Quoted from ectobar:

This Sunday is an open house. Everyone is free to go. Afterwards, it will be members only with the exception of some tournaments. Members are allowed to bring guests a couple times a year.
They intend to host multiple league nights for members as well.
They currently have around 50 games, which for the most part are all exceptional examples. They also have more games waiting to rotate in to keep the lineup fresh.
I'm a member, and am pretty excited about it.

Quoted from craif:

Sweet, any idea what their operating hours are? Only thing holding me back is wondering how often I'd be able to get there between traffic and work.

Quoted from ectobar:

All - we have a couple of announcements to make for everyone regarding the Delaware Pinball Collective.
1. OPENING SCHEDULE - We now have our "initial" hours of operation set for the month of January at the Delaware Pinball Collective. Our first official day of being open will be January 1st, 2022. We will follow the schedule listed below for at least the month of January so we can get a gauge on the Collective. If you do not follow us on Facebook or you have not yet secured your membership, I suggest you do so soon because from time to time we may throw up a "pop up" day where we open on a random Wednesday night or a random Friday night. This will only be announced on our Facebook page. As we continue to grow, the schedule will surely grow and change as well.
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM (also a league night starting at 7pm)
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM (also a league night starting at 7pm)
Friday: CLOSED
Saturday: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
2. PINBALL LEAGUES - Pinball leagues are now forming!!! We will be hosting 2 different leagues during the week and league play is only available to members of the Collective. Our league nights will be Tuesday night and Thursday night and they will start at 7pm and usually are over by 8:30-9pm. League play will start up the first week of February. More details will be coming out regarding the leagues in January, but for now if you are interested in playing in one or both of the leagues please drop a comment, shoot us a message, or send us an email. Generally a league "session" runs for a total of 9 weeks. 8 weeks make up the "regular season", and week 9 is the playoffs. The cost to join the league is $20 for each session and then your weekly dues each week are $5. At the end of each session we hand out awards (cash and trophies) to all divisions and this money comes from the weekly dues.
Remember, if you are interested in signing up for one or both of the leagues, please let us know.
3. OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND - Don't forget our open house membership drive preview weekend is this weekend. Saturday (12/18) from 10am to 7pm is for Members only and their guests. Then on Sunday (12/19) from 10am to 7pm we will host an open house to ANYONE. Both days we will be offering free refreshments throughout the day and all of the pinball machines will be on free play. Stop by, say hi, and grab a membership before they are all gone!
4. Upcoming December Tournaments - Friendly reminder that we have 3 tournaments scheduled for the end of this month. The dates are 12/27(Strikes KO), 12/28(Flip Frenzy), and 12/29(Match Play). All the details can be found under the EVENTS section of our Facebook page, or on our Eventbrite page. These 3 tournaments are open to ANYONE and do not require membership. This is your last opportunity to earn WPPR points to make your way inside the top 16 for the State of Delaware for 2021. The IFPA has approved us to run a sanctioned "unofficial" State Tournament which will take place on 1/29. If you haven't already, head over and sign up for those 3 nightly tournaments!
5. 2022 Tournaments - We will be releasing our 2022 "tentative" tournament dates at the beginning of January. Please keep in mind that most, not all, of our tournaments will require a membership to play in. Why you may ask? Because we need memberships in order to keep the Collective open. Our 6 Tour Events we host each year will be open to ANYONE and will not require a membership. Additionally, we will also be hosting a 3-day pump and dump tournament called the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Pinball Open and that tournament will also be open to ANYONE and will not require a membership. We are now an official Stern Army location, so we will be sprinkling in all kinds of tournaments from Frenzies, to Knockouts, to Pingolf and a large portion of those tournaments WILL REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP in order to play. When the schedule is released every tournament will be clearly labeled with details regarding if membership is required or not.
At the end of the day we need your support, so please hop over to our website https://www.delawarepinballcollective.com/memberships and grab a membership today

Quoted from esbe:

i'll be in town visiting my family in malvern next week.
was bummed to learn that the pinball gallery will be closed for a winter break during my visit, though happy for them that they'll be able to get some time off

Quoted from poppapin:

Visit the railroad bar and grill in Limerick. Pins and beer!

Quoted from JakePG:

How many pins there? What's the cost

Quoted from djreddog:

Thanks for signing up. Feedback will be important, but of course we can’t please everyone. What’s your idea of “opening up a bit more” look like?

Quoted from craif:

Anyone know what's going on with the Delaware Pinball Collective? They were just getting started organizing before normal delays and covid stalled out their location search, but they appeared on pinballmap the other day so I'm assuming they're close to going live if they aren't already. It's SW of Wilmington about an hour from philly, but that's not really any farther from Philadelphia than most of the other locations many of us hit regularly.
Website looks like it's been updated, but doesn't give any info about what days/hours it is/will be accessible to members or if membership is open to members outside of DE.
I sent them a message on their contact form so if they get back to me I'll post any relevant info here.

Quoted from ectobar:

All - we have a couple of announcements to make for everyone regarding the Delaware Pinball Collective.
1. OPENING SCHEDULE - We now have our "initial" hours of operation set for the month of January at the Delaware Pinball Collective. Our first official day of being open will be January 1st, 2022. We will follow the schedule listed below for at least the month of January so we can get a gauge on the Collective. If you do not follow us on Facebook or you have not yet secured your membership, I suggest you do so soon because from time to time we may throw up a "pop up" day where we open on a random Wednesday night or a random Friday night. This will only be announced on our Facebook page. As we continue to grow, the schedule will surely grow and change as well.
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM (also a league night starting at 7pm)
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM (also a league night starting at 7pm)
Friday: CLOSED
Saturday: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
2. PINBALL LEAGUES - Pinball leagues are now forming!!! We will be hosting 2 different leagues during the week and league play is only available to members of the Collective. Our league nights will be Tuesday night and Thursday night and they will start at 7pm and usually are over by 8:30-9pm. League play will start up the first week of February. More details will be coming out regarding the leagues in January, but for now if you are interested in playing in one or both of the leagues please drop a comment, shoot us a message, or send us an email. Generally a league "session" runs for a total of 9 weeks. 8 weeks make up the "regular season", and week 9 is the playoffs. The cost to join the league is $20 for each session and then your weekly dues each week are $5. At the end of each session we hand out awards (cash and trophies) to all divisions and this money comes from the weekly dues.
Remember, if you are interested in signing up for one or both of the leagues, please let us know.
3. OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND - Don't forget our open house membership drive preview weekend is this weekend. Saturday (12/18) from 10am to 7pm is for Members only and their guests. Then on Sunday (12/19) from 10am to 7pm we will host an open house to ANYONE. Both days we will be offering free refreshments throughout the day and all of the pinball machines will be on free play. Stop by, say hi, and grab a membership before they are all gone!
4. Upcoming December Tournaments - Friendly reminder that we have 3 tournaments scheduled for the end of this month. The dates are 12/27(Strikes KO), 12/28(Flip Frenzy), and 12/29(Match Play). All the details can be found under the EVENTS section of our Facebook page, or on our Eventbrite page. These 3 tournaments are open to ANYONE and do not require membership. This is your last opportunity to earn WPPR points to make your way inside the top 16 for the State of Delaware for 2021. The IFPA has approved us to run a sanctioned "unofficial" State Tournament which will take place on 1/29. If you haven't already, head over and sign up for those 3 nightly tournaments!
5. 2022 Tournaments - We will be releasing our 2022 "tentative" tournament dates at the beginning of January. Please keep in mind that most, not all, of our tournaments will require a membership to play in. Why you may ask? Because we need memberships in order to keep the Collective open. Our 6 Tour Events we host each year will be open to ANYONE and will not require a membership. Additionally, we will also be hosting a 3-day pump and dump tournament called the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Pinball Open and that tournament will also be open to ANYONE and will not require a membership. We are now an official Stern Army location, so we will be sprinkling in all kinds of tournaments from Frenzies, to Knockouts, to Pingolf and a large portion of those tournaments WILL REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP in order to play. When the schedule is released every tournament will be clearly labeled with details regarding if membership is required or not.
At the end of the day we need your support, so please hop over to our website https://www.delawarepinballcollective.com/memberships and grab a membership today

Quoted from Thekfb:

Quakertown farm market update
Aerosmith has been replaced by Stranger Things
Jurassic Park has been replaced by Batman 66
Lord of the Rings, Avengers Infinity Quest and Star Wars are still there
I stopped by Moms market last week but Godzilla wasn't there.

Quoted from djreddog:

I’m the President of the DPC.

Quoted from craif:

Last I heard Godzilla @ MOMs was apparently just there for the release party.

Quoted from ectobar:

Heard the same. Not sure if MOM'S was actually planning on getting one.

Quoted from CrazyLevi:

I once had an ongoing discourse with some Eagles fans at Veterans Stadium and I can tell you it wasn’t nearly as civil as this thread!

Quoted from ectobar:

Pinball Gallery just got mentioned on the Preston and Steve show on WMMR! Preston is a big Rush fan, so they are talking about the new pin. They said the Gallery will have the game by the end of the month.

Quoted from Palmer:

That is awesome. Mainline Today magazine did an article about PG last month.
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Quoted from emkay:

Very cool! Any idea where I can pick up a copy?

Quoted from emkay:

Very cool! Any idea where I can pick up a copy?

Quoted from JakePG:

Made it down to pinball gallery today with the family for first time in a about two months. Great time. Looked great. Added some games and moved things around. Great time as always

Quoted from djreddog:

https://www.greatplainselectronics.com/categories.asp?cat=35

Quoted from craif:

They're another good online source but I was I meant a place I could call to confirm they have whatever chip and then go pick it up that day. Like the hole in the wall plumbing/heating supply places that have a storeroom with every arcane valve or control assembly ever made in the last 100 years.
The turnaround time for shipped orders is bad/worse than the cost of shipping. I have a huge stock of commodity transistors and passive components on hand from years of electronics projects but whenever I hit upon a dead/suspect IC I'm dead in the water for a week.
I guess I should just order 2 or 3 of every chip on the boards that isn't absurdly expensive just to have on hand.

Quoted from poppapin:

That was the one good thing about Radio Shack, if you needed a pack of fuses or some IC, that was your convenient go to.

Quoted from craif:

I had one a block from my house for years. Sometimes I'd be over there 5-10 times in a day while working through a project. Years later the old sign still sits atop a pole in the parking lot mocking me every time I walk past.
The microcenter in villanova has stepped up their DIY supply in the last few years enough that it's saved my butt a few times for simpler components but for ICs they've got few if any.

Quoted from JakePG:

Anybody here do tournaments at Penn Skate? I've never played in tournie, but thinking about doing one here. Maybe expanding to pinball gallery, mom's, and Delaware

Quoted from ectobar:

I've played in them all.
Penn Skate generally does fair strikes. Play in groups of 4, bottom 2 get a strike. I think this is a great format, but can last a while with a lot of people. Generally in the 15-20 person range.
Mom's has done a couple formats, Match play coming up on the 20th
PG alternates between Frenzy and strikes on the first Tuesday of the month. Frenzy next month.
DE does all types of formats. Rush tourney coming up 3/5. Info is posted on FB
The Railroad is running weeklies on Wednesdays thru March.
Anything else in particular you want to know?

Quoted from JakePG:

Thanks for the info. Are you a member in DE pinball collective? I'm thinking about getting membership for myself and family

Quoted from ectobar:

I am.
Run by excellent people who have all donated their great condition games for everyone to enjoy. If you're in the area, I would definitely recommend considering it. They're going to have some events open to anyone, but they also have many members only leagues and tournaments scheduled. djreddog is the president and rodcom is on the board. Them or me could provide you with any other specifics you wanted to know.
The Rush release tourney on 3/5 is open to everyone.

Quoted from JakePG:

Do you have any insight as to how the volunteer thing works?

Quoted from JakePG:

I live a little over an hour from the Collective. If I signed up, my family and I would try to go about 1, or 2 times a month on a Sat or Sun afternoon. I would most likely do some tournaments as well. League would be out of the question. Only thing I'm concerned about is fulfilling volunteer hours. Do you have any insight as to how the volunteer thing works?

Quoted from JakePG:

I live a little over an hour from the Collective. If I signed up, my family and I would try to go about 1, or 2 times a month on a Sat or Sun afternoon. I would most likely do some tournaments as well. League would be out of the question. Only thing I'm concerned about is fulfilling volunteer hours. Do you have any insight as to how the volunteer thing works?