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    We've been on the lookout for a Fun House pinball to add to the collection over the last couple of years.
    Luckily one came up for sale recently that wasn't too bad a condition and also not too far away,

    Obviously not mint, it's a 23 year old machine but it's good condition for it's age and a few things we can work on at a later date like touching up the cabinet and the decals to the left and front have a little fading of the red colour. Ideally would like to replace the main ramp at some point too.

    It was quite dirty / dusty and has a few broken plastics, missing screws etc, so I've ordered the plastics set and some new screws

    We've made a start on cleaning the playfield, but obviously will wait to do most of it until the new plastics arrive and are fitted.

    Game switched on and played as soon as it was plugged in, no errors showing, just a few easy things to attend to:

    The lights on the mirror weren't working, checked and it just required a touch of solder on the connection to the board

    about 3 or 4 bulbs needed replacing in various playfield locations

    And Rudy's head was a bit loose, at one point my son said his eye had fallen out turned out the little linkage has just worked loose and his eye had just turned round, was easy to fix using tweezers to place the connection back in place, after we spent 10 minutes looking for the small linkage inside the cab where it had dropped through

    really happy with this machine, it plays nice and is such fun, love the theme and 'Rudy' the talking head is very entertaining

    My dining room has been hastily re-arranged for now, but I know you guys like pics, so here's a few:

    Pics 1 & 2 - show fading of the red colour to the left and front of machine
    Pics 3 & 4 - show Rudys head and also the Mirror with the coloured lights
    Pic 5 - gratuitous pic of the slowly evolving Pinball arcade, errrrrr I mean dining room

    Also, I only noticed as I was uploading the pics, that Rudy has a message for us in one of them!!


    Fun House4.jpgFun House 1.jpgFun House2.jpgFun House3.jpgFun House5.jpg
    Angie ...
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    I ran away with the Steampunk Circus!
    I was hiding in a room in my mind...
    You crush the lily in my soul...



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    Default Re: and then there were 3, aka Rudy is watching you!!

    Funhouse looks good, you have a great collection
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    Rudy reminds me of that old Anthony Hopkins movie 'Magic' about the ventriliquist and the dummy. Rudy from Funhouse is creepy as hell.
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    Looking good Hanabi
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    Oh my... Such a great game. One of my favorites... congrats!
    Woof!

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    Just trying to get my 8 year old son off it to get him to go to bed

    at the moment he has the highest score in the family and won't let us forget it

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    Congratulations, and welcome to the club I added a Funhouse to my collection about 3 years ago - LOVE IT !!!

    "get yourself a HOT DAWG !!!"

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    Great find although Rudy's head is a bit creepy. Just say NO!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skydanz View Post
    Great find although Rudy is a bit creepy.
    +1
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    That looks like a REALLY fun lineup there Hanabi !
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    We did treat Funhouse to some new plastics and replaced one of the ramps as it has had a bad and noticeable repair in the past

    We also had an issue with some old / bad solder on the power board and it took a while to trace back, but in the end sorted it by checking over all the solder and redoing any that looked old

    Replaced a few bulbs and a fuse, installed a couple of 'cliffy' protectors, and just some general cleaning and everything is looking and playing even better

    This is getting a lot of play in my home!! My son still has the highest score amongst us in the family though

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    I ran away with the Steampunk Circus!
    I was hiding in a room in my mind...
    You crush the lily in my soul...



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    lack of pachis in that line up photo
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    Default Re: and then there were 3, aka Rudy is watching you!!

    That is a really cool machine. Although I have to agree that it is just a little creepy.
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    Less not forget Rudy's sister Talking Tina

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    We used to have Funhouse at the arcade (Rusty Quarters) but traded it out for Ac/Dc. Luckily we lease our pinballs from a local company, which periodically switches them out.. Rudy was getting pretty beat up, to the point that one eye stopped working.
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    "Pic 5 - gratuitous pic of the slowly evolving Pinball arcade, errrrrr I mean dining room"

    Hey, it's still a flat surface that you can put a dinner plate on.
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    Congrats on FH its one of my favorites. Remember to install a remote battery holder on the back box.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie View Post
    Congrats on FH its one of my favorites. Remember to install a remote battery holder on the back box.
    Hi Eddie

    I believe it already has one fitted, was one of the first things to check as I know from reading that battery leakage can cause damage to delicate boards

    I remember seeing pics of your Funhouse, such a fun pinball to play and Rudy really adds that extra interaction to make you keep on playing



    Angie ...
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    I ran away with the Steampunk Circus!
    I was hiding in a room in my mind...
    You crush the lily in my soul...



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    Hi,

    FH is a very good pinball machine i never had one but i had a Road Show and i love this pin!
    I also had a RFM (the Star Wars was a littel bit boring by the rules) and i think the P2000 was a good evolution in Pinball maschines but this Design stopped with this two pins!
    You have a nice Pin collection!

    greets Frank
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pivo View Post
    Hi,

    FH is a very good pinball machine i never had one but i had a Road Show and i love this pin!
    I also had a RFM (the Star Wars was a littel bit boring by the rules) and i think the P2000 was a good evolution in Pinball maschines but this Design stopped with this two pins!
    You have a nice Pin collection!

    greets Frank


    Yes it is great to have both of the Pinball 2000 titles, and I agree it was a good concept, such a shame it ended

    Many people do say that of the 2 titles they prefer RFM but my family are big Star Wars fans and so the SWE1 gets a lot of play too

    I think they are all 3 here to stay, i could never part with any of them


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    Pachinkos, Pachislos, Coffee, Papercraft Ninja, Pinball

    I ran away with the Steampunk Circus!
    I was hiding in a room in my mind...
    You crush the lily in my soul...



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