drbond don't you live in the bay area? There are several MM's out here.

There's a decent but tough one set for 5 ball play at phoenix games in Concord. However, it's in the back room which is generally only open on Thursday league nights around 7:30pm. Casual play at that time is allowed, though.

I think there's several MMs over in SF though you might want to check out.

Free play at CAX after you pay the entry fee.

I will be there. Coordinating with Randy Elwin to do some camera/projector setups for games. Should be fun!

I'm looking forward to just being overwhelmed by all the machines, although I am looking forward to playing the TOTAN!

drbond since you expressed an interest in ST:TNG there is one that BAPA plays on league nights. I would tell you the location but it's in San Jose and only open league nights (private loc). It's in good shape. Actually, they have two, but one is maybe a parts machine. (pf is up and never seen it working)

Anyway, if you have an interest in league play then drop me an email (my email is on the pinball map, address in my avatar icon).

You don't need to be "good" (I'm not all that good compared to some of these guys). The league gets a mix of all abilities and it's as much competitive as it is social.

To answer the original question, I would like to play a Hook in good condition. I know, I know, but... that was really the very first game I put significant quarters through back in the day. They had one at one of my old Street Fighter hangouts back in the early 90s. Many street fighter players got into it.

There was one at CAX last year but it wasn't in good shape (dmd had probs among other things).

Ice Cold Beer. That's a bar game if I ever saw one. I can tell you why they're not around anymore: they were all destroyed by frustrated drunks trying to play a game of concentration and coordination.

For me, its been many years since I had a partnet to play Rampart with. That would be a lot of fun, but its hard to find someone who understands the game enough to be competetive.

The Michigan expo is coming up and I'm hoping to see a Big Bang Bar - you never know. Other than that I've never had a chance to play some of the 80s classics like Taxi and Space Shuttle

I'm hoping to run into a Bonzai Run or 2 player cocktail Joust machine, both of which I have yet to play.

There is only one......CV

3 pins that I would like to play but have not seen yet are Ironman,Star wars ep. 1 and totan.

Originally posted by scooter:

"3 pins that I would like to play but have not seen yet are Ironman, Star Wars ep. 1 and totan ..."

I really want to play a TOTAN as well. I love that game, and it's probably been five or six years since I came across one. When I visit the PHOF in August, TOTAN will most likely be the first machine I play.

I have a Zeke's Peak Great game for sure, took me ahwile to get it working though as it must have sat for a longtime collecting dust..2 new motors, couple bridges and transistors, new belts, new balls, power supply work, and she plays like a champ now

I also look forward to the RARE games that you don't see as often...I was pretty excited the first time I got to play Orbitor 1 at the Seattle show, what a cool game!

Earlier this summer at a Toronto pin show got a chance to play
MM
TOTAN
CFTBL
Champion Pub
CV
SWEP1
RFM
IM
TOM
TOMMY

plus a bunch of other machines, overall had a blast. love the chance to play pins you can't really find anywhere else. Or at least all in one place.

drbond, yeah, always great to meet a fellow player. Look for me in the tournament area. On Saturday I'll be wearing a bright yellow shirt with a pinball game on the front and cargo shorts (my usual free and breezy pinball garb). It's a world cup 2010 soccer themed pinball game looking thing. I think you won't have trouble spotting me!

Likewise, if you or anyone else is willing to volunteer a couple hours for score keeping or registering people, please email me. Compensation will be in the form of ice cream and likely some tournament entries.

See you there!

This might put off some but I'm hoping someone will bring their full-size future pin/pinmame cab, particularly with the mot-ion plunger/nudge interface. I've been thinking about building one of these for a long time since I live in an apartment and it would be ideal for me space-wise. I would like to play one.

I missed that ultrapin last year, but I was only there for about half a day. I had a charity poker tournament to attend Saturday night and on Sunday, none of my friends wanted to go.

(Now I'm at the point in my addiction to pinball that I don't really care if they go or not and I'm helping set up cameras for the tournament. What a year.

I read the ultrapin story (http://bmatth.com/UltraPin-Story.html) and I think it's pretty fascinating. I would like to meet the guy.

I find the idea really interesting, especially for people with limited space, like me. I wish I could try one.

Well the Michigan pinball expo is over, and unfortunately none of the games I originally wanted to play were there . Thats not to say there weren't alot of cool games. I'm happy I finally got a chance to play both attack and revenge from cars, CV, and haunted house. The most surprising fun game for me was Indy 500...I would love to play that with a pinball pro sound system!

Thats funny you say that about Nascar...when setting up I heard someone scoff at it, so I didn't really give it a chance. Then on the last day I finally tried it out and I thought it was fun. I used to be more into Nascar when I was younger, but I am a race fan in general so that probably helped.

have fun at your show coming up