Growing up, Brian Soares was never a pinball guy. The Attleboro native remembers playing a game or two over the years, but that was about it. These days, the basement of this 50-year-old’s Norton ...
"Pinball," which scores points by striking balls on an inclined platform, was once a mainstay of the game as entertainment. Although it is a pinball with a feeling of being completely deprived of the ...
Pete Deardorff, owner of pinball machine repair shop Silverball Specialties, lifts the playing board to begin work on a Monopoly pinball machine Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at his shop in Harrison, Tenn.
Restoring vintage technology can be a tricky business, especially without the appropriate schematics and documentation. To this end [Mark] has spent the past twelve months building a comprehensive ...
Q: Do you know of a great mantle clock repair? The key will not wind the clock, nor will the pendulum swing and start the clock. Thanks. — Pam Brown Watkins, email Q: You’re such a great resource for ...
A local pinball machine restoration hobbyist has brought to light an archaic piece of Metro law that is worthy of placement in the nationally syndicated “News of the Weird” newspaper feature. Now ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--Bumpers, bells, whistles and screams; all are sounds from pinball machines. The games first made their debut in the late 1940s, taking over arcades, pool halls and bowling alleys.
Geoff is such a fan of pinball machines, he’s filled his flat with them (Picture: David Pickens) Geoff Harvey, aka Pinball Geoff on BBC One’s The Repair Shop, once got hold of ten pinball machines for ...
FEASTERVILLE — Don’t talk to Russ Snyder about the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 or Microsoft Xbox 360. For Snyder, there is nothing like the sound and feel of a classic electromechanical pinball ...