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Idea: SPECIAL FORCE (Bally, 1986) as a Military/Veteran Fundraiser Release?
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<blockquote data-quote="WesReviews" data-source="post: 139865" data-attributes="member: 3069"><p><img src="http://www.pinwizman.com/BG/SpecialForce.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Had the pleasure of playing <a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2272" target="_blank">SPECIAL FORCE (Bally, 1986)</a> a few times at the Louisville Arcade Expo recently and it was easily in my top 3 favorites of the day. Such a fun table!</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]qBnBYcbVY7s[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Naturally, I would love to see it come to The Pinball Arcade, but then, using my experience in Marketing I got to thinking... given the table's theme... what if FarSight were to release SPECIAL FORCE on either May 26th (Memorial Day), July 4, or November 11th (Veterans Day) and offer to donate a portion of the proceeds from each table sale to a reputable military/veterans charity of their choosing? It would stand out as a little different from the typical table release. It would be more of an event. I'm sure whatever charity they chose would even advertise it to their donors through emails, newsletters, etc.</p><p></p><p>Memorial Day isn't far off, so that may be a bit of a stretch so soon. But I think July or November would be totally do-able if they wanted to go this route.</p><p></p><p>I don't know much about military and veterans charities, but a quick search of <a href="http://www.charitywatch.org/toprated.html#veterans" target="_blank">CharityWatch.org</a> ranks the most reputable (i.e. your money actually goes to the people who need it and not just a shady corporation/business posing as a charity) as being...</p><p></p><p>Armed Services YMCA of the USA (A–)</p><p>Fisher House Foundation (A+)</p><p>Homes For Our Troops (A)</p><p>Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (A+)</p><p>Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America (A)</p><p>National Military Family Association (A)</p><p>Operation Homefront – N.O. (A)</p><p>Semper Fi Fund / Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund (A+)</p><p></p><p>I think this has the potential to garner a great deal of positive publicity and exposure for TPA as well as increase table sales for people wanting to help out the military/veterans charity. At the end of the day, FarSight would be helping out a deserving charity and TPA fans would be able to enjoy a fun and unique new table.</p><p></p><p>Something to think about anyway. Thoughts? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/tOFjsvCB03Q/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WesReviews, post: 139865, member: 3069"] [IMG]http://www.pinwizman.com/BG/SpecialForce.jpg[/IMG] Had the pleasure of playing [URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2272"]SPECIAL FORCE (Bally, 1986)[/URL] a few times at the Louisville Arcade Expo recently and it was easily in my top 3 favorites of the day. Such a fun table! [MEDIA=youtube]qBnBYcbVY7s[/MEDIA] Naturally, I would love to see it come to The Pinball Arcade, but then, using my experience in Marketing I got to thinking... given the table's theme... what if FarSight were to release SPECIAL FORCE on either May 26th (Memorial Day), July 4, or November 11th (Veterans Day) and offer to donate a portion of the proceeds from each table sale to a reputable military/veterans charity of their choosing? It would stand out as a little different from the typical table release. It would be more of an event. I'm sure whatever charity they chose would even advertise it to their donors through emails, newsletters, etc. Memorial Day isn't far off, so that may be a bit of a stretch so soon. But I think July or November would be totally do-able if they wanted to go this route. I don't know much about military and veterans charities, but a quick search of [URL="http://www.charitywatch.org/toprated.html#veterans"]CharityWatch.org[/URL] ranks the most reputable (i.e. your money actually goes to the people who need it and not just a shady corporation/business posing as a charity) as being... Armed Services YMCA of the USA (A–) Fisher House Foundation (A+) Homes For Our Troops (A) Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (A+) Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America (A) National Military Family Association (A) Operation Homefront – N.O. (A) Semper Fi Fund / Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund (A+) I think this has the potential to garner a great deal of positive publicity and exposure for TPA as well as increase table sales for people wanting to help out the military/veterans charity. At the end of the day, FarSight would be helping out a deserving charity and TPA fans would be able to enjoy a fun and unique new table. Something to think about anyway. Thoughts? :) [IMG]http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/tOFjsvCB03Q/maxresdefault.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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