Hardbody is Going Home

Shop Notes

We just finished a full shop job on this great pinball machine – a Bally Hardbody! This machine is the only machine endorsed by Rachel McLish, the first Ms. Olympia. Check it out!

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Bally came out with Hardbody in 1987, at the height of the fitness craze of the ’80s, and produced around 2,000 machines. (IPDB)

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We’ve given this one a full shop job, pulling everything off the playfield to be polished, washed, tumbled, buffed, or otherwise cleaned.

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The upper playfield is aglow with the LEDs we installed. This machine has LEDs for its inserts, GI, and flashers.

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Check out the ramps to the upper level!

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The game comes with these factory-installed mirror blades. As far as we know this was the first and only game to come with them.

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The cabinet is in great shape, with little to no fade.

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You can see Ms. McLish in the backglass. In addition to her body-building accolades, she garnered starring roles in such big-screen hits as Getting Physical, and Aces: Iron Eagle III.

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Enjoy your game, Jordan! But don’t work too hard.