by Andrew MacBain | Jan 4, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Why People Flip Over Vintage Pinball Machines By Maribeth Keane and Ben Marks — September 16th, 2009 Clay Harrell talks about collecting vintage pinball machines, and his personal road to pinball wizardry, from Gottlieb to Williams to Stern. He can be reached...
by Andrew MacBain | Jan 4, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball News, Pinball Record
THE EEL MEETS PINBALL GEOFF January 3, 2010 by EEL COLLECTIVE “I’ve always been called Pinball Geoff ever since I was a young boy and played the silver ball.” So says Geoffrey Harvey of Stoke Newington- an avid collector of everything from armadillos to...
by Andrew MacBain | Jan 4, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Until the 1970s, no pinball machine had any sort of computerization. Instead, the electromechanical games ran on a precarious balance of moving parts, with their guts resembling giant Rube Goldberg machines. But beginning in 1977, manufacturers began running their...
by Andrew MacBain | Jan 4, 2020 | Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Seth Porges Aug 5, 2008 First With a Mechanical “Tilt” Brokers Tip /// 1933 /// D. Gottlieb & Co. Early pinball machines, which became immensely popular in a Depression-scourged America looking for cheap entertainment, were built without flippers....
by Andrew MacBain | Dec 18, 2019 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Roger Sharpe’s two sons, Joshua and Zachary, are ranked among the world’s top five pinball players, and, like their father, they collect vintage games, which they display in Joshua’s basement arcade. It’s a surprising link with the city’s past—the pinball machine, the...
Punny Factory Pinball (Wood Engraved)$7,000.00
Punny Factory Pinball (Standard)$6,000.00