San Francisco, CA
9th looks good to me so far - I can take the group pic if I make it 
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If any pinheads want to roll the steel ball I'm always here on the weekends in Dixon. Pinwillie I'm a SR local born and raised....Sebastopol Twin Hills 2405 Burnside 
Quoted from welder74:What does it take to be in this "nor-cal members only" ? Sorry but late to this thread
Takes living in Nor Cal, you're in!
I'd be happy to put my place on the rotation. Will hopefully have a new pin or two in the coming months. Could possibly do another get together on Wednesday Oct 23rd at my place, anyone interested? If so, I'll start being nicer to the wife and try to lock the date
Quoted from practicalsteve:I don't think we really need to do that, that just lets us bring in food or drinks, I am more interested in actually playing pinball not eating snacks in a room with no pins in it.
Agreed. Much simpler just come out meet some pinheads and play pinball.
Quoted from Gorf:I'm a SR local born and raised....Sebastopol Twin Hills 2405 Burnside
cool, we probably know some of the same people
Occi boy here- Go Dragons
There is a possibility of some very exciting stuff at the PPM meet up, I need to keep quiet about it until it is ironed out but you won't want to miss it! I will keep you all posted.
Quoted from jonnyo:A guy named Steven was talking to me about starting a north bay league around Petaluma. He has a pin routed and is talking with the location about more if they can work out a league arrangement.
Im in, would love to get a league started how about it PinWillie?
Quoted from practicalsteve:There is a possibility of some very exciting stuff at the PPM meet up, I need to keep quiet about it until it is ironed out but you won't want to miss it! I will keep you all posted.
Pamela Anderson autographs?
-mof
Quoted from practicalsteve:There is a possibility of some very exciting stuff at the PPM meet up, I need to keep quiet about it until it is ironed out but you won't want to miss it! I will keep you all posted.
I heard a rumor about hookers, blow and a bouncy house...
Quoted from mof:Pamela Anderson autographs?
-mof
Quoted from Mycal:I heard a rumor about hookers, blow and a bouncy house...
Keep dreaming guys!
Quoted from shovelhed:Im in, would love to get a league started how about it PinWillie?
count me in
Going to pick up wife's cousin from SFO tomorrow night. Anybody got any pins for sale in San Francisco area?
EM, early SS, or DMD? Fixer upper or shopped/working? 
Steve
Quoted from KenPin:Going to pick up wife's cousin from SFO tomorrow night. Anybody got any pins for sale in San Francisco area?
Quoted from KenPin:Going to pick up wife's cousin from SFO tomorrow night. Anybody got any pins for sale in San Francisco area?
Looking for something as well.well a fixer upper FH.No luck around these parts.Good luck bro not a ton going on around these parts
Quoted from KenPin:Going to pick up wife's cousin from SFO tomorrow night. Anybody got any pins for sale in San Francisco area?
I have a Flight 2000 make me an offer
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IMG_20130922_182139.jpgQuoted from KenPin:Going to pick up wife's cousin from SFO tomorrow night. Anybody got any pins for sale in San Francisco area?
I have a bunch of machines for sale, including a Road Kings that is unshopped and fully working for $750. That is the only unshopped machine I have available.
Quoted from Xscrapiron:Looking for something as well.well a fixer upper FH.No luck around these parts.Good luck bro not a ton going on around these parts
I sent the guy an email on the Funhouse he has for $2500, but I haven't heard back yet. I will let you know.
Sean
G' morning...Did anyone make it to the Pinball Pirate Fundraiser Tournament in Benicia yesterday?
http://pinballoutreach.org/2013/09/pinball-pirate-fundraiser-tournament/
Good morning Nor Cal pinheads
Hows that centaur mof? I see CPR just released a new playfield
http://www.classicplayfields.com/store-playfields.html
Quoted from pinwillie:Good morning Nor Cal pinheads
Hows that centaur mof? I see CPR just released a new playfield
http://www.classicplayfields.com/store-playfields.html
Money sent. Fingers crossed.
-mof
Quoted from Mycal:G' morning...Did anyone make it to the Pinball Pirate Fundraiser Tournament in Benicia yesterday?
http://pinballoutreach.org/2013/09/pinball-pirate-fundraiser-tournament/
I went.
Quoted from jonnyo:I went.
Cool, glad to hear it. How'd you do? Hope to make it down to Oakland to one of your events soon. Thanks for your blog too. I heard over $500 donated to POP. Also heard that Tom Collins from Napa took 2nd overall. Some new local guy from St Louis took first and is highly ranked nationally. I'm very new to competition but enjoy league nights.
Quoted from mof:Who picked up the Bad Cats for $550? That's the unsolved mystery.
-mof
I know but im not tellin.
Quick update on the Pacific Pinball Museum meet up. Still happening, waiting to hear about a potential exciting addition. Id badges have been designed and will be there. Hope to see you all there!
Quoted from practicalsteve:Quick update on the Pacific Pinball Museum meet up. Still happening,
What time is it on the 9th...all day or something else?
Robert
Quoted from Gorf:I know but im not tellin.
Was sold out from under me while I was on my way to buy it at the time the seller requested I arrive. Pretty sweet...
The Pinball Pirate POP event was cool (it was held there once before...I don't want to say last year, but has it really been 12 months since the last one?!?). It's held in the warehouse of veteran op/tech Chris Kuntz, who...for those who don't know him...knows a LOT about both coin-op tech and pinball history.
I couldn't make it there in time to compete in the main event, but swung by to play in the side tournament on Pin-Bot. How was that? Well...it's fucking Pin-Bot. I'm completely bi-polar on that game: I can either control it or it controls me. In this case, it controlled me.
Mark also generously brought out his Star Trek Pro for everyone to beat up on. I'm digging the game, but I have to give it 12 months to make sure I am not in the "new game puppy love" phase.
ANYWAYS! If you wanna chill out with a bunch of the more active members of the Bay Area community, definitely hit the next one. It's a pretty laid back event in a cool little warehouse for a good cause.
Quoted from Mycal:Cool, glad to hear it. How'd you do? Hope to make it down to Oakland to one of your events soon. Thanks for your blog too. I heard over $500 donated to POP. Also heard that Tom Collins from Napa took 2nd overall. Some new local guy from St Louis took first and is highly ranked nationally. I'm very new to competition but enjoy league nights.
The worst in a double-elim is to go two and out, and I managed not to do that. But that "highly ranked nationally" guy you mentioned, yeah, he was my first match. 
His name is Joey Springer.
And last year, same tourney, Neil Shatz was my first match. 
I was 7th or 8th in the side tourney on Pinbot.
Mark Birching bought the 2nd launch party Star Trek and he had it there on free play. Lots of people brought food and Jim V bought pizza. There was this cool chick from Norway who happened to be visiting the bay area and played in the tournament. I think she did pretty good, can't remember. Anyway, it was cool talking with her about pinball over there. They have a pinball club that's housed on a decommissioned military base building that they rent. Members pay dues and they use the money to add more games. That's some serious dedication!
Quoted from sosage:I couldn't make it there in time to compete in the main event, but swung by to play in the side tournament on Pin-Bot. How was that? Well...it's fucking Pin-Bot. I'm completely bi-polar on that game: I can either control it or it controls me. In this case, it controlled me.
I'm slated to be taking that Pinbot into my home, hope you all were gentle with it. I wish I could have made it out to the tournament!
I have the "official" time as set between 1pm and 4pm. Of course you could come earlier or stay later, but I set that time as a goal for everyone to be there in that time frame more or less so we can meet each other.
There may be something special going on at a set time, but unconfirmed as of right now. I will update as soon as I have all the info.
Quoted from chriskd:Count me in for the 9th!
Great! Would be really great to see you again Steve.
Quoted from genex:I'm outta town for a shoot so can't make it unfortunately!
Quoted from mof:Busy that day, will catch the next one !
-mof
Get your priorities straight gentlemen! 
Heads up guys! Super rare coca cola pinball machine on CL. Only 450$! get it while the gettings good!
Also, who knows the story behind those phantom CL posts lately. Usually it just says "pinball machine 500$" and when you open it theres a huge rant about how the guy hates crybabies and poor people and how he got his asking price on some pin he does not reference. I would post a link but they get flagged immediately.
LOL, yep, know him. He's not an internet type guy, he just likes to poke at some of the cheap collectors/flippers he's had to deal with when he was selling off some of his games.
Steve
Quoted from practicalsteve:Also, who knows the story behind those phantom CL posts lately. Usually it just says "pinball machine 500$" and when you open it theres a huge rant about how the guy hates crybabies and poor people and how he got his asking price on some pin he does not reference. I would post a link but they get flagged immediately.
Hey everyone, I started a thread specifically for the PPM meet up. Please do me a favor and pop over there and RSVP. even if you already said here that you were coming. I need a rough head count for ID badges and other stuff. Thanks
please note! I changed the start time to noon, let me know if you will be there at noon.
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