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#128 Pinfest - The Classic Pinball Podcast

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Highlights

  • Pinfest is scheduled for the first Saturday of May, which is Kentucky Derby Day
  • A restored Jumping Jack with new Wade Cross playfield, protector, gorgeous cabinet, and Shea backglass was offered for $1,800 at Straight Down the Middle show
  • King Kong had only one machine available at the show and George waited an hour to play it
  • Firepower is considered a better game than Blackout by George
  • A Hothead machine was priced online at $1,200, then $1,100, then $1,000, and George saw it at the show and would pay $600 maximum
  • George met Steven Prusa, a restoration specialist, who purchased a Stargazer playfield from him to scan and create overlays
  • Pinball Doctor is recommended as a high-end restoration service
  • Space Odyssey (Williams, circa 1974-75) sold approximately 15,000 copies and was widely distributed in campgrounds and bars

Notable quotes

“If you want to sell stuff, you want to buy stuff, you want to wheel, you want to deal, and you want to play some, for the most part, mediocre pinball machines: that's at Pinfest.”
George
“The good thing about Thursday, the other thing with selling all the stuff: by bringing the game in for the tournament play, I got in for Thursday so I could actually, when these games were set up, there was no line.”
Dave
“You bring a fully restored game there, you ain't getting your money for it there. The rampers or similar playfield features there are looking for a deal.”
George
“When you go to a show, play your own games.”
George (attributing advice to someone else)
“It's like, 'Oh, it's too bad they don't. It's the best playing game in the freaking lineup. But okay, I'll take it down. No problem.'”
George

Entities

  • Pinfest· event
  • Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show· event
  • Alien Poker· game
  • Blackout· game
  • Firepower· game
  • King Kong· game
  • Portal 2· game
  • Six Million Dollar Man· game
  • Space Odyssey· game
  • Pinball Doctor· organization
  • B· person
  • Benny· person
  • Chris· person
  • Dave· person
  • Don Owen· person
  • George· person
  • Grant· person
  • John Spates· person
  • Johnny Pinball· person
  • Lev· person
  • Maureen· person
  • Papa Duke· person
  • Paul· person
  • Scott· person
  • Steven Prusa· person

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