{"id":29,"date":"2008-11-06T08:04:36","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T07:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2020-08-30T00:32:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T23:32:14","slug":"how-it-all-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/","title":{"rendered":"1) How it all started….."},"content":{"rendered":"

I had\u00a0always wanted an Addams Family pinball machine. I have no idea when I played one for the first time, but I do remember thinking having played it just the once “how do I get that hand to come out again?”<\/p>\n

I’m no pinball freak\/wizard\/expert. I’ve only played pinball a few times (once a year, on average, would be overstating the facts) but there was always something about The Addams Family pinball that kept me intrigued.<\/p>\n

I first toyed with the idea of buying a pinball machine for myself in 1996. But didn’t. I got as many brochures as I could from gaming providers at that time and read the descriptions of all the pinballs on offer, but still kept coming back to and focusing on The Addams Family pinball. But still I didn’t invest the 4,150 DM for a new machine at that time.<\/p>\n

Fast forward 12 years. I’ve got the house, the wife, the kids and a surprise bonus from my employer……and still an itching to acquire a pinball machine. So, first stop, Ebay.<\/p>\n

To cut a long story short, I found the following TAF (The Addams Family) pinball machine on ebay:<\/p>\n

Zum verkauf steht hier ein traumhafter KULT<\/strong> FLIPPER ADDAMS FAMILY – nat\u00fcrlich ist die wolke auch vorhanden !!!
\n<\/strong><\/span>For sale a wonderful cult Addams Family pinball – with cloud, of course<\/span>
\ndie maschine wurde aufwendig \u00fcberholt alle verschlei\u00dfte gegebenenfalls erneuert ( gummis und leuchtmittel nat\u00fcrlich auch )
\nthe machine has been extensively restored, all worn parts replaced where necessary (rubbers and lamps included of course)
\n<\/span><\/span>ca. 18 stunden hatt die \u00fcberholung an zeit in anspruch genommen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
\nthe restoration took around 18 hours<\/span>
\n<\/span>die flipperarme haben volle kraft ,
\nthe flippers have full power<\/span>
\n<\/span>die dot matix ist einwandfrei ,
\nthe dot matrix has no faults
\n<\/span><\/span>der flipper verf\u00fcgt \u00fcber einen euro m\u00fcnzpr\u00fcfer , zur zeit eingestellt auf frei spielen
\nthe pinball has a Euro coin mechanism, which is currently set to free play
\n<\/span><\/span>die spielflache wurde gereinigt und mit spezialwachs versiegelt .
\nthe playfield has been cleaned and sealed with special wax
\n<\/span><\/span>die plastikteile sind ohne besch\u00e4digung \/ spielfeld keine abspielungen
\nthe plastic parts are not damaged \/ the playfield is not worn
\n<\/span><\/span>es handelt sich um ein Privatverkauf <\/strong>, somit gibt es keine Anspr\u00fcche oder R\u00fcckgabe des Flippers. Versandkosten \u00fcbernimmt der Gewinner dieser Auktion, Ebay \u00fcbernehme ich.. <\/span><\/p>\n

abholung und probespielen nat\u00fcrlich gerne gesehen … <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

versandkosten 90,- \u20acuro, zahlung und abholung innerhalb von 7 tagen , bei fragen 016095676982<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Attached were the following photos:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I made a bid on this pinball and won it for 1,630 Euros.<\/p>\n

This blog is about what happened next……<\/p>\n

The intention of this blog is to take the reader through my learning process (as I have no idea what I’m doing – yet), what I did, why I did it and how I did it. My intention, as you will see, is to restore this pinball as best I can with the help of the world-wide community existing on the internet. I will endeavour to investigate the best way of accomplishing a task and report on the task, summarising my results.<\/p>\n

Hopefully at the end of the day, this will result in a document complimenting the vast amount of excellent information already available on the internet on pinball restoration and maintenance.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had\u00a0always wanted an Addams Family pinball machine. I have no idea when I played one for the first time, but I do remember thinking having played it just the once “how do I get that hand to come out again?” I’m no pinball freak\/wizard\/expert. I’ve only played pinball a few times (once a year, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}