Too bad these pinball machines aren't lighter and smaller! Then we could just bring em all over to your house Don!!! Ha ha

Either date would work for me. Looking forward to meeting a few more people around the valley

maybe you guys could get a team going,and us AZ guys could come up and play against the SLC team?
could be the start of the NPL

Well I can guarantee they aren't going to want me on the team, I suck

Don- hello there! We live about an hour out of the valley (hour and a half from Herriman) but we would love to come pinball-out with you..... The 18th works best for us. -Sherrie and Bob

I could be interested in this. I'll follow the thread and figure out if it works when the time comes.

sounds like you guys are about to really take off!
did you see the post about the "AZ midsummer nights pinball bash", next week? something like 46 machines!!!

I would love to attend but will be out of town. Have fun.

I also am in SLC... not sure if I could make it, but for census purposes I is here! I am working on a 1977 EM restore... so not playing, not much of a pin head (first machine) never really played them growing up nor pretty much ever in the last 20 years... but enjoyed a friends EM so got one as a project and for the family... if you need a totally newb for your team you could not go wrong selecting me!

They are fun though, cannot wait to get my restore done and in the house!

I'll throw this out here. My place would be available just about any time, just need a little warning. My schedule is pretty open so can proably attend just about any time.

I always want to meet more pin collectors, but we have a brand new baby and my free time has been destroyed.

I'm hoping to make it! Is your Pinside collection up to date (with the 4 tables)? mpatricksp has quite a few tables I'd like to play too. Maybe we can trick him into bringing that XMLE for us at least

mpatricksp: you live in Farmington? I'm pretty close (Bountiful)... I'd like to get a few rolls in on some of your tables at some point

I'm just putting the finishing touches on my new gameroom so I'll have a few to throw into the mix if the party migrates over this way. (I can ride a bike to Mike P.'s house)

Thanks again for the moving muscle Mike. (They don't look like it, but my pins weigh about a thousand pounds apiece.)

Old and new....

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I'm up in Alaska or else I'd be there. Have fun, everybody.

You are welcome to stop by just about any time just shoot me a pm and we can set something up, but no I won't be bringing X-men to the party. I hate moveing them when I have to.

I plan on stopping by on Sat, probably around 3:30 or so.

Sorry but I'm not going to make it. Was planning on it! I'll be at the next one. Thanks for organizing it and starting the movement.

Went over to mpatricksp's house tonight with a buddy and played for about 2 and half hours. We hardly gave him any notice and he just opened his doors to us. What an awesome collection and a super nice guy. Thanks for letting us come over and hopefully you'll have us over again sometime down the road. I think X-men might just be one of my favorite tables now and I don't know how long I can hold out. TDK surprised me as well... that game is super fun... I had no idea it was so cool. Tron just kicked my butt. ST:TNG was sweet. Thanks again.

No problem, welcome any time, as is anyone. Nice meeting you guys.

Also, let me know if you ever need any help moving those tables around or lifting new ones in to your house from your curb

Does that include up and down the stairs?

That's why I finished a room on the ground floor. Don't have to deal with the stairs anymore, thank god, man those machines can get heavy.

Anyone interested in a Pinball get together in January in SLC ? I missed the last one

Hey guys!! Just put up some HD gameplay video of my new avengers!!
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/avengers-gameplay-hd#post-570583

I was talking with drshaw and was going to try to set something up in January or Fegurary here. I am open for just about anytime. My Hulk LE hasn't shipped yet hoping sometime this week so we would proabably want to have it after it gets in.

Yea I ordered one a few days after you were here, couldn't resist. I told them not to ship it until after Christmas because I was going to be gone so it still hasn't shipped yet.

Yeah I'm definitely down. I'm just fine tuning my new TZ and my friend just bought a ToM but it still needs some work (we've cleaned up about 75% of the 2-page laundry list, but still have some more glitches to iron out). I love going to Mike's place... he has a great collection! Count me and a friend or two in for sure.

I'll try to remeber to turn them down this time, I was getting a headache after the last one.

Drshaw,
did you end up buying the TZ from the guy in colorado? I ended up buying a local BSD for a good price.

No I bought a TZ and a ToM for a friend from the same guy in Lexington Kentucky as a package deal. Shipping was a nightmare and I'll probably have to file a claim due to damage on both machines. I just about have the TZ dialed in to 100% now though.

that is too bad about the damage..hope you got a good price. I would love either of those machines...but mostly the TZ....a fun pin.

Well, I just got a call from STI and they are going to deliver the Hulk on Firday. Hopfuly I don't have the same issue as drshaw had with them.

Exciting! I'm going to have to have everybody over sometime soon so that they can push my high scores up a bit and give me more to shoot for.

Let's see, the main power driver board had come loose in shipping and I'm having a problem with one of the transistors now, the DMD needed to be replaced (Thanks Mike for the loaner), minor switch adjustments to the rocket and rocket kicker so it would act more reliably, I'll have to replace the slot machine and clock millions targets with the new reinforced versions, new coil stops for the lower flippers, few bulbs and flashers were out, new 9.4H ROM.

Then I spent about $500 on mods (piano, camera, gumballs, chrome side mirrors, target decals, door translite color changer, new powerball, powerball custom plunger).

This "hobby".... It's gonna be the death of me!

Saweet!! You should be good... NIB should be packed perfect.

TZ is my all-time favorite. My buddy 15 minutes away has one and I liked it so much that I had to have my own.

Yea that is why I keep having people over. They put up high scores then I spend all my time trying to get them off. Either that or I just update the software and re-set them all to default, that is how I got them off X-men .

Double post.

The game is coming along though. Here is a picture. I still need to install my chrome side mirrors and the translite color changing door mod. Playfield is immaculate. (Edit: Doh! Phone Upload = Picture is sideways. Let's try this again)

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Ok, if we want to do this I will let you all figure out what date. I am open just about any time except this coming Monday the 7th.

I will provide Steaks and Chicken from Don's Meats, drinks and probably potato salad, if you never had them they are great. Just shoot me a pm if you plan on coming with how many people and what you would prefer. If you are bringing kids and they would rather have hotdogs or hamburgers let me know as I will have some of those also.

Once we get a date figured out I will PM you my address when I get your food info as I don't want to post it in the open forum.

Thanks,

Mike