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“Pinball Madness 2019 at the Museum of Pinball”
Banning, California. Most lifelong California residents would probably scratch their heads upon hearing the name of the place, and those that do know where it is would probably balk at the thought of traveling there.
But last Saturday, October 19, I was thrilled to be driving out by myself to this scarcely known desert community in my little Chevy Spark. It was the second and longest day of the Museum of Pinball's Pinball Madness event. Over 500 pinball machines, both old and new, popular and rare alike, all on free play from 11:00 in the morning, until 1:00am at night. A veritable dream come true for any pinball fan.
Despite suggestions that I should invite cousins, siblings, or > Read the full story...
“My weekend at Pinball Madness”
October 25th, 2019
To give a bit of background on me. I was born in 1973 so I grew up with pinball. My parents moved to La Mirada in 1979 and back then there was a huge arcade called Noah's Arcade inside the > more...
“For the Love of Pinball”
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"Pinball is the perfect medium to continue mankind's fight against gravity by utilizing perfectly tuned machinery coupled with beautiful art and symmetry." Spring of 1974 My Twin and I are 10 years old. We hear Gottlieb Chimes and Williams Bells walking past a store > more...
“So many pinballs, so little space!”
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Oct. 20, 2019. I can't recall the exact first pinball game I ever played, but going back into my childhood in the 1980s, some of my fondest memories are of summer vacations, hunting down games with my sister in hotel game rooms > more...
“flipperdoktor aka pinballmedic (...”
October 19th, 2019
I've planned my career since the late '70s, in Pinball. Compulsory school, apprenticeship as a car painter, military service and I was free. 1986 in Wr. Prater, a large amusement park in the middle of Vienna. There I worked in Arcades surrounded by > more...
“And so it begins...”
October 10th, 2019
When I was growing up in the mid 1970's, there was a kid named Keith who lived just up the road. His dad had a pinball machine in their house. I don't know for sure, but I think that was > more...
“WAAAY TOO MANY HOBBIES!”
October 5th, 2019
Welcome to our Pinside profile! My wife, Brandi, and I reside in Manitoba Canada inside of an igloo for 6 months of the year. To pass the time we have way too many hobbies, including: Collecting Canadian stamps and coins Driving vintage North American sports > more...
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