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DaTechGuy’s Almost Daily Dose of Pintastic NE 2023: Joe From Glenside Machine Shop

Posted: September 21, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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One of the things that keeps Pintastic NE going are the vendors. I spoke to one of the . Joe from the Glenside Machine Shop:

The other question is, while the layout worked for selling machines did it work for selling accessories? That will be answered by the attendance at next years show.

Pintastic NE 2023 The story so far:

We’ll finish up with my final interviews tomorrow.

DaTechGuy’s (Almost) Daily Dose of Pintastic NE 2023: Todd Tuckey of TNT Amusements

Posted: September 20, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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There are some things that simply make Pintastic Pintastic and one of them is Todd Tuckey of TNT Amusements making the annual pilgrimage. I had the pleasure of taking him to dinner at Linguini’s Italian Eatery on day two with my son and of course I had the even greater pleasure of sitting down with him for an interview on day 3 (Saturday)

Pintastic NE 2023 the story so far:

Epilogue: Now while I’m giving you Pintastic a piece at a time and cover what I think is interesting my primary goal there is to play pinball (thus the early to bed plan to get machines empty in the morning. Todd gives you Pintastic a full day at a time in his famous TNT amusements videos. For those who want a different perspective on the show than mine because he’s up much later with all the folks.

Here are his videos from Pintastic NE 2023:

Video one First Day:

Part 2:

And finally part 3:

DaTechGuy’s (Nearly) Daily Pintastic NE posts: Homebrews and Circuit Meltdown brought to you by North Metro Tech Wakefield MA

Posted: September 17, 2023 by datechguy in education, entertainment, fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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Thanks to a nasty fall I’m home on Sunday night and off my right foot to post more homebrew videos.

Here is the homebrew room with machines in place:

Homebrew machines are cool but the coolest of them all is Circuit Meltdown not just because it’s a nice game but because it was built as a school project by the North Metro Tech highschool in Wakefield Mass.

Here is my interview with their teacher Brian Caven:

My battery ran out so I ran back to my room and grabbed my spare as he was showing someone the guts and we continued:

Again this machine was designed and built by the kids in his class and here they are:

I suspect none of these kids are going to be short of jobs in a few years.

Pintastic NE 2023 The Story So Far

DaTechGuy’s Daily Dose of Pintastic NE 2023 Three Attendees: Scott, BJ and Doug

Posted: September 15, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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There are a lot of great things about Pintastic NE there are the machines like this:

Which you get a chance to play but the real thing that drives pintastic are the players who come to attend, like Scott:

and BJ who dropped fifteen grand on a Godfather special edition thus making it worth the vendors time

And Doug who came all the way from Canada to play with us.

without them Pintastic is a lonely place.

Pintastic the story so far:

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