I interviewed Todd Tuckey of TNT Amusements on day one of Pintastic NE 2022
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My Interview with Todd Tuckey at Pintastic NE 2022
Posted: June 25, 2022 by datechguy in fun, pinball, special events, UncategorizedTags: have fedora will travel, pinball, pintastic ne 2022, tnt amusements, todd tuckey
Pintastic NE 2022 Day Two Interviews etc
Posted: June 25, 2022 by datechguy in fun, pinball, special eventsTags: have fedora will travel, pinball, pintastic ne 2022, special events, sturbridge ma

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
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.
Steve Ritchie Pinball Designer the Pintastic NE 2022 Interview
Posted: June 24, 2022 by datechguy in fun, pinball, special eventsTags: have fedora will travel, pinball, pintastic ne 2022, steve Ritchie
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.
Some Quick Pintastic NE 2022 Day One Images and Interviews
Posted: June 24, 2022 by datechguy in fun, pinball, special eventsTags: have fedora will travel, pinball, pintastic, pintastic ne 2022, steve Ritchie, sturbridge, todd tuckey
Here are a few shots and interviews from day one of Pintastic NE 2022

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

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

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


