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Thanks guys! It was very weird timing. We got it the day before he passed. It wasn't the one from Pinballz. It was significantly less than what they'd charge. We found a really nice guy who needed to get rid of it quickly.

Yes, the power ball is ceramic and white on PS3.

This will seem pretty lame in comparison to some of your truly awesome collections, but after I picked up the Getaway I promised my lady we'd get her a machine she could call her own. We ended up getting a great deal on one of our favorites, Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball. It isn't the kind of game...

I have seen the glitch multiple times on Creature from the Black Lagoon. During multiball when the ball exits the whirlpool there is a small chance it will pass through an upraised right flipper. I'm pretty sure I've seen it a few times on other games, but that is the main one I was able to take...

Ha! I guess you have, Shaneus! I totally understand people taking an anonymous internet stranger's bizarre claims with a grain of salt, so I'm glad I have a friend on here who has actually played with me before. Espy, it isn't something I do on purpose necessarily. It's usually a matter of the...

I appreciate it. Thank you. From what I know, it was designed by John Trudeau at the same time as Bride of Pinbot. In a way it feels like the lesser respected family friendly version. Instead of a Billion point shot, it has a 50 million point shot that only randomly lights on your final ball...

This week the games we were told to practice ahead of time were Scared Stiff and Banzai Run. I got the #1 score on Banzai Run during practice. The furthest I got on Scared Stiff was level 8 of the Stiff-o-Meter. I felt like I was ready. I got there on Monday night, and only two other people...

Sorry for bombarding you guys. Last one I'll be posting. If I get any more, I'll keep them to myself. However, here's the shot I've been trying to get forever now. Tip Stall on the Getaway.

We were told the machines to practice for this week were Big Buck Hunter Pro and Monster Bash. My initial plan was to take it a little easier this week. I’ve been wearing myself out physically, and I decided that resting was becoming more important than practicing right now. If this was a race...

Thanks, Captain. It's been taking longer to get the email with the scores, which in turn takes me longer to post these. BBH is actually tonight. I've been playing it all week. I'll be posting my thoughts on it soon. I don't think tonight will be the grand slam last week was. There's only three...

I have some scores I'm proud of. The only one I have memorized is my #1 score on Creature from the Black Lagoon. That was a monumentally hard fought battle that took everything out of me. I hope to never have to do it again.

We were told the machines to practice for this week were Theatre of Magic and Black Knight. At the end of my last blog I talked about how the #1 ranked guy and I were killing ToM in practice. I ended up with the Grand Champion score. Black Knight was being very difficult and having left flipper...

I got another one on Iron Man last night.

Within two weeks of that happening, I ended up finding an incredible deal and buying my very first machine. Coincidence? Perhaps, but I'm sure having good pinball karma didn't hurt. I hadn't thought of it until I read this just now. Thank you for the reminder!

I prepared harder for this week than ever before. I spent around 24 hours in total practicing on Black Knight 2000 and Grand Lizard. I got the #1 score on BK2000 and the #2 score on GL. I felt very ready to put down a good score on both. This week’s machines: Haunted House The Shadow Grand...

It's been a few days since I could open it up. I kept thinking a toothpick would be too small. So I used one of those oversized umbrella toothpicks. It worked like a charm. I'm still trying to figure out the kickback thing. It's just going to take some time and experimentation. Thank you guys...

I got to witness the NBA Fastbreak midnight madness last night. I was talking to one of the guys at the arcade, and it came up that I'd never seen one. He set the clock to 11:59, gave me a credit, and said have at it. It was really awesome.

First off, thank you so much everyone. I really appreciate it. Last night my roommate was playing. From the other room I heard, "Oh no, bad, bad, BAD". I shuddered, but when I ran up it wasn't a huge issue. One of the posts had gotten dislodged. It was unfortunately stripped. I tried a little...

I have been thinking the same thing. I'm so relieved the timing worked out the way it did. I'm never going to sell it because of how much it personally means to me, but I didn't want it to skyrocket before I had the chance to get one.

Thanks, Jeff. She's adorable in every way, and she's got an amazing natural ability at pinball. She'd really like a Twilight Zone or Monster Bash. I know those are on the higher end, but I'm going to find a way to make her dreams come true, just like she was so gracious in helping make mine.