#81 Data East Marilyn Playboy - The Classic Pinball Podcast
Tom Ceckitti joins Dave and George to discuss his Data East Playboy. It has a custom translite and playfield graphics that transforms it into a Marilyn Monroe tribute. He then tells us about his recent trip to the Texas Pinball Festival. George asks him to tell us about his experience at last years Pinbrewfest. We end with some tournament talk. ( we know how much you like it) WARNING! Bonus Feature: RUSH (Feedback from listeners suggest we tone down the Rush talk but Dave can’t help himself) George takes a few jabs at his recent acquisition.
Kineticist’s take
Data East Playboy retheme and Texas Pinball Festival highlights with collector Tom Chiquetti.
Synopsis
Tom Chiquetti, a pinball enthusiast and operator from Ohio, discusses his Data East Playboy restoration featuring a Marilyn Monroe retheme via custom translight and playfield decals by Pinstein. The episode covers his collection of 12 machines, recent attendance at Texas Pinball Festival (where he saw Rush, Weird Al, and Rudy's Nightmare conversions), and his background entering the hobby through arcade collector networks 25 years ago.
Entities
- Jersey Jack· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Outer Edge· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinbrew Fest· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Black Belt· game
- Captain Fantastic· game
- Data East Playboy· game
- Mirror Mirror Star Trek· game
- OXO Williams· game
- Phantom of the Opera· game
- Rudy's Nightmare· game
- Rush Premium· game
- Silver Ball Mania· game
- Weird Al· game
- Christopher Frenchy· person
- Dave· person
- Eric· person
- George· person
- Keith Campanelli· person
- Pinstein· person
- Tom Chiquetti· person
- Tommy Skinner· person
- Pinball Hall of Fame· venue