I did a business!
The opening was crazy-fantastic and I'm still buzzing! That energy will carry me through the further building we'll be doing this week, then open again on Friday 4th at 10am. There'll be weeks of staggered upgrades, with bursts of weekend blinkenlights in between. This will be a fun ride!
20220128_184632 (resized).jpg20220128_203442 (resized).jpg20220129_005203 (resized).jpgFriday, Saturday and Sunday were our first days open for coin drop play. Satisfyingly busy for a non-freeplay weekend, and lots of familiar faces who will soon become regulars.
Build-wise we got more soundproofing in and half of the lighting tracks. Hoping to finish both of those this week before the fun begins again on Friday morning!
Busy Shoppe (resized).pngShoppe exterior (resized).pngQuoted from Pinslot:Good luck with your venture. Looks like a really fun place.
Thank you! Yep, it's cool now, and much more coolness to come 
Quoted from Thunderbird:Looks awesome! Congratulations!! Do you have a list of your games?
Yep! A list is on our website (PinballShoppe.co.nz). The current lineup is...
Lexy Lightspeed, Heist, Cosmic Cart Racing, Cannon Lagoon and more on the P3
Godzilla by Stern
Medieval Madness Remake
Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle
Rick & Morty
Total Nuclear Annihilation
AC/DC
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Johnny Mnemonic
Fish Tales
Theatre of Magic
Bride of Pinbot
Twilight Zone
Fire!
Bad Cats
Joker Poker
Quoted from PinballShoppe:Yep! A list is on our website (PinballShoppe.co.nz). The current lineup is...
Lexy Lightspeed, Heist, Cosmic Cart Racing, Cannon Lagoon and more on the P3
Godzilla by Stern
Medieval Madness Remake
Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle
Rick & Morty
Total Nuclear Annihilation
AC/DC
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Johnny Mnemonic
Fish Tales
Theatre of Magic
Bride of Pinbot
Twilight Zone
Fire!
Bad Cats
Joker Poker
What a great lineup,.. now they’re letting us back home,.. I see a visit real soon after my 10 days iso,.. Great to see a BoP in a lineup,.. will help while I wait for mine to make it across the Tasman,.. MM means my wife is a sure visit,.. well done on your new venture !!
Quoted from PinballShoppe:Yep! A list is on our website (PinballShoppe.co.nz). The current lineup is...
Lexy Lightspeed, Heist, Cosmic Cart Racing, Cannon Lagoon and more on the P3
Godzilla by Stern
Medieval Madness Remake
Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle
Rick & Morty
Total Nuclear Annihilation
AC/DC
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Johnny Mnemonic
Fish Tales
Theatre of Magic
Bride of Pinbot
Twilight Zone
Fire!
Bad Cats
Joker Poker
Great line up and especially Godzilla, Bride of Pinbot and P3!
Quoted from mrWol64:What a great lineup,.. now they’re letting us back home,.. I see a visit real soon after my 10 days iso,.. Great to see a BoP in a lineup,.. will help while I wait for mine to make it across the Tasman,.. MM means my wife is a sure visit,.. well done on your new venture !!
Yay to coming home! Iso will be boring, but at least the longer you wait the better the arcade will look!
Quoted from AMSNL:Damn that’s looks so cool! Cozy and fun all at the same time. I hope your business is doing well!
Thank you! We're off to a good start so far
Quoted from Thunderbird:Great line up and especially Godzilla, Bride of Pinbot and P3!
Yea, I'm lucky to have simonzzz involved. Most of the beautiful restored classics are his.
Quoted from PinballShoppe:Yea, I'm lucky to have simonzzz involved. Most of the beautiful restored classics are his.
Quoted from PinballShoppe:Yea, I'm lucky to have simonzzz involved. Most of the beautiful restored classics are his.
Which then begs the question,.. who does restos on Pins of the Bride of Pinbot era in the NI ? My BoP playfield could do with a refresh, and if I have any pocket money left once I get home,... well,..it may have to happen finally
Quoted from mrWol64:Which then begs the question,.. who does restos on Pins of the Bride of Pinbot era in the NI
Depends what region. We can sort you out.
This is what’s happening at my place.
rd
3AF2F577-1125-40E6-9F75-D518C8CCFFB7 (resized).jpegQuoted from rotordave:Depends what region. We can sort you out.
This is what’s happening at my place.
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Quoted from rotordave:Depends what region. We can sort you out.
This is what’s happening at my place.
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That looks incredible Dave! Have you clear coated the cabinet as well? Daammmm.
Quoted from mrWol64:I’ll be slap bang in the middle on the Southern end of Lake Taupo,.. so looks like I’m gonna need a good pin transporting set up,.. nice looking Taxi,.. another Pinbot connection
Contact Mark at https://nzpinball.com/ He's up and down the country all the time in his big Pinball Van.
Mark's Pinball Van (resized).pngQuoted from PinballShoppe:That looks incredible Dave! Have you clear coated the cabinet as well? Daammmm.
New decals on top of a fully rebuilt and resprayed cabinet. Original playfield restored and cleared. All done in house. (Except the yellow paint job, that’s done in a booth)
Whirlwind next up.
Nice to get back to the SYS11s, did 5-6 classic Ballys and Sterns in a row. Oh, did the Cirqus Voltaire last year - you might have seen that.
rd
6DFB85FB-6B42-44E5-ABAB-76272892E10E (resized).jpeg9FADC38F-DD7A-40D8-BE5B-11F81FCB8C08 (resized).jpegBD71395F-64E6-40A6-B4AC-C7BC82F53E7E (resized).jpegQuoted from rotordave:New decals on top of a fully rebuilt and resprayed cabinet. Original playfield restored and cleared. All done in house. (Except the yellow paint job, that’s done in a booth)
Whirlwind next up.
Nice to get back to the SYS11s, did 5-6 classic Ballys and Sterns in a row. Oh, did the Cirqus Voltaire last year - you might have seen that.
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Outstanding!
Quoted from rotordave:New decals on top of a fully rebuilt and resprayed cabinet. Original playfield restored and cleared. All done in house. (Except the yellow paint job, that’s done in a booth)
Whirlwind next up.
Nice to get back to the SYS11s, did 5-6 classic Ballys and Sterns in a row. Oh, did the Cirqus Voltaire last year - you might have seen that.
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So cool to see all these games looking brand new! Do you have any more pics?
NZ is such a great place with such variation between the North and South islands
Wish it wasn’t such a long haul to visit but is still worth it
Good luck
Quoted from Thunderbird:So cool to see all these games looking brand new! Do you have any more pics?
Don’t want to clutter up Hamo’s thread too much - but you can look at some of my previous threads and posts and you’ll see some.
rd
Quoted from wireable:That's awesome! Where are the cameras mounted?
This whole thread/venture is amazing - congratulations! I might have to consider a trip across the Tasman just to visit .
The cameras are on the lighting track, which is pretty much over the flippers. You can see ends of CAT and HDMI cables hanging down on the left where the cameras for the other three games will go. Also the lights are spotlights that will shine from the side, avoiding reflections in the glass.
Quoted from PinballShoppe:The cameras are on the lighting track, which is pretty much over the flippers. You can see ends of CAT and HDMI cables hanging down on the left where the cameras for the other three games will go. Also the lights are spotlights that will shine from the side, avoiding reflections in the glass.
Ah awesome, very nice setup .
Sorry for the lack of updates, but we've been real busy. Screens, screens and more screens. Lights are mostly in. Two big-ass heat pumps to keep us cosy in Winter and cool in Summer. I'm awaiting a quote to mirror the back wall, which will effectively double the value of these LED lights
Weekend turnover has been steadily increasing as word starts to get around, but the real advertising can begin in a few weeks once the fitout is "done".
View from the front (resized).pngView from the rear (resized).pngBack in NZ a few months, and finally heading to Wellington this weekend. Sadly no golden tickets to the All Blacks versus Ireland test match. BUT,... with my pins still in storage for another year or more,.. time for the wife and I to hit Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe to get my pinball fix. I see a BOP in the line up pics, but the website doesn't mention it. Guess I'll just have to let my wife beat me at MM as usual.
I stopped in to Ye Olde Pinball shoppe with my wife and some friends. What a marvellous set up, and a great selection of machines. Caught up with some games I haven’t played,.. Godzilla wasn’t bad, but Johnny Mnemonic was a lot of fun. Got handed a lesson on Medieval madness by my wife as usual,… oh well. 
Quoted from pins4u:Do you mean the French phrase - "pièce de résistance" (as below) or do you mean something else entirely with "piece of resistance"?[quoted image]
While u wait to see an “official” reply,.. New Zealand does have our own unique ways of using other languages for our brand of humour,.. certainly the keyboards lack the accents
Quoted from PinballShoppe:Coming tomorrow, the piece of resistance.
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I don’t think there’ll be much resistance in that sign. Should surrender easily enough.
rd
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