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Pinball Backglasses

I have been looking at a Who pinball machine. It plays most of their tunes, including Pinball Wizard. There is one in an antique store down the street, but the prices there are stratospheric.
 
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The thing I like most about backglasses is how cheap they really are, even for Fireball I havent paid more than 200 for any one pane, and basically some of the artwork on the glass is original.

The older ones especially
 
jack said:
I have one machine in the house, Capt Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. I'm planning on selling it to do the Fireball restoration, now that's it's finally finished and that one I'll keep. This restoration was fun, I learned alot about the analog vs digital wiring and bumper schemes, it's so cool. I should get a decent price for this table, cost me 200, and I've put about 1500 into it, but it's worth about 6,000 in this condition, according to Bally, who are bugging me to sell it to them.

I have 28 back glasses though :)
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I don't believe you actually own any of these things; if you did, the collection would be worth more than the shack you live in.

There is only one way to convince me that you aren't lying about this, (as you do about pretty much everything else): you must post a photograph of your collection of pinball materials, with yourself posed in front of the collection. You must be wearing a fluffy pink sweater and no pants; furthermore, you must have the words "behold Jack Venooker's collection of pinball crap" written across your exposed asscheeks in black magic marker, (ask an adult to help you with this part).

Until you comply with these instructions, I will assume that you do not own ANY pinball crap, and that you are merely making stuff up in order to impress a bunch of gullible idiots on this message board.
 
You know what's cool about CAPTAIN FANTASTIC? It's still "analog" in the sense that it's got tumbler score wheels and all the relays and bumpers and rollovers are mechanical instead of digital, yet it was considered one of the first multi-ball machines (I think it and Gator Lake came out roughly at the same time) and was a precursor to FIREBALL, except it didn't have a skill shot.
 
You DON'T own them, do you? You're just linking to photos of other people's pinball crap. It's shameful!
 
Here's the original glass to the game, I've been talking to the owner about picking it up, there were only two hundred tables released with this glass. He wants too much money for it, (like 400 dollars) but it will fit in the machine, so I'm still considering it. Much different than the faggy American version, I think.

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