty much on the planet. There's a bunch of people doing that, but Chris, I don't know, maybe he's one of the OGs. He refers to his himself and his uh channel and his business, I guess, as he high-end pins. And you know, most of us that are tinkering with these pinball machines are uh not going to that extreme. um we are more including myself on the lower end of things uh in terms of you know tinkering and fixing and restoring. So I refer to myself as lep low-end pins from time to time. Then you can leap something up. You can be a leper. You can uh you know record several episodes of a of a restoration you know. Anyway, now that you know what leping is, I thought that was the perfect name for this project. So, what is the fate of this Lep Zeppelin? We're not sure yet. Could be parts, could be uh could be a Grazley garage restore. We just don't really know yet. So, we'll just have to wait and see. Okay, it is the following day and um just thought I'd do a quick little update on what is going to be the fate of this galaxy. And also I thought it would be cool to go through the box of goodies uh that came with it. I also did buy some video game stuff so we can kind of just root through this box for fun as well. But Kevin and I were debating whether it would be worth it for him to um restore the machine back to a galaxy. And we figured in terms of parts for like the stencil kit, the playfield, the plastics, the back glass, the paint, the bondo, LEDs, boards, displays, whatever's needed that you're probably looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of $3500 to $4,000. which, you know, Kevin could totally make it look amazing and beautiful, but it's going to take a lot of time and effort and energy. And is someone going to want to spend uh like six grand on a Galaxy high-end restored to uh make it worth Kevin's time? So, we thought that that is probably not likely going to happen. Then we thought about, oh, what if we turned it into a scratch build of a Stargazer? That would be cool. So, we kind of just started rooting around and Kevin said there's no Stargazer playfields available. So, then I asked uh Greg Walker of uh what's the name of his company again? I forget, but he took over John Great Witch's Playfield business a while back. And Greg said uh that he had [snorts] freshly cut 20 Stargazer playfields and is uh just starting to uh apply the inserts and stuff. So I thought, okay, well that's interesting food for thought. Then I got a message from Mitch and he said that he might be interested in the machine because he needs some of that stuff to um complete a quicks scratch build that he uh has been accumulating parts for. So he's got all of the like metal rails. Like the one thing about the scratch build is that yeah, you can get drop target banks and you can get pop bumper parts, lane guides, posts, plastic set, but what is less available is all these metal guides that go around the playfield. And um I don't know if anybody is making them for Stargazer. Also, you need all these rails, too. And uh Reese of Flipping Out Pinball Podcast used to make his patented Reese rails and provide them, but uh he's no longer doing them. But Mitch does have Reese rails for a Stargazer and a Quicksilver. So Mitch was swinging with the idea of maybe selling all of the stuff he has for a quick silver scratch build and then you know if he sold it to Kevin then Kevin could grab this cabinet and make a quick silver. It's one of those projects that could take a long time. And Kevin doesn't can't afford to be spending, you know, several months on one machine. Like he uh he has to be picky about the projects he takes on. So then Mitch was thinking, well, maybe he might just grab the uh Galaxy cabinet and do the Quicksilver build project himself. So that's what's happening. I sold the cabinet to Mitch. I'm keeping the back glass and uh I just removed all the trim from it to make it look even cooler. So I'll show you that after. That'll be the grand finale. and see if I can find a spot for it somewhere in the basement, which may be tricky to do. And then um yeah, so Mitch will add this galaxy to his uh Quicksilver scratch build pile of parts. So that's what's going to go on with the machine. So it will go from what it is to a beautiful Quicksilver one day. Anyway, let's go through uh the box and see what we got here. Got a photo copy of the Galaxy Playfield. This is what I wanted to investigate a little closer. The original plans for the brewery build here. So, what do we got? Just some miscellaneous
19:40
stuff here. Nothing really brewery related yet. It's just all letters and numbers.
19:54
That's what I'd say. Target. So, I was expecting to see like a little more sort of brewery slashbeer slash anything that pertains to beer on this original sort of plan of attack here. But uh it does not appear to be the case. But that's kind of cool still. Here is one of the plastics and you can see the artwork. But yeah, so I guess they used a textured spray paint of some sort. So I got to make a pile of what I'm going to keep or throw out and what I got to give to Mitch to go along with the machine. So, I don't think he'll need that plastic, but that's goes with the machine. Here are some of the uh stencils or are they just stickers? Let symbols. I don't know how these actually work. They do feel a little bit tacky. So, maybe they're peel and stick, but could see a couple of arrows that they had used. They had stuck onto the playfield already, but they don't appear to have been from this cuz nothing appears to be missing. I guess the back side of that here. Maybe it was missing from here. Yeah, there's one of the arrows they used. And there's the other one. So, these look like they just peel and stick as well. Very delicate. That looks like a challenge. And this more the same. Oh, yeah. There's some of the lettering they started using. See, they used all the B for beers, some E, some Rs, and some S's.
21:54
And some more. Holy crap. Got a whole poop ton of this stuff. I don't know that it's anything I'd ever use, but uh that goes in the my pile. Wrong pile. Oh, also this is kind of hilarious. He said that he found this in the coin box. And let's see if we can read it here. This is uh I'm going to have to zoom in here. You are charged with the following offense. September 16th, 1992. Oh, there's the name. and address. Hopefully that's not a problem. Maybe I'll edit that address uh and name out. But here is the offense making or causing or permitting noise to be made likely to disturb the inhabitants. Noise complaint. And uh how much is it for? $103.75.
22:56
Were they playing pinball? and hooting and hollering too loud. There's the other part, but that's kind of cool. Uh, this is just the bag that everything was in. Nothing there. Okay. And then we got some more miscellaneous goodies in this bag. That I don't know what that is, but that's going in the garbage. Plastic for Mitch. The ashtray is actually pretty cool. I think I need to hang this maybe somewhere in the basement because it's old and it's kind of neat. Maybe even Jay the neighbor can use it from time to time if I find a good spot for it. So that goes in my pile. We've got a solenoid here in the sleeve comes in and out. So might actually be okay. So I'll throw that in the pile. Got some apron cards. Oh, the old um Ontario Hydro sticker. Oh, I zoomed back in. Let's go back out here just so we can see everything. Twin City Novelty Limited Shoemaker Street Sales Room opens Saturdays. So, wonder if that is where the machine was purchased actually. Okay, so Paul, who I got the machine off of, said that the guys that did the work on the machine won the Galaxy somehow. but he wasn't sure the details, but and he figured that if they had paid for it, they probably wouldn't have destroyed it. But since they got it for free, they uh had their fun with it. So, I guess uh apron cards can go to Mitch. And then just a bunch of miscellaneous random hardware here. See if there's anything of any use or value. Old lock. old tilt ball, tilt roll ball, couple plastics, some posts, and yeah, I'll probably include most of all this to go in the Mitch pile. These are modern flipper buttons, so and they look to be new, so I think I'll hang on to those. And what do we got here? Don't know what that is, but nothing too exciting in there.
25:25
uh the coin box and leg bolts and head bolts. That is the Mitch pile. And then here's uh some of the video game stuff that I bought. I didn't look too closely at it. There's a few handhelds here that I don't know anything about. Uh Maniac electronic game.
25:47
Wonder if there's a year on this. Uh, it's made in Toronto, Ontario.
25:55
Maniac. Let's take a peek at this. Oh, that looks kind of cool, actually. You know what? I don't know that this is worth anything. If not, this will probably just be a cool wall hanger. I'll throw it on my wall somewhere. 1979. Wow, that's older than I thought. I'm trying to push and lift to open. There we go. Look at that pristine battery compartment cuz there's no batteries in there. And it has the original instructions, too. this computerized skill and action game or the computerized skill and action game that challenges your senses in four different ways with the original box. That's kind of cool. Actually, this might need to stay all together, but uh throw that aside for now. What else do we got here? Ko
27:03
alien attack. That's pretty cool, I think. We might need to actually power on these things. What year is this?
27:20
look at that. Uh, a little bit of corrosion, but So, what are these? Ciz batteries. Man, I don't know if I have C batteries. I might have thrown them all away thinking that I would never need them again cuz I had them for ever. If I can find some C batteries though, I want to play some uh Alien Attack. That's pretty cool, though. Looks like U joystick feels like it should work. Move and fire. All right, throw that in my pile. I think there's one more. What do we got here? Another Cleco game. Head-to-head hockey. Oo, that sounds fun. So, one guy on each end. Is that how that works? defense.
28:10
Oh, okay. I just got a text from Paul who sold me the Galaxy because uh it looked like there was his initials in the bottom corner. I'll show you this after. So, I just texted him a photo and I said, "Is that your uh signature?" And he said something like, "Yes, he forgot about that." I just saw the text come through really quickly there. But, so that's pretty cool. Well, it's got his initials on it. And this was made in what year? Look at that. Okay. 9V battery. We can um Oh, that was Paulie messaged me again. I'll have to see what he was saying. He said something like good catch and I couldn't read the rest. But uh yeah, we might have to pop in a 9volt battery. I mean, this this little addendum to the video supposed to just be like 5 minutes, but it's taking a little longer. But we're having fun. What can we do? What can you do about that? You know. Okay. Also, um, as you can see, this is an Intellivision 2 system.
29:15
The It's like It's like when uh PlayStation came out with the PlayStation Slim. This is the OG Slim model. Uh, also, I wonder if this is worth anything. Zelda um Spirit Tracks Nintendo DS. A lot of Zelda games are got a, you know, decent value to them, but I don't know about that game. I've never heard of it. A few other SP and DS games. Namco Museum, Finding Nemo, Sims 2, Pets, and there's a couple more.
29:55
We've got Eminem. Break them. We might have to zoom in for this. Woo. Not that close. Eminem. Break them off. Some pets hamsters life 2. Lizzy Maguire on the go. 2003.
30:21
And then an SP or a DS case. OG OEM. And we've got a scoop one/3 of a cup that can go in the garbage. As for um in television games, Advanced DND, that's pretty cool. Fun art. I loved the boxed cartridge games. I collected Atari 2600 as a kid, and everything is now all digital. just don't get this tactile experience anymore with get the manual, the overlays, the cartridge, you know, it's just that is the way to collect games and they display much better. Tron deadly discs, two overlays, and no manual. Lock and chase. No cartridge, but there's loose cartridge floating around here. Look at that. Maybe I'll zoom back out. And we've got NFL football. We should actually look inside for fun. Got the manual. We've got generic tennis by Mattel Electronics. Appears to be complete. I don't think any of these games really have any value. Reversy. I've had that one before in my wheelings and dealings over the years. NASL Soccer Complete. So, all the generic brand Intel television games, they're not really worth much. It's the the offshoot brands where value starts going up. Skiing mostly complete. Oh, wait. One more DS game. Cars.
32:23
We've got a Nerf bullet. Throw that out. And that is basically it. Wait, what else we got here? Uh, Bionicle. Don't know what that is all about, but that seems like garbage. And
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some passcodes to the safe. All right. I wonder these D-pads are usually pretty crappy, especially on the original int television, but I know Dutch said he might be interested in this. So, I'd like to test this out. as well and see if I can uh get that thing working. But anyway, oh yeah, so we're not done quite yet. Let me just check that text from Paul. Okay, so Paul texted me back and said um that it was a good catch on my part that I was probably staring at it trying to figure out what the heck it was, but here it is. It is PMH. Oh, that flash makes it bleed out quite a bit. So, I removed the trim on all sides. And here is what it looks like.
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The coolest part of the whole deal. It had all the trim on it. It was actually on upside down. Oddly, the lift trim was here. So, I don't know how he had it in the machine with it not being upside down, but it wasn't. And yeah, the idea is see if I can find a spot for this somewhere. But let's see if I do turn on the flash. Watch. The color might just bleed right out. It's not too horrible, but it's very textured. It's thick and it's very well done. This is super cool. I'm kind of surprised Paul didn't want to hang on to it, but I guess he's had it for 20 years, so he figured uh that it would end up in a good home. And he wanted uh a photo of this if I do find a spot for it in the basement, which uh I'm going to see if I can figure something out. And um yeah, hang this up. I don't know. Do you want me to go try and test out some of these video games? Would that be fun? All right, fine. I'll go find at least a 9V battery. Okay, I found a good spot for the uh ashtray. And I found uh that this Nerf bullet makes for a good uh sample cigarette. You know, you just ash out right there. And then uh you know you take your garbage like so. And then you just uh go like this. Yoink. Can't wait for uh Jay to use that for the first time. Okay. I just stole the battery out of my smoke detector. Stuck it in. Oh, there's the instructions right there. But uh I think I kind of got it figured out. I think on this side you can pass right, pass left, shoot, maybe defend. And if you're on this side, I think you're the goalie. So you go like goalie right, goalie left, goalie right, and maybe defender left, defender right. Oh yeah, defense, offense. Okay. Well, let's find out if it works. Skill level one.
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Okay, players one or two. This is like a slide bar. That's weird. I thought it would click. Players one. Let's hit some buttons and see what happens. So, if I'm offense, I'm going to shoot. Oh, we've got uh something that happened. Don't know. I feel like
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it died. So, have a little bit of life. Oh, wait. Hold on. There's a little digits there. I think this button needs to be um maybe lubricated. We got a little three there. Oh, I heard a sound. All right. Well, you know, it kind of works, but that's cool. All right. This is a completed item eBay search here. And it looks like the uh hockey game is worth about 20 to 50 bucks depending on functionality and condition. So that's not too bad. I don't have Cized batteries to test these guys. So I'm hoping to pick some up tomorrow and then um I'll maybe tack that on to the end of this video. But the last thing I want to do for tonight is just see if this Zelda game has any value. Okay, let's see here. Looking like some decent values, but those are complete. What about just by itself? H almost 70 bucks. 60 bucks. All right. Well, that will help to uh recuperate what I spent. Okay, I was telling Jamie about needing batteries and she was out and about and guess what she brought home. We can totally test out Alien Attack now. By the way, I checked the value of all the other Nintendo games, DS and SP, and they're worth, I don't know, 5 to 10 bucks each. So, nothing too crazy, but let's see if this thing works. I did have to take a Dremel to these contacts, the spring and the base there, cuz they were pretty green and brown, corrosion, and rust. So, now that that's done, we should have continuity.
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And let's see what happens. Skill level one. The aliens are attacking. Uh-oh. I think I got attacked. And again. Okay. Son of a I think we're got to turn off the lights. Okay. Well, let's uh [snorts]
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try that again. Okay. Oh, I can fire, right? Uhoh. Or can I? I don't think I can move. I'm assuming I'm that guy there. Yeah. But joystick won't let me go anywhere.
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I do love that we got video and sound though. Oh, wait. Move. You got to hold that. Oh my god. You got to hold the button down to move. How not intuitive is that?
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Oh, aliens. Oh, I'm stuck in the corner. No. Can I go through? This is level one. Oh my god. I got to fire. That's part of my problem. Okay, let's uh So, you got a No. Oh, I I think I shot something. See, I got one.
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Aliens 10. Oh, yeah. You got to hold down the button. Me one. Okay. Well, that is going to require a little bit of practice to actually be any good at this thing, but thing actually works pretty sweet. Okay, I played a couple practice games. Let's see if I can do any better now.
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that are like I can't shoot him, but they can get me. That guy right there. He's impenetrable.
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Get out of here. Oh, couldn't outrun him. Last chance. Oh, I shot the wrong way. Okay, that's it. I got like 20 points. Alien Attack by Ko.
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Oh, I cleared the level. 80 points. Okay, so the working alien attack appears to be worth about 40 bucks. Is there a date on any of these? 81. Okay. But yeah, so that's pretty cool. All right, let's test out this game. Maniac by Ideal. Don't see a year yet, but uh let's see what this says. I am maniac. My heart, if I have one, is a micro computer. I convey intelligence visibly and audibly. Two to four players can match wits against my fishly clever, infallible computer brain. It's like original AI. Beware, I am tricky and I am above all a sore loser. If you start to score too high, I become paranoid and increase the level of difficulty. Do you dare challenge me? Well, if you work, I do. Let's find out. All right, let's open up this box. It's like seems like, you know, Simon ripoff kind of.
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Pop in these batteries. This compartment is mint. No one left their batteries in there. So, [snorts] I do have pretty high hopes that this should work. 1979 ideal. Which way did this go again? Like this first. No, this. this. There we go. Okay, got the instructions. Um, I already read those. Basically, insert
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four new C batteries as shown. Insert four bumper feet. Oh, we're missing our bumper feet. What a rip, man. And
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Turn maniac switch to on. Number 88 will flash three times accompanied by beeps. If the 88 does not appear, batteries are either run down or not properly installed. Now, Maniac will immediately go into action and flash the identifying number of the first of its four challenges. Each challenge consists of three different rounds of play. Then Maniac automatically moves to the next challenge. After the fourth challenge is completed, Maniac starts again with the first challenge. Let's just uh start with that amount of info and see what happens. Okay, we're looking for uh 88 and some beeps.
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I don't think we got that. H. All right. I don't know what's happening.
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Okay. Maybe it's readying everybody. Now, let's go. Oh, I think each side has a tone. That's that tone. No, that's the same tone.
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Oh, premature maniac is smarter than me. Okay, now let's try this again. Did I get it? Zero. I think I got it. Come on, you maniac. Did I win? Two points. Damn right. Woo. That was a good sound.
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Uh, what? Feel like I blew it. This This AI guy is too smart for me. But that was the sound of fail right there. Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep.
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Oh, that did something good there. And there. Now what? All right. I'm calling that game over. I'd say it works and it's kind of annoying but kind of awesome at the same time. All right. So, it looks like Maniac. It's not all that popular of a game. All these numbers in black mean it didn't sell even with a starting bid of $4. Maybe because of $50 to ship. But, uh, this one sold for under 16. This one sold for 27. 20 bucks with just that and 20 bucks complete. So, I'd say it is worth about maybe 20 to $40. Okay, so that was a fun adventure with the Galaxy/ brick brewing lead zeppelin Christmas edition pinball machine, some Nintendo games, some handheld games. There's just one thing left and that is Mhm. Mhm. One moment. I found a home for my back glass. The new look of the workspace. I'd like to take a moment to give a super shout out to Amateur Pinball Restoration who gave a super thanks of $20, which is pretty sweet. I wonder if he's got his own channel. Let's take a quick peek here. Let's see. He does. He's got 27 videos. So, uh, looks like um, World Cup Soccer Chronicles. He does like kind of series as well. So, there you go. Check out um, Amateur Pinball Restoration. He with that name for sure knows the ways of the LEP. And, uh, let's see here. Uh he also commented and said, "Enjoy the dough as you see fit, Mike. Great channel full of repairs, entertainment, and life lessons. And if your crew ever make it to Houston, first round is on me. That sounds awesome. Would definitely hit you up. And uh thanks a lot, brother. Appreciate it." All right. Lock and chase classic.
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You can use the side button to Oh, one player. Enter side button to put up locks. Block these guys. Like, watch this. See that? The orange lock. Try and loiter around the middle so I can get the money. Uh, I ain't going to be able to get that.
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One more. Wait, wait. Got to get that money. Oh, look at that. I destroyed them all or froze them. Can I eat them? Nope.
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There we go. And go through the maze, too.