neilljj
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Hi Simon, and yes once you fall into that hole your never getting out! I have a Vpin i love playing with pretty much all the tables on it, but i am going on a road trip this friday to pickup my first Real Pin and really looking forward to getting it.Hi everyone, my name's Simon.
I recently discovered my love for pinball after visiting Arcade Club in Bury with some friends for my 40th Birthday. I'd been a couple of times before and always had a quick go on the pinball machines but mainly went for the games. This time however, I noticed the Godzilla Premium on the ground floor. Oh my word. Until that game, Pinball machines had always been a bit like bandits and slot machines to me - lots of flashing lights and noises that I didn't really understand. Godzilla made me realise that they have stories and action and comedy. I still didn't understand it, but I wanted to. Safe to say I was playing it all night.
The days after that I watched so many pinball videos on YouTube that its affected my algorithm permanently and now that's all I get on my feed (shoutout @Gonzo )
The next week my girlfriend and I went to Amsterdam, and lo and behold I bumped into another Godzilla. Some would say it was fate. My girlfriend wouldn't, but some would. I managed to get an afternoon of playing it and it was official. I was a pinhead.
Since then I've been back to Arcade Club a couple of times but it's really dark and loud in there and a good chunk of the machines don't work. I'm planning to checkout a place called Levels in Preston next week as I heard they have a few machines but unfortunately it seems like pinball venue situation up here is pretty dire. I thought there'd be loads in Blackpool but looking online it doesn't seem like there is.
I would love to own a machine of my own at some point but right now I'm just concentrating on trying to play them!
Would love to own a Godzilla, obviously here are a few more that I'm eager to play:
Pulp Fiction I already know I want to own this, one of my favourite films and it just looks so cool
Big Lebowski As above
Attack From Mars, Medieval Madness and Fish Tales Played these on my phone so I can learn the rules in preparation for playing the real thing and they're just so much fun
RoboCop Game looks simple and it's a Top 3 movie of mine so would love to play it and (hopefully) decide that I don't need to own it!
Batman '66 Love the theme, love the colours and just looks like fun.
Sorry for the hefty post, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself!