Season 1

The first This Old Pinball (TOP) video (aka TOP#1), covers the restoration and repair of 1960s Gottlieb 'wedgehead' pinballs (but certainly does apply to other EM pinball games too). Video concentrates on restoring a 1964 Gottlieb World Fair pinball. This video is hosted by Norm and Shaggy. Two hours long, NTSC video format, DVD media. The following is a list of the DVD chapter titles. This does not encompass all the information in the video, just where the chapters are marked.
TOP#1 DVD Chapters:

Introduction of "Norm" and "Shaggy", TOP's hosts.
Initial game evaluation
Disassembly of lower cabinet
Rust removal
Buffing and Polishing of metal parts
Tumbling parts (more polishing tips)
Paint Stripping
Removing old Latex paint to uncover original finishes
Paint prep and cabinet defeat repairs
Cabinet paint "webbing" and splatter
Bottom panel EM repair
EM Switch maintainence, switch adjustment, switch contact cleaning
Connectors cleaning
The Hold relay
Cleaning the cabinet
Painting cabinet stencil art
Reproducing score cards
EM backbox repair
Stepper unit rebuilding and cleaning
Score reel rebuilding and cleaning
Light socket fixes
Misc. EM start-up problems
Reading schematics
Playfield switch adjustments
Contact cleaner and WD-40 spray Warning!!
First power-on
Playfield touchup
Backglass touchup
Clearcoating the playfield with Automotive Urethane
Marvelous Marvin's Mechanical Museum short tour
Rubbing out the playfield
Pop bumper rebuild
Making the bumpers more 'peppy'
Flipper adjustment and rebuild and EOS switch
Playfield assembly
Flattening warped playfield plastics
Re-inking bumper caps
Adjusting playfield relays
Final testing and playing of the finished game

The second This Old Pinball (TOP) video (aka TOP#2), covers the restoration and repair of 1950s and 1960s Williams Pitch and Bat baseball EM pinball machines (but certainly does apply to other EM pinball games too). Video concentrates on restoring a 1960 Williams Official baseball game. This video is hosted by Norm and Shaggy. Two hours long, NTSC video format, DVD media. The following is a list of the DVD chapter titles. This does not encompass all the information in the video, just where the chapters are marked.

TOP#2 DVD Chapters:

"Norm" and "Shaggy" at Tiger stadium
Introducing Pitch & Bat baseball games
1956 Williams Four Bagger Deluxe cabinet repairs and touchups
Making a coin entrance plate
Replacing the power cord
EM Switch maintainence
Stepper unit rebuild and cleaning
Cleaning connectors
Backglass sealing
Backglass touchup
Backbox EM maintainence
Score reel rebuild and cleaning
Running man unit repair
Inning buzzer
Playfield inspection
Manikin men repair
Refinishing woodrails
Cleaning the cabinet
Repairing the front door area
Restoring the cardboard backgrounds
Restoring the front lockdown molding
Repainting the coin door
Repairing the bat
Repairing the pitching motor
Replacing the pitching flap
Fixing playfield chips
High score reels
Play testing the finished game
Sapphire!
Pitch and Bat history 1948 to 1991

The third This Old Pinball (TOP) video (aka TOP#3), covers the restoration and repair of 1990s Williams "WPC" pinball machines (but certainly does apply to other 1990s pinball games too). Video concentrates on restoring a 1993 Williams Twilight Zone pinball game. This video is hosted by Norm and Shaggy. Two hours long, NTSC video format, DVD media. The following is a list of the DVD chapter titles. This does not encompass all the information in the video, just where the chapters are marked.

The third This Old Pinball (TOP) video (aka TOP#4), covers the restoration and repair of 1990s Williams "WPC" pinball machines (but certainly does apply to other 1990s pinball games too). This is somewhat of a continuation of the TOP#3 video. Concentrates on restoring a 1993 Williams Indiana Jones pinball game. This video is hosted by Norm and Shaggy. Two hours long, NTSC video format, DVD media. The following is a list of the DVD chapter titles. This does not encompass all the information in the video, just where the chapters are marked.

The fifth This Old Pinball (TOP) video (aka TOP5.1 and TOP5.2), covers the restoration and repair of 1980s Gottlieb System80 pinball machines. In particular, the fabled Gottlieb Haunted House and Gottlieb Black Hole are featured in this two DVD set.

The fifth This Old Pinball (TOP) video (aka TOP5.1 and TOP5.2), covers the restoration and repair of 1980s Gottlieb System80 pinball machines. In particular, the fabled Gottlieb Haunted House and Gottlieb Black Hole are featured in this two DVD set. Note this video is ONLY available as a two DVD set (that is you can't just order TOP5.1). Video is hosted by Norm and Shaggy. Each DVD is two hours long, NTSC video format, DVD media. The following is a list of the DVD chapter titles. This does not encompass all the information in the video, just where the chapters are marked.
TOP#5.1 DVD Chapters:

TOP#5.2 DVD Chapters:

This Old Pinball TOP#6 covers the restoration and repair of EM arcade games from the 1950s and 1960s (but certainly does apply to EM pinball games too). Video concentrates on restoring "manikin" arcade games including two 1954 Genco 2 Player Basketball, two 1957 Williams Ten Strikes, 1964 Southland Engineering Little Pro, 1961 Chicago Coin Pro Basketball, 1965 Williams Hollywood Driving Range, and a 1971 Sega Pro Bowler. This video is hosted by Norm and Shaggy. Two hours long, NTSC video format, DVD media. The following is a list of the DVD chapter titles. This does not encompass all the information in the video, just where the chapters are marked.

TOP#6 DVD Chapters:

Initial game evaluation of the two 1954 Genco Two Player Basketball games
Rebuilding the cabinets (repairing missing wood and paint prep)
Painting the cabinets including sealing the wood, paint selection, color selection
Making stencils and painting with stencils
Repairing the game's EM mechanics
Recreating paper graphic backgrounds
Recreating other game graphics
1971 Sega Pro Bowler EM mechanics - dealing with sealed relays
Sapphire!
1964 Southland Engineering Little Pro manikin golf game repair
1965 Williams Hollywood Driving Range game repair
1957 Williams 10 Strike repair, including rebuilding the manikin man.
1961 Chicago Coin Pro Basketball repair
Sealing backglasses with Krylon's Triple Thick, including using Saran wrap to aid in attaching paint flakes
Tempered versus plate glass strength
Flying Hook Bomb!

The popularity of 1980s and 1990s pin games has really skyrocketed, so Norm and the Shagster felt it was time to do a video about restoring these great games. Covered is repair and restoraton of Williams/Bally System 11 (1985 to 1990) and Data East (1987 to 1995) pinball games. Though much of this information could certainly be applied to other brands and eras of pin games. Covers complete repair and ground-up restoration of this era of pinball games.

The popularity of bowling in the 1950s and 1960s gave the coinop trifecta (United, Chicago Coin, Bally) a chance to make & sell A LOT of EM bowling games! And they sure did as Shuffle Alleys (aka puck bowlers) and Ball Bowlers were the top-end products of the coinop industries during this time. These games made boatloads of money for the operators. Because of this, 30 to 50 years later, there are TONS of EM ball bowlers and shuffle alleys available for restoration. So Norm and the Shagster felt it was time to do a video about restoring these great games, which are frankly the upper echelon of EM coin-op collectibles.

If you own an EM ball bowler or shuffle alley and can't find anyone to repair it, this video is for you. Though it's not exactly the "Idiots Guide to Repairing EM Bowlers", for those that have some mechanical ability and lots of time on their hands, it will show how to do get a bowler working. And if you don't know what "EM" means, you probably have some ground level research to do (see this).

Video covers repair, restoraton and history of EM Ball Bowlers and EM Shuffle Alleys, but this repair information spans most other types of EM games (like pinballs) from post-WW2 to 1978. Over 20 different bowlers are shown in the video (many tens of thousands of dollars worth of restored/working games), with the video concentrates on restoring a 1963 Chicago Coin Grand Spare Lite ball bowler (17.5 feet long, 4.5" balls, six selectible games). The video covers mostly ball bowlers, but shuffle alleys are also wrapped into this video - the only difference between a ball bowler and a puck bowler is the added ball lift mechanism for a ball bowler. Otherwise shuffle alleys and ball bowlers are largely identical in operation and restoration/repair.

Note TOP8 is language and kid friendly, except for the last 2 minutes of the video, which has a sexy babe ("Dandy", who is TOP7 Candy's sister), testing out Shaggy's bowler. So if viewing in front of kids, don't let