PAPA 9 WORLD PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

PITTSBURGH, PA 

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Excellent playfield.

Almost forgot KISS, a pin which is collectible enough, that I have never seen one parted out.  I can remember up until the late 90's, you could find a KISS pin barely working, cosmetically decent, for around $600, quite easily.

Near the break area, I spotted another KISS pin, with a German backglass.

Here's a better shot of the backglass. 

Again, excellent playfield.  

Back over by the check-in area at the front door, around the corner from KISS and Ali, I found two Williams classics. I spent much of my time playing "Jungle Lord", one of my favorites, and "Black Knight," the first 50 cent pinball machine I ever played.

This is the nicest Jungle Lord playfield I have ever seen. Normally, expect insert wear so bad, you can't even read the numbers in the bonus countdown area.  

 

But if that wasn't enough, two rare and highly collectible Williams solid state pins, were right next to Black Knight:  Pharaoh and Solar Fire.  Pharaoh is quite similar to Black Knight, but missing the pop bumper.  Solar Fire has ships on the backglass that look oddly similar to Cylon ships from Battlestar Galactica. I played both of these quite a bit, as well as Police Force seen on the right.

Here's some more recent classics. "Whitewater" was one of the pins featured in the "A Division" tournament.  During this tournament, there were modes reached which I had never seen before.

Here's some more tournament pins...

and more tournament pins. Check out the score on "The Shadow."

This is the left side of the tournament area. Notice the glass partition and the nice gap between pins.

 

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