They Only Made 20 Of These Bally Mata Hari Prototype Pinball Machines!

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They Only Made 20 Of These Bally Mata Hari Prototype Pinball Machines!

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We had a customer bring us his Bally Mata Hari pinball machine to work on, but little did we know, if was one of the super rare, only twenty made, PROTOTYPE Pinball Machines that had an experimental Plastic Playfield!
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@AllanSitte 4 ай бұрын

OMG!!! Definitely a unicorn in pinball history. The owner is blessed to have it in this condition. I hope the owner can have it come back for a cleaning and tune up/refresh. She is a beauty. Thank you for sharing this with us. And thank you to the owner for giving all of us a chance to see a working example.

@aaronwadzinski5761 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Joe, for stepping in and showing us your repair skills too, on this great machine!

@rcfreeman 4 ай бұрын

Well this was a fun switch up...nice work Joe!

@WildkatPhoto 4 ай бұрын

talk about 1 in a million. I kinda feel bad for never appreciating how complex these things are when I was in the arcade every day.

@clumaster 4 ай бұрын

I Noticed that the Kicker on the Right Slingshot was not working either. I Love the Mata Hari machine, my dad used to own one an i was always fixing it an playing it, i miss those days.

@Jesselovespinball 4 ай бұрын

Nice Joe!!! Glad to see you in a pinball machine besides cleaning it ! You nailed it ! I did my first full restore on a Mata Hari . I spent a 7 months completely ripping it apart . New paint with stencils , new playfield . Cleaned and polished everything. It was beautiful. And then I got bored and sold it to by another 😂

@mabalicksbyyuo-sr7xk 4 ай бұрын

joe is need a turn table foe a rock ola nostalgia 1000 please can you tell me where to buy

@markjackson1444 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Joe for fixing this old beauty, and for the fun video. … What a mighty machine this was back when it came out. The customer should be very happy.

@madmrmax 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Joe! Lovely walk through about this classic! +1 to what Chip said as well.

@vedranmaricevic6760 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for making these videos, I really like to watch them. I always like them. Greetings from Berlin, Germany

@ExFobtAddict 4 ай бұрын

Nice work Joe puff that chest out when you see Ron! 👊

@jumpingjack2605 4 ай бұрын

Nice repair Joe

@MrButtonpresser Ай бұрын

For a quick and dirty repair, that playfield came up excellent.

@ericernst7414 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I haven’t seen you guys put one together step by step yet. Still wanting to see you pick one up from the wild step by step.

@kenlanier2131 4 ай бұрын

Ohh my goodness.... Joe was using a socket and not pliers. LOL

@LyonsArcade 4 ай бұрын

He couldn't find his pliers!

@THEM-BONES-1 4 ай бұрын

Ron you have voice made for youtube and radio!

@LyonsArcade 4 ай бұрын

I'm pretty good at imitating people, as a kid I always thought Mr. Rogers, Roy Underhill from The Woodright Shop, and Bob Ross were really cool and later as a teenager I used to listen to a guy named John Hancock on the radio, i'm basically just acting like them

@wescummins5871 4 ай бұрын

Super Abari in Charlotte has a Mata Hari, love this table! Super fun and unforgiving at the same time

@JamesUK-je4ew 4 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this one Joe, thanks for sharing. Appreciate all you do arcade or pinball-wise. Regards

@cheeseparis1 4 ай бұрын

6:30 this kind of moments when you won't answer your phone... Thanks Joe for this great repair and congrats on the two free games!

@LyonsArcade 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, We appreciate it!

@williamnutley5509 4 ай бұрын

Nice job Joe!!

@EricPetersen2922 4 ай бұрын

Mata Hari is a great table I didn’t know about this one tho. Very cool!

@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb 4 ай бұрын

Way cool and great job. Now we also know that Joe is the better pinball player too. Looks like a fun game to play. Cheers 🍺

@a68k_de 4 ай бұрын

EM pinballs are the best music in my ears! ;) that pinball is so cool!

@BIGMIKE360AMUSEMENTS 2 ай бұрын

I like all the Bally Pinball Machines from the 70’s and 80’s especially Harlem Globetrotters On Tour

@LyonsArcade 2 ай бұрын

That's a great game!

@BIGMIKE360AMUSEMENTS 2 ай бұрын

@@LyonsArcade definitely 👍🏾

@danijelcar5184 4 ай бұрын

Playfield is mint !😎👍Great repair..

@michaelwhitley-yt7hd 4 ай бұрын

I love those pop bumbers they have lots of power.

@jasonsteverson4609 4 ай бұрын

Hey Ron!! Hey Joe!!

@LyonsArcade 4 ай бұрын

Hey Jason!

@lawrencenicolaides2361 4 ай бұрын

Pinball diamond 💎

@Foxonian 4 ай бұрын

Heard an old tale years ago that the chimes used on this game and on many other 1st gen Bally solid state games were originally designed for a Bally horse race themed solid state pinball game called, 'Derby Day" or some such that was well into development but ended up being cancelled.

@RodsPinballVideos 4 ай бұрын

Interesting! That would explain the start up sound which has nothing to do with all the early games it was on. You would have thought it wouldn't have been difficult to program a different tune for each game, hmmm

@alanarmstrong2323 4 ай бұрын

Nice video Sir !

@michaelwhitley-yt7hd 4 ай бұрын

Your right Joe can't tell which target you changed, blends right in.

@clivepedersen8186 13 күн бұрын

There is definitely one of these in New Zealand. A friend and I fixed one up and sold it many years ago. We were suprised when we looked at the front edge of the playfield and saw it wasn't wood.

@ronaldwade9819 4 ай бұрын

looks so much better, using only a magic eraser.

@Pinballroomcville 4 ай бұрын

Nice 👍. Great Video

@kmart0017 4 ай бұрын

That plain yellow cabinet is screaming for some stencils. 😃

@gorillaau 4 ай бұрын

Its a beautiful blank canvas. Tempting to add your high score somewhere and sign it. No, I wouldn't do that, but the thought crosses my mind,

@DavidSmith-rc7hs 4 ай бұрын

I think you did fine job,,,,

@sguttag 4 ай бұрын

Sometimes, the simple fixes are all that are needed (bad bridge rectifier). I don't think I ever saw the right sling-shot fire and the ball hit it pretty well, particularly when the left sling-shot sent it over. Personally, I prefer 5-ball on most pinballs. Every once in a while, there is one that seems to have better play on 3-ball. For those machines that have a difference in play (different scoring or how the unit plays), it seems like they design it as 5-ball and then come up with a 3-ball version and adjust things so it's attainable. But hey, like what you like. I'm good with that too. At least they give one the option!.

@yorgle 4 ай бұрын

Orbitor-1 also has a plastic playfield with a formed shape so the ball moves in odd ways. 😮

@justinfiorini3142 4 ай бұрын

That game is insane to play.

@yorgle 4 ай бұрын

@@justinfiorini3142 100% agreed. I LOVE IT!

@willierants5880 4 ай бұрын

It's a classic Bally, every pin on every wire in every connector on that machine needs to be repinned. This is a must do. Once done mark the machine that it was done and when so the next guy doesn't have to do it.

@MRNBricks 3 ай бұрын

Nice work, Joe. We all know you’re the brains of the operation. But seriously, sucks that this isn’t in the hands of a collector who will cherry it out.

@RPike-bq3xm 4 ай бұрын

Would you be able to uses a DBT when checking for blown fuse shorts? It would save the cost of fuses if it did. Us solid state amp guys use them to check for shorts after doing maintenance.

@eDoc2020 4 ай бұрын

Oh, a dim bulb tester? It would somewhat work but with limitations. Many coils won't work right on reduced voltage. It would let you know about a dead short.

@RPike-bq3xm 4 ай бұрын

@@eDoc2020 I thought so. Unplugging the play board would allow for the DBT to indicate a short on the control boards and power supply. Small lamp used in the DBT? In this case, Joe would of been able to narrow down the rectifier quickly.

@glenpeters2260 4 ай бұрын

ron better look out!!! joe is the pinball wizzard;)!!!!!

@tigerguy88 4 ай бұрын

No artwork on the cabinet ?

@michaelturner4457 3 ай бұрын

Is this the version that has "Meine Ehre heißt Treue" on the dagger?

@waynegram8907 4 ай бұрын

Are the lamps and coils causing voltage/current spikes that is causing the bridge rectifiers components to get damage?

@RodsPinballVideos 4 ай бұрын

It was like 46 years old and reached the end of it's life. It's pretty common as the original BRs were underpowered to begin with.

@waynegram8907 4 ай бұрын

@@RodsPinballVideos They were UnderSpec, not underpowered

@RodsPinballVideos 4 ай бұрын

@@waynegram8907Correct, poor choice of words 😊

@waynegram8907 4 ай бұрын

@@RodsPinballVideos its ok , the Bridge Rectifiers have a PIV Peak Inverse Voltage which the coils and lamps are causing spikes on the power rails which damage the Bridge Rectifiers over time. The PIV specs will protect them from the power rail spikes

@TechGorilla1987 4 ай бұрын

@2:39 - Depends on how 'broke' it is...

@markseeling1723 4 ай бұрын

OMG.... need to talk about solder. Lead vs no lead... flux, and expiration dates!

@user-wv6gh9ev9f 4 ай бұрын

Right bumper not working

@willierants5880 4 ай бұрын

Yo, the bottom of your cabinet isn't for storage or a trash bin! You leave that crap down there, pack the machine up for transport, a screw, washer or old fuse jumps up and lodges itself and you set it back turn it on and you wonder why stuff isn't working. Keep your machines clean folks. It's not hard.

@The_Black_Knight 4 ай бұрын

Although few Mata Hari's were made with polyethylene plastic playfields similiar to EBD and several other titles they are not particularly valuable, despite durability. The version collectors desire are EM over SS. An EM example in superb condition is worth 6x the SS.

@LyonsArcade 4 ай бұрын

@RodsPinballVideos 4 ай бұрын

I thought these playfields were meant to be more duarable, but the wear on this one says otherwise. I believe the issue with not continuing with them was that screws would easily strip out.

@thedude3423 4 ай бұрын

I play an EM all the time at Past Times Arcade. Love it more than the SS for sure. Also play an EM Night Rider, which isn't nearly as rare but fun to play also. 😊👍💯