Exactly 1 year ago I started down this pinball road.
I had played a lot when younger, but 20 years passed. I completely missed the 90s golden era, never even played TAF until this year. But I always had fond memories of Taxi and always dreamed of owning one. Then on my ipad I picked up Pinball Arcade. next thing I knew I signed up to Pinside and started hanging out there. At the same time, the Church of the Silverball had an open night so my wife and I went down there for a "date night". My wife was telling me that we're buying a pin at the end of our visit, so it was all over then. 2 days later I had Tron coming my way from the states (it was sold out in Canada at the time and they had not done additional runs then).
Adriano was the first person I made contact with. I saw him on Pinside, and if I recall I contacted him as a fellow Tron owner, and was asking about the fiber-optic ramp mod. Who would have known a year later that mod would still not be released!
A month later I had a TOM, then a Hulk, then TSPP then ACDC. I built an arcade in my basement, and only stopped buying because of lack of space. I am now on a house hunt and the arcade is a big part of what we are looking for. Even though I grew up playing 80s pinball, my tastes now are definitely the latest ones. I really enjoy the light shows, sounds, modes and rules.
I signed up here when Brock first put it up, and have become friends with many of you. That has been the best and most unexpected part of this whole hobby, meeting tons of new people.
To that end, joining ToPL really heated things up. I think I've only missed 1 night since I started.
I don't think I've ever had a real "hobby" before. My various businesses have always been my life, "fun" for me was creating flow-charts of marketing systems. It's nice to have something completely separate now.
Anyhow, it's been a great time! Thanks to everyone that has been a part of it and to everyone else I look forward to meeting you.
I had played a lot when younger, but 20 years passed. I completely missed the 90s golden era, never even played TAF until this year. But I always had fond memories of Taxi and always dreamed of owning one. Then on my ipad I picked up Pinball Arcade. next thing I knew I signed up to Pinside and started hanging out there. At the same time, the Church of the Silverball had an open night so my wife and I went down there for a "date night". My wife was telling me that we're buying a pin at the end of our visit, so it was all over then. 2 days later I had Tron coming my way from the states (it was sold out in Canada at the time and they had not done additional runs then).
Adriano was the first person I made contact with. I saw him on Pinside, and if I recall I contacted him as a fellow Tron owner, and was asking about the fiber-optic ramp mod. Who would have known a year later that mod would still not be released!
A month later I had a TOM, then a Hulk, then TSPP then ACDC. I built an arcade in my basement, and only stopped buying because of lack of space. I am now on a house hunt and the arcade is a big part of what we are looking for. Even though I grew up playing 80s pinball, my tastes now are definitely the latest ones. I really enjoy the light shows, sounds, modes and rules.
I signed up here when Brock first put it up, and have become friends with many of you. That has been the best and most unexpected part of this whole hobby, meeting tons of new people.
To that end, joining ToPL really heated things up. I think I've only missed 1 night since I started.
I don't think I've ever had a real "hobby" before. My various businesses have always been my life, "fun" for me was creating flow-charts of marketing systems. It's nice to have something completely separate now.
Anyhow, it's been a great time! Thanks to everyone that has been a part of it and to everyone else I look forward to meeting you.
