All Finished - Playing Bally's 1978 Lost World Pinball Machine after resurrecting it 

You did a fantastic job on this one, it sure was in ruff shape you have one of the coolest jobs.

It doesn’t even look like the same game you started with. Awesome job.

These pre-merger Bally solid states are pretty cool--they have a peculiar aesthetic all their own.

That turned out AMAZING!

That looks great, the patina wear on the sides etc makes it better in my opinion. Playfield looks really nice too; your work was worth it ; )

Looks clean! Well done brother! 👍

Very cool video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.

You did it looks and plays fantastic if I definitely had the space I would sure take it off your hands very sweet machine

I love a lot of these early Bally pinball machines. Lost world has the same similar sounds as kiss .

If you didn't watch the series and saw this machine for the first time you'd probably think it was all original paint. Just remembering all that this thing went through too... It's always nice to watch these series style restorations.

Very good job!!

So cool to see this all put back together. I've not seen a Lost World up and running since I was a kid. Long live Pinball

One of my favorite things that you show is when you get done and you have A-blast playing the pinball machine love it keep up the great work awesome Video

I don't wanna sound like a stuck record but you've done an awesome job. I don't actually think people realise how much time goes into bringing these machines to this level 👍

Some well played games Ron, the sound board reminds me of my Bally "6 million dollar man" I had years ago, should have kept that one...LOL

I like it how i didnt watch the last ones, but i know it took a lot of work (and a new panel). Looks really sick !

That was quite a save; that Lost World looked closer to Lost Cause at the start. Good work sir!

These week-long pinball videos are fantastic. Gave me something to look forward to in the evening. Great job!

This is a beautiful pinball table, and fun to play. I have a Future Pinball simulation version that I implemented the latest physics on, and I'm doing research on the sounds, trying to dial them in correctly.

looks great!

I've watched the whole process...you are a miracle worker. Very well done.

Great to see you putting it through its paces once again! Keep up the great work! I look forward to your next repair video!

This has been such a fun week Ron. Thank you to to and Joe for keeping us all entertained this week and bringing this one back to life. Also, I have introduced one of my friends to My Brother Donnie. He said he's found his spirit animal.

Cool! Really enjoyed this style of short videos over the week. Hope the buyer has as much fun as we all had watching the videos!

really like the full series of videos, please do more short videos from start to finish

I had fun reading your score upside-down and backwards as you played. I'm also glad my wife didn't catch me and ask, "Why are you watching a guy in South Carolina play pinball?"

Always love your intro. If I’m in a bad mood it cheers me up immediately.

Great series format! Very entertaining. Huge thanks for putting these together.

Yours n Todd's are my favorite channels for this , I Love pinball, grew up playing alot of the games y'all have featured, so much more enjoyable then the online gaming of today

I love these series! :-)

Really enjoyed the series; thanks for filming it.

Sweet conclusion to the week! Loving the repairs, peeps!

Have always had an interest in pinball machines, and seeing you take this one from looking like a crap heap into a fully functional thing was awesome! That animation of the lights dropping like they were going down the drain when you lost the 5X hurt!

The fact they didn't make this for The Pinball Arcade is a crime. Great game.

Really liked the whole series, pretty great turn around for this machine. Great work Ron! Oh and Joe's metal working also 😆 👷‍♂️

Congrats on another successful restoration!

She's a beaut! Thanks for the video. Ever come across a Blackhole or Xenon? Two of my favorites.

Love this game

Wow! Back from the dead! Looks great!

Loved the series, very enjoyable. Some ideas for other videos: How about a video on the background of the most commonly failed spider chip and what it exactly does. I know it would be fairly technical, but I would like to know what the most commonly failed spider chip does and its basic chip architecture. Trivia like why that spider pin architecture never took off, or any other trivia on the chip. How about a video of the shop itself, going through the various sections of the shop and product catagories. What sells, what does not, etc. Just would like to get a view of the shop. How about a video of your storage area. You mentioned you have strorage area where you have many many games in bad shape. It might give away some of your future projects, but maybe people could pick out a game they would like you to fix. Or challenge you to fix a particular game. How about a video on your parts inventory. Something that shows the spare boards and parts you have accumulated over the years, and the most common new parts you keep in stock. How about a a few more videos of true EM arcade games from the 1960s and early 70s. I think you have only done a tiny number of these. The one you did of that driving game and how the projection was done was very interesting.

Great series. Thanks.

Nice

Nice vid great to see this up and running...cheers

This was an expensive series for me as I ordered a new backglass and five display kits for my Lost World.

Hope you make/made a lot of profit off of this one. Did a great job on this beautiful machine.

Oh dang that one looks tons of fun :) and one that is difficult to master (thats a gem to find) as challenging as it is no wonder a kid kicked the coin door he probally lost 10 bucks trying to beat 100k 😆

Get a strong magnet to pull a stuck ball through the glass without having to bump the game causing a tilt

The guy in the backglass has it made, he's ripped, has a sword, wings, a babe and a dragon. All he needs is a beer. I woulda put some wood filler in those holes tho.

I truly enjoy all your videos. You are doing a superior job saving these vintage games, even when they're in rough shape. It is sad when most of these games just get wasted in a landfill and rot. I was wondering about the ball that is inside these machines. Is there only one ball and it returns each time it pops back up on a counted setting; or; are there multiple balls inside. How big are the balls in normal pinball machines because I noticed in your Baby Pacman video that ball looked extra large. I used to have two of the miniature toy pinball machines that had five balls inside. One was just a table top but had the playfield and backboard and the other tood on four legs, blue in color and was probably two foot high. I do not recall the brand names of either one but again, they had five actual balls inside; probably 1" round. The ball or balls inside these big machines may be 2" round; and my guess for the baby Pacman game; that ball could be a 3" ball because it looked much larger than normal.

Ya slapped her, and she slapped ya right back !

I was like what is he talking about caps on the jets the top caps are already on. Then my brain had light bulb moment of remembering there are electrolitic caps on the switches for the jet bumpers my 1986 High-Speed has them. ;) Even pro pinball repairmen brains tend to not work and then need a tune up and a good slap to the face. xD

As you are hitting the pop bumpers up top that lower right bumper is getting a little brighter when it hits. Something is not right.

Thanks for filming this series. Does this mean that this particular pinball machine is for sale now?

Looks like it is lighting a little more when the ball hits it. Maybe a component is bad

I was a rec center winner on lost world March 1980

Your going to home I’ll just have one more game 1 hour later your still playing

Black paint is in reality very very very dark blue. True black would be the complete absence of light.

Right side lower bumper is dark. Left side is bright. Bulbs out ?

Pinball games have a 'blanking" logic signal, not sure what the blanking logic signal is used for in pinball games but maybe someone might know what the blanking signals are used for in pinball games because I think its for the displays

You really need to learn some nudge-foo Ron! :D

I guess i dont understand why the closing music of a bally board is the close encounters theme.

Great series.. You did a great job on that machine. Did something go wrong in that last game when you lost the ball down the left side? The special was lit, which I thought based on your reading of the rules should have been an extra ball. I dont know if you got the ball, but as it counted down your bonus, it wasn't making any sound, and it didn't look like your score was increasing, based on looking at the reflection on the glass?

I want a Mata Hari... Bally 77/78

I was waatching this video again with the demo play of Lost World and forgot to mention last time that some of lights are dim. The one I notice for sure is next to the right flipper. That light bulb looks dim compared to the rest of them. Are those light bulbs the same wattage or do those little bulbs comes in various wattages for varied brightness?

The ending tones are "You're A Loser, Get Some More Coins"

Awesome series! What did you use to clear coat the final painting?

I played with the outhole alittle but i dnt. No 😂

is this sold? not on your web site.

Sweet.. Just got here. Old school sounds. No background music?

Shoulda just done a slight nudge to get it to drain and cashed the 130k bonus.

You should stick an Amazon.ca (Canada) affiliate link in the desc as well :) I tried to just change the URL to .ca, it may have worked, maybe not :)

What about amazon.co.jp? Can you add a link to that?

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