Pinball Magazine No. 3 is finally here: 260(!) full color glossy pages packed with interviews with the people that make pinball happen.

Issue 3 has a few Special, which are sort of interwined. There's several stories on KISS themed pinball machines and other KISS pinball related rarities, but there's also a lot more: pinball designer Jim Patla's career at Bally is discussed, as well as Kevin O 'Connor's and Tom Nieman's years at Bally. Jody dankberg and John Borg discuss the new KISS game from Stern.

When it comes to non-KISS related content: Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies talks about his pinball passion, Jack Guarnieri discusses current development on Hobbit and WoZ, there's several restoration features, interviews with Pinball Creative from the UK (EM restoration), Pinball Dreams from Germany (custom games and mods), Pavlov Pinball editor Paul Rubens, a whole section of four articles on French PCB manufacturers, Freddy's Pinball Paradise and much much more.

Pinball Magazine No. 3 contents:

- 260 glossy full color pages (it’s more like a book...)
- Almost everything there is to know about KISS-themed pinball machines (total KISS-related content is about 88 pages)
- Former pinball designer Jim Patla discusses his entire career at Bally Pinball, including lots of new details on his 1979 KISS pinball design as well as other games
- Former Bally Marketing and Licensing Director Tom Nieman talks about his years at Bally, inventing the licensing model, lots of details on Bally’s KISS marketing campaigns and much more
- Pinball artist Kevin O’Connor discusses his years and games at Bally, including the artwork he did for KISS and lots more. This article features unique sketches and artwork!
- Stern’s Director of Marketing and Licencing Jody Dankberg discusses their current KISS game
- Stern Pinball designer John Borg discusses his new KISS design
- 9-page pinball review of Stern’s KISS by Pinball News
- 2 Bally KISS restoration features
- Very rare Gene Simmons painting from 1982 by a well-known pinball artist
- Barenaked Ladies leadsinger Ed Robertson talks about his pinball passion
- The French Connection: four articles on French manufacturers of replacement printed circuit boards that will enhance your game
- Showtime: Festi’Flip, Europe’s biggest pinball show
- Museum: Freddy’s Pinball Paradise, location to play and game distributor
- Plus articles on Jersey Jack Pinball (USA), Project Pinball Charity (USA), Pinball Creative (U.K.), Pinball Dreams (Germany), Pavlov Pinball (U.K.), Who’s Working On What?, Show Diary,and lots more

Pinball Magazine No. 3 can be ordered in the Pinball Magazine webshop: www.pinball-magazine.com/shop/

The magazine will also be available in limited quantity at Pinball Expo
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some more pics
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For the non-KISS fans: technically the magazine doesn't report on KISS, but on KISS-themed pinball machines, their designs, artwork and such. It's definitley not about KISS or KISS' music. I'm not a KSS fan in any way (before the Stern KISS game came out I maybe was familiar with 5 songs by KISS tops).

In total about 1/3 of the magazine can be counted as KISS pinball related, the other 2/3 (178 pages) is not related to KISS pinball at all. That's almost the size of Pinball Magazine No. 2.

First batch of orders will ship this week, second batch hopefully the week after Pinball Expo.

Here's a pic I took yesterday at the 20th anniversary of the German Kiss fanclub.
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Special thanks to Kirsten Adam who is taking care of sales in Germany

Yes, these are already up in the webshop

Yes, I'm already working on that. The updated reprint of issue 1 should be available in November.

Thanks for all the support. All orders that came in so far (and continue to come in) will ship this week, most likely on Thursday.

So I'm preparing all the packaging and stuff to ship out the first batch this week (friday). As people are ordering posters from the webshop too: I have some promotional posters of the cover of Pinball Magazine No. 3. These are not for sale, but I will include one with each order for posters (one per tube) just as a nice gesture

The first part of the batch that ships tomorrow was delivered to Deutsche Post today. Part 2 will follow tomorrow. Orders that come in today will still ship in this batch. Please note that each magazine will ship in a plastic bubbly air cushened envelope that goes into an extra strong cardboard box which is made to fit.

For those attending Play Expo in Manchester, U.K. this weekend: Paul Garner will have a limited supply of copies of Pinball Magazine No. 3 available at his booth. Besides being slightly cheaper due to less shipping costs, for each copy sold a few pounds will be donated to charity.
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The first batch of Pinball Magazine No. 3 shipped out today. Thanks to everyone who already ordered a copy just based on Pinball Magazine's reputation and a few photos of the new issue. Hope the new issue will meet your expectations Looking forward to see how the new issue will be received

The next batch is scheduled to ship the last week of October. All orders coming in will be collected to ship in that batch. If you can't wait that long, try to get a copy at Pinball Expo next week, Play Expo (UK) this weekend, or Festi'Flip (France) the weekend of October 24/25.

I will have a limited supply of Pinball Magazine No. 3 at Expo. Issue 1 is currently sold out and will be reprinted in November. I am not planning on bringing copies of Pinball Magazine No. 2 as I'm flying in and already maxing out on my luggage weight. However, Rob Anthony will also have copies of both Pinball Magazine No. 3, No. 2 and Santiago Ciuffo's Pinball Book at his stand, so you may want to go see him.

First review of Pinball Magazine No. 3: http://pavlovpinball.com/pinball-magazine-3-7-reasons-to-read-it/

The available copies at Play Expo in Manchester (U.K.) of PM03 all sold out and resulted in a charity donation of 111 GBPounds. Many thanks to Paul Garner for taking care of the sales at this event. Can't wait to see how the magazine will do at Pinball Expo

My safest guess would be next week (after expo). If you're lucky sooner

A very limited supply of Pinball Magazine No. 3 will be available at Pinball Life's Open House Explosion this Friday

Sorry, I didn't bring any posters this year, except for promotional posters of the cover of PM03.

Wednesdaynight at Expo Pinball Magzine No. 3 sold like hot cakes Great to see so many readers who show their appreciation for the magazine

looks like I will be out of stock at Expo today, which is a luxury problem I guess...

Received lots of great feedback
Jack Guarnieri (holding the magazine up after receiving his copy of proof as an advertiser): "If Jersey Jack Pinball would be making a magazine, this is what it would look like."