UPDATE : PARTY RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER TO SAT 3/14

Hobbit Release Party on Saturday 2/21 from 11 am - 4 pm at Old Sled Works in Duncannon, PA (outside Harrisburg) with Jersey Jack Guarnieri !

We will have a prototype Hobbit and a WOZ there. Jersey Jack will be there to sign anything you have and to hang out with us all day and to talk all about the Hobbit and JJP !

Old Sled Works is run by a friend and fellow coin-op collector, Jimmy Rosen. Jimmy used to run the Hershey Gameroom Expo that ran for a few years about 10 years ago. For 85 years Old Sled Works was an sled factory (owned by his family) that has been turned into a antique vendor mall with 125 vendors and even a Sled Museum ! Plenty to see and do there for the ladies who like antiques so you might want to bring them along. There is also a huge old time ARCADE there - all old / classic games - woodrail pinballs, skee ball, baseball pitch and bats, gun games, whacky arcade games, pre-war pinballs, and more ! There's also a working soda fountain where you can grab a spinning stool and order a hamburger or hot dog or a root beer float like it's 1955 ! Bring the kids, bring the lady, bring a friend, all are welcome ! I'm still working on the particulars (giveaways ?, tournaments ?) - those details will follow.

Admission will be $ 25 per person, of which 100% will go to the PinballSTAR charity fund. In return and to support our charity cause Jimmy has graciously offered up his entire pay to play arcade for FREE play to our guests - you will get a big bucket of unlimited quarters to dig your paws into to use in the arcade all day ! And we'll surely have some giveaways as well...

Attendance may be limited. If you would like to reserve a spot to attend - please email me at [email protected] (do not PM on Pinside) back the following info for EACH person attending :
Name, city/state, email address, phone, tshirt size, and which games that we distribute do you own ? (bought from us or not) - this helps to plan some potential giveaways.

Check out their site for info / address : http://www.sledworks.com/ - you might even run into a Pinup Girl or two (the location is used frequently for pin up photo shoots much to Jimmy's liking !)

You tube TOUR of OLD SLED WORKS :

IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN DAY ! MARK YOUR CALANDER AND COME JOIN US !

PinballSTAR Amusements CHARITY :
We donate WOZ pinball machines to children's hospitals. We have donated two so far - one in Philadelphia and one in Pittsburgh... For the Hobbit we are considering donating a Hobbit machine to a local Pittsburgh Veteran's facility for use by members of our armed forces. This would be donated at the ReplayFX show in Pittsburgh in July. Details being worked out on that donation ! : )
Details of our previous WOZ game donations to children's hospitals are at these links :
http://www.pinballnews.com/news/wozdonation.html
http://www.timesleader.com/news/local-news/1066736/Therapy-in-play
http://papa.org/2014/07/23/pinball-star-donates-wizard-of-oz-machine-to-pittsburgh-hospital/

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We are distributors for
Jersey Jack Pinball -
Wizard of Oz Standard and WOZ 75th Anniversary - IN STOCK
The Hobbit - Standard, LE, and Smaug SE (we have Smaugs !)
Planetary Pinball -
Medieval Madness Remake - Standard and LE (we have a FEW LE's available)
Spooky Pinball -
America's Most Haunted - (we will have some previously ordered games available SOON)
Virtuapin (Video pinball)

Contact us for your best pricing and info on all games ! Payment plans available !

IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND THE HOBBIT RELEASE PARTY - EMAIL US TO GET ON THE LIST !

Joe Newhart
PinballSTAR Amusements
[email protected]
570-357-0042
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Saturday Bump - keep the invitation requests coming - shaping up to be a great event !

Email [email protected]...

Thanks for the kind words guys...

Not sure what you are worried about Coyote - of course any release party by any distributor for JJP or Stern are marketing events no different than having a booth at a show - of course we want to show off the Hobbit and maybe sell some now or later and develop relationships with new folks we don't know yet. And of course I want people who are in the area to know about it and I'm trying to put the word out. BUT... this is nothing but a party, raising money for charity, being done at a cool location with alot of games you will have access to for free. Of course, we will ask for 10 mintues of your time to tie you up to a bed of nails and show you videos of the Hobbit and MMR on a loop until you buy one... lol... Seriously, everyone is invited - if you bought a game from another distributor or JJP or PPS direct already it's still all good. I ask what games you might own so if we do some sort of giveaways (not decided yet) I might be able to tailor a gift to a game you own (a flyer,etc..). It's a day for pinball socialization and friend making. People who attended my WOZ party will attest it was a FUN no pressure in any way kind of day. If you would like to come Coyote - please do, would love to have you... : )

Joe

I'm going to try to get pictures from the owner of the lineup of all games... It's mostly older games - wedgeheads, woodrails, gun games, quirky arcade games you never see anywhere, ball bowler, skeeball, etc... It's not enormous, approximately about games - but there is plenty to spend your time with away from the Hobbit, MMR, and AMH. That way people can cycle in and out of that area with the new games I'm bringing and Jimmy's arcade and have plenty to do hopefully without huge lines at the new games. We will try to plan some mini tournaments with prizes on some of the older games as a fun diversion - highest score over the day etc...

Here's a copy of the soda fountain's menu - some casual eats and of course ICE CREAM ! And for guys that like pinup girls, here's some pics of some of the honeys that frequently use Old Sled Works as a photo shoot location ! Jimmy can show you the good stuff in person ! lol : )

Anyone looking to come see the Hobbit, MMR, and AMH please email me at [email protected] to get on the guest list !

Joe Newhart
PinballSTAR Amusements
570-357-0042

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Friday bump - Would love to have as many Hobbit / MMR / AMH fans as we can attend.. Come see these new games in a small private setting ! Please email [email protected] ! Thanks !
Joe

Sunday Bump - come see the Hobbit - Whoopee... lol.... Would love to have as many friends show up to have a fun day ! Email to get on the guest list - [email protected] !
Joe

Doesn't look like we'll have our shipped MMR in time for the party : ( We will have one and AMH at Allentown, but not at the party... I will email everyone who confirmed in case that was your main interest, but I suspect everyone wanted to see Hobbit.

So it's a Jersey Jack Pinball Wizard of Oz and Hobbit Release party !

We still have space available - Please email Joe at [email protected] to get on the guest list !

Not at all - we will have a smaller crowd AND an entire arcade of 60 plus games to distract people and the star of the party will be the Hobbit, not WOZ... I do not expect long lines or wait time - it won't be that type of event. It will be very casual / friendly, hanging out / talking pinball etc... You will get plenty of time on WOZ and if not I will spray windex in the eyes of eveyone in front of you so the line moves quicker : )~

Hey Todd ! I'll be taking lots of pictures and videos and of the Hobbit and maybe an interview with Jack will be posting them on our PinballSTAR Amusements Facebook page... Those intersted should LIKE it now and beat the rush ! : )

https://www.facebook.com/pages/PinballSTAR-Amusements/281515171950637

Right now just calling for snow showers during the day. We are watching it of course, but no issues as we see it at this point ! Event runs from 11-4 you can come and stay the whole time and still leave at the end and be home before it's dark.

Actually I was talking to Mark from PAPA about coming and feeling free to tape the Hobbit - we didn't connect on that though...

Unfortunately the weather is not going to co-operate with us... Snow all day, sleet, freezing rain, etc... Looks like we will be gettting everything all day - over all of PA to MD, NJ, and NY - nobody coming to the party from any direction will escape it... We are tenatively looking to reschedule for Saturday 3/7 or 3/14... Stay tuned I will post a definate here after I confer with all parties - Jack and Old Sled Works...

And hopefully we can get the MMR there in time for the rescheduled date now... at least one postitive out of it maybe...

I will be emailing everyone who confirmed their attendance, but wanted to post here to get the word out...

Joe

We considered Sunday, but they are calling for snow sleet freezing rain overnight into Sunday looks no better. I looks like a mix of everything coming. Trust me I put alot of time into the party, I hate to postpone, but I do not want anyone getting hurt in an accident, we have many families, kids / wives coming and many traveling from out of state with long drives.

We are looking at Sat 3/14 !

Joe