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New member with an old Bally Playboy machine.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:17:55 GMT

Mine is a fairly simple story. I liked pinball when I was a kid growing up in the 60s, but my budget and playing skills did not allow me to LuuuuV pinball. Several months ago I discovered Visual Pinball. Two days after the VP "discovery" I started building a VP cabinet. Life has not been the same. With an unlimited supply of virtual quarters I have been bitten by the pinball bug. Not too much else has been getting done around the house since :) Several weeks ago I started shopping Craigslist for a real pinball machine. Two days ago I located ...

The machines I currently own

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:04:44 GMT

These are the machines I currently own. AC/DC, Pro (Stern, 2012)Avengers Pro (Stern, 2012)Batman Forever (Sega, 1995)Black Knight 2000 (WMS, 1989)Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball x 2 (Bally, 1991)Dirty Harry (WMS, 1995)Fish Tales (WMS, 1992)Freddy: A Nightmare On Elm Street (GTB, 1994)Gilligan's Island (Bally, 1991)Godzilla (Sega, 1998)Independence Day (Sega, 1996)Jurassic Park, The Lost World (Sega, 1997)Last Action Hero x 2 (DE, 1993)Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Sega, 1995)No Fear: Dangerous Sports (WMS, 1995)Phoenix (WMS, 1978)Popeye Saves The Earth (Bally, 1994)Space Jam (Sega, 1996)Star Trek 25th Anniversary x 2 (DE, 1991)Star Trek: The Next Generation (WMS, 1993)Star Wars Episode I (WMS, 1999)Star Wars Trilogy (Sega, ...

Pinball - The Downes' Story

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:21:09 GMT

I was introduced to pinball at a very young age by my father (Newdos) whilst we were on holiday in France (I think). I was very young and could barely see over the glass but from that point on I've been playing it pretty much all my life. More so recently as my dad has found a passion for shopping machines, and has started to buy them again. Currently we have 3 machines but he's always on the lookout for a bargain and an oppurtuniy to restore a classic. ...

Collecting beginnings.

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:46:02 GMT

Hello there! Well I started collecting at the end of the millennium, 1999. Go back around 6-7 years, when I was a young teenage boy, I was playing a Jurassic park pinball at the infamous local bowling alley! I loved playing pinball that much that I sunk every spare coin I had into a machine, somwhilst play the jp I said to myself " I will own a pinball one day savebmyselfnsome coin!" so literally the day after I purchased one of those large type metal Money boxes, you know the ones with the currency note artwork wrapped around it, yeah that one, ...

Experience

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:36:50 GMT

I have been an electronic technician since 1983 when I worked on jets in the Air Force. When I got out, I fixed slot machines for a time before I started working on coin-op machines like I always dreamed of as a kid. I did this for about 25 years. Now I just enjoy fixing anything with a coin mech. ...

the story of my passion

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:27:35 GMT

hi to all. my name is ivan and i'm italian guy, and i love the game of pinball. i'm not a collector but an amateur. when i was little guy i play pinball with my poor father, passed away early. growing up i play a lot in the bar with frends and who lost pay the beer...i left the bar at the end drunk XD i now have a family of my own, and even a young child who would like to convey the games that you once did, and the happines of being able to play with friends. My dream is to make a small ...

getting back in the game..

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:55:13 GMT

A couple of months ago in Disneyland, I stumbled across a POTC in the arcade near Space mountain. After several tokens later, I was hooked and wanted a POTC. And, at almost the exact same time, I regretted the moment (years ago) that I parted with my WH2O. Now it's time to get an WH2O back and to start building a collection ! ...

This is how it started

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:36:42 GMT

When I was in high school in 1993 we used to head to the mall eveyr night to play pinball. 4 of us. Every night. Then we grew up, had kids, got jobs and moved to different places all over Canada. I started playing pinball on the ipad this last Christmas just for my kids to play and then realized...I'm a grown up, I deserve my own machine. After a few days of research I tracked down Jokerz, the same game we used to play. 3 weeks later it arrived at my studio and I haven't stopped playing since. I already know this ...

How Pinball Pizzazz started.

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:53:29 GMT

I became interested in pinball when I met my now husband 12 years ago. We would go on little vacations and search hotel gamerooms for a game to play. Then in 2007 we decided to make a decorative shooter rod. In 2008 Pinball Pizzazz was started and now 5 years later we make several mods with many more on the horizon! ...

older but newbie here

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:07:01 GMT

Trying to return to my silver roots... Have not played in decades. Looking to buy a couple machines... No budget to do so LOL. Grew up on late 70s and early 80s games. 8BD, Black Knight, several other "recent classics". My main goal is to find sellers in KC area and start playing again. I am horrible about droppnig off social sites so I apologize in advance for my lurking vs. acitivity. ...

pinball journey

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:57:14 GMT

My pinball story began in about 7th grade when my dad started collecting machines. I was able to buy a heavily routed tmnt at pinball auction about a year later. By the time I started high school we had collected around 14 machines. When I went to college I took the tmnt with me, it has made it through about 4 moves and I still have it today, im 28 now. About a year ago my dad decided to thin out his collection and only keep his favorites, through moving, working on, and selling the machines he wasnt keeping it ...

Good Times!

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:57:42 GMT

My name is Joe and I live in Houston, TX. I got into video arcade collecting in 2010. I got my first pin in March of 2011, a Bally Elektra that came from a storage unit auction. It was non-working missing the legs and backglass but it only cost me $25! I had never been fond of pinball growing up, most likely because I never knew there was such thing as "rules." I always just thought you hit the ball and that was about it. Well, now that I had a pinball of my own, I was immediately hooked. I ...

Hey There!

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:58:09 GMT

A little about myself. I am a Maaco franchisee by trade; a car enthusiast (obviously), a pizza lover, an orinthologist (no better way to spend the weekend!), tea drinker (I had to quit soda years ago!), a Cubs fan (yeah yeah...), and, of course, a PINHEAD! ...

I'm a Pinballholic...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:47:48 GMT

I blame my parents. It started when they took me to the bowling alley on friday nights. I was barely old enough to crawl upon the chair to see the pretty lights & flashing silver ball. I remember the OXO machine in my dreams. I would spend hours & quarters, a slave to the sirens call of the chimes. This went on for years. Then one christmas morning santa brought me one of my very own. My entire christmas vacation was spent in front of it. Lord knows how many d-cells I burned though. Later I found myself back in the alleys playing ...

How I got started in pinball 2

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:40:20 GMT

In December 2010 I went to a christmas party at a friend's house, he had an old EM (Lady Luck) in the basement and was trying to fix it, I hadn't seen a pinball in 20 years and I had to have one. I found a Stern Trident on CL for $200.00 and drove 30 minutes south to buy it. I remember telling the seller that in a year I'd either love it or regret the day I saw it. Within a year I had 10 pinball machines in my basement. ...

My Dutch (pinball)-story

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:02:38 GMT

Hi, My name is Marc Limpens, 42 years old and live in the Netherlands in a small town near Maastricht. I'm married and we have two children, boys of 14 and 9 years old. I was infected with the pinball-virus during my time at high school. I played a bunch of early-90's DMD machines. At that time I knew that someday I would have a machine of my own. I purshased my first machine 3 years ago, it was a Fishtales. A Fishtales because I played this machine a lot during my 90's. I've had this machine for 2 years (and played ...

Hey, let's go to a pinball auction

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:45:38 GMT

Those words, in March of 1997, have led to numerous pins (well, not compared to many of you!), the need for a walkout basement, and a ton of fun and enjoyment from this great hobby. My first recollection of playing pinball was in a Sears somewhere near Houston, Texas. We were visiting my aunt and uncle and we went to the Sears where he had a second job. I'm not sure exactly when this was, but it must have been the mid-70s. I'm pretty sure there was a home edition of a Fireball Classic. I remember my family having to pull ...

Dorky's

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:56:53 GMT

Game operator at Dorky's in Tacoma, WA. Come check us out! http://www.facebook.com/dorkys253 ...

My 1976 Buccaneer Pinball Game

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:00:58 GMT

I was 16 in 1976 and was in a Pinball Tournament that was continuous elimination. It came down to 2 of us and we finished on the Brand new Buccaneer game. It was the the total highest score of 3 games and I ended up winning the Tournament. On my 40th Birthday I was suprized with the exact same game that we traced back to the same Arcade. I have just finished a refurbishment and it looks and plays great. Bubbles ...

The good old days

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:03:08 GMT

I was born in 64, so I was 14 years old in 78 which to me was the beggining of the video arcade craze. It was not until years later that I got more into pinball. I always liked pinball but did not have a place where I could really play. I did have access to many video games though. Gorgar was the first pinball I tried. The machine said something like "I'm Gorgar......beat me"!!!! I saw a haunted house pin at a bowling alley or someplace like that and remembered thinking OK they're starting to really advance pinball, something to ...