Freedom
Here's another machine I grew up playing. This one I used to play at Rosemont Campground in NY. I had gotten so good at this machine I could play for days on a single quarter. Of course you had to be the first one back in the Rec Hall in the morning or someone else would take your credits! I found this particular machine nearby, and almost did not get it. Originally the owner wanted a unrealistic price. When he could not get that, he offered it to somebody for cutting down and removing a tree from his yard. After agreeing, the person changed his mind. I got a strange feeling and decided to call him back in case the deal fell through -- which it had, so he sold it to me so he could pay for the tree removal.
This was also the first machine I did a complete pop bumper rebuild on. Made a real difference to the game play and I was thrilled with the results. I have since done pop bumper rebuilds on other machines to improve play.
I bought a used playfield at Allentown for parts. The playfield may actually be a little nicer then my current playfield. If I ever get REALLY bored, I might consider a playfield swap. I doubt that will ever happen since there is not much difference between the two and it would have to be a full component swap (top and bottom) since so much was gutted already from the parts playfield.
The Pingeek was over when he was up for the 2005 Hershey Expo and pointed out to me that the back glass is an early production run still showing the dates of 1776 and 1976. I seem to luck out on things like this. My Jungle Lord, though blue cabinet has the earlier (and better) backglass and my Cirqus Voltaire has the sample playfield! I wonder what other anomalies are contained in my machines that I have yet to realize!
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IPDB info for Freedom