Real Life Pinball (not a video game)

[Kreegs]

I know that PR and I like to play Pinball. Is anyone else a fan?? I own Gottlieb's "Amazing Spiderman" cabinet and I have done quite a bit of work to it. Does anyone else own a Pin? Does anyone else have any favorite cabinets that they have played? Are PR and I the only ones that get giddy over classic cabinets?

[VictorViper]

How is it possible that we're only just now learning of our mutual pinball love, Kreegs? My girl and I just got in the door from one of our frequent pinball nights! So awesome that you have a table - is it the Stern one? If so, that one's layout is quite similar to my favourite table, Medieval Madness [EDIT: derp, you mentioned Gottleib].

[Kreegs]

Yea its the Gottlieb one. I really like the artwork on it, and it plays pretty nicely. Also, I can't complain that I got it for only 300 dollars.

http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2285

[Kong Wen]

I know that PR and I like to play Pinball. Is anyone else a fan?? Are PR and I the only ones that get giddy over classic cabinets?

Haha, are you new?

Vic and I at least have waxed poetic about our real-life pinball adventures with some frequency on here. I was happy to have the opportunity to visit the self-styled pinball hall of fame in Las Vegas this spring and play some of my favourite tables. Medieval Madness is a good one, but I find I like the real-life version better than the video one. It's too bad the unit they had at the PBHoF played so soft... I also really enjoy The Machine: Bride of Pin•Bot. They had a nice version of that there. Tales of the Arabian Nights is another one that I actually really like in both video and live formats.

It's too bad the scene around here is kind of lousy. Most of the tables I've had a chance to play are old mechanical units that weren't in great shape (they would have been awesome if they were in smooth playing condition), and some busy newer tables that I didn't find very interesting (AC/DC, Lord of the Rings, X-Men, etc.).

[Kreegs]

Honestly I am not sure how I avoided those conversations either! I knew that you liked Pins, but PR was always the one that would engage me about them.

Do any of you guys own a machine? If not, what would you ideally like to buy and what would you realistically like to buy?

[Kong Wen]

Do any of you guys own a machine? If not, what would you ideally like to buy and what would you realistically like to buy?

I don't own a machine currently, but I'd like to. I have a little bit of space for one, but we have some other renovations that take priority before we can fit one in. I don't know what I'd get yet... it'd largely depend on availability.

There's a guy in town who opened a retro-style arcade as a labour of love, and he has a number of pinball tables there: Meteor (Stern), Magic, Speak Easy (Bally), Fire! (Williams), Lost World, Black Knight 2000, and Lethal Weapon 3.

[Kreegs]

That is a pretty sweet line up there KW. Have you hit up that place yet?

[Kong Wen]

Stern is creating a Game of Thrones pinball table.

[VictorViper]

I'm actually a little surprised it took this long. The Sopranos had a Stern table by (afaik) the second season. And it's a good one!

[Kreegs]

Will you be able to kill every character in the pin?