New post
Thoughts on 12 years in the hobby
https://thepinballloft.com/2023/03/27/twelve/

New post
Fathom remake review - Fathomagical
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/12/31/fathomagical/

New post
Understanding Why
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/10/09/understanding-why/
Asking tough questions to better understand why we like certain games over others

New post
Recalling Greatness
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/08/06/recalling-greatness/
Nostalgia and Pinball

New post
Get off my lawn!
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/07/19/get-off-my-lawn/
Video games, youngsters and pinball

New Post
Spooky Swap
https://thepinballloft.com/
Completed a Haunted House restore with 3 playfield swaps

New Post
Pinsound Buzz
https://thepinballloft.com/
Installed Pinsound during honey season

New Post
Ultraman Starlight
https://thepinballloft.com/
Installed Comet star post lights in UM

New Post
Clayton Q & The Creature
https://thepinballloft.com/
A country music concert and new coin door, rails and lock down receiver on CFTBL

New Post
Ultraman ‘66
https://thepinballloft.com/
Ultraman CE review and gameplay thoughts (lots of early love on this one)

New Post
Creature Feature
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/04/23/creature-feature/
Just picked up a CFTBL

New Post
Handsome Harlem
https://thepinballloft.com/2021/08/08/handsome-harlem/
Ground up restoration of a "chromed up" Harlem Globetrotters on Tour

New Post
Mathmos Giant IO - Lava Lamp review
https://thepinballloft.com/2021/02/09/uk-lava/
Buying and shipping the largest lava lamp that Mathmos manufactures

New Post
GnR CE Review
https://thepinballloft.com/2021/01/17/guns-n-roses-ce/

New section!

Building the Loft!
4 Pages of content detailing the construction of the Pinball Loft
Apologies that this post was 2 years in the making - it was an enormous effort to organize all the photos, etc.
Click on the link or from the home page, choose "BUILD"
https://thepinballloft.com/building-the-loft/

New Post!
YeeHaa!
How John Schneider ended up at the Pinball Loft
Bo Duke visits the Red Heaven Ranch
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/12/18/yeehaa/

New Post!
Avengers Assemble!
AIQ LE Game review
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/10/13/laying-down-the-gauntlet/

2 new posts are up:

Molding Heroes
AIQ t-molding project
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/10/10/molding-heroes/

Lions & Tigers & Bears:
Big Buck Hunter HD Reloaded - Mini review
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/10/09/lions-tigers-bears/

https://thepinballloft.com/
2 NEW POSTS:

Show Us Your Sh#t
(A JOBLO Youtube channel feature of my gameroom)
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/09/27/show-us-your-sht/

Mountain Avengers
(The story of buying and prepping to get the new AIQ LE)
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/09/19/mountain-avengers/

NEW POST:

Nice Run!
Gottlieb Wipe Out mini-restore
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/06/07/nice-run/

Woofers & Dinosaurs
Pinwoofer Super Kit review
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/04/24/woofers-dinosuars/

NEW POSTS:

Pandemic
Life under lockdown
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/03/29/pandemic/

Got my JP premium back up and running - after 175 plays, it went down from a soldering issue in T-Rex jaw
Wrote about the solve here
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/03/27/the-park-is-closed/

NEW POSTS:

"Find Nedry!" - My journey to buying a Stern Jurassic Park
"Dumb Smart Plugs" - How I got Alexa to run my gameroom

Other recent posts ...
"Iron Man Anniversary" buying and setting up a lifesize Iron Man
"Pinball Munchies" setting up a snack bar in my gameroom

Note also that the actual Pinball Loft Arcade is done, built, complete! (see thread below)

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gameroom-advice

Earlier Posts
- "I'm Still Learning" - Epilogue to Andy's story
- "Intimidated by Pinball" - My pinball journey
- "Practical Jokerz" - game pick-up, restore and review
- "Soviet Bromance" a game review, restore and history
- "They Still Make These?" a Pinball Christmas party review and discussion
- "Mark it Zero" unusual game pick-up, mods and review
- "Tallica Sux" game pick-up and review
- "Fire on Ebay" game pick-up and review
- "Balcer's Houdini" a game review
- "Pinside Hate" a discussion of Pinball attitudes

What you'll find at the Pinball Loft:
Nearly 100% original content, some light history of pinball, the "back-story" of the game, details of the chase and pick-up, lot's of images, restoration tips and links, LED charts, HTF parts identified and where to find them, technical fixes, tools to get the job done, mods and steps to install and plenty of other interesting and helpful info on our beloved hobby.

While there check out the "Andy" page (link at top) ... the life story of one of our own cut way too short
Andy passed away from Leukemia - he was 38 years old

Sign up to get a monthly update (1x month or so) emailed to you automatically each posting

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I'm also interested to know if there are other blogs you all read or subscribe to
I put this short list together and would love to add to it:

https://pinballsupernova.wordpress.com/
Active: Mod reviews, Game and industry news

Http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/</blockquote
Active LY: Game repair, reviews

http://theballiswild.net
Active

https://www.pinballnews.com/site/
Highly active

http://www.norrispinball.com/blog/
Infrequent posts but goes back 4 years

https://www.greatamericanpinball.com/blog
[Retailer] Active, Medium frequency posting

https://pinballusa.com/blog
[Retailer] Active

https://www.pinball.co.uk/blog/
[Retailer] Active

https://papa.org/blog/
Active: Tutorials, events related

http://pinballintrigue.blogspot.com
[Enthusiast] Active, 8 year archives

https://gameroomblog.com
Active, frequent posts
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Thanks man. Appreciate the kind words!

NEW POST UP

"Mark it Zero" ... game review
Also, don't miss the post on Andy - just click "Andy" at the top!

https://thepinballloft.com/

Several new posts are up.

"Soviet Bromance" a game review and restore
"They Still Make These?" a Pinball Christmas party review and discussion

https://thepinballloft.com/

Thx for the comments. Always appreciated

Your blog is amazing. You've been doing this a long time!
Yeah. I noticed the same thing. I am by no means saying that podcasting is easy, but I can say that it's very challenging to keep up writing blog posts at the same pace as podcast spoken word content
My goal is one long post per month. I'm also committed to make it original like you have done, along with my own photos where possible
Good luck with the revamp! Keep up the great work - I'm subscribed

New post is up - enjoy!

"Practical Jokerz" a game review and restore

https://thepinballloft.com/

When you sign up, you'll get an email version of the latest posts that you can easily read right on your phone or tablet
I write/post about every 6 weeks. You won't be inundated with emails
See example below of what shows up in your Gmail inbox

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Saw the subscription come through - I sure appreciate that.

Here's a sneak peak at the "Loft". It's the new 1,500 S/F gameroom I'm building at the RHR ranch.

I spent the last few days wiring it ... ran over 1,000 feet of wire already (8 total dedicated 20amp circuits)

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New post: Intimidated by Pinball

https://thepinballloft.com/

New post: Queen's Yacht

https://thepinballloft.com/

Several new posts are up.

"Iron Man Anniversary" buying and setting up a lifesize Iron Man
"Pinball Munchies" setting up a snack bar in my gameroom

https://thepinballloft.com/

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NEW POSTS:

"Find Nedry!" - My journey to buying a Stern Jurassic Park
"Dumb Smart Plugs" - How I got Alexa to run my gameroom

https://thepinballloft.com/

NEW POST:

Woofers & Dinosaurs
Pinwoofer Super Kit review
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/04/24/woofers-dinosuars/

Kind of you to say! My review is a tiny part of your story - if folks want the whole picture they should read the Pinwoofer thread on Pinside
By the way, the things I called out are very minor, and .... easy to make improvements on

You've really got a great product and a high desire to serve your customers - a rare combo today

NEW POST:

Nice Run!
Gottlieb Wipe Out mini-restore
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/06/07/nice-run/

Thanks @luckymoey.
Now that your retired, pop in here at the Loft next time your in town or passing through!
Glad you enjoy the blog

https://thepinballloft.com/
2 NEW POSTS:

Show Us Your Sh#t
(A JOBLO Youtube channel feature of my gameroom)
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/09/27/show-us-your-sht/

Mountain Avengers
(The story of buying and prepping to get the new AIQ LE)
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/09/19/mountain-avengers/

2 new posts are up:

Molding Heroes
AIQ t-molding project
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/10/10/molding-heroes/

Lions & Tigers & Bears:
Big Buck Hunter HD Reloaded - Mini review
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/10/09/lions-tigers-bears/

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New Post!
Avengers Assemble!
AIQ LE Game review
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/10/13/laying-down-the-gauntlet/

IMG_9611 (resized).jpg

New section!

Building the Loft!
4 Pages of content detailing the construction of the Pinball Loft
Apologies that this post was 2 years in the making - it was an enormous effort to organize all the photos, etc.
Click on the link or from the home page, choose "BUILD"
https://thepinballloft.com/building-the-loft/

New Post!
GnR CE Review

https://thepinballloft.com/2021/01/17/guns-n-roses-ce/

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New Post!

Mathmos Giant IO - Lava Lamp review

https://thepinballloft.com/2021/02/09/uk-lava/

Buying and shipping the largest lava lamp that Mathmos manufactures

New Post

Harlem Globetrotters on Tour - a complete ground up restoration, new playfield, chrome, backglass, cabinet repaint and more

https://thepinballloft.com/2021/08/08/handsome-harlem/

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New Post
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/04/23/creature-feature/
Just picked up a CFTBL and loving it!

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New Post
Ultraman ‘66
https://thepinballloft.com/
Ultraman CE review and gameplay thoughts (lots of early love on this one)

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New Post
Clayton Q & The Creature
https://thepinballloft.com/
A country music concert and new coin door, rails and lock down receiver on CFTBL

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New Post
Ultraman Starlight
https://thepinballloft.com/
Installed Comet star post lights in UM

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Direct link
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/05/27/ultraman-starlight/

New Post
Pinsound Buzz
Installing Pinsound board and speakers in a CFTBL and harvesting honey on the ranch
https://thepinballloft.com/

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Direct link
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/06/17/pinsound-buzz/

New Post
Spooky Swap
https://thepinballloft.com/
Completed a Haunted House restore with 3 playfield swaps

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Direct link
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/07/03/spooky-swap/

New post
Get off my lawn!
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/07/19/get-off-my-lawn/
Video games, youngsters and pinball

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New post
Recalling Greatness
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/08/06/recalling-greatness/
Nostalgia and Pinball

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New post
Understanding Why
https://thepinballloft.com/2022/10/09/understanding-why/
Asking tough questions to better understand why we like certain games over others

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Thanks. New iPhones and a little background in 35mm photography…

Review of my new Fathom Mermaid Edition
Just LOVING this game …

https://thepinballloft.com/2022/12/31/fathomagical/

Fathomagical

Thoughts on 12 years in the hobby

https://thepinballloft.com/2023/03/27/twelve/

Twelve