Thomas Shipman

Pinball repair and restoration technician based in West Arlington, TX. Specializing in WPC, WPC-S, WPC-95, and other solid state machines from the 80s to moderns. Active competitive tournament player throughout the DFW metroplex.

Bram Stoker's Dracula — dead to fully functional

The Game This Williams BSD (1993) came in completely untested to sort out, and ended up having a handful of common BSD issues — a non-functional mist magnet, no display, and various switch problem

Getaway — GI and input header repair

Thomas Shipman
Repair
21 Jan, 2026

The Machine This Williams High Speed 2: The Getaway (1992) came in with two issues — strings of GI lighting were dead or dim, and the game would occasionally refuse to boot. Both turned out to be

Stern GoTG — Groot Jaw & Driver Board Carnage

Thomas Shipman
Repair
01 Nov, 2025

The Machine This Stern Guardians of the Galaxy came in with a seized Groot jaw lock mechanism, with a $80 driver board that had paid the price for it. What Happened The Groot jaw mechanism us

Judge Dredd WPC-89 MPU Repair

Thomas Shipman
Repair
30 Apr, 2026

The Board This WPC-89 MPU came out of a Judge Dredd. The game had stopped booting entirely and was showing intermittent direct switch issues before it gave up — two classic symptoms that point str

NBA Fastbreak — Minor Restoration

The Machine This Bally NBA Fastbreak (1997) came in purchased from a home owner who had kept it for over 20 years. The game was in great cosmetic condition, but had some gameplay and sound issues

STTNG — Trough, Gun Mech & Opto Board Repair

Thomas Shipman
Repair
13 Jan, 2026

The Machine This Williams STTNG (1993) came in needing attention on all the classic STTNG things; trough optos, the left gun mech, the main opto board, and a poor prior LED swap all needed address

Theatre of Magic — Coin Door Issues, no flashers

Thomas Shipman
Repair
26 Apr, 2026

The Call Got a call from a recently sold ToM that had started behaving strangely after delivery; the game would boot fine, play fine, but during gameplay the game would trigger the memory protect

Twilight Zone Restoration

The Machine This Bally Twilight Zone (1993) came to me from Oklahoma City, where it had spent over two decades sitting in an outdoor shop. Years of red dust and grime had worked their way into eve