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“The MEZELmods Story”
Once upon a time there was an engineer named Tim Mezel who worked in semiconductor manufacturing. As much as he enjoyed his work, he would find himself restless and yearning to make something. So, he ventured into slot cars buying a livings room worth of track and cars. And after that it was RC airplanes. After too many shoe box landings, he switched to n-scale trains. Now all those hobby's find themselves tucked away or hanging from the ceiling of his garage.
Humble Beginnings
Then one day he and co-worker Eddie gathered to play pinball, drink and plot the purchase of his first pinball machine. Seven pinball machines later, Tim decided > Read the full story...
“Mesmerized by Rudy”
September 23rd, 2016
A long ago boyfriend had a friend who was a pinball hobbyist and I spent an amazing afternoon playing his Funhouse machine, and it was true love (with the game not the boyfriend). Quite a few years later my hubby, > more...
“Pinball Passion”
August 23rd, 2016
My girlfriend was a huge fan of pinball as a child, playing Addam's Family at the local pub after soccer games. Years later we met and moved in together, and she tells me wanted to play that machine again. I > more...
“A Touch of Light in the Dark”
August 13th, 2016
I've been a gamer all my life. Some of my fondest memories growing up was getting my first nintendo and then moving on to genesis and then finally as a sophomore in high school playing final fantasy 8 on my first > more...
“ReplayFX 2016: The Good, OK, and...”
August 1st, 2016
The event was twice as big as last year, but overall, it was very organized for all of Saturday. Let's hop right in. Some pinball machines just killed me outright, no matter how hard I tried. Some of the games were > more...
“Actual real pinball machines...”
July 29th, 2016
I have always had a fondness for video/arcade type games. I grew up in the 80s and it was such a blast. At home we had an Atari and would frequently play games like Super Breakout or Tanks together as > more...
“Pinball from past to present”
July 29th, 2016
My father started collecting pinballs just out of high school and tinkering with them. His first pinball was Cosmos which he still owns today. One thing led to another and then another. Shortly after he started a vending route as > more...
