Topic: Tournament Soccer

[rradjabi]

Since many of you talk about the tables of old, and how they had a different style of play, I was wondering if anyone has an old TS table. They sell them on eBay all the time, and the parts seem to be rather inexpensive. Does anyone still have a table they use for the nostalgic style of play?

[bbtuna]

i have a Brown Top I bought in 79 I think...actually my son has it but I haven't really played on it more than a couple of times in the last 10 years but both of those were recently and it did bring back a lot of memories...solid rods and much more ball control (when the ball is pinned) then on Tornado

clickity click of the plastic washers between the bummer and the wall, smaller goal, TS ball with the TS stamp in the middle of it, etc

little foot looks like it won't do anything but cranks stuff out like nobodies business and banks banks banks...what fun that was...it would take some getting used to because controlling the ball inline is a challenge becasue the ball isn't so round and I am sure my table playfield isn't level

oh, and you CAN NOT find old used ones on ebay very often

[EDGEER]

Here is a rosewood TS on Ebay

Here is a old Dynamo 

I haven't seen this many in awhile though.

[Steve]

try (craigs list) old ts & dynamo

[bbtuna]

wow, I wish I lived in PA, I would really like to have a blue top coin opp, that is the table I did most of my serious practice on the first time around...and this one looks like it is in pretty good condition

then I would like to get a coin-op green top and then I would have the complete trio in order Green, Blue, Brown...sort of like karate belts

[Alan Cribbs]

My friend Tyler has some good TS photos at



Check it out

AC

[bbtuna]

i had forgotten about those, all of them look to be in super condition...what memories, very cool, thanks

[Old Meister]

That Blue top was sweet to play on. I see that there is a Bonzini on Craigslist for $150. If only I had another room for it,,,

[rradjabi]

Craigslist in which city?

[Old Meister]

Eugene, Oregon

[derwoodKat]

We were given our brown top as a wedding present from all our fooser friends in '78. We still have it with peeling rods and all. We can't find the right balls for it. As a goalie is was great fun to play on, less crap bouncing off the goalie rod (only one man), smaller goals, the balls didn't take flight on their own, and awesome, accurate, killer bankshots!  We took a break from the tournament scene for 25 years and now playing for a year and a half .....slowly we are getting the hang of the Tornado table

Q: How do you spot a TS player?
A: Wrinkles, a bottle of Advil at every tournament, and a backpin shot from the front!

[Old Meister]

Wrinkles? Well yeah,,, Advil, well it is ibuprofen isn't it? Hmmm very insightful statement cause I'll certainly throw some back pin shots at you!

[chance37]

is the hand position on the rod underhanded when shooting the backpin...just seen a guy round here shoot it and he grips it sort of underhanded.....

[Steve]

All wrist on back pin always dead bar both sides and and a small bag of powder to dry your hand .replaced by bengay

[bbtuna]

no, not underhand...mine is a little the other direction if anything but i can't say that is standard, I haven't seen enough of them for sure to say...besides mine, I have only see the two that started me - my early mentor Jevat Meha and his mentor George Petro??? I think it is PETROHELOUS  - both were from Chicago we just called him Petro

Jevat didn't shot it all the time and he was primarily a goalie and outside of Petro, I never saw anyone shoot it as a primary shot except me from 76-81...I understand that it became popular in the 80's after I wasn't playing any more

and we all know why don't we ... okay, I will spell it out...because they saw me shooting it and they realized it could be a real shot