Saw this yesterday... I am taking you at your word on this NorCal so The Flipper Room just canceled our pre-order on SW Prem and are going to go with something else. No point in having two of the same games so close. When do you think this will land at Phoenix?

The Flipper Room in Concord just ordered Alien from Heighway pinball. It is due to land sometime at the end of September (ish). We should have our Attack from Mars LE remake around that time. Thinking of an October "Alien Attack" party. Stay Tuned...

No, why?

Looking forward to seeing you. Here is the official flyer for anyone interested...

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Robert, all you need to bring is yourself and some pinball enthusiasm. We will take care of the rest. Hope to see you there.

A reminder to those free on Saturday night and looking for something to do. The Flipper Room has its first open house. Free play pinball, Ale Industries and Allagash Brewing (thanks Aaron), plus food. Come hang with us starting at 7pm.

1085 Shary Circle
Concord, CA 94518
Www.theflipperroom.com

Thanks everyone for the kind words. We had a blast and appreciate you all spending your Saturday night with us. See you soon.

Hey all you Nor Cal Pinhead's... The Flipper Room is having another event on February 24th. We are welcoming Total Nuclear Annihilation to our lineup and have a special guest appearance by Underground Pinball's public debut of 'Green Out', a cannabis themed game. They are also bringing an unfinished white wood game just for fun.

We will have 20+ pins on coin play.
$10 buys you unlimited Craft brew.
NorCal Pinball will be live streaming

Bottom line... it's going to be a party! Hope to see you there.

For those that can't make it, just tune in to the live stream with Sean and D. at twitch.tv/norcalpinball

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I would recommend Pinball Pirate in Benicia. Www.pinballpirate.com

I'm leaving that one to Phoenix Games, as IdahoRealtor said the owner seams to be onto that one. It's crazy to have similar games only five miles apart. At least that's what I think... it doesn't seem to work all the time so we have/had some overlapping, but at least they have been very popular titles.

We have Alice Cooper coming before the end of the year and maybe some other good surprises shortly after. the Flipper Room will be adding another room in the next few weeks which will house an additional 6-7 pins in total. There will be about 30 pins available when we are done. Just in time for the GSPF volunteer party if all works out.

There are so many titles coming out each year. I am curious how long the market can keep up. We will do our best (between Phoenix and TFR) to keep all the new stuff locally available.

Thanks Ben! The GSPF party is for volunteers and is by invite only. It is in September.

We are having an open house party for our Anniversary on October 5th though. Dirty Donny will be there with his new Flipper Room Blacklight poster that he is creating as we speak. He will have books, art prints, and other merch. A brewer will be pouring. It's sure to be a good night... Flipper Room style. Hope to see you and your brother there.

Official announcement. I hope y'all can make it. Good Times ahead.

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I think it's mandatory for you @gryphun, any closer and it would be at your place... lol.

For anyone interested... we have a travel league starting in October. It will be on Tuesday nights and alternate between The Flipper Room and Vallejo Vinyl and Pinball. The first night will be in Vallejo on October 2nd. The season will run for 8 weeks and the tournament will be on the 9th week. 7:30 start time.

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I enjoyed meeting and chatting with you Mike.

Less than 2 weeks away. Hope to see you at The Flipper Room Friday Oct. 5th. Lots in store... Pinball Pirate is brining a Deadpool, Chris Heilig will be hosting Earthshaker stall ball and head to head Paragon challenges, Donny will be signing his new The Flipper Room print along with other posters and Merch (bring your Metallica, Aerosmith, or Pabst Can Crusher translite or backglass if you want it signed), we will have framing packages available for Donny art, Ale Industries will be bringing 4 different brews, Golden State Pinball Fest's "Guardians of The Galaxy" will be there (your quarters go toward the 2019 event)... dare I go on!?! You get the point. It's gonna be happening.

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The Donny Event is on Friday. Starts at 6pm. Donny will be signing from 6-10pm. The party goes on til midnight-ish.

There is a Strikes tournament today at The Flipper Room. The first of many that Pete will be running on the Third Sunday of the month. For details check out https://theflipperroom.com/events-and-leagues

FYI... We are only open to tournament folks.

Thanks guys!

Another heads up from The Flipper Room...

We are hosting the 2019 IFPA California State Pinball Championship on Saturday. We will be OPEN for normal business with normal times, but the blacklight room (DMD room) and Early Solid State Room (framing showroom) will be closed off for the tournament. The 12 machines in those areas will be tournament only. This still leaves 17 machines in the rest of the place for you to enjoy.

Come on down and play pinball in the presence of the best 24 players in the state. Maybe their juju will rub off onto you!?! But, please respect their privacy and let them focus on their task at hand...

Damn! Always when I have an event going on. I'll make it one of these times.

For those interested in following the IFPA California State Pinball Championship at The Flipper Room, the results will be posted here as they come in. https://challonge.com/IFPACA19

If you find yourself looking for something to do this evening, come hang out at The Flipper Room for Pinball, Popcorn, and Moving Pictures. 7pm - 12am (we are still open our regular hours 12-7 for those that can't be out late, but the festivities begin after 7).

We will be streaming movie titles from our pins throughout the gallery, projecting old films in the early solid state design room, popping free fresh movie popcorn, and plenty of suds and other refreshments for purchase. 30+ pins on coin play. No cover.

Hope to see some friendly faces...

Cheers!
Mike

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You are awesome @hawkmoon!!!!

Thanks TheJerol that's correct. However, to be a bit more accurate we are moving The Flipper Room's entire business down the street. That is pinball and picture framing. There will be a framing design showroom, a gallery of awesome pinball art, the gallery of Disney art. We will also have a legit space for party rentals as well. We also hope to hook up with Scorebit to bring some new exciting technology to the room's.

My wholesale framing business (APF) will remain at the original location and is taking over the old rooms. It will also utilize an additional 1,300 square feet of extra warehouse space at The Flipper Room.

Although, we have had access to the space we have been waiting for the new windows and storefront to be finished so we can get in and do our work. I believe we should be in and prepping the new walls next weekend. If all goes well we should be soft opening in a couple weeks.

See you all soon!

That is so strange... my wife and I were just talking about doing the this! Gift greatly appreciated and accepted!!!

Thanks lint you are amazing!

I have played this Adams Family... it's ridiculous (in a good way). It's like playing a brand spanking new game. It's so frickin' clean. Ultimate collector's for sure.

PM sent

For all that have not heard, The Flipper Room opened this week... we are back after our short break. Come say hi. Open Monday through Friday 10am-7pm and Saturday 12-7pm.

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We would love to, but have not been asked yet. Stay tuned!

We are in the process of finishing up the design room now, but I don't have any sample in there yet. However, we are literally a 15 second drive or a few minute walk from the main APF showroom and we can design there. But if you know what you want or just want to drop it off and let us do our thing then yes, you can hand it off there.

Thanks!

Hey all you NorCal Pinhead's... would love to see you tonight at The Flipper Room for our kick-off party. We are officially moved in and want to kick back and have fun.

A couple of the writers/artists from the comic book/graphic novel team called Accidental Aliens will be there to show off their new book too. That's around 7:30 (ish)

We will have some munchie food and beverages out. Feel free to BYOB if you want. We will have coolers in the back.

Lets have some old fashion fun! We open at 12:00 today, but the main party starts around 7:00.

Cheers!

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Yep, Leslie won. She is a great player! Thanks for comin' out.

There is a very nice Star Trek The Next Generation at The Flipper Room for sale. Color DMD, Chrome hardware, clean playfield, LED's, etc.

I would love to put a face to your profile picture. I have to imagine I said hi to you, unless I was gone for a minute and my wife was holding down the fort.

Yes yes... thank you.

The Flipper Room is having it's 2nd year anniversary and Halloween party tomorrow from 5pm until midnight. Come play our Halloween lineup and play a round of head to head Monster Bash against your buddy to win prizes. We have both an original and CGC LE remake next to each other.

Bring your own beer. Cans or covered containers on any adult drinks you bring. We will have plenty of free bottled water out for hydration. Halloween candy and snacks. 40 pinball machines.

Hope to see some familiar faces!

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We actually open at 12:00 like usual, so yes.

Your welcome... thanks for making the trek. It was a fun night with lots of pinball and comradery. Lasted until almost 4am!!!

Stranger Things is now playing at The Flipper Room!

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That Pharaoh has practically a new sheet, so you are good there

This is going to be a real bummer to many TFR family and friends, I know it is for me…

The arcade portion of The Flipper Room will not be reopening until further notice. With the unforeseen future of “returning to business as usual” looming in the distance; and knowing that filling our pinball venue w/ crowds where people are comfortable and do not have to wear masks could be quite some time away; we have made this difficult decision.

We will be refocusing our energy on the art and picture framing division. APF-The Art of Picture Framing will expand and integrate its showroom into The Flipper Room galleries and will continue to offer excellent custom framing services and amazing art as it has been for almost 15 years.

The Flipper Room will be expanding its online shopping experience with new pinball related art, gear and products. After all, we love pinball… we aren't giving it up!

To raise money for all of these changes, we will be selling many of our pinball machines and offering a short time deal on art in the gallery. If there is a piece of art or a pinball machine you have been eyeing, now is the time to jump on it.

We will miss seeing many of your friendly faces and pinball jive talk. Keep an eye out in the future for the next TFR pinball gallery and arcade. Until then, stay safe and be well.

Cheers!
Mike Moretti

Thanks everyone for the kind words. We sold 18 pins in 36 hours! It was a marathon! We also kept more than 18 pins on the back burner. Funds were raised to put the company in a much stronger position coming out of this pandemic disaster than we were going into it.

The Flipper Room will still be very active in the community until it makes sense to reopen the arcade. After all, who wants to play pinball with a mask on?!? We have Brian Allen finishing up our 2020 Annual Fine Art Print which will be for sale. I just saw the rough draft and it ROCKs! If you don't know his name, he just finished the Medieval Madness remake backglass, preceded by the Monster Bash and Attack From Mars alternate backglasses.

We have a new online partnership with threadless to fulfill our online shirt sales, so look for many new and awesome pinball shirts and merch coming out.

I know it's a shock to many, but we will all be so busy working on getting back to normal over the next 6 months that 2021 will smack us in the face very soon. Who knows what next year will bring, but I am sure there will be exciting news coming from us.

I will take it Mike. Dan just got one and may need some parts.

Dude... pop it in, add some wax, fire it up, and blam! Good to go.

The dude selling this pins is an absolute joker! He has a few ads out there, at least one of them claims its home use only and all of them claim that its a factory prototype. Well... I had it on location twice myself and the drop targets were added later. Not a factory prototype.

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Hahaha. He bought it from a friend of mine that I sold it to. He kept trying to talk him down from the $1800. Then he goes and lists it for $6800 a few days later. Can't make this shit up.

Check out this awesome image that Brian Allen created for The Flipper Room. Available in 14x20 signed and number prints on paper (only 50 made). Or we had 25 translates made. You can purchase via our website or at the gallery/arcade. These pictures from my phone are not very good.

https://theflipperroom.com/shop/ols/all?sortOption=descend_by_created_at

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Hahaha. Come on man, my three little girls got them all... lol. I wish I would have seen this before I shipped it earlier. I would have made something for you and put it in the tube.

Gorgar
Flash Gordon
Theater of Magic
Skateball (with a nod to Radical!)
Meteor
Baby Pac-Man
Attack from Mars
Monster Bash

Thanks for your support!

Saw your post after I made mine... Good job mike.

Thats gnarly!

We were supposed to reopen on July 1st. Right now we are just allowing households to rent the arcade by the hour. The framing showroom is open by appointment.

I would love a picture of it hanging when done, if you wouldn't mind me sharing on social media.

Looks great! Nice job.

I am excited to announce that The Flipper Room has partnered up with Lit Frames and we have become a West Coast distributor. We just placed a new order and once they arrive we will be your local source for Lit Frames. You will save on shipping costs and delays... And for those that want to take it to the next level (like we do at TFR) we have been testing the waters with adding some extra custom pizzazz! So start dusting off those translites you have been meaning to display.

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Is there anyone here that is getting games from Replay FX that needs/wants to group the shipping? I will be setting up an STI shipment for at least 3 games right now. There is possibly a 4th and maybe even a 5th game, I am waiting for the confirmation. The more machines added the cheaper for all of us. Let me know and I can give you the details.

This is a live list of what they have left... https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=C182838E6193FD56!30975&ithint=file%2cxlsx&authkey=!ADdTVGe7AGwGy6Q

They are in Pittsburgh, PA. Look up PAPA.org and Replay FX. I am not in a position to talk about condition of machines as I'm just a buyer like the rest of you and have no affiliation with them. I know many people that have gone to Pinburgh over the years and that have played the machines for sale. They don't provide pictures, but if you go to you tube and search for a machine with "papa" as a keyword you may find the machine you are looking at. Payment is to be made via cashiers check.

Not my gig, so I don't know why. I am just coordinating a local shipment for those that want to save a buck.

This isn't about weather or not us locals accept or should accept cashiers checks for pins. This is a professional organization that is requiring its purchases to be made by a cashiers check if you can't come get the pins in person. They are requiring the funds to clear before they will ship games.

Load up the truck and head on out... You got this!

I have a shipment of standard pinball glass that arrived the other day. Early bird special until the 15th. $55 per sheet or 3+ for $50 each. They go back to normal price on the 15th ($79 per sheet). Tax added to all sales. Message me or call The Flipper Room if interested.

I was there a week ago and he had a Stern rollercoaster tycoon. I didn't look at the condition.

We totally understand and think that's a wise/safe decision. Our crew will be there to represent in 2022!

I second the chains. Made this trip last year at the same time and had to stop and get some. It was warm and nice when I left the bay... A f'n blizzard when I got to the mountains.

The first in a series of pinheads designed by Crawlin Creep exclusively for The Flipper Room. You can order shirts at https://theflipperroom.threadless.com

Are you a pinhead?

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I have a stripped, cleaned and primed power play you can come measure up if it helps. Its not for sale as I'm in the process of Restoration, but its just sitting around until I get to it.

There is a reason it has been sitting for weeks... Or should I say months?

Is that the one that was just purchased out of the flipper room a couple days ago? The high score initials give it away. Unless you know another DPD...

Hahaha... You can't let him play your games unless you plan on doing a reset or being second fiddle.

Thats monster bash! Not the deepest of games but fun in a crowd.

And yes that things is absolutely gorgeous. Good luck finding the right one for you. Cheers!

After the brewery closed down for Quarantine and things were funky I sold it to an operator in Sonoma.

I have been thinking of doing something like this at The Flipper Room in the parking lot. Weekend has loads of street parking on the circle. I have a huge event tent I was think of loading up with pins to play too. Plus the flipper room would be open with pins as well. Between the lot and the shop I could probably get around 50 pins turned on. Swap meet going, maybe someone can BBQ??? Or I can get a taco truck. Should we talk about this further?

Maybe I could chat with @cheddar, Greg ong and the GSPF crew about possibly having a raffle to go towards next years GSPF too???

Just floating ideas.

Cool. Let's chat on Tuesday.

OK swap meet people... I have created a thread for us to discuss the event without clogging up this one. We are moving here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/tfr-swap-meet-2021#post-6277634

I just played these the other night and they are super clean. The TMNT is gorgeous. Good Luck with the sale djsoup

I wish I wasn't so busy with work this time of year while simultaneously trying not to hoard parts. I see so much I want. Or is it need. No... Want.

Bring what doesn't sell to the swap meet.

That looks so frickin nice!!! I want to sell a new stern to get that!

Yes! I totally want those

Any Degenerate Pinheads out there? Replay Randy fine art canvases are now shipping (or available in our gallery). They are listed in our pinside store and on the website. Or stop in and pick one up while you play some pinball! They are 14" x 20" and come stretched and ready to hang for $85. Only 100 were printed, numbered and signed by Donny.
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OK, I guess I will take $85 to haul it away. Only cause I live near you

I'm so bummed! I was so damn busy running around I didnt even Notice! Thats the problem with hosting. I would have bought them all. I had three gottlieb's in the tent that needed (still need) them. If the others don't come through let me know and I would gladly take them.

Cheers!

Message sent on Laser Ball

EDIT: Passed up on it... It looks like it is fixable and worth the money if you want a project. I have other intension and don't want to waste this pin.

That sold. I spoke with the guy that bought it.

SOLD!

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if anyone has one or knows someone I am on the hunt. Thanks!

No, but I have a list of artists I can recommend. Feel free to PM me and we can narrow it down.

The Flipper Room has been nominated for a TWIPY Award for "Favorite Location". If you agree and want to vote/support us then go to TWIPYS.com to make your mark.

Well thank you kind sir! Happy New Year and see you soon at the friendly confines in Lodi.

Thank you Bob!

I think you would have to get in a ring and fight fireball2 if I sold it to you. Of course then my wife would kick me out of the house for selling her favorite game. Hahaha

Pinball and Beer anyone? Next Saturday April 9th The Flipper Room and Ale Industries will be celebrating our collaboration beer release in Oakland at Ale Industries Brewery and Tap Room.

DEGENERATE PINHEADS: IPA Series 1

The beer will be for purchase in 1 pint collector cans. There are 9 different labels. Collect them all.

We will have a Degenerate Pinheads Art installation where you can pick-up your favorite pinhead art, drink beer and play some pinball on 6 of our pins:

Creature from the Black Lagoon
Jurassic Park (Stern Pro)
TMNT Pro
Batman 66
Ghostbusters
Sopranos

Hope to see some of you there.

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UPDATE... The date is moving back a couple weeks. The pinball and Beer god's have spoke. (there was an error in the label printing and it pushed back production). I will announce the new date soon.

I have a Totem that I wasn't planning on selling, but we could probably trade for that pretty even.

I second Lit Frames. I usually have all sizes in stock at The Flipper Room, but I am out of stock on LCD sizes. I have the Stern DMD size though.

And just a week ago you said this game was no good... Hahaha. What are you gonna trade out?

Congrats! I'm coming for a boot, but staying for the pinball!