#107 Pintastic 2023 Preview - The Classic Pinball Podcast
Dave starts by telling us about the 30 pinball machines he has serviced in the last 5 weeks. George then leads the discussion reviewing all the games to date that will be in the free play area of the Pintastic show. There once was a game from Nantucket…….Several emails and some additional show items are talked about.
Kineticist’s take
Pintastic 2023 preview with restoration shop tales and venue/timing concerns.
Synopsis
George and Dave from The The Classic Pinball Podcast discuss their upcoming coverage of Pintastic 2023, a pinball convention happening 3-4 weeks away. Dave shares extensive restoration work he's performed on 30+ machines over five weeks, including notable fixes to modern Stern games (Jurassic Park, Mandalorian) and classic Williams/Bally titles. The hosts debate Pintastic's venue location (Sturbridge to Marlborough), timing (post-Labor Day), and observation that Galactic Tank Force developer John Borg is heavily featured, while discussing how these factors are affecting attendance.
Entities
- Bally· company
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Williams· company
- Pintastic· event
- Firepower· game
- Flash Gordon· game
- Galactic Tank Force 2· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Mandalorian· game
- The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
- Andrew Weebly· person
- Dave· person
- Gabe· person
- George· person
- Grant· person
- John Borg· person
- John Day· person
- Junkie Jeff· person
- Mark Helms· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Troxel· person