Timmy50 wrote:

I just realised there is not topic related to pinball machine. So I just start one in here.

Never occured to me before, but yes, you're right 😁

There is something magical about making and seeing mechanical things move instead of a plain video game. I used to play "Medieval Madness" a lot when there was one in the local pub. Then it was replaced with more moden machines one after another, and not one of them was very interesting... now there's no pinball machine at all, and frankly I have no idea where the nearest one might be.

I think I'll go play some The Who now 😂

Ouch. Not this subject. I used to collect Bally/Williams pinball machines, before my "everything must go" phase, and still have a couple of my favourites left - Black Rose and Corvette. All in all, I'm a fan of widebody pinballs. In no particular order, The Addams Family (Gold preferred), Twilight Zone, Indiana Jones and Judge Dredd are on top of my list. Other pins I've liked: No Good Gofers, Medieval Madness, Revenge From Mars and Theatre Of Magic.

Pick one? I'm torn between Black Rose and Twilight Zone.

Funny how interests often match ...

I have a little collection of Williams pinball machines.
In my livingroom I have the Getaway and Indiana Jones in daily use.
My sisters family has my Flintstones on loan and stored away
are The Addams Family, Red and Ted's Roadshow and a few others.

I've had more but as it is the case with my B&O collection, the number of
pinball machines had to be cut down.

Wonderful machines !

Martin

How could I forget " Medieval Madness" ? It is wonderfull machine.

Believe it or not, I never have a chance to play the Twilight Zone and The Addams Family.  Can't find these two machines in my local bars 🙁. I believe most of these machines are now sitting in private houses.

I started to play pinball and buying arcade games after reading this article (At the end of 2008):

link

I'm even more addicted after watching this DVD:

link

Very surprised to find Pinball fans here.  I have two machines.  A new Lord of the Rings that I modified, of course... And a Star Trek 25th Anniversary that I completely restored.  The Star Trek machine keeps me busy as its parts are old and frail and the wiring always has some issue.  I have found a great resource for parts and sometimes have to make my own.  But, it works flawlessly about 95% of the time and it is fun.  I actually play it more than the Lord of the Rings.  It just has that old mechanical charm!

My favorite pinball machine is the Terminator 2, with the pinball shotgun. I used to play it almost every day when I was younger.

Somewhat related....  Any fans of Nixie tubes out there?

rayfenwick wrote:

Somewhat related....  Any fans of Nixie tubes out there?

Who isn't! I've always wanted to build a Nixie clock, but I'm sure it's one of the projects I'll never start.

Besides, somebody has already built the definitive all-tub.. ermm all-valve implementation 😕

tournedos wrote:

rayfenwick wrote:

Somewhat related....  Any fans of Nixie tubes out there?

Who isn't! I've always wanted to build a Nixie clock, but I'm sure it's one of the projects I'll never start.

Besides, somebody has already built the definitive all-tub.. ermm all-valve implementation 😕

Something like this? 🙂 I built it from a kit in 2006, but made my own case (which needs painting - on my "to do" list....) and added the dekatron spinner, just because I like them 🙂