Alright i am in. Probobly just you and me what do you want to talk about haha

Hey my family lives in Marquette i was born and raised there just moved to Colorado but I’m in! I head home a few times a year and always lookin g for games.

So when you play, is that the heater above your head and does it blow directly on you?

I hunt with the wife's family outside Iron Mountain and my daughter goes to NMU, so I'm up that way quite a bit.

Grew up in Da UP, and was just up last week for deer hunting and turkey.
Nice to visit, but yeah, not much pinball.
Glad you have a game out for folks to play!

Where do u hunt?

I'm in!

Camp is off of Peavy Falls road towards the dam.

Cool. Your wife must be a yooper.

Well i will start things off here..i have a nice players Black Knight and/or a nice players Arena I would be willing to trade for a system 11 (space station, dr dude, other) or DMD plus cash as needed. If anyone has interest, let me know what you have, and I will post listings with more details/pics in the marketplace.

Wait.?!
People actually live in the U.P.?
I thought it was just for hunters and kids who couldn't get into MIT.

Them fighting words...

Hey dare, howess it goin. Love da u.p.!

I'm not official, but I'm a hell of a lot closer to the UP then most of the Madison/Milwaukee crowd. Can I get a waiver?

Youu betcha!

I live in Pasadena, so...I'm closer to you than about 90% of the people on the planet!

Let's keep it that way. The UP would be far less enjoyable if that were not the case.

I’m close, 1/2 the time anyway (Presque Isle WI). Girlfriend is a Yooper

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Interesting tidbit. The u.p. Was originally Wisconsin (territory). But since Michigan reaches statehood first it was given to Michigan.

Read up on the "Toledo War" for more on why the UP is in Michigan and not Wisconsin.
Damn Ohio folks.

I sold our place at Big Powderhorn Ski Area, 2 years ago after owning for 25 years. Great times, still have storage unit in Wakefield, housing 2 sleds, 6 pairs of skis and snowshoes . Don't forget the pair of cross-country skis used at ABR. Still have ski pass to Blackjack and Indiandhead. I love it up there.

My picture is with my grandson snowshoeing by our chalet.

I put an ad in the old Porcupine Press years back looking for EM pinballs/collectors. No replies. Most of my pins have been 10+ hour drives to buy and get them up. A bunch have been hauled behind a snowmobile on the last leg.

I just put on my Art's Tavern sweatshirt after a long day of work.

Spiritually, I'm now only about four hours from the UP.

for those into EMs, Old School Arcade in Gwinn has 7 or 8 EM pins.

Night Rider, Hokus Pokus, Odds and Evens and more I cant remember. They do have a facebook page for more info

I’m in St.Ignace, my dad and I own Enterprisevendinginc we service a 60mile radius of full coin op including mackinac island I am also a collector. I lost locations to play our pins we have on route all the time in the pin map.

Yes that was our big guns

:1Hello... finally...

I have lurked much, crash-coursed and studied my way through the ropes of buying, maintaining and enjoying, (most important!) pinball as an adult for the past 2+ years.

I have an interesting story as to how I was brought back to pinball - I prefer to tell it over a beer...pinside.

My machines are fluxing in and out of operation as I dial them in for route, with much help and support from our Thread-Head, KC. I can't drop much weight on purchasing, aquiring titles...but I'm working on getting a few pins from family on route in the UP.

My vision is for pinball to be beyond some spoiled "lake house man-cave" showpiece UP here; these works of playable art ARE NOT coffins for our pastime memories - they should and can be catalysts for the next generation's critical thinking and creative commons.

I'm willing to overcome my anxieties surrounding social media in order to work towards propagating pinball across the UP over the next decade. I run live sound and jam on every instrument as well; open mics with Pop-UP Pinball, (TM...j/k,) is in the works this summer.

Also, would be interested in seeing who else would carpool on trips to Tiltletown Pinball in GB, (45+ machines on Freeplay between monthly tournament and leauge play,) and just general community, such as, "help me move these flippin' machines," to "let's fix this thing and get it in public!"

Much props and thanks to Kelly for getting this all rockin'. Very available to meet, troubleshoot and chat. Stop in above Mo's in Esky and we'll tour the machines we've managed to set up, so far.

I used to work in Marquette a lot until I switched jobs last Feb. If I start heading back up, I'll be sure to check this thread first. Love it up there!

Sorry, didn't see this post until today. The small arcade on the second floor off a ferry dock entrance was gone in 2018. My wife and I go to the island every May, and I was disappointed that the only 2 pins I could now find were at the Mustang and the Grand. Any chance of that or another coin-op arcade like it returning to main street?

Probably not on main street but we do have an arcade at Mission Point Resort. We will have pinball there just not sure which one/ones yet.
Depending on where you board to go to the island we do have pinball throughout Saint Ignace to play if you check the map here on pinside.

Thanks for the info. We always take the ferry from Mackinaw City, so I probably won't go to look for pins in St. Ignace. We're staying at Bay View this year, not too far from Mission Point. I didn't know they had an arcade there, I'll have to check it out.

Just found you! I was born and raised in Iron Mountain. Moved down by Traverse City nearly 11 years ago. Bought my first pin in 2014. A Sharkey's Shootout. Restored it and then a F-14. Did a high end restoration on that one with new PPS repro playfield. Sold those and bought two more modern games. Glad to see someone up there into pinball. Will stop in one of these days when passing through. Cheers!

We took our trip to Mackinac Island two weekends ago. I enjoyed the Monster Bash at the grand, but especially liked the Earth Shaker at Mission Point.

Thanks for the info, Pinhead86 , I never knew there was an arcade at Mission Point.

Glad to hear it!! Thank you

I’m as far as the UP goes in Sault Ste. Marie

Na, Copper Harbor is farther!I used to live in Iron Mountain.

I had relatives in Daggett and Stephenson. The highlight for me as a kid 35 years ago was playing the ball bowler at Bildo's Bar and Museum in Daggett. Place burned down probably in the late '80's or early '90's.