Exploring tables in New Zealand

leannaray · Feb 4, 2015

Hi! My brother and I have tried a few real life tables. That was fun! We're both pinball fanatics! Ha ha ha!

So I thought maybe I could sort of put together a bit of a list of the venues where all the pinball tables are in New Zealand, where we're living at the moment. At least all the ones I can find anyway!

I think it might be fun to go around New Zealand with my brother playing every pinball table we can find! Ha ha ha ha! Then I'll do the same in Illinois when we get back home.

The ones I've collected so far are on https://sites.google.com/site/nzpinballexploration/

If you live in New Zealand, or just visiting, the list will show you where all the pinball tables are!

If you find any errors or omissions, let me know. Or if you find a table that is not working properly, let me know that too. Then I can update the list.

Dedpop · Feb 4, 2015

Not a single Mousin' Around in New Zealand !
You'd better go back home now.

Jeff Strong · Feb 4, 2015

Nice work man! I look forward to hearing about your further adventures.

jaredmorgs · Feb 4, 2015

leannaray said:
Hi! My brother and I have tried a few real life tables. That was fun! We're both pinball fanatics! Ha ha ha!

So I thought maybe I could sort of put together a bit of a list of the venues where all the pinball tables are in New Zealand, where we're living at the moment. At least all the ones I can find anyway!

I think it might be fun to go around New Zealand with my brother playing every pinball table we can find! Ha ha ha ha! Then I'll do the same in Illinois when we get back home.

The ones I've collected so far are on https://sites.google.com/site/nzpinballexploration/

If you live in New Zealand, or just visiting, the list will show you where all the pinball tables are!

If you find any errors or omissions, let me know. Or if you find a table that is not working properly, let me know that too. Then I can update the list.

How is the PinSide PinFinder for NZ? There are some sites listed on the PinSide Pinfinder already.

https://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play?searchterm=New+Zealand#results

If your site has missing entries, it would be great to get PinSide updated with the latest findings. Pinheads in NZ that find their way to PinSide by Google's ranking system would really appreciate it, I bet.

Espy · Feb 4, 2015

jaredmorgs said:
How is the PinSide PinFinder for NZ? There are some sites listed on the PinSide Pinfinder already.

https://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play?searchterm=New+Zealand#results

If your site has missing entries, it would be great to get PinSide updated with the latest findings. Pinheads in NZ that find their way to PinSide by Google's ranking system would really appreciate it, I bet.

I'm really bad for keeping the Glasgow Pinformer listings up-to-date. In my defence, the operator swaps them regularly.

jaredmorgs · Feb 4, 2015

Espy said:
I'm really bad for keeping the Glasgow Pinformer listings up-to-date. In my defence, the operator swaps them regularly.

Good on the operator! Fresh pinball is always the best.

Espy · Feb 4, 2015

jaredmorgs said:
Good on the operator! Fresh pinball is always the best.

I agree... mostly. But the feeling when one of your favourites is swapped out is crushing. I'll never forget the day Spider-Man disappeared. I was getting so close to getting my name in the high scores, too. I still miss it

leannaray · Feb 4, 2015

jaredmorgs said:
How is the PinSide PinFinder for NZ? There are some sites listed on the PinSide Pinfinder already.

https://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play?searchterm=New+Zealand#results

If your site has missing entries, it would be great to get PinSide updated with the latest findings. Pinheads in NZ that find their way to PinSide by Google's ranking system would really appreciate it, I bet.

Hi Jared! Thanks for the tip. The more details I can get, the better! (I'm very surprised, though, that Pinside has only about 16 tables in their list for New Zealand - I have over 200 in mine!) If my brother and I travel through New Zealand, we'll update Pinside with every pinball table we play!)

leannaray · Feb 4, 2015

Jeff Strong said:
Nice work man! I look forward to hearing about your further adventures.

Thanks so much, Jeff! We'll keep a diary of our adventures on the site.

Leanna

leannaray · Feb 4, 2015

Dedpop said:
Not a single Mousin' Around in New Zealand !
You'd better go back home now.

Ha Ha! Mousin' Around looks like fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S1fJLoPTBQ

None in New Zealand, though! Still, there are 200 other tables to explore!

Espy · Feb 5, 2015

I played Mousin' Around at a con. Pretty fun, but that starting quote begins to grate. And I heard it a lot. Those era tables are a lot tougher in real life!

leannaray · Feb 7, 2015

Espy said:
I played Mousin' Around at a con. Pretty fun, but that starting quote begins to grate. And I heard it a lot. Those era tables are a lot tougher in real life!

I hope Farsight do Mousin' Around (and Spider-Man too, of course) sooner or later.

(And do keep Pinside for Glasgow up-to-date if you can - accurate info about the tables there will help a lot of people who love pinball.)

leannaray · Feb 19, 2015

Jeff Strong said:
Nice work man! I look forward to hearing about your further adventures.

Hi Jeff! My brother and I checked out two pinball machines recently, and updated the website.
"Elvis" at Kapiti Tenpin Bowling, 1 Te Tupe Rd, Nikau Valley, Paraparaumu, is working okay, and
"Fish Tales" at Waikanae Beach Takeaways, 40 Rangihiroa St, Waikanae Beach was working okay on the 10th (it was out of order on the 18th, but will be repaired soon)

During the next week or so we plan to check out an "Addams Family" pinball machine at Hell Pizza in Palmerston North - but which Hell Pizza is it? There's a Hell Pizza at 122 Fergusson Street, Manawatu, and there's another Hell Pizza at 96 Taonui St, Palmerston North.

There's another pinball machine we should check out while we're there, which is "Star Trek: The Next Generation" at "Tranzit Coachlines" (airport shuttle service) 33 Matipo St, Takaro, Palmerston North.

Jeff Strong · Feb 19, 2015

Good to hear! Hell Pizza is a chain restaurant there? Seems like an interesting name, heh.

leannaray · Feb 19, 2015

Jeff Strong said:
Good to hear! Hell Pizza is a chain restaurant there? Seems like an interesting name, heh.

But check out the link for "Hell Pizza" on my website - they're hell to work for!

Our grandpa just told me he went into a new venue that they're just opening up, and said "Wow, this place is big! You've got plenty of room for a pinball machine in here!" and they said "We're getting one in!"

So soon we'll have another venue to include in the list!

It's the venue on http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-pos...nua-mail/9847201/New-pub-opened-in-old-Oxford

jaredmorgs · Feb 24, 2015

Jeff Strong said:
Good to hear! Hell Pizza is a chain restaurant there? Seems like an interesting name, heh.

Built into the Pizza box is a coffin doggy bag for any "remains" you can't eat. Genius marketing.

Jeff Strong · Feb 24, 2015

jaredmorgs said:
Built into the Pizza box is a coffin doggy bag for any "remains" you can't eat. Genius marketing.

leannaray · Apr 18, 2015

Hi Jeff! My brother and I think we've hit the jackpot with a collector at the Manapouri Caravan Park who is happy to let the public play his pinball machines. He's got Dracula, Doctor Dude, Klondike, Rollergames and Swords of Fury. I'm hoping FarSight will copy the last three and add them to the Pinball Arcade collection.

leannaray · Apr 22, 2015

We're back! After my brother and I checked in to the motel, guess what we did first! After we freshened up, we went and played the Elvis pinball!

We also checked out the "Fish Tales" at Waikanae but they're closed till the 28th! We've had such fun on this whole trip!

jaredmorgs · May 2, 2015

Sounds like the trip is "Choice, Bro!"

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