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My son picked me out a collection of tools for working on my pins.

I also got a few nice gifts for setting up my game room more.

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The wife picked me up a pin themed skateboard deck to hang in the game room. Stock image posted due to not taking a pic of it at home as I’m in the car driving up to my in laws for the day.

She also got me a full set of titan rubbers for my MET Premium. Not the new machine I was hoping for, but not bad at all!

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Old school pinball history!

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Sister in law and niece made this for me!!

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Speaking of old school Pinball history. Wife got me this:

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Pinball Lair is a much better term than man cave. Approved!

My kids got me some gloves and a work light. Bless their hearts.

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Agreed, I hate the term "Man Cave"

I think Mrs Claus is getting tired of helping me move pinball machines in and out of the house

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I got some junkyard art blades, lotr target armor, and lotr speaker lights. Plus I got pinsound for myself, haha

Santa table decoration and a Congo plastic set!

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I was very lucky this year!!

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Coming right up! Hopefully I can figure out how to use this before my next GOT walkthrough video Wednesday night.

Chuck, how can I view your videos? Are past videos archived to watch too? Thanks.

Thanks to Pinsider Scheiny for the AMH! Great guy/seller. Met a couple other nice pinheads there too (Chris & Steve).

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My brother bought an escalera for his collection and I couldn't be happier. I helped him move 7 of his pins upstairs the old fashioned way (brute strength)
He ended up opening up an arcade and I was dreading the day we had to move them out...but the escalera worked just as it should!!

I sell a nice set of protectors that would go together well w/ those Congo plastics.

I’m on twitch and YouTube. Most stuff is in both places. I stream for sdtmpinball too on twitch so their channel there and YouTube has some of my stuff too.

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I dropped a strong hint for it and my wife got me a CPR plastic set for my Firepower.

-Rob
-visit http://www.kahr.us to get my daughterboard that helps fix WPC pinball resets, the Pinball Pyramid, or my Pinball 2000 H+V video sync combiner kit

Actually, I didn't even get this!

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I got all three of The Pinball Compendium books (One hasn't arrived yet), as well as one of those clamps with adjustable arms that should make holding wires in place while soldering a breeze!
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Pinball wise, I did very good this year. I decided I would just let my wife and dad know what I really wanted and skip getting things I won't use like in years past. The best pinball present came from my Pinside Secret Santa though by far. Here is a copy from my post about it in the SS thread.

"Finally opened my SS gift this morning and wow do good things come to those who wait! My SS saw I had a framed WOZ translite on the wall in the gameroom, so he decided to give me a super special Pirates Prize Pack. Eric sent me a JJP Pirates t-shirt, signed Pirates mini playfield and a Pirates translite signed by everyone on the design team. Not only is it a Pirates translite, but in the nice letter he included he said it was literally the very first ever Pirates translite...it was his engineering sample. I think it's time for the signed Avengers translite to come down off the wall and for Pirates to take it's place next to the WOZ. I feel honored to have such a cool piece of pinball history like that. I'm totally blown away."

Pinball Presents this year from wife, brother and dad...

Stern lollipop side rails for Ghostbusters
Stay Puft Speaker Acrylic Ghostbusters
Speaker Light Kit for Ghostbusters
Cliffy Protector set for Ghostbusters
Pinball Life Gift Certificate
Titan Rubber Gift Certificate

Wife and kids are out of town starting tomorrow for a few days, so I'll be making use of the gifts and tearing down Ghostbusters and X-Men to give them a shop job.

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My wife made me a pinball calender featuring my favorite pins at house. She also found a classic slots coin op book on amazon for $3.
But the awesome one was, she got me 4 pin skins from marcos for my A list machines.
Score!

A pair of handmade, pinball upholstered bar chairs.
One of a kind, creative Christmas gift from the "xRose_of_Aragonx".
Surprise ideas get pretty difficult at a certain point in this hobby.

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Where do get that soldering helper? I have the magnifier one with ali clips but don’t like it — yours looks much more useful for under pf repairs

I got a shaker motor for my Met Pro... and a "Play Pinball Here" neon sign for the "game room" (which is actually the 2nd bedroom in our apartment). Also got a full set of those little Metallica bobblehead dolls (can't remember the brand name now) that are going to become a topper for the machine.

Pro tip: Inviting the whole family into your lair can result in them becoming hopelessly addicted to pinball, resulting in MOAR PINBALL!

I have a bar, a theater (well, it will be one, eventually), and an arcade, but the only room my wife probably doesn't feel has a place for her is the workshop. Gotta keep the tools somewhere though.

These are awesome. Where'd she find the fabric? My wife is a level 5 master of the textile arts, and we've been looking for barstools. Nice work!

My Dad got it from Amazon: OTC 5955 Magnetic Clamp Wire Holder https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BEM1MS2

Thanks! $35–. Eeeeyikes!

recieved a new pinball shirt and maganets from double danger, a 10 liter ultrasonic, a set of pinball coasters and a black diamondplate arcade sign

The wife was amazing this year and was ready to surprise me with an escalera for Christmas. Unfortunately I blew up her present a few weeks before Christmas when I bought marc_b's escalera for myslf. Thanks marc!

Pics of black diamond sign please.

I think I did alright. My first Gottlieb and a bunch of signs.

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My sister-in-law and her husband got me this:

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Soooooooooooo, you need to sell me an Escalera then?

Chris

Happy to find this under the tree. Finally a color lcd for Metallic Pro

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My wife and I give each other gifts with joke tags to remember funny things that have happened throughout the year. Here are a few of my pinball themed ones, plus a great new ornament (my official pinball gifts of T2 and RBION came a few months ago!):

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My wife made me this awesome sign to hang outside my basement door.

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lol sorry Chris she cancelled her escalera when I blew up her gift with the announcement of mine.

Thought the exact same thing word for word wow!

I purchased the fabric on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Pinball-rubydoor-Spoonflower-Printed/dp/B01N4IJHEN

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