Thanks for leading the Charge, Molly.Does that mean that "Plays like a Girl" isn't so bad anymore ?

No, it's still bad.
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Molly you are a Goddess

Interesting mix of pins from 60's/70's/80's/90's in PinballMolly's collection.
A few things I noticed from checking out some of these pins on ipdb:

* '65 Gtb Bank-A-Ball, 1st pin produced w/ flipper return inlanes.
* '66 Gtb Cross Town, has backbox animation, and last Gottlieb w/ manual ball lift mechanism
* '66 Bly Bazaar, 1st pin w/ zipper flippers
* '80 Wms Firepower, 1st electronic pin w/ multi-ball, & 1st multi-ball multi-player
* '80 Wms Alien Poker, implemented "smart" drop targets into gameplay
* '81 Bly Centaur, ahead of its time w/ cool artwork, 5-ball multi-ball in 1981
* '85 Gtb Tag Team Pinball, 1st pin w/ team scoring
* '86 Gtb Hollywood Heat, 1st pin w/ 8-digit scoring
* '86 Gtb Genesis, 1st pin that I know of that had purple ramps + robot/regenerator + a half dressed short-guy sidekick party dude on the backglass {Ha!, what's up w/ that?}
* '87 Data East Laser War, 1st pin by Data East, 1st pin w/ stereo sound
* '90 Wms Rollergames, has a 2-stage kick-back along left side

Honorable mention for the cool backglass artwork on Mustang & Mystic

And Future Spa is the first Bally with continuous sound. Not to mention the first - and only - based on a spa....set in the future!

Molly, is that you Ive seen at PAPA? Mostly in motion (when not playing a pin) wearing black T, black jeans and black glasses? Nelson

Alright shes got one with zipper flippers?! I STILL havent been able to find a place or some one who will let me come over to play a machine with those. Cant wait for March now even more!

This is as far from the truth as a Black Rose flipper is from Broadside!

This was fascinating! Honestly didn't know that about Bank a Ball! Flash was the first Ritchie "figure 8" I believe, and to add to your Firepower notes, FP had the first changeable rollovers. Can't help ya make sense of the Genesis art package though, ha.

Probably, I go to PAPA every year and I have been attending Pinburgh since it was Cupids & Canines! Only 8 seats left at Pinburgh 2013, I heard. Anyway Nelson I'll try and spice up the ol' duds some more this year!

Pinburgh... Can't wait!

Look Molly, we have no choice, we can't stop making short documentaries. If we do, what will we do with all the hipster band songs coming out? Without short documentaries, there's no market for sentimental music with whistling and ukuleles. I'd hate to put all those bands out on the street, I mean, with their neckbeards and tattoos, I hardly think they could find gainful employment.

Molly said:
Probably, I go to PAPA every year and I have been attending Pinburgh since it was Cupids & Canines! Only 8 seats left at Pinburgh 2013, I heard. Anyway Nelson I'll try and spice up the ol' duds some more this year!
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Well, I'll see you there and introduce myself. I'll still be looking for the young, female, johnnycash/buddyholly/onlycuter player.

Ooh, you don't like hipsters, do ya. I like them! They're always laughing and they ain't afraid to dress sorta stupid, plus they seem to stuff a lotta quarters into their skinny jeans. I have a neck tattoo and I've worked full time with it for years; I don't think anyone has ever said a thing! I support the documentary scene! Hence the fact that there are like eight of these vids, haha. No one even busted out the OBEY one or the one from KCET!

Please say hi! I'll be running around with m'little tool cart again!

Molly has her own website. http://www.pinsandneedlesla.com/

Angie bested out 14 other players to take the B Division crown, back in April at the Fountain Square Pinball Social in Indianapolis! Pictured below is a very ecstatic and exhausted champion, with the finals lasting until 2:30 AM.

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Hehe, I like everyone. Celebrate who you are, and all. Just poking fun at indie documentaries (of which I seem to watch a lot of!) and ukulele music. All in jest, hence the original smiley

Let's be clear here, I was just razzing you, too; I simply don't know how to type those handy emoticons! Also Pins and Needles is situated in a music rehearsal/lockout building that hosts over 200 bands in the hipsteriest neighborhood on the west coast...just standing up for my peeps! I'm to old to be hip, so I'm a "flipster".

The coolest people are cool because they don't think they are cool, other people do.
That is the essence of cool, if you think you are then you're not.

WOW Molly, I think you are simply incredible! I think your videos are great!
I am new to Pinside, trying to pick up on things, but I can tell you that anyone giving you ANY kind of grief (Frank-"hurter") really needs to look at themselves in the mirror! He's probably really homely and insecure and lonely. Perhaps we should feel bad for him (nope).... You on the other hand seem like the perfect girl.
Though I will most likely never get down to your Los Angeles arcade, just know that you are always welcome up here in Canada where you will always have myself and a whole host of others just as weird as us to hang out with (Plus we have great beer)
However....I do believe I invented that double bird move.....or maybe I'm just really bad and use it the most!
Good luck with your passions; Keep posting those videos of your machines and never lose your character!!!!!!

But you're never too old to be cool. My dad was one of the coolest people I ever knew, even in his old age.

I don't even understand half of what was said here but I found it pretty funny!

Once you're too old to be hip you're hep!

Same here. Hoping someone chimes in with the answer. I searched pinside and could not find anything relating to emoticons.

Top right corner of reply box there's a smiley face! Click on it!

Click on the little smiley face in the upper right corner of the reply box and pick one from the drop down menu.

DOH!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Eric and Tracelifter!

Welcome to the group Molly...

Would love to stop in someday when I am down South.
My girlfriend has family down in LA so we occasionally make it down that way and she enjoys playing pins as well so it would work out great. If we head down anytime soon I will look you up.

Somerset, eh? I once received a speeding ticket on the Pa Turnpike (America's First Superhighway) and drove back to Somerset to fight it in 1982 or so. Magistrate & Attorney at Law Jon A. Barkman IIRC.

"Radar for your Protection" my eye! I beat the ticket and the receptionist/clerk cut me check giving my money back. I can't drive 55!

PinballMolly , Cool collection of Pinball's you have . It did make me Cringe when the Lock down bar was laid on the bare Glass .. Get you a Towel ,, Scratches suck & Glass isn't to cheap ..

Do the Biker's across the street come over ? I would !!

great video
my favorite quote ‎"At one point all the games were out in public for people to play, now their in some dude's house who probably doesn't want you to come over that much"

I'm a girl and I LOVE my machines! I cant wait to watch all of your videos. I don't know enough yet to make one myself, but I agree with txtargazer, inspirational. Keep up the good work!

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Great videos Molly, thanks!

Woah! Jon Barkman! Sounds about right. Yup, some nasty speed traps in the Laurel Highlands, I didn't always have your good luck in traffic court, either!

I did that in the video? Eesh, sorry, that's a no-no. There are at least fifty towels around there but I have my lazy moments and bad habits, no sense denying it!

Yes, of course the bikers come over! There are those guys across the street, and then the Cretins motorcycle club rolls in a lot. Pretty sweet when a whole mess of bikers arrive at once, haha, turns a few heads. Good people!

Don't worry Molly. A lock bar would not dare scratch a piece of glass on one of your pins!!!!!!

I would consider most of these pinball "girls" young women, or perhaps elderly girls, but certainly not just plain "girls".

This pic was taken at Pin A Go Go last year, I will be bringing that AFM again this year.
See you there.

Wow, 3 pages and no one knows who said it yet?
Dissapointing.
We can't let this bastard get away with it.

I'll bite...huh?

I think he's referring to the subject line. ^^^^

Whoa! You told me about the smokers, but you didn't say anything about bikers. PNN is like Shorty's south. I really, really gotta get down there. Soon, very soon.

What are you talk-n about ?

The original topic of course.

Gotcha ......

I'm admittedly a little dim.

Molly for President

I'm surprised no one has proposed to Molly yet. Great gams, btw.

Really cool videos, thanks for sharing. Molly love how you made up your mind to try something a little different with your combo business/passion. Really shows you love this hobby and want to contribute to not letting it just die.

If I am ever in LA I would make a trip to pins and needles.

Man Molly your the coolest, if I am in L.A at some stage I will drop in. I Know some people with the last name Atkinson here in Australia. If your into ancestry you might find some of your mob came out here....but I spose its a pretty common name.

Molly what are the chances of coming over prior to Pinburgh??? Lol great video btw!!

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I ain't the weddin' type. I married pinball, haha.

I am a full-blooded Appalachian mutt Atkinson; I truthfully don't know where the rest of us ended up. Perhaps there are some down-under Molly Atkinsons, merrily flipping away! Wouldn't that be something.

You want to come to PNN pre-Pinburgh, I say do it up! I go over there early though; I'm going to tech games for the Circuit Finals thingamajig they have before the big event.

Yeah getting to PA on the monday but am getting to LA on Friday the 5th.. Thought it would be good ot stop over at your place. All good, see you in PA..