Talking about pinball in all aspects: repairing, buying and selling, playing and sharing in my inimitable stylee.
Who sez you can't find good deals these days!Rudy is in da haus! Also: Thanks Radio Shack!
So many killer gamesSo many kewl homebrew gamesSo many kewl pinheads.Part 1
Repair Breakthroughs!Pinball Meetup and Swap Meet!New and Homebrew!So much Pinball going on! Yay!
No, I ain't dead. Yes, I still know how to talk pinball. Just been on what they used to call "hiatus."
I'm Back! Back to 'casting! Back from Vegas again with a PHOF update!
Uncle Pinball gets a sneak Peek at the new PHOF location and lots more! Yeah Baby, I'm back!
Headed for PHOF Sunday! Noobs! Bubbles! More!
All the machines set up in Uncle Pinball's Haus of Pinball working at the same time! Que Milagro! Let's go look!
Plus other good and bad stuff...
I love the game Old Chicago. But the one I bought was cursed!
I haven't actually sold a machine in a long time! Thanks Mike!It's not so bad if you have another one of the same game! LOLAlso Pinbalm!
Repairing a Mata Hari in beautiful San Simeon. With zebras.
I finally got my wav trigger board, and I sounded up my new Trident Project. Sofa King Killer!Also: More mourning of the Golden State Pinball Festival Campcade.Also, go check out the competition over at Top 20 Pinball Podcasts. Yours Truly is at #11 already. https://blog.feedspot.com/pinball_podcasts/
Going back in the archive cuz mebbe summa you newer Uncle Pinball converts ain't gone back and listened to the old ones. PLUS I repackaged 3 episodes into one handy container for those of you looking for longer shows.The story of Lou Ferrigno, a beauty Gottlieb Hulk, Pinside, and me!
Welp. Golden State Pinball Festival done been canceled again. F a Duck. F all the Ducks. Uncle Pinball has some thoughts. Hrrrm.But today's good news was how my Noob bet paid off. 'Member that guy who had a Hollywood Heat he thought he wanted to sell? He's up to 8 machines and already fixing and flipping! Yeah, Baby! Plus, I might still end up with that HH... if I can talk HIS MOM out of it!
Uncle Pinball likes it better than TSPP. Good thing too, cuz it's a whole lot cheaper!
The title pretty much sez it! Uncle Pinball talks about his wishlist machines.
OMG Trident is so fun. And it's even funner with an Arduino Nano running new code! Tim Arnold Haters can eat it.MORE!
The title sez it all! More pinball talk!
Part One of a very wide-ranging pinball conversation with Kevin, aka @Caucasian2step! Longtime pinhead, operator, podcaster, respected reviewer. So much to talk about that we ran out of time and are going to talk again soon. We went close to an hour this time. Here's part 1!Thanks Kevin!
Nope. Don't want an LZ. Or a GnR, or Metallica, or...Here's why!
Pitter patter, let's get at 'er! Quit dithering and asking advice and just dive in, baby!
There are just a few of the 20-something machines I've sold that I still pine for... sigh!
The situation at PHOF is desperate! They could be gone by May 6, if we don't step up and help!Also: Tim doesn't spend a lot of time on the internet.And there will be Merch... eventually.
The PHOF need YOU! Tim is a legend and the Pinball Hall of Fame needs your support.https://www.gofundme.com/f/new-museum-building-on-las-vegas-stripPart one of a wide-ranging interview with Tim!
Tyler is the guy who built that full size pinball machine out of KNEX that's all over the internet! He talks to Uncle Pinball all about it! So impressive!
Where TOTAN got the spinner. This machine sucked up my quarters like a vacuum in the 70's! It looks so simple and blah... But Steve Kordek is a genius!
NPA! New Pinball Acquisition! 1979 Stern Trident. Have you experienced the 2,3,4,5 drop targets? Four (4!) slingshots?! No left outlane?Classic Stern weirdness! LUV it!
Yes, it is better than some commercial machines. Certainly better than them Zizzles!2500 Downloads for Uncle Pinball! Thanks Boiz!
My first machine! My namesake on the 'Side! A killer machine that most people haven't played! Not at all like the EM; way more fun!
Uncle Pinball pontificates on Pinball Shows! Go to one!Bring a goddamn game or two!Meet some pinheads!Play lotsa games.Make deals!
Let's ramble on about Big Daddy; another (often overlooked) Steve Kordek gem!
Noob buying advice and a shoutout to @caucasion2step!
Getting all Pinball Philosophical on yer asses!Intro music by me!
I hate New Year's Resolutions...
The title sez it all! Ain't had no Craigslist Pinball Horror Stories!
My first experiences with pinball ownership (and repair)!
A slightly rambling look back at my earliest pinball (and other arcade) memories.
I'm Baaaaack Baby... with unanswered questions in the pinball world!
When I rolled up for the repair, there was a giant TRUMP flag... D'Oh!
The cardboard pinball machine! So much fun to design and build and play!
The only EM left in my collection that isn't a Williams. One of Ted Zale's last few for Bally. A real gem!
The BEST two-player. gambling machine ever?Oh Boy, 1964, Steve Kordek.More money went across the glass at the GSPF campground a few years age than I paid for the machine! Tommy Dollars!
Stories! My First repair! Saving a dude from flippers! Being a pinball ambassador!