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Owners List

This is a listing of CFTBL pinball machines, their owners and other  information about their game. To add your CFTBL to this list please click on this link.

 

 

Owner

Manufacture Date

Serial Number

Location

Comments

  John Wheeler 12/6/92 20018-110142 Chattanooga, Tennessee  
  John M. Salvador 12/7/92 20018-110105 Charlotte, NC  
  Karen Mann 1992   Discovery Bay It keep "shutting down" - otherwise great condition
  Scott Freeman 92320 20018-110028 Westland, MI Raised in England, but hand jiven in Michigan now. Software is Rev. P-2 Jets lamps wired to string 3 with lane dividers All posts are trans amber. Possibly a proto? Single channel coin says 1 L,50p/20p/10p. No decals on upper ramp. Runs great. Artwork, mechs, playfield are very fine. Bummer lane plastics.
  Chris Mercer 92347 20018-110165 Greenville, SC, soon to be Keller, TX Very clean, I have a neat topper!
  Scott Olsen 1/8/93 22818-893490 Chula Vista, CA It's a great game--everything works.
  Ron Kral 1/13/93 22818-824260 Reston, VA Born in the US, raised in the Netherlands.
Overall in 9+ shape, but not mint.
1 cracked plastic, 1 broken plastic.
  Bob Matthews 1/15/93 22018830450 Toowoomba QLD Australia Reimport to Australia. Coin pricing looks to be Euros.
  1/16/93 21718-854360 Allentown Pa. Hot pink playfield
  Armand & Sherry Bastien 1/18/93 20418-835740 Galveston, TX. USA great addition to our ever expanding game room!
  Joe Foster 1/18/93 20718-836030 Stuttgart, Germany Awesome game!!!
  John Wart, Jr. 01/19/93 20218-837730 Columbus, IN. USA Reimport from Germany, very dirty, but will clean up nicely. What a great game!
Adding custom "Cliffy" protector, illuminating pop bumpers, dying the bulbs in the ramps Green (thanks Cliffy and Steve!)
 
Pics soon to be available at http://www.myhomegameroom.com/pinball/cftbl
 

 

  Mark Bakula 1/19/93 22918-942010 Dexter, MI Bought a basket case
  Christina Jehle  1/21/93 20218-848260 Efringen-Kirchen, Germany Very good condition
  Dino Theo 01/21/93 20418-901660 Eldersburg , MD USA  
  David Thompson 01/22/93 20418-851370   Plays great and in excellent condition!
  Erwin Bevers 01/22/93 21318-851260 Rotterdam, The Netherlands Come here punk!!!
  G.J. de Haan & S.J. Wiekstra 1/25/93 20718-850390 Holland www.deja-vu.nl/hrsmain.htm
  Rob Bell 1/27/93 21018-903080 Concord, CA Game is a re-import. Bought from Rich Fife. Excellent (perfect) cabinet! Installed NOS Bill Davis cleared playfield, NOS plastic set, NOS ramps and NOS hologram. Fun to play! IMHO this is the best game ever made! See my collection. www.robsgameroom.com
  Mark Ford 01/27/93 20418-003242 Pearland, TX I've always loved the Creature since I was a child and also always wanted a pinball machine in my home. Now, years later, I got to combine both with this great pin. Who wants to grow up anyway! 
  Daniel Backman 1/28/93 22118-005782 Uppsala, Sweden  
  Bob Gruskiewicz
1/28/93 22718-853850 Sadsburyville, PA  
  Ricky Ivey 1/28/93 22718-906460 Acworth, GA  
  Bjorn Holmstedt 1/29/93 22118-010132 Sweden
No scratches or damage to cabinet or playfield.
A funny detail is that on the backglass, in the top right corner, there is a sticker, probably factory mounted, that reads : Bally pinball - made in the USA.
Never seen anyone else have it.
  meiki67 1/29/93 22118-010152 Vienna - Austria - Europe ... one of my favorite pin's

Pin-Picture

  Lee Sandt 01/29/93 22118-010612 Bethlehem, PA Just acquired this machine and I will be keeping it in my collection. Beautiful condition with 'hot pink' diamond plated playfield. Almost perfect cabinet and very minimal wear at the snack bar kick-out. I will be adding the green LED mod shortly.
  Pierre Ostiguy 2/1/93 20118-910190
954 Mongeon
Chambly, Quebec
Canada
Shoooooot the snackbar!
  Marc Gratton 2/1/93 20118-014702 Rockland, Ontario, Canada Bought in November '02. It is THE pinball I wanted.

Very good condition, but needs some work (DMD, DMD brd, plastics, protectors...)

Sometimes operators do stupid things...ARGH!!! Pics coming soon (http://pages.infinit.net/frosken/cftbl)

Was in a campground in the summer of 2002, so there was quite a bit of sand inside when I got the game.

MOVE YOUR CAR!!!

  Peter van Esch 02/02/93 22218-913370 IJsselstein, The Netherlands - Probably imported from France to The Netherlands

- Everything working, except sometimes ball in Snackbar hole is not detected (has anyone a clue?).

 

  Nik Shaw 02/03/93 21018-010842 London, UK First pin, great condition, just needed ot replace a few rubbers and bulbs but in excellent condition
  Scott Heit 02/03/93 21018-911630 Philadelphia, PA  
  Gonnabebrokenow 02/03/93 20718-020692 Australia Beautiful-hotpink-diamondplate sp play field, like new. Great looks, sound, play
  Joe Todd 02/04/93 20218-020362 Florida, USA Move your car!
  Emanuele Leonetti 02/04/93 21418-948730 viterbo, ITALY  
  Steve and Shannon Harward 02/05/93 20418-854760 North Richland Hills, TX USA Great game!
  julio vicario 02/08/93 22018-916350 ALFAFAR(VALENCIA) SPAIN VERY CLEAN,HOLE PROTECTOR AND ILUMINATING POP BUMPERS,FLIPPERS WORKING VERY GOOD,THE MACHINE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION.
  Craig Selby 02/08/93 22018-917360 Culver City, CA USA  
  Maribel Rodriguez 02/08/93 22018-024252 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain Very good overall condition, dirty but near mint playfield and cabinet, two broken plastics. Purchased ( 390 bucks ) in Spain one day before it goes to Portugal. Superb music!
  Kasper Nagel Nielsen 02/08/93 20918-028682 Copenhagen / Denmark Perfect Playfield

http://www.huztler.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=77

  Mikkel Rud Pedersen 02/08/93 20918-913240
 
Copenhagen Denmark
 
Works fine. Bought it by a rental company.
Probably the best pinball ever.
  Juan Antonio MArtin 02/08/93 22018-916350 Navalcarnero - Spain very clean, hole protector and illuminating pop

bumpers

  vic pineschi 02/09/93 20218-917450 Los Angeles, CA  
  Derek Garforth 2/10/93 21018-032992 Hopton-on-Sea,Norfolk,England prized possession in my pin collection
immaculate condition,have spare set of plastics!
  James Whitt 2/10/93 225180-922950 Cincinnati, OH Reimport from Germany, very dirty, but will be cleaning it up now. Getting new plastics and new parts soon. Pics at www.jamesandkristin.net/v/2006/CreaturefromtheBlackLagoonPinball

 

  Jeff Newton 2/11/93 20718-926330 Houston, TX USA My Creature was born in the US and raised in Belgium.  I purchased it over the Internet and flew it home.  It's still got a single slotted European coin door which I plan to leave in place.

http://www.hippie.net/pinball/cftbl

  Lauren Johnsen 2/11/93 20418-913520 Omaha, Nebraska I just Bought a CFTBL pinball It came from France was shipped back here to the states Has had a major shop job and is 100 % working order is as close to near mint condition as you can get. I have Dracula,Popeye,Gorgar,Addams,Elvira party monsters also Buy far Creature is the best pin ever made.
  Jelle nelemans 2/11/93 21318-024632 Breda, The Netherlands
Beautiful game, everything in very good condition. The 50-ish style works as a magnet to the visitors in my gameroom. Fun game to play!
  Mike Thomas 2/11/93 20418-926000 San Luis Obispo, CA
Like my other CFTBL this machine was an export unit. (marked EC)
  Matt Clementson 2/11/93 20718-031472 Cardiff, UK  
  Pascal Mathieu 2/12/93 22118-930490 Brussels, Belgium Good condition, everything is working fine. The hologram is almost totally faded out. This is a GREAT game.
  CPT Christopher Thompson 2/12/93 21318-024602 Long Beach, Mississippi CLOSE TO MINT Playfield and cabinet.

My website showcases all my collector quality games:  http://www.geocities.com/pinball_jack

  Joseph Dziedzic 2/13/93 20118-941300 Nashua, NH Model 20118 Creature 2 Slot
  David Holender 2/15/93 22718-039031 Lower Hutt, North Island, New Zealand Average condition.  Have the Promo Plastic thanks to the
generosity of Bruce Clark.
  Gonzalo Miranda 02/15/93 22018-928230 Gijon Spain Near Mint Condition
  David Micklish 2/16/93 21318-930670 Stafford, VA Great machine, 9+. Two broken plastics (soon to be replaced). Re-import from Holland (I think). This is my first pin and I picked a winner!!
  L. C. Schuhmann 2/17/93 20218-935570 Schwarzenberg/Sachsen Germany Nearly perfect condition
  Brad Rightmyer 2/17/93 20218-935960 Leesport PA, USA Recondition import, Working good, looks good.
  Mike Lesher 2/18/93 22918-926480 Cherry Hill, NJ Mint Condition
  Lance Moody 2/19/93 22918-940330 Mason, OH Looks great beside my Space Invaders.
  Al Warner 2/22/93 22718-939990 Berlin, NJ USA Added light-up pop bumpers to GI. Looks nice!
  Rick Haberhauer 2/23/93 20218-944920 Germany/Mecklenburg Model: 20218 CREATURE 3SLOT
WebSite: http://members.xoom.com/doc_top/
ROM: L-4 Software L-1 Sound
Comment: Brilliant Playfield Condition !!!
  Mark Meusel 02/24/93 20218-947710 Hofgeismar, Germany Very good overall condition. Minimal wear on the outside, playfield like new. The pinball is looking great besides my 50's and tiki style interior.
  Alan Koporc 02/24/93 22718-945240 Austin, TX, USA Clean, Mean, Lean and GREEN
  Mitch Busker 2/24/93 20218-946440 Charlottesville, Va. Machine is just slightly better looking than I
am. Unfortunately i am still striving to master the monster!
  Todd Yoder 2/24/93 22718-951170 Columbia, Maryland Beautiful condition!  www.pinzilla.com
  Frank and Joyce Bock 2/24/93 22718-951380 Shelby Twp., MI  
  Pascal 2/25/93 20118-946890 Quebec, Canada  
  Gary Marks 02/25/93 22718-8945110 Phoenix, AZ
Complete restoration including rebuilding snack-bar hole, green light and flashing bumper mods as well as custom lights such as red KISS, turquoise FILM flashers and UV over backboard. Moving creature topper and a volume knob on speaker cab front. Green holo. Some pics at http://tinyurl.com/x00m  Love the game!
  Brian and Shell Greene 2/25/93 22718-947660 Toronto, Canada In great shape. We also have the promo plastics.
  John D. Kosmal 2/25/93 22718-951120 Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S.A. Best creature moment...scoring a SUPER JACKPOT over 1,000,000,000 points.
  Leon Moncla 2/25/93 22718-951660 Beaumont, TX
Machine is in perfect condition.
I have attached a toy ice-cream bar to the screw above the snack bar.
This is one of my favorite pins.
  Michel Kraayestein 03/10/93 20218-954170 Apeldoorn , The Netherlands In really good shape , and really funny to play it.
  Andrew Deak 3/1/93 22718-907880 Traralgon, Australia Very clean and tidy machine. and overall 9.5. No wear - even around the snack bar opening. Has always been a fav machine and a very proud day it was when I brought it home and turned it on for the first time.
  Joe Kovack 3/3/93 22718-969980 Ft Collins Colorado  
  Mike Flanagan and Scott Walcott 3/3/93 20218-962010 Houston, TX A reimport from Germany:  beautiful.
  Amy Ryan 3/3/93 20218-962510 Venice, CA but the playfield has been swapped out at some point for a nicer one and pop bumper lights were added.
  Wynand Jansen van Vuuren 3/3/93 22718-961770 Lonehill, Gauteng, South Africa very good condition
  Andre Venter 3/4/93 22718-970460 Gauteng, South Africa  
  Fred Gericke 3/4/93 221718-970470 Riviera, Pretoria, South Africa Focus!!!
  Matt Masters 3/5/93 22718-978920 Greenfield, Indiana My 1st pin! Bought it from some no-nothings in London, OH. Said it was HUO, but after it's restoration - that was obviously not true. But it's been a labor of love. Much mechanical work was needed, but cabinet, playfield and holo were great. Mods include, Cliffy protector, red KISS lights, illuminated pop bumpers, Pinball Pro speakers, hologram halogen mod (almost a necessity instead of mod), and 'secret' (send me an e-mail and I'll tell ya) whirlpool mod/tweak to increase amount of rotation 100%!
 
  Bruce Clark 3/5/93 22718-979160
North Wales, PA  USA I have an autographed translite in my game.  (John Trudeau)
  Tom Errico

3/5/93

22718-948820 Tampa, Florida U.S.A. Beautiful attract mode. Fun theme and challenging pin. It's mod time now.
"The Snack Bar Is Open"
  Rob Hicks Jr.

3/6/93

22718-948820 Lake Mary, Florida Cannot believe I waited so long to get this game!! AWESOME!
  Matt Adams

3/8/93

22718-979590 Birmingham Alabama Comments-Picked up for $1000!!
  Keith Foy

3/8/93

22718-000151 St.Louis, Mo http://www.stl-online.net/pinhead
  Clifford Donley

3/8/93

22718-002761 Cleveland, Oh  
  Rob Bell

3/8/93

22718-002952 Concord, CA Excellent condition 9.0! Everything works (after I replaced a bridge rectifier). Fun to play! My entire family loves this game! See my collection. http://www.pinlist.org/gameroom.cfm?ID=114&submit=Go%21
  Shawn Tucker

3/8/93

22718-943560 Belleville, IL It way always a dream of mine to own this machine. I still think
it's the best Pinball game ever.
  David Jamarck 03/9/93 22718-010702 Plantersville, MS My first pin. Needed a little work but overall it's fantastic!
 

3/9/93

22718-910300 Aurora, OH 44202 USA  
  Curtis Hughes

3/9/93

21018-977980 Colorado Springs, CO http://home.earthlink.net/~curtusua
  Ken Stevens

3/9/93

22718-910140 Portage, MI  
  Kyriakos Karababas

3/9/93

21018-978010

Nicosia in the Greek Island of Cyprus Bought it from Pinball Heaven in England (shopped)
In beautiful condition.
  Euan Walker 03/09/93 21018-010522 Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland I have owned this game 7 yrs I still play daily and luv it! It is in mint condition, & has to be best pinball ever made.
  John Perry 3/9/93 21018-019452 Harrow London, UK
I brought a CFTBL table last November from a Guy that advertised on the net  "Pinball Pleasure"
Table is in very good condition both inside and out. couple of cracked plastics on the play field "Soon to be sorted I hope"
  Cliffy 3/10/93 22718-943570 San Ramon, CA Reimport apparently from US military base in Asia. Nothing needed to be
changed back, 2 slot US coinage. Lots of humidity damage to cab and lamp
sockets, awaiting new cab from Timathie ;-)
  Flippergubben 03/11/93 22518-904190 Stockholm, Sweden Flippergubben are Mikke Norlin & Purre Persson
  Ron Brister

03/12/93

22718-921210 Oregon City, OR USA  
  Gregory Pauswinski

03/15/93

20218-002181 Charlotte, NC My first machine. Was operated in Budapest at one point before making it back to the US.
  Paul Lowe

3/15/93

22718-943560 Raleigh, NC It was the pin that started my collection.
  Greg Brookins 3/15/93 22718-004501 Blanchardville, WI  
  Vic Behan 3/15/93 22718-014012 Maitland, FL Webpage and pics of my Creature @
http://hometown.aol.com/vicbehan/page3.html

Machine is in very nice shape.
  Darren Denenberg 3/15/93 20210-751180 Odenton, Maryland My first machine, but definitely not my last.
  Jerry Feld 3/16/93 21118-010161 East Brunswick, NJ Very nice shape
  Petri Jalo 3/16/93 21118-011731
Kotka, Finland 
 
  Don Watts 3/17/93 22718-016621 Glendale, Ca  
  Barbara Paisley 3/17/93 22718-016861 Dayton, Ohio  
  Jason Rufer 3/18/93 22718-021281 Cokato, MN My creature is in 9.5 all around collector quality. No broken plastics.
  Gary Myers 3/19/93 22718-031062

Maysville, Kentucky 

Mint Condition
  Vinny and Tracey 3/19/93 20218-932280 Hudson Valley, NY Condition was pretty good, had a lot more work to do on this one though. A few small touch ups, no real wear, the Lagoon Plastic is nice and shiny, only the Snack Bar plastic is a repro, mylars have been removed, all switches are finally working, (lots of fun tracking down those optos...) Game is fully functional and plays great with all new rubbers and a good playfield cleaning and wax job. I may go even further to get every corner and crevice. I really hate it when the seller says he did all this and it's obvious that they just changed only the slingshot and a few other rubbers... At least I know that the work I've done is solid, and complete...Now for a Sega Harley Davidson and a Medieval Madness to complete the collection for now!
  Jim Sroka 3/24/93 20718-009581 Brick, NJ  
  Mike Perscheid 3/24/93 20718-009681 Carmichael, CA
Superb condition, beautiful pin.
THE CREATURE IS PLAYING AT THE STARLIGHT!
  Mike Thomas 3/24/93 20718-016862 San Luis Obispo, CA
This machine was an export unit. (Belgium I believe)
  Adam D. Ligas 4/2/93 21718-031091 Kensington, CT  
  Blair Harkness 4/2/93 21718-038641 Churton Park

Wellington, New Zeland

Purchased for NZ$600!! Bargain for a great game in excellent condition!
  NIPOMOPINHEAD 4/6/93 22718-033391 Nipomo, Ca. My Creature spent it's short commercial life on location at a Large,well known casino in Reno, and is in like new condition.
  Mike Smith 6/8/93      
  Sampo īSamī Simonen 9/3/93 21018-978650 Espoo, Finland
Had it for about 2 yrs. Bought from operator along with Star Trek NG. Always been my favorite of modern pinball games. EM games are a whole different ballgame...
  James B. Thomas   20018-110152 Elk Grove, CA USA