Trying to FIX a Faulty 1980s Portable Pinball Machine

Pin ball wizard mr V

Brill

Gonna put my hand up to having one of these🤣

Nice job as always. We had a Tomy Tunes Choo Choo but my son was afraid of it. I think it was the bad music. If I were as clever as you, I could have silenced it.

I loved playing. I’m also deaf now.

Great video. I couldn’t figure out how to open the counter casing as the screws kept turning and I couldn’t get in to hold the nuts (same as you). The motor gear had slipped off inside and now it’s back to normal!

I played this as a kid and now my son can play. It’s definitely louder than I remember ;)

Hi, I bought one for myself recently and fixed up a few issues thanks to your video, however I can't find the problem behind the buzzer making a constant beeping noise. Note that whenever a bumper is hit, the noise gets louder, so you get that the 'extra' beeps, but even without playing the buzzer is making the continuous noise from the power on. I've checked the solder points, all seem relatively ok, I've cleaned up the circuit board and cannot see any bridge points along the path. Any ideas how to troubleshoot?

Only man in the World looking for broken tech for fun not for spare parts :D greetings from Poland :)

Before I watch... was it the on/off switch? Check all four sides of the box for a (C) date on the artwork. They changed the box every couple years so that will help you date it to within a year or two. Mine's (C) 1990 and only 4 batteries. A late one.

You are the genius Vince. I love your appreciation for vintage items. God bless you and ypur family. Kind regards. Paul.

Clean the Battety department with CLR cleaner

I think I owned one when I was younger. Bought it at a second-hand shop of course because we didn't have a lot of money growing up as many other people didn't. I liked it.

I think TOMY sold this pinball machine under at least 4 different names (and boxes) over almost 10 years, from 1979 on!

great video to watch thanks 💣

I just got a new portable 2021 version. And the inside

OH BLESS YA, ILL SEND U SOME NIVEA HAND CREAM.

LIGHT WEIGHT sand paper, wet dry does a good job with a little wd40

Sure plays a mean Pinball!

And it was my dream to have something like that

I got that pinball game for my 9th birthday in 1981!

Revisiting this vid as I recently picked up a boxed version and the bumper action has issues lol

Chloe plays pinball the way I do, just mash the flippers up and down like nuts and hope for the best.

By shopping around I'm sure you could obtain a brand new shiny chrome steel ball? I'm guessing it's about 1/2inch. Great video and ingenious mechanism. The whole thing sounded like a Vacuum Cleaner I personally would have applied some lithium grease throughout the chain of cogs and basically all moving parts and pivot points like the flippers. Anyway watching the end competition you should be disqualified as you purposefully tilted the machine lol

And subscribed. I enjoy fixing up things like this and seeing the results after. Gives me an appreciation for the work that has gone into making them.

massage your hands with olive oil, it's really excellent for your dryness problem, and also for joint pain

For a toy fantastic engineering.

This game is DC MOTOR Reliant meaning the motor controls everything.

I`m sad. Mine is not blinking anymore. Replaced the led and still nothing. Please help

I got this pinball machine as a Christmas present from my grandparents in 1980. Good times!

I might be completely wrong, but the gears seem like planetary gears activated by little clutches which the weight of the ball depresses.

Just out of curiosity, how old are you Vince? Why am I asking? Because you're always on the floor. You're clearly not yet an age where getting down there is hard enough, while trying to get back up again is damn near impossible!

Looks like the guy that came up with the Enigma machine went to work for Palitoy/Tomy after the war!

Looks like the guy that came up with the Enigma machine went to work for Palitoy/ Tomy after the war! 👀

It sounded like you all enjoyed yourself it just goes to show that people can still have fun with old toys it's nice to see.

I had one.

Yes. So far, this my favorite as well. For your alcohol hands, Vince, we have a product here in the US called "Working Hands". It's a cream/paste you put on your fingers. We use it around here after working and it REALLY helps! It's made by "O'Keefe".

I realize this Vid is old but that motor could have used some light grease on the gears to quiet it down some. Thanks for the Vids!

What would be good with some of these old toys that eat batteries would be convert them to plug in with usb or something that wasn’t around when they was made.

Some engineer had a lot of fun designing this. It's almost a work of art, really, how the cams and gears work so that all the moving parts can operate independent of the others. Someone put a great deal of thought into this.

Great stuff! I have a machine from 1979 near perfect but the motor is either jammed or the gears need oil. Hopefully the later. Great toy, they don't make them like this anymore!!

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