Today is my mom's birthday, and since she's the reason for our pinball collection, we decided to throw a pinball tournament (the Cindy Pin-dy Birthday Tournament) for the family when they came to lunch today. Husband is still sick with migraines, so he didnt play but made a wonderful lunch from scratch. I babysat, took pics, marked down scores, and showed people how to play. A very fun day and Mom won fair and square, getting Chris Bucci's collection DVD as her grand prize. 
It just tickles me to see your family playing pins. Went to the NGPL Pin Golf league night last night and really got to enjoy what I expected from a league - a blast of a time playing pinball with other people. Happy Birthday to your mom!
Some really good pinball parties went down this weekend by the looks of it, I challenge the rest of you to have get togethers with your local guys/gals and start some awesome pin party threads! 
Nice! The pinheads at the local bar have been playing the heck out of OUR Frankenstein. One even accused the left flipper of being weak because nobody could make the ramp shot consistently lol.
Nice! The pinheads at the local bar have been playing the heck out of OUR Frankenstein. One even accused the left flipper of being weak because nobody could make the ramp shot consistently lol.
Our playfield is missing the underneath left slider bracket, so the whole left side is a tad bit lower and the ramp is even harder to hit. Still had some decent scores today. I got 1.2B today but I never count my scores since I run the tournaments, and high score on the machine is mom with 2.7B.
Quoted from blondetall:It made it here yesterday. I stuck it on my shelf for now, because she was complaining about "too many presents" already, but her anniversary is in a couple weeks so will give to her then.
Glad it made it ok. Looks like a monster pin sitting next to the others. I have that little pacman candy holder thing I use it to hold coins in at tourneys that aren't free play. That's great hope she enjoys it.
Very Cool! Sounds like a great party! I like how you made certificates for the winners and how you guys kept track of your scores.
Tell your mom we said Happy Birthday!
It's fun to watch her play Frankenstein, because she will kick our butts somehow. And I don't even attempt to beat her scores on the 3 she has in her bedroom.
No, she didn't get a pin. She got the cartoon decals/translite for Flintstones, a pinball DVD, and the chance to kick our butts on my 6 machines. She almost ordered herself a WOZ from rlevin, but she's a bit pinball broke right now.
I wasn't kidding when I said she's the reason for our family collection. Well, my father also, because I think the money mostly comes from him, but mom has the pinball fever more. I paid for Jurassic Park, and that's it. They've paid for the rest. My sister had a baby recently (see pics above of sister and little Avery) and they helped her out with baby stuff, hospital bills, moving expenses to come back to town, etc. They like to keep things fair between us two kids, so somehow I ended up with pinball machines. Mom 'buys them for her' then when she wants something new and runs out of room, she'll send something to my house to make a spot. She got herself a gorgeous TAF to one-up my JP. Then when they became available locally she got RFM (and sent to my house as an early Christmas present) and Frankenstein went to her room. Then the Pinball Magic she had called dibbs on became available and went to her house, so Frank came to mine. Then we walked into the great fire-damanged Spiderman deal, and she paid for it as my early birthday present and also sent Twin Win over from their basement so I could pretty it up since I was shopping Spiderman. Then she found her Flintstones, which filled up her room, so when I found a very nice NGG within a 2 hour drive she paid for it and sent it to my house. Actually, my dad and I went to get it, and she didn't even get to see it until the next weekend. And poor dad went bouncing around to multiple ATMs trying to get enough cash over the weekend since it was an unexpected purchase.
I'm the finder/tech/shopper and she's the financer. I've got awesome pinball parents, and so when they want a pinball tournament, I throw one, especially on her birthday. I'm getting pretty good at keeping scores and making certificates, which her fridge is proudly covered in by the way. If I can ever get things paid off and/or hit the lottery, I'm getting her whatever pin she wants.
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Hopkins, MN
Beauharnois
Happy Birthday Mom
