Another great meet-up on the books
I don't have an exact head count but we estimate it to have been about 38 attendees with their families for some summer fun, cookout with an Arcade and Pinball twist. There was a mountain of food, a ton of fun and I'm pretty sure I will get a nastygram from my HOA for the traffic on the street, which I count as a sign of success! :)
We had a few machine issues, as is customary in this hobby but I wanted to send out a special thanks to Cody Chunn for lending his pinball repair expertise and time. I also wanted to send a thank you out to Charlie Rose for bringing his super-awesome Virtual Pinball machine project for us to check out and to his wife Tami for her set-up and organization help getting stuff in order.
We had some new faces this go around, which is always fun. I received a ton of compliments about my games and I just wanted to say thank you for that, it means a lot to me to get encouraging feedback about my games. This hobby consumes a lot of my preciously sparse free time and it is always really thrilling to see others get to enjoy it. In addition to the club page, check out (and sign up to contribute!) my other collector / info site to keep tabs on future projects and other arcade-pin related shenanigans: www.arcadeshenanigans.com.
Pinball Leaderboards
Wizard of Oz
Even though it was (mostly) off-camera from the all-seeing Nest Cams, WOZ75th saw plenty of action during the weekend's get-together with a constant stream of players. The machine held up pretty well but did restart two times during the event. JJP is sending a beefier power supply to hopefully remedy that situation. :)
Indiana Jones (IJ4)
IJ4 was a trooper, getting plenty of plays and thrilling with its 8-ball multi ball craziness. This machine had zero issues for the night, which is always refreshing to the tech staff. ;)
Star Trek Premium
Star Trek Premium was down for part of the night with a few issues. The right button fell-off, first thing. In the process of hurried re-tightening it I evidently put a leaf switch out of whack. The switch tests didn't catch this (for whatever reason) but after a transistor replacement, a fuse and the detailed troubleshooting eye of Charlie and the help of Cody - we got this machine back on her feet for some continued action.
Monster Bash
Monster Bash was a champ. It got lots of plays and presented zero issues! Can't beat a Williams game IMO...
Scared Stiff
Scared Stiff was a hit and got plenty of action, though she did stiff-us for a bit with a broken bony-flipper-bat. Cody spent an hour more of his night helping me wrench on this pin to get her back up and Charlie's quick eye caught the unlikely failure in time for us to get her back in business.
