Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame

On Sunday Jess, Chap, and I went to the Pinball Hall of Fame, located in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. It is, in a word, Awesome. “Over 200 games,” about half electro-mechanical, half more modern solid state.
Photos: here.
The selection was incredible, as you can imagine/see, and after coming here for five years [...]

Weasel Update

Thursday evening I opened up the playfield and had a good look at the Weasel’s drop target assembly and opto board. After giving it a good look and fiddling with the targets in switch test mode, as well as doing a good bit of reading (Clay’s guide, for one), I think I’ve determined that [...]

Restoration, Weird Weasel

Cliffy’s Pinbot Restoration (via Ryan’s Pinball Blog) is very, very impressive. It’s also made me more aware of the ways in which our Police Force pin isn’t in immaculate condition. It is, however, in good enough working condition that I don’t think I’d want to mess with it too much right now. [...]

New High Score!

Last night I went home from work, fired up the pinball, and proceeded to whoop ass. Five games or so, none of them with scores below 2M, most above 3M! My first game, first ball ended up lasting about 4 balls as I miraculously managed to rake in the Extra Balls. I [...]

Introduction

After years and years of fascination with pinball machines (and startlingly little actual playtime — I generally preferred peering at pinballs to actually playing them), my wife and I purchased a 1989 Williams Police Force. Here’s a shot of the upper playfield:

I was shocked by the size when it arrived; the backbox loomed tall [...]