The artwork on this machine is depicting the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the collaborative U.S.-Soviet space mission done as a gesture of goodwill between both countries. ^^
I'm glad you talk and react when you're showing us these machines. It feels weird watching some other pinball videos on You Tube, when they're playing machines and not saying a word, even when they miss a critical shot or the ball drains when they get some SPECIALS lit. I couldn't do it. These old pinball machines taught me how to swear.
One of my favorite EM pinball games of all time. A bar had this game for about 4 years and it was a lot of fun to play. When I used to play this game back in the day I would turn over the score at least 2 times.
My parents owned a bowling lanes when I was growing up and we had a Space Mission in there for awhile. One of the first pinball machines I ever played. I think I used to stand on a box or something so that I was tall enough to see the play field. One or two of those wooden crates that the old 16 oz tall glass bottles of Coke came in. I can also remember being fascinated with the artwork on the machine. I was (and still am) very much into space. I used to squeeze between it and the next pinball (we had four) so that I could get close and look. Very cool to see you play it. I've been watching several videos on your channel lately and you have covered many machines that I recall the vendor placing in our business. Thanks for the road trip down memory lane. Sometime this summer I'll be in Charlotte for a day or two. If I get the time, I'll head down to your place and take a look around.
Come on by, we've always got some stuff to look at :) Good memories, I used to work for an operator and had 8 bowling alleys that I collected out of and a few more that came and went, so I was around the bowling industry for awhile, the ones I really liked were the smaller mom and pop places, it's a kind of lost thing but some of those centers really had a lot of good memories in them. Think of all the fun people had in those places.
@@LyonsArcade That is what ours was, 8 lanes. And it was (and still is) a very old center. As far as I was able to figure out, the place opened in 1943. It was in our family for about 25 years. Sold it in the late 90's. It is still going with a second owner since then though I have not been inside of it for a long time to see how it has changed. Hopefully I'll be down to see your plac. I have a mind to pick up a machine in an unreconditioned state and get it up and running myself. I did that with a Seeburg DS100 jukebox though I never did get the Tormat selection system working right. However, I'm much more experienced with electrical systems since then. Someday I want to get that thing down here and finish what I started.
Nice shootin' Tex ! I remember playing this pinball machine back around '76 when it came out. I'm guessing at that time it was probably at the Futurama Bowl in San Jose, CA. I liked it. I wouldn't mind owning one. Thanks for sharing this. Great video
Thank you for sharing this amazing pin! The artwork is based on artist renderings of the celebrated docking between the U.S. Apollo spacecraft, and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, a joint venture, which was hailed as a positive moment of cooperation between the two superpowers. It eventually lead to further cooperation, and development of the International Space Station. This would be an awesome machine to donate to one of the NASA visitor centers. It's entirely possible it was, at one point. Very, very cool!
I've got one of these machines, it really is remarkably fun for an EM machine. My backglass is totally shot though, some operator in the past laminated the back in masking tape, likely to stop paint peeling in a few spots, but now the whole artwork is separating from the glass. When I got the machine about ~15 years ago there was no reproduction back glass for it, glad to see that's changed now, I will have to order one.
Yeah it'll really set it off. I think a machine of this caliber it's worth the money for the new glass... maybe you can sell or use the old glass as a decoration in it's deteriorated state too.
Looks like I need to replace a number of solenoids on my 1973 Circus Game Bally. Any body have any suggestions. Question, how do you replace the light bulbs the areas where the are encased in the wood blocks?
are you sure the solenoids are bad? Usually you don't have several go... you can buy new ones at www.MarcoSpec.com ... to replace the bulbs you can take a rubber shooter tip from the shooter rod and turn it around backwards, it'll hold the glass and allow you to turn the bulb and pop it out.
All my 70s EM machines are like this: 80K first ball, 0K second ball, 2K third ball, 10K fourth ball, and then 0-80K last ball. It just makes the games so unpredictable and varied. You can seriously go without ONE POINT per ball, without one flipper hit...
The spaceships are from the Apollo-Soyuz mission, where the US and the Russians worked together for the first time in space. You had it partly right, the ship with the big solar panels on it is a Russian Soyuz, and the one with the American flag on it is an Apollo CSM module, the same kind that flew men to the moon. It was a big deal at the time, so I guess that's why Williams put them on the table.
Before my time as well, but I'm a bit of a space buff (and pinball fan). I think it's rather appropriate for a table called "Space Mission" to feature precisely that, a real-life space mission, on the backglass, the playfield, and all the cabinet art. And what art! Even if this machine isn't in mint-condition-perfect nick, it's still gorgeous to look at, and I'm sure it's a blast to play.
That would probably work very well, we've done that a few times but I didnt' even think about it for this one. In general I dont' like LED's but in cases like this like you said it would help it look more like it did originally!
I'm pretty sure the Apollo-Soyuz backglass art on "Space Mission" is a knockoff of a particular painting by the great space artist Robert McCall: www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/mccall01.html It's that eight-armed sunburst blasting through sort of bluish nebulosity that's the tell. McCall loved to paint those, though his looked more like crosses. In 1975 this was current events. I remember reading about the mission in My Weekly Reader when I was in the second grade--I think it had actually happened during the preceding summer vacation.
I may talk too much, but you run your mouth too much Thomas, and there's a difference. Go watch somebody else's videos, you seem like a jerk and I'm going to keep talking.
The artwork on this machine is depicting the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the collaborative U.S.-Soviet space mission done as a gesture of goodwill between both countries. ^^
I'm glad you talk and react when you're showing us these machines. It feels weird watching some other pinball videos on You Tube, when they're playing machines and not saying a word, even when they miss a critical shot or the ball drains when they get some SPECIALS lit. I couldn't do it. These old pinball machines taught me how to swear.
One of my favorite EM pinball games of all time. A bar had this game for about 4 years and it was a lot of fun to play. When I used to play this game back in the day I would turn over the score at least 2 times.
+Paul W - Yeah it's one of the best EM's I've played... very fun!
My favorite game as a teenager wish I could play it again
I have this same machine! I love it so much and still works like new
It's a cool machine, have fun with it!
I used to play this game as a teenager was one of my favorites to those were the good old days
My parents owned a bowling lanes when I was growing up and we had a Space Mission in there for awhile. One of the first pinball machines I ever played. I think I used to stand on a box or something so that I was tall enough to see the play field. One or two of those wooden crates that the old 16 oz tall glass bottles of Coke came in. I can also remember being fascinated with the artwork on the machine. I was (and still am) very much into space. I used to squeeze between it and the next pinball (we had four) so that I could get close and look. Very cool to see you play it.
I've been watching several videos on your channel lately and you have covered many machines that I recall the vendor placing in our business. Thanks for the road trip down memory lane. Sometime this summer I'll be in Charlotte for a day or two. If I get the time, I'll head down to your place and take a look around.
Come on by, we've always got some stuff to look at :) Good memories, I used to work for an operator and had 8 bowling alleys that I collected out of and a few more that came and went, so I was around the bowling industry for awhile, the ones I really liked were the smaller mom and pop places, it's a kind of lost thing but some of those centers really had a lot of good memories in them. Think of all the fun people had in those places.
@@LyonsArcade That is what ours was, 8 lanes. And it was (and still is) a very old center. As far as I was able to figure out, the place opened in 1943. It was in our family for about 25 years. Sold it in the late 90's. It is still going with a second owner since then though I have not been inside of it for a long time to see how it has changed.
Hopefully I'll be down to see your plac. I have a mind to pick up a machine in an unreconditioned state and get it up and running myself. I did that with a Seeburg DS100 jukebox though I never did get the Tormat selection system working right. However, I'm much more experienced with electrical systems since then. Someday I want to get that thing down here and finish what I started.
Nice shootin' Tex ! I remember playing this pinball machine back around '76 when it came out. I'm guessing at that time it was probably at the Futurama Bowl in San Jose, CA. I liked it. I wouldn't mind owning one. Thanks for sharing this. Great video
Great video again I love how you describe everything on the back glass and on the playfield thanks again you’re great!
Thanks Gary, we appreciate you watching with us!
Thank you for sharing this amazing pin! The artwork is based on artist renderings of the celebrated docking between the U.S. Apollo spacecraft, and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, a joint venture, which was hailed as a positive moment of cooperation between the two superpowers. It eventually lead to further cooperation, and development of the International Space Station. This would be an awesome machine to donate to one of the NASA visitor centers. It's entirely possible it was, at one point. Very, very cool!
It's definitely one of the best EM's, Space Odyssey too.
I've got one of these machines, it really is remarkably fun for an EM machine. My backglass is totally shot though, some operator in the past laminated the back in masking tape, likely to stop paint peeling in a few spots, but now the whole artwork is separating from the glass. When I got the machine about ~15 years ago there was no reproduction back glass for it, glad to see that's changed now, I will have to order one.
Yeah it'll really set it off. I think a machine of this caliber it's worth the money for the new glass... maybe you can sell or use the old glass as a decoration in it's deteriorated state too.
We had the 2 player version (Space Odyssey) back in the 80s and wish we had kept it. Great game.
trick art work ‼️®™️ Always thought that was a damn good game❗️
Absolutely, I love it! Thanks again Rory!!!
now that looks like fun
We're working on another one right now, very fun game!
@@LyonsArcade cool. keep up the good work
I love this game
I probably blew 350$ in quarters on this machine back in the late 70s. And I'd do it all again😁
It's part of your formative process :) Thanks for watching Mick, we appreciate it!
good channel good pinball machine
Thanks Rafael, we appreciate you watching!
Looks like I need to replace a number of solenoids on my 1973 Circus Game Bally. Any body have any suggestions. Question, how do you replace the light bulbs the areas where the are encased in the wood blocks?
are you sure the solenoids are bad? Usually you don't have several go... you can buy new ones at www.MarcoSpec.com ... to replace the bulbs you can take a rubber shooter tip from the shooter rod and turn it around backwards, it'll hold the glass and allow you to turn the bulb and pop it out.
I just got this pinball machine awesome
It was in germany , coin message is in german , cool
Very cool, they sold them all over the place!
All my 70s EM machines are like this: 80K first ball, 0K second ball, 2K third ball, 10K fourth ball, and then 0-80K last ball. It just makes the games so unpredictable and varied. You can seriously go without ONE POINT per ball, without one flipper hit...
The spaceships are from the Apollo-Soyuz mission, where the US and the Russians worked together for the first time in space.
You had it partly right, the ship with the big solar panels on it is a Russian Soyuz, and the one with the American flag on it is an Apollo CSM module, the same kind that flew men to the moon.
It was a big deal at the time, so I guess that's why Williams put them on the table.
I read up on it awhile back, the famous "Handshake In Space" ! Unfortunately I wasn't around to witness it...
Before my time as well, but I'm a bit of a space buff (and pinball fan). I think it's rather appropriate for a table called "Space Mission" to feature precisely that, a real-life space mission, on the backglass, the playfield, and all the cabinet art.
And what art! Even if this machine isn't in mint-condition-perfect nick, it's still gorgeous to look at, and I'm sure it's a blast to play.
This pinball machine was made in honor of the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.
Where did you get the blinking lights? Are they LEDs? I have a machine I'm redoing, and I love the effect.Thanks, cool video.
Those particular ones are called #455 bulbs but I do believe they make led versions too. You can get all the bulbs you want at marcospecialties.com
Well, you could put in more red bulbs (or led) to make "SPACE MISSION" more red again :)
That would probably work very well, we've done that a few times but I didnt' even think about it for this one. In general I dont' like LED's but in cases like this like you said it would help it look more like it did originally!
1:37 Ow yeahhh.... Centipide
That's a fun one :) We've got a few Centipede videos here on our channel :)
Yes looking for xenon I wish to perchise so you got one
Williams uses the term jet bumpers. Gottlieb uses the term pop bumpers.
That makes sense!
I'm pretty sure the Apollo-Soyuz backglass art on "Space Mission" is a knockoff of a particular painting by the great space artist Robert McCall:
www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/mccall01.html
It's that eight-armed sunburst blasting through sort of bluish nebulosity that's the tell. McCall loved to paint those, though his looked more like crosses.
In 1975 this was current events. I remember reading about the mission in My Weekly Reader when I was in the second grade--I think it had actually happened during the preceding summer vacation.
It was very smart of them to jump on it and immediately release it as a theme for a pinball machine!
HAHA, Joe Knows Space is Fake!
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@@LyonsArcade Bill Hicks?
Haha!
I'm sitting here drinking my Bone Broth Bro.
I'm 40 years old . . . .I've seen a lot . . . AND I've been abused :-)
LOL haven't we all!
I thought it was a rip off of the upcoming space lab project?
He talks too much, yet thanks for this Video
I may talk too much, but you run your mouth too much Thomas, and there's a difference. Go watch somebody else's videos, you seem like a jerk and I'm going to keep talking.