Rare 1980 Gottlieb STAR RACE widebody pinball machine Shopped LEDs-FREE SHIPPING
This game works great. We have fully shopped it and replaced all of the rubber bands with new ones. We have also replaced all of the light bulbs with new Cointaker LEDs (the best you can get). There are just a handful of bulbs that are not cointaker but still LED, because the cointakers would not fit. But only a few. Every single bulb, switch, coil, target, display segment, sound effect, etc is working great. We replaced the MPU board with a new Rottendog MPU. The sound board is new. All of the other boards are original and working perfectly. This game has been in my Pinball Paradise playable pinball museum in central IL for about 3 years and had no problems at all other than one bumper not working for a while, which ended up just being a bad solder joint on the bumper driver board. A 2 minute repair. Otherwise, it has worked flawlessly for over 3 years with weekly play. NOTE: The displays all work perfectly and have no burns or flaws of any kind. The pictures unfortunately make it look like the displays are not working, because this darn iPhone doesn’t allow my to adjust the shutter speed. It is such a fast shutter speed that it catches the displays while drawing the digits and makes them look broken. Trust me, to the human eye, they look and function perfectly. If anyone knows how to adjust the shutter speed on an iPhone 12 please message me. We have of course completely shopped it after pulling it out of the museum last week, so it is playing about like new. This game really plays great, and has SO much to shoot for on the playfield. It has 2 banks of drop targets lower bank has new targets, and upper bank has original targets but I’m including all new ones if you want to change them. I didn’t want to because “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. There are 2 patented “vari-targets” well incorporated into the layout and rules. There are 4 flippers, some loop shots, several lanes, bumpers, slingshots, rollovers, saucers, etc… Just a really fun game with lots to do and a lot of challenge if you want to accomplish everything. Also, I need to emphasize just how HUGE this game is. Not only is it a wide-body, but it is also deeper / longer than most pinballs. It will stick out a little from the other pinballs in your line up because Gottlieb made these enormous. And it was well worth it, because they filled the playfield with a lot more artwork and things to shoot for. I really love these wide-bodies. I wish this became the standard size for pinballs. The game has a new ball and lock. The quarter coin mechs work so you can use it as a piggy bank if you wish. I should also mention that Star Race is one of the rarest Gottlieb games made. Very low production of 870 units. I have never seen another one and I have seen 10s of thousands of pinballs in the last 30 years. I don’t know where they all went, but they are not put up for sale very often I can tell you. One last thing to mention. The pinball has a solid steel plate bolted to the bottom of the game that completely covers the entire bottom of the game. This adds a lot of weight to the game. Because I’ve seen these on other Gottlieb widebodies just like this. It has a hole for the power switch. Here is a video I took showing that the game is fully working. CONDITION and RATINGS for THIS SPECIFIC MACHINE. The physical / cosmetic condition of this game is very good. It is not mint, but very good. The playfield does have some worn spots, but nothing very bad. It looks like there are a few areas that were touched up on the playfield but they look good to me and I’m not sure because it must have been before I got it. Overall, the playfield still looks very good in my opinion. The artwork is outstanding, and so vibrant that the few worn areas really don’t stand out at all. The plastics are all basically perfect. I can’t see any flaws or cracks or broken parts at all. The backglass looks very good, but definitely has some flaking. Fortunately the flaking is in the dark blue sections, which are sky/star areas so it doesn’t stand out badly and just looks like more stars. A lot better than if the girls were flaking badly which they are not. The cabinet is very nice and solid. The paint on the cabinet is all original – no touchup – and still is excellent. There are a few scratches and worn spots but not bad. The coin door is excellent, and has working coin mechs and original coin box. New LED bulbs to light the coin slots, and a new lock. It has been fully shopped with LED bulbs. If you need any more pictures or have any questions, please let me know – I’m happy to answer. PLAYFIELD PLASTICS: 9.5/10. COIN DOOR: 9.5/10. STANDARD GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SOLID STATE PINBALL SHOPPING. When we shop a solid state pinball, here is what that includes. 1 Removed most everything from the playfield. 2 Clean, wax, and polish entire playing surface. 3 Replace all above-playfield light bulbs with new LED bulbs. 4 Replace all below-playfield light bulbs with new LED matching colored bulbs. 5 Replace all rubbers with new ones. 6 Re-install all above playfield plastics and hardware after thorough cleaning. 7 Remove backglass, replace all bulbs with LEDs. 8 Make sure all features of pinball are working properly. 9 Scrub, clean, and touch up cabinet to the best of our limited ability. 10 Install new lock on front door. 11 Install new ball(s). There are probably a few other things we do, but that’s the gist of it. This game is located in sunny, beautiful downtown McLean, IL 61754. We have over 140 playable games and luxurious arcade-themed lodging options. Contact me for more details or look for hotel Arcadia on airbnb. They will bring it right inside your house (ground floor only). This is for the 48 contiguous United States only. In some rare cases possibly longer. What I CAN guarantee is that if you pick the game up, or if not when the game leaves my hands, it will be exactly as described and photoed above. I’m a fair, honest guy… This item is in the category “Collectibles\Arcade, Jukeboxes & Pinball\Pinball\Machines”. The seller is “vintagevideogames.arcadia” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Year: 1980
- Brand: Gottlieb