Hardcore pinball collection

[trm]

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/05/king-of-pinball/

From the article:

"When self-described "Pinball Amasser" Richard Conger stumbled onto what he believed to be the world's first pinball machine, it was sitting in a farmhouse basement. The owner refused to sell him the game by itself, so Conger bought the entire farm.

That was 40 years ago. Today, at age 72, Conger has a truly impressive collection. He owns more than 500 different pinball games, 700 machines if you count duplicates (he sometimes has three of the same game). About 200 are in working order, and he intends to fix the rest."

 

[IDCHAPPY]

, thats some collection. Must have a game of proper pinball sometime

 

[JohnBud]

how did you find this tim ??? not surfing for porn were we

im quite disappointed in you, you dirty old man.

 

[DanP]

Can anyone else see themselves at 72? OK maybe not with a ranch but...

Dan

 

[JohnBud]

im just getting into pinballs, got 1 working and another on the way. both linked to the classic video game pacman. mrs and mrs pacman now working, and when it arrives baby pacman, needs an mpu repair. i thought the mr and mrs was a baby pacman

i was quite miffed when i saw it, no video screen

but i have now secured the baby pacman. obviously being aged i was brought up on pinballs. ive just joined the uk pinball league, and at the moment im at no1 in the scottish league

hopefully i will see some of you guys at the final, assuming i keep racking decent scores.
as to reaching 72, dont think so. if i reach 60 and can still play games i will be happy.

cheers.

john bud

 

[andyman]

Hehe, that's almost me now but with different stuff

Sh!t, what else can I amass in 30 years, already looking to extend the gamesroom

Andy.

 

[muddymusic]

I love that quote

'The owner refused to sell him the game by itself, so Conger bought the entire farm.'

I'm sure we'd all like to be able to do that

 

[trm]

how did you find this tim ??? not surfing for porn were we

im quite disappointed in you, you dirty old man.

Ahoy hoy Mr JB. Funnily enough I'd taken a momentary break from googling "weird porn sh*t" and found this on Wired

And because I'm a gentleman I won't mention any of the details I discovered about you when on my earlier googling

you dirty old man.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

im just getting into pinballs, got 1 working and another on the way. both linked to the classic video game pacman. mrs and mrs pacman now working, and when it arrives baby pacman, needs an mpu repair. i thought the mr and mrs was a baby pacman

i was quite miffed when i saw it, no video screen

but i have now secured the baby pacman. obviously being aged i was brought up on pinballs. ive just joined the uk pinball league, and at the moment im at no1 in the scottish league

hopefully i will see some of you guys at the final, assuming i keep racking decent scores.

as to reaching 72, dont think so. if i reach 60 and can still play games i will be happy.

cheers.

john bud

Well, hopefully you get one fully working for when i pop through

, then i'll be the no 1 in jockland