I'm a new forum member from Michigan. My wife and I just got our first game a month or so ago after the Michigan Pinball Expo 2012. We bought the game at the expo and had it delivered when it ended.

We had been looking for a "Jungle Queen" for her after she played Clay's machine and really liked it. We hadn't found one yet and she played "Speakeasy" at the expo and really fell in love with it. That particular machine was for sale so that's what we got her for her B-day instead.

We're just a few miles from Games People Play in Walled Lake. They've already helped me out with advice on what to do after I shorted out the game when I dropped the playfield into the cabinet. (We didn't buy it from then, btw, but it's nice having someone close).

Just wondering who else here is from Michigan. We don't really know anyone in the hobby yet, but were hoping to meet some people.

Anyone else used to play at Pinball Pete's in EL? Is it still there? I played there a lot in the 90's, but haven't been back in over a decade since I moved away.

#2 11 years ago

j_m_

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 124K 7,590

there are quite of few people from michigan who frequent this forum and r.g.p.
unfortunately, I'm still not at the point to house "company" for play sessions but I hope to change that by year end after I finish restoring my CftBL to collector quality

#3 11 years ago

AEC

alleycat-pinball

Pinside member

Coloma, MI

12y 54,300 620 100

I am on the other side of the state close to Benton Harbor. If you ever travel this way stop and play some pinball

#4 11 years ago

AND

marcand

Rock Custom Pinball

Augusta, MI

12y 77,400 814 9 20

Keep your late October/November open for John Dayhuff's Annual pinball party. This year is the big "10th year anniversary." There's video I shot of it here (plus other pinball stuff on my YouTube channel).

http://www.youtube.com/user/bcgameguide

#5 11 years ago

JDS

judremy

Pinside member

Farmington Hills, MI

13y 67,800 2,213 5 8

I live right down the street from you in NW Farmington Hills. You also happen to live near Parker (he maintains the machines at Marvin's). Shoot me a PM with your phone and I will give you a call this weekend. I have a Whitewater, a Lord of the Rings, and am working on a NBA Fastbreak for a friend that will be housed at my place. I just have to finish cleaning and reassembling.

#6 11 years ago

RUM

Rum-Z

Pinside member

Adrian, MI

13y 150K 3,973 29

I live in SE Michigan down by the border of Ohio. Welcome to Pinside. There are a lot of guys from Michigan on here, and there's a pretty cool pinball scene in this state.

Jeff R.

#7 11 years ago

DOG

pmWolf

Pinside Moderator

Union City, MI

13y 157K 4,526 59 112

Michigan has got to be one of the best pinball states out there. Welcome aboard.

Pete
--
Here's my Arcade: http://i.imgur.com/cyCng.jpg
Video Walkthrough (Updated 8-20-11):

#8 11 years ago

B&E

GR8pinball

Pinside+ Frequent

13y 74,100 83 177

I am on the other side of the state as well. Welcome to Pinside! Dayhuff's party in the fall is a must if you can make it.

#9 11 years ago

POO

TunaSled

Inactive member

Grand Rapids, MI

12y 42,150 716 7 12

Grand Rapids pinhead checking in.

#10 11 years ago

-V-

EchoVictor

Pinside member

12y 88,800 1,789 39

Welcome to Pinside, Trebor!

I'm just up the street from you, and would be more than happy to have you and the missus over for some pinball. Just shoot me a PM if you want.

As for Pinball Pete's, they are still in existence in both East Lansing and Ann Arbor. I'd rate the Sparty location over the Wolverine one, as there seemed to be a lot of broken down, non-functioning games in AA.

Two great place that're more local to us are Marvin's in Farmington Hills, and the Shark Club over in Howell. Both have a great selection of very well maintained games.

Later,
EV

#11 11 years ago

???

Trebor

Inactive member

Walled Lake, MI

11y 4,900 13

Thanks for all the responses. PM's are sent (I think - The PM system seems a bit odd...)

Hopefully we'll get a chance some of you sometime soon. We're already looking forward to next years Mich Pinball Expo. I'm glad I saw the flyer for the one last year.

Rob

#12 11 years ago

Tlamb

Pinside member

Stevensville, MI

12y 57,800 895

SW Michigan here, right on lake Michigan. Welcome to Pinside!

#13 11 years ago

???

Trebor

Inactive member

Walled Lake, MI

11y 4,900 13

Tlamb,

I grew up in BH/St Joe. My Dad still has a house in St Joe a few blocks from the lake. We try to go down there about once or twice a summer to use the house and go to the beach, visit old friends, etc.

#14 11 years ago

ROB

RCA1

Pinside+ Addict

St Joseph, MI

11y 128K 8,684 28 11

Also SW Mi here. Welcome!

OP
Quoted from Trebor:
Tlamb,
I grew up in BH/St Joe. My Dad still has a house in St Joe a few blocks from the lake. We try to go down there about once or twice a summer to use the house and go to the beach, visit old friends, etc.

Tlamb (Todd) is a great guy. Just met him this week. He's about 5 mins south of me, I'm downtown SJ.

#15 11 years ago

JDA

Tweedlefuzz

Inactive member

Royal Oak, MI

12y 27,650 673 3

Royal Oak noob checking in!

#16 11 years ago

HOW

hlaj78

Pinside member

Monroe, MI

12y 69,650 2,149 11

I'm down in Newport by Monroe. Our collection includes Twilight Zone, Safe Cracker, White Water, Monster Bash, Sopranos, Big Bang Bar, Attack from Mars, Cactus Canyon, Lord of the Rings, Medieval Madness, Revenge from Mars, Cirqus Voltaire, and Sky Jump. I have a Wizard of Oz LE on order. There's lots of great pinball people here in Michigan and a still a few locations to go and play some great games.
Howie

#17 11 years ago

JUG

Juggernaut

Inactive member

Owosso, MI

12y 28,400 252 6

greetings from Owosso... door's always open if ya all ever feel like playing my 3 old EM's...
(Gottlieb 300, Big Brave, Hot Shot)

#18 11 years ago

???

dlbuller

Pinside member

12y 30,400 429

Just moved back. Living in Muskegon now but as soon as my house in Iowa sells I'll believing in between holland and grand rapids. Go blue.

#19 11 years ago

BFP

bpull

BK Pinball

Macomb, MI

12y 67,300 660 8

Clinton township checking in. Welcome to pinside!

#20 11 years ago

JUG

Juggernaut

Inactive member

Owosso, MI

12y 28,400 252 6

Trebor form Michigan... are you "Rob"? form ZS?

#21 11 years ago

BAM

Blakesell

Inactive member

Columbus, OH

12y 37,900 1,099 2 19

I'm not from MI, but I love MI and visit very frequently. I'll be there at the end of this month, and the beginning of next month.

#22 11 years ago

MPE

mipinballexpo

Inactive member

Auburn Hills, MI

12y 17,150 58

Rochester, MI!

#23 11 years ago

XJX

jamespin

Inactive member

Grand Rapids Charter Township, MI

13y 45,400 735 8

Grand Rapids here . Anyone want to form a league around here? If so let's form a new thread for it.
Jim

#24 11 years ago

POO

TunaSled

Inactive member

Grand Rapids, MI

12y 42,150 716 7 12

Quoted from jamespin:
Grand Rapids here . Anyone want to form a league around here?
Jim

This could be interesting.

#25 11 years ago

MIK

GrueLurks

Pinside member

Waterford, MI

11y 39,900 264

Waterford, MI.

-- Mick

#26 11 years ago

DJB

wontwa

Pinside member

Grand Rapids, MI

12y 55,550 357 2

Grand Rapids here as well.

Quoted from jamespin:
Grand Rapids here . Anyone want to form a league around here? If so let's form a new thread for it.
Jim

Love the idea of this, but my schedule is so erratic I can barely make it over to free pinball Sunday or the tournaments at the Scheme.

#27 11 years ago

???

Tankster

Pinside member

Dewitt, MI

12y 15,500 11 1

Just north of Lansing in Dewitt.

Rick

#28 11 years ago

DAD

playernumber4

Pinside member

Macomb, MI

12y 68,550 2,438 5

Yup....Macomb Township. Welcome aboard. You have quite a few pinheads out your way too.

2 weeks later

#29 11 years ago

RRR

payphone

Inactive member

Kalamazoo Township, MI

11y 7,900 2 1

Kalamazoo here... I would be up for a league Jamespin

#30 11 years ago

IFY

detroit_pinball

Pinside member

Clarkston, MI

12y 39,900 330 15

The Michigan and Metro Detroit area is quite well represented here and also on RGP.

Scott
Detroit Pinball

who also knows the southwest side of the state all to well.....

#31 11 years ago

AND

marcand

Rock Custom Pinball

Augusta, MI

12y 77,400 814 9 20

Quoted from payphone:
Kalamazoo here... I would be up for a league Jamespin

Agreed - not too far from GR for me to drive during the non-slide-off-131 months.

#32 11 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,081 19 30 1

Ann Arbor checking in!

-Rob

#33 11 years ago

AST

Astropin

Pinside+ Member

11y 125K 8,906

I'm new around here as well.

I'm all by my lonesome up in Houghton Lake but I did just talk with a guy 45 minutes north of me with a 14 pin collection.

I recently turned over my tiny collection of two in a two week period. Sold a broken F-14 and traded a perfect (HUO) LOTR for a WCS94 and Williams Getaway (plus cash).

In the end I still have two machines but I also have enough cash to go buy a third if I want. Not sure about that though.....I have another hobby I'm considering getting into.

#34 11 years ago

DAD

Pinballdad

Frozen

Unknown

12y 0k 1,137

Roseville (East side of Detroit suburb) checking in. Big Welcome new MI pinballer!!!!

#35 11 years ago

BAM

Blakesell

Inactive member

Columbus, OH

12y 37,900 1,099 2 19

I'm not from MI, but I could be moving there, and I go there almost monthly. I'll be up there next weekend. Welcome to your new land, there are a lot of pin folk there, very friendly despite what you may have heard about certain cities in MI.

#36 11 years ago

GHL

Garrett

Pinside+ Frequent

Pinckney, MI

11y 92,300 3,269 3 45

Welcome Trebor. New to the hobby as well and an EM lover.
Garrett
Pinckney, MI

2 months later

#37 11 years ago

???

flipperfingers

Blocked

12y 210

OP
Quoted from Trebor:
I'm a new forum member from Michigan. My wife and I just got our first game a month or so ago after the Michigan Pinball Expo 2012. We bought the game at the expo and had it delivered when it ended.
We had been looking for a "Jungle Queen" for her after she played Clay's machine and really liked it. We hadn't found one yet and she played "Speakeasy" at the expo and really fell in love with it. That particular machine was for sale so that's what we got her for her B-day instead.
We're just a few miles from Games People Play in Walled Lake. They've already helped me out with advice on what to do after I shorted out the game when I dropped the playfield into the cabinet. (We didn't buy it from then, btw, but it's nice having someone close).
Just wondering who else here is from Michigan. We don't really know anyone in the hobby yet, but were hoping to meet some people.
Anyone else used to play at Pinball Pete's in EL? Is it still there? I played there a lot in the 90's, but haven't been back in over a decade since I moved away.

Bump-- Canton, MI (betw. Detroit and Ann Arbor).

#38 11 years ago

MAT

Matt_johnson

Inactive member

Saugatuck, MI

11y 36,800 387 4

Saugatuck

#39 11 years ago

???

flipperfingers

Blocked

12y 210

Quoted from Matt_johnson:
Saugatuck

I fell in love with Spiderman in Saugatuck last summer. What is the name of the one dive bar in town? I can't remember. Everything else in the downtown Saugatuck area is top notch.

#40 11 years ago

JAM

Wolfmarsh

Pinside member

12y 134K 10,956

I'm not from michigan, but hi anyways.

#41 11 years ago

MAT

Matt_johnson

Inactive member

Saugatuck, MI

11y 36,800 387 4

Quoted from flipperfingers:
I fell in love with spiderman in Saugatuck last summer. What is the name of the one dive bar in town? I can't remember. Everything else in the downtown Saugatuck area is top notch.

That is the locally renowned Sand Bar! Strongest drinks in town. The white-haired biker guy bartender, Mel, has been serving there since I was a kid sneaking in there to play Space Invaders or whatever. Yeah, I played that machine last weekend. It's in pretty good shape. I had to level it, or possible I leaned it over into the direction I was leaning. Doesn't matter, it's all relative

#42 11 years ago

SJG

HemiOrange09

MI Pinball Refinery

Muskegon, MI

12y 110K 3,630 10 2

Welcome to Pinside Rob aka Trebor......I have been in the hobby for 20 years now and I also am fairly new on Pinside myself......Muskegon Area checking in (right on Lake Michigan)

#43 11 years ago

CWN

PinballCharlie

PinWorlds

16y 93,050 796 9 41

Quoted from TunaSled:
Grand Rapids pinhead checking in.

Another Grand Rapids guy here. Grand Rapids is a great spot for playing pinball on location!

#44 11 years ago

AND

marcand

Rock Custom Pinball

Augusta, MI

12y 77,400 814 9 20

Quoted from flipperfingers:
I fell in love with spiderman in Saugatuck last summer. What is the name of the one dive bar in town? I can't remember. Everything else in the downtown Saugatuck area is top notch.

Agreed.

#45 11 years ago

ASS

playboywillis

Inactive member

11y 47,550 1,434 2

From Kalamazoo but live in Charleston, SC now.

Yes. Pinball Pete's is still alive and kickin

#46 11 years ago

MPR

Pin-Practice

Inactive member

Sterling Heights, MI

12y 37,650 117 4 11

I am not real far away. Sterling Heights.

#47 11 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,081 19 30 1

Quoted from Pin-Practice:
I am not real far away. Sterling Heights.

Is Big Toyz still open or what? Website been down forever

#48 11 years ago

LSG

SpartanC

Pinside member

11y 50,300 21 17

Clarkston not far from you. Pinball Petes in EL has a nice selection of games with most of them in very good shape. MM TOTAN TAF TSPP AFM...

#49 11 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,081 19 30 1

Quoted from SpartanC:
Pinball Petes in EL has a nice selection of games with most of them in very good shape. MM TOTAN TAF TSPP AFM...

Still got some pride in there games up there eh...miss those days

#50 11 years ago

DAD

playernumber4

Pinside member

Macomb, MI

12y 68,550 2,438 5

Bump...we have many, many more who have not posted here yet. This thread probably got lost in the vortex of all the Xmen threads.

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