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Title: What Year was this Table Made?......
Post by: Fobes Hill Fooser on March 18, 2008, 02:14:53 AM: Anyone know what year this table was made?.....I just got it this last weekend.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24645095@N07/2342754266/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24645095@N07/2342754306/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24645095@N07/2342754350/

Rob...
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Post by: Old Meister on March 18, 2008, 07:49:21 AM: My guess would be around 1976. How do you like it's play?
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Post by: EDGEER on March 18, 2008, 09:38:10 AM: That is the 1978 model I beleave. 76' was the $250,000 tour table?
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Post by: bbtuna on March 18, 2008, 10:11:16 AM: awwww, what memories...I am pretty certain the one I practiced on was a Million Dollar Table and we got that in 1976 for sure because we used it preping for Worlds 1977
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Post by: EDGEER on March 18, 2008, 12:25:35 PM: I am better than I thought here you go

http://www.foosball.com/content.php?page=92 (http://www.foosball.com/content.php?page=92)

The writer makes a mistake and say it was the brown top. But those didn't come allong for another two years.
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Post by: georgefoos on March 18, 2008, 12:46:34 PM: Here are they made from?
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Post by: Fobes Hill Fooser on March 18, 2008, 03:43:17 PM: Quote from: Old Meister on March 18, 2008, 07:49:21 AM
My guess would be around 1976. How do you like it's play?

We love the way it plays...Me and the Family and some old Friends have not even touched my Dynamo Table since I got this TS table last weekend....Probably because we grew up playing on a TS table...It looks just like the one I had back in the early to mid 80's and I got that one for free from a relative......It is a blast to play on!!.....

Rob
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Post by: wildcard on March 18, 2008, 03:59:49 PM: My memory must be failing me, I thought the bluetop in '78 had a regular surface, not a glasstop. I think I was at UMSL in '79-80 when the browntop TS took its place.
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Post by: EDGEER on March 18, 2008, 05:01:55 PM: Thats's not glass.
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Post by: Fobes Hill Fooser on March 18, 2008, 05:03:03 PM: Quote from: wildcard on March 18, 2008, 03:59:49 PM
My memory must be failing me, I thought the bluetop in '78 had a regular surface, not a glasstop. I think I was at UMSL in '79-80 when the browntop TS took its place.

This Table has the regular top on it and under neath the table it says made in Taiwan TS serial # 841
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Post by: Fobes Hill Fooser on March 18, 2008, 05:04:24 PM: Quote from: EDGEER on March 18, 2008, 12:25:35 PM
I am better than I thought here you go

http://www.foosball.com/content.php?page=92 (http://www.foosball.com/content.php?page=92)

The writer makes a mistake and say it was the brown top. But those didn't come allong for another two years.

Thanks for the link EDGEER !....Nice to see some history!.....

Rob
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Post by: georgefoos on March 18, 2008, 05:05:19 PM: Thanks, I think most of the new Tornado are made in China. It is true?
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Post by: Fobes Hill Fooser on March 18, 2008, 05:14:34 PM: Does anyone know where I can get replacementparts for this table?....The banked corners have some cracks as well as the white strip that runs along both sides of the field...the plastic rims around the goals are cracked or broken..the ash trays are gone.......thanks.

Rob..
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Post by: georgefoos on March 18, 2008, 09:31:27 PM: You can find them on ebay, tournament soccer foosball or
http://www.Foosballstore.com/display/scat/price/199.cfm

http://www.poolndarts.com/282-Tournament-Soccer-Foosball-Table-Replacement-Parts/

Hope this help.
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Post by: wildcard on March 19, 2008, 01:42:46 AM: Quote from: Fobes Hill Fooser on March 18, 2008, 05:03:03 PM
Quote from: wildcard on March 18, 2008, 03:59:49 PM
My memory must be failing me, I thought the bluetop in '78 had a regular surface, not a glasstop. I think I was at UMSL in '79-80 when the browntop TS took its place.
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This Table has the regular top on it and under neath the table it says made in Taiwan TS serial # 841

My bad, that must be a high shine on the surface--in the pics (to me at least) it looked reflective like glass. At least I was right about not remembering a glass bluetop surface, lol
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Post by: Smyler Grogan on March 19, 2008, 03:02:48 AM: That table is a "Rosewood" TS=Blue top...it came out at the end of 76 or the beginning of 77...the table came in two styles..."rosewood" and "butcherblock"...the men are soft rubber as opposed to the harder material toranado uses...very finessful...notice the "grooves on the feet of the men" ..take a brush and clean them and you can do backpins easily...the grooves run horizontally ...which is what makes backpins easy.......if a table today had those grooves today you could do backpins...I use to start my practice by doing 20 deadman pin pulls and then 20 deadman pin pushes....ah those were the days....lol...
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Post by: Fobes Hill Fooser on March 19, 2008, 10:53:44 PM: Thanks for all the info everyone!.....this forum is awesome!!

Rob....