Lots of stuff here. Great prices and Ontario-based as well.

https://pinballleds.ca

I've always bought from https://pinballmedics.ca/ when I can.
Mike is a good dude and he brings stuff up from the US regularly.

He's also based out of Ottawa...

Yeah I’m stuck regardless. I will try and save the PST. If the border as open I would ship to my mailbox in Buffalo but that’s not happening anytime soon. Thought I would ask anyways.

Thanks

Working on a plug and play fix for the annoying sound board hum produced on all Data East pins. (Not the DMD or Flasher hum, but the other persistent one). Prototypes are built and starting to get into the hands of locals in the Calgary Area. Idea behind this is simple, it should take longer to open up the game than to install. And it should be an easy improvement that keeps the game as original as possible without hacking wires or adding extra dedicated power supplies. Thought id share.

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love this, so what does it do exactly? handles the load on the sound board? filters?... tell us all the nerdy stuff... ok ok, tell ME all the nerdy stuff, lol.

I'll want at least one....my Star Wars hums real good.

Great going guys!

Just out of curiosity, did any Canadians order the new fathom?

Given the discussion on that thread I’d say yes. Haggis is looking into shipping a bunch direct to Canada(probably Nitro).

That is good news if they pull it off, that would probably force me to pull the trigger on one of the last ones.

I bought a box of balls from ebay.com link: usr

Reasonable prices

They are excellent balls, these will also be available locally in the Edmonton area at Arkadium Retro Arcade, our bulk shipment is coming in next week. We will have Polaris and Ninja balls available to purchase in singles and six packs, we can also sell them in bulk if you require a bigger volume amount.

love the expansion ... go guys go...
soon you will be building complete machines !

So many people were asking for local options pinballs and LED’s so we felt compelled to source some for our community. If there are other things you want to purchase locally let us know and we will look trying to source some more stuff for collectors. Since we can’t actually play games right now we sell some parts to keep the place alive help out our local collector community.

Added a whole bunch of tags on Gilles name... please let me add Marco North
Great to hear and wishing you success now and when the arcade reopens

Now for sale on nitropinball.com

HA HA love it, but not even close

Wondering what is a good place to post a want to buy ad in Canada.

Looking to get a Rick and Morty off someone who ordered one but did not receive it yet.

Will also consider one with low plays.

If looking to buy a machine, this thread is a good place to start: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/anybody-in-canada-have-any-pins-they-want-to-sell

Just wondering why people (us Canadians, lol) don't make more use of the 'Market' option on Pinside, instead of posting under the 'Anybody in Canada have any pins they want to sell' topic? It's a question I have, lol, not suggesting we all should.

It's just that the selling in Canada topic has just imploded a bit, lol. But regardless of that, I actually like searching for past sales on Pinside, having a sense of what is available by machine, the average selling prices, condition, etc.

The few times I used 'Market' worked out nicely. My only gripe would be to be able to advertise for parts or sell games in CAD if we wanted to (or for any currency for that matter). For example, a specific USD value for the american market doesn't register the same way in Canada, IMO.

Edited: Sorry, long post! Don't shoot the messenger!

I've never sold anything on the pinside market, but it's my understanding that they ask for a fee from transactions, and people generally don't want to pay it (which is why you see things listed as having not sold so often, if it doesn't sell, you don't pay a fee and people are cheap af). In general, I'd say it's easy enough to just say "hey i'm selling this" and have people message you and you work out the details, since most of the time people are going to want to see more pictures and want more information anyways.

Ok tks, I didn't know about the fees. I just checked, selling some LE game is $50 if the game gets sold off from Pinside. That's not much on a $10k+ transaction. Selling an older title is $10. It's certainly an option since you can post pics, answer questions in the form of a topic, ads can be searched, etc.

Edited: I wouldn't say 'Market' is the way to go but it seems to keep emotions out of the way, lol, so to speak. Especially after seeing all the chit-chat on our Canadian seller's topic since last night!

I bought a game from pinside TSPP, and just got a JP Premium BNIB from the US for a fraction of the cost in Canada.

There’s a way to save a couple thousand.

A fraction of the price is the wrong choice of words but I did save a lot.

Can you find me a distributor on the other side of the border with a new IM coming in this summer? Thanks.

Funny that you can get NIB for way cheaper as even with my IFPA discount pricing, it is still more advantageous to use my distributor here in Canada. Between the shipping, exchange (even with current exchange) customs and brokerage for a pro my distributor is still close enough it isn’t worth the hassle.

Yeah, I get grabbing a TSPP from the US and saving a ton of cash. For some reason people are asking for and getting insane prices for them up here. A lot of US sellers aren't interested in shipping though, and those that are might not be into international shipping, but it is possible to find good deals.

On NIB, not sure how the savings kick in. I used to bring up NIB when US dealers were able to go significantly below MSRP, but now maybe you would be able to save a couple of hundred. The only way I figure you could save significant cash is if the only NIB you can find in Canada are ones where you have to pay in CDN where the exchange rate was baked in several months ago vs what the exchange rate is now.

PinPickle, would be very interested in what savings you got on the NIB and how you got them, PM me if you are not comfortable relating the details in the thread.

Check pm

just received another order from mike. Super quick

Happy customer

Totally off topic but not sure where to ask without starting a new thread and I know a few of you are in law enforcement so here's my question.

Are assault rifles not illegal up here in Canada? Are law enforcement allowed to have/use them? Was walking the dog the other day and went by the cop shop and a cop came out with two fully automatic machine guns going to his truck. Both me and the wife were like wtf? Those clips defiently stood out as something I've never seen in person. First thought that maybe they were confiscated but he looked at ease walking with them. Maybe showing them off to his co-workers? Again I have no idea but was definitely freaky to see. Thanks

Yes they are illegal. They make some 12guage riffles to appear like automatic firearms and even those are band. You can still own them (for now) but can’t use them anywhere.

Not sure why a cop would have them.

Last May the Federal Government added a bunch of Assault Rifles (including AR-15's) to the list of Prohibited weapons. You are correct about assault rifles being banned, but those rules only apply to civilians, not the Canadian military or law enforcement.
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/need-know-the-government-canadas-new-prohibition-certain-firearms-and-devices

I would contact local police, and enquire about this by indicating where it happened, when, etc.

There could be many reasons why the officer was carrying such weapons, but at the very least there's a way to transport firearms. No harm in going the extra mile and doing a bit of due diligence in this case, IMO.

He had them at the police dept. Not sure why someone carrying a couple of rifles would be an issue? Guns are just another tool.

Full auto machine guns, lol.

I agree that guns can be seen as a tool but, putting the gun-regulation/restriction debate aside, the idea that a gun is "just another tool" ignores the fact that they have a very specific purpose and are not just a general-use type of item.

I agree they have a specific purpose just like 95% of all the other tools in my truck. Anything can be used to harm if used that way. No responsible, sane firearm owner would ever use their gun to harm another person.

AR-15’s are semi auto, I’m guessing they were not carrying fully automatic rifles.

That's why I laughed.

What do you think guns were DESIGNED to do though? I understand I can stab someone with a screwdriver or bash someone's head in with a hammer but guns exist specifically to harm and are quite efficient at it. I totally understand that plenty of people use guns as a toy (responsibly) and frankly they are fun to play with but it doesn't change the fact that using a gun for its INTENDED PURPOSE is the concern a lot of people have with it.

I don't really want to get into a gun regulation/restriction debate or anything, I just wanted to point out that a gun isn't just some normal "tool" that some people have perverted into something harmful.

Semi auto, fully auto .does it matter? Sorry I'm not a gun nut. Some lowly rcmp officer has guns with clips in it. I've been around 40+ years, involved in two riots and the cops never had machine guns or semi automatic rifles. Just thought it was strange and wondering what the laws were about carrying these guns, that's all.

How could you tell they were full-auto? Very unlikely to be case. No law enforcement agency is going to deploy full-auto firearms. I've seen the tactical team in Calgary deploy into a quiet neighborhood from their scary armored transport with some pretty extreme looking firearms.

Yes. That was the whole crux of your initial post. Lol

I can imagine the distinction between fully auto and semi-auto becomes a bit more clear when you are being shot at...

For civilians, assault rifles have been banned since the 70's. The more recent assault weapons ban had a couple aggressive looking small gauge semi auto weapons on it but no actual automatic assault rifles.

If certain police units have automatic weapons i wouldnt know and wouldn't really mind as long as training and control are sufficient.

Kinda... the ones that were banned recently use the exact same gauge as an AR—15. The issue with the public owning a carbine type firearm is that it’s very easy and legal to purchase mods to convert it into a fully automatic. There is also a mag limit restriction in Canada that limits the number of cartridges in the mag but you can easily buy a double capacity mag in the U.S. and or modify a Canadian one that has a mag limiter in it.

Welcome to the pinside gun club

OK, I will steer this back on topic. Legit question: How is it that a pinball machine has not been used to smuggle guns across the border? Seems like the perfect Trojan horse to smuggle all sorts of goodies!

Border Guard: "Anything to Declare?"

Pinhead: "Yes, Big Guns"

In reference to what guns are “designed “ to do they are actually a tool to hunt with and put food on your families table. Hunters and responsible gun owners do not consider them “toys that are fun to play with”. Hunters are a huge part in the funding of conservation projects and keeping animal populations in good health. There are also clubs for recreational target shooting no different then our pinball clubs. The same type of people that would stab you with a screwdriver or bash you with a hammer are the same ones that are misusing guns for the purpose they are unintended for. These are the people that give responsible gun owners a bad name.