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“The Coolest Thing I Ever Bought”
It all started with our third annual summer vacation trip to Blue Ridge, GA. We have loved going to Blue Ridge each year as we constantly find new things to > Read the full story...
“My First Pinball Machine, and A Reflection on How I got He...”
In late March of this year, one of my parents left this mortal coil. We were not close, and without going into a lot of detail, they were quite abusive > Read the full story...
“Hello...I'm BACK! :)”
September 21st, 2023
Hi everyone!! Been a long strange road since I was involved in the pinball community back between 1999 and roughly 2008. Many changes in between > more...
“Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown ...”
September 20th, 2023
So glad to say we will be there again this year!!! Back Alley SFX Lab will be selling mods this year, teaching a mold making > more...
“A Trip Down Memory Lane”
September 11th, 2023
I always enjoyed playing pinball when I was a kid. Usually it was at the fish and chip shop with my Dad while we were > more...
“A Portal Into the World of Pinball”
August 23rd, 2023
My pinball origin story is actually more of my wife’s story than my own. Or should I say, she’s the reason I’m so enamored with > more...
“New to pinball, but not hobby ad...”
August 14th, 2023
Frist Great to find Pinside, and all this wealth of information!! My wife and I have been avid vintage Motorcycle collectors for year, so we have > more...
“I Thought I Hated Pinball”
August 10th, 2023
I'm a lifelong (video) gamer, and for a recently-turned 40-year-old that's a LOT of gaming. I remember my parents buying a NES when I was > more...
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So there I was, looking at my The Who's Tommy pinball machine. I noticed the airplane had only one propeller >
How I started pinball
I started pinball i was at a town in a bit deserted small shopping mall when i came across a >
Elev8orjoe
Hello all I am new to this sit and have always enjoyed playing pinball and arcade games. Being newly retired >
Made for Arcade Europe
Hi, We are "MadeforArcade - Europe" and we love pinball too. Yes, we also grew up with pinball machines on every corner >
Fortyfive years of pinball
As a 10 year old kid I was hooked in just a minute at the first pinball playing at the >
New to Pinside
I have always loved pinball since I was a kid in the 90s and my dad would take me to >
The french gamer :)
hello community, I am French and I live in the south of France. I was in a pinball parlor last year >
pinball wizards apprentice
been a lover of games and pinball my whole life. I dump so many quarters into arcade machine my fingers >
I had to explain what pinball is to someone who's never heard of it
On the way to play pinball at TimeWarp in Seattle, I ran into a friend who asked me what I'm >
Just how important is pinball anyway, really?
Just how important is pinball anyway, really? I debated for 20 years if I could justify the expense. I didn’t >
It just doesn't get old
Some of my earliest memories were of hapily playing arcade and pinball machines in my parents arcade as a child. >
Got Old, Recently Rediscovered Pinball
I grew up in the 1960s and '70s playing lots of pinball. There were pinball games everywhere. The 7-11 near >
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