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A one of a kind machine only at Pintastic N#

One of the great things about Pintastic NE is running into machines that you can’t see elsewhere. This Jaws Machine for example is a one of a kind device from some familiar folks.

There are a lot of machines you see here and almost nowhere else. Another popular machine in the vendor room was the Weird Al machine:

I mean is there a more perfect subject for a machine?

Some other familiar faces are here The Pinbox 3000 crowd was back

Like Steve Ritchie he really gets excited about his work

and of course Pintastic NE isn’t Pintastic NE without the folks from the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum 

Or the Silk City Hot Sauce display

Yeah my battery died right a the end

One familiar face is Todd Tuckey who brought an unfamilar face with him his daughter

My interview with Todd will go up as a separate post later today.

I did another walkthrough of the Vendor room where I found a handy product

And talked to a fellow who brought a dozen machines from his collection to sell

By the end of the day the Indiana Jones and three others were sold (Indiana traded for another machines and cash).

And while I do not generally interject non-pinball stuff in these posts let the record show that I found out about the Dobbs Decision just as I finished by 2nd Ball on a game of Areosmith in the Extra Ball lounge and with my son visited St. Anne’s Shrine down to the road to pray.

I did get a chance to play Toy Story 4 (Pretty Good) Rush (Ok but I think it won’t wear well on the ramp shots over time) but the majority of my time yesterday was spent on Doctor Who and the Tales of the Arabian Knights

I’m meeting a friend here for day three, very much looking forward to it.

I sat down for a long interview with Steve Ritchie Pinball designer extraordinaire at Pintastic NE 2022 day 1 in Sturbridge ma at the Sturbridge Host Hotel

The greatest thing about the man and this interview is the joy he clearly has in the hobby and the game that has no diminished over the decades.

Here are a few shots and interviews from day one of Pintastic NE 2022

Todd Tuckey checks out Toy Story 4

There is one in the extra ball lounge but the line to get to it is always long

speaking of the extra ball lounge

The Weird Al game was here too

The Weird Al Pinball game at Pintastic NE 2022

of course not all that is here is pinball, there are some classic video games and memorabilia here to wit:

Like me the folks from the Bottomless pit of treasures have not missed a pintastic

Speaking of someone who is at every Pintastic

Gabe noted I looked a tad tired as well. He must be right because I crashed in my room and slept like a log for 10 hours

I’ll be putting up individual posts of my interviews with Steve Ritchie and Todd Tuckey but lets close this post with the coolest image of the day

Ritchie playing one of his game

You don’t get cooler than a designer playing one of his own games

All Good Things Must Come to an End

Posted: February 2, 2022 by datechguy in business, entertainment, fun, pinball
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Today is February 2nd the feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the 40th day after Christmas.

Under the old church calendar this day marked the end of the Christmas season which under the current calendar ends on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

By an odd coincidence this also marks the end of the Christmas gift my sons got me because today the good folks at Bushey Brothers came down to pick up the pinball machine that they dropped off on the 2nd day of Christmas Dec 26th.

The storm that hit New England snowed him in badly so I ended up with four extra days which meant this Christmas gift lasted the entire traditional Christmas season. My best score of 65,7 Million but alas that was only good enough for 3rd as my youngest scored 66.4 million and on his next visit managed over 91 million.

Most arcades these days that are not pay one price tend to charge between .75 & a buck a game and with over 300 games played on this machine in the time I had it it was pretty much like going to the arcade on a daily basis. Here is our exit interview:

I highly recommend such a rental as a gift and if you’re so inclined you can find the Bushey Brothers on facebook here.