Cool story, bro.

Not sure of the reason behind this post.

I'm 13 too!

Was good to meet you at the league meet, no my Tron LE isn't for sale but come play it as I'm hosting the next meet.

Wow an intreaged 7 year old about pinball. I believe I was still peeing on my bed at 7.

-Rev

"intreagued", huh? maybe he should spend less time honing his pinball knowledge and more in the classroom...

once upon a time, i learned that when i thought i knew a lot about something, i actually knew much less than i thought it did... hopefully the op will learn that lesson as well...

Or maybe he'll learn from this forum that he doesn't want to be a pinball adult because the current pinball adults condescend to him like that.

My son is a very competitive league player, is also 13, and the Boston area pinheads have treated him very well. The kid lives and breathes pinball and loves it in a way that I probably never will.

^^^

one would assume you have taught your son not to show up at those events and tell everyone how smart he is, and when everyone does him the favor of ignoring him the first time, coming back and repeating himself... i doubt he'd be very well accepted by other people, whether they are pinheads or not...

the condescending tone of my post was earned and deserved...

That's awesome Pinballgeek. I think it's great you love pinball and know a ton about it. You picked a great avatar, can't wait till Stern releases their version of Star Trek.

This WAS a positive thread... Don't let another's spelling and grammatical errors ruin your day. Condescending tones are usually not "earned and deserved".

It's nice to see kids interested in this hobby.

Why does this thread need to be deleted?

Seriously? He's 13, back off

Pinballgeek I commend you for taking up what can be a daunting hobby.

Oh! I think I know this one...

This thread needs to be deleted because 7 8 9!

enjoy the hobby and invite more of your friends to join . i think what you are doing is great

@Pinballgeek

I think what you're doing is great. Remember, for years now there hasn't been anyone "new" in pinball design and operation. I think its more important now than ever for the future of pinball to get people with new ways of thinking into pinball, so with that, I welcome you into the hobby.

I'm 25, and when I was a kid (6-11), I made pinball machines out of cardboard boxes (the kinds that reams of printer paper ship in) with marbles and christmas lights for pinballs and insert lighting. I didn't know much about the parts or the technology behind pinball at the time because my family couldn't afford a machine, but I replicated it the best I could. I knew a lot about the gameplay and WHAT the experience was supposed to be like, though I may not have been as vocal as you. Fast forward several years and I get back into the hobby and start buying my own machines, then I learn, at 20-21 nonetheless, what you know at age 13. Fast forward a few years and the unthinkable starts to happen... I'm able to talk to the designers of the very games I spent all my money playing as a kid, I'm able to give ASSISTANCE to these people in terms of software design... fast forward a little more, and you see yourself covered in the Pinball News...

So yeah, I guess all I can say is... DANG, I wish I got started with the ownership of physical machines at that age... or at least I wish my parents would've been able to afford me the opportunity as a kid to have a machine... nonetheless, I'm still thankful for my cardboard cutouts and such (maybe I was the original Caines Arcade? hmmm).

Welcome to the hobby, and I look forward to your future pinball endeavors as you learn more and more about the wonderful technology and the hobby that surrounds it.

then find different friends

That's what the kid is doing here.

Great! Welcome!!

BUT, when you get that car...make sure it can fit a pinball machine...

I'm 21 here, and I certainly have gained friends and info here like you will. Nice to know I'm not the youngest anymore on here.

Yah, me to. But how old are you in the real world kwiKi?

Don't plan on that. Keep it a hobby. You'll enjoy pinball and life much more.

I was into pinball when I was about 12-13 as well. By 15 I put $200 towards a Bally Atlantis. Cleaned it up, enjoyed it, sold it for $800, bought a non-working LW3 for $300. By 17-18 I was into WPC-95 machines like Scared Stiff and even Medieval Madness (only $2500 or so back then). Fast forward to today and I have an amusement company and started selling pins again about 3 years ago after about a 5 year hiatus. I've sold thousands of Megatouch games and video games and now hundreds of pins. But take it from me, selling pins as a business will wear you down quickly. People expect more from you, people don't trust you the same, and when a switch gets stuck closed after the machine is moved (and you should know how often that sort of thing happens) your customer will want you to drive out to their house and not only fix it, but go over the rest of the machine "just one more time to make sure everything is OK".

My advice...enjoy the hobby, keep it a hobby, enjoy any profits and pay your taxes on it without forming a company.

And stay in school!

Oh come on, we met in person!

yes, seriously... completely and totally serious...

Respect your elders....

Just funnin' with you kwiKi, you've got pop culture knowledge of someone a little older, say my age.

But are you serious??

Thanks for the wonderful comment. 80's and 90's are my gigantic speciality.

You are wise beyond your years...

70s would have been mine, if I could only remember...................