Where have I gone?

Erm.... Pinball has been a large part of my life for the past few years, perhaps a little bit too much. After hosting the European Pinball Championships and World Pinball Championships in the space of two weeks, I decided to take a break from pinball for a while. I've had hundreds and hundreds of best wishes emails which have been great but it's time to have a break!

I've organised 5 world class UK Pinball Shows, met some incredible people and had a blast, but it never was my intention to stick around forever. I'm still getting visitors to HQ2 who want to rummage for parts, play pinball or just have a cup of tea and a chat. Everyone is welcome still (well, nearly everyone :)

I still check my emails, just you won't get an instant reply like before!

Also it would be nice if the blog could continue but I just don't have the time anymore. If YOU want to continue the blog, I'll show you how easy it is and my little army of informants can be at your disposal!

The blog became so popular that it would be a shame to see it disappear, it still gets more hits than most pinball websites and it's not been active for 6 weeks!

Drop me a line if you want to have a chat about running the blog, or a chat about anything.

I have the Transworld Sport piece on the IFPA which I'll try and upload - my little place on the farm on TV in more than 100 countries around the world is pretty neat! But it's time to have a break, spend some time with the family and chill with the ducks!

Cheers

Nick
The Pinball Blog

2009 UK Pinball Show & EPC Report

Martin Ayub has been busying away at Pinball News HQ getting the 2009 UK Pinball Show & European Pinball Championship report written up. Sadly Martin wasn't able to compete in the EPC during the show as he had to organise it! Quite how he finds the time to remember half of what goes on I never know!
Click the pic for the 2009 report, great stuff Martin

Cheers

Nick
The Pinball Blog

Pinball Factory for sale. £25

Thanks to Phil on the (free) Yahoo UK Pinball Group, who spotted this little gem...

Pinball Factory for sale. £25!

I thought someone was having a dig at the non-pinball factorium down under, but it turns out it's even worse!

Someone is selling 6 months membership to an internet forum for £25. I guess an internet forum that offers much less than the many similar FREE offerings all around the web.

With Pinball News, Rec.Games.Pinball, the UK group and of course, this most excellent blog, there's really no need for a paid-for service but I'm sure he'll reel in some sucker or another.

Cheers

Nick
The Pinball Blog

Welsh Classic Pinball 2009

Sunday 20th September sees year 2 of the popular Welsh Classic Pinball Tournament in, er Wales!

Dave and his family have become part of the furniture here at HQ2 for the Monster Meets and helped me non-stop during the recent IFPA World Pinball Championships. It's my lad's birthday weekend so I might not be able to escape myself, but judging by last year's report, it's an event worthy of a trip out west.

Cheers

Nick
The Pinball Blog

High Speed Pinball Ringtones!

It seems most modern mobile/cell phones have a corny Electro-mechanical plinkety plonk as a ringtone, but what about something a little bit more modern?

There's a website called Locally Toned, where they find locally grown ringtones and the author recently hooked up with the guys at PAPA to record a couple of ringtones from High Speed. Click the logo above to see the results.

Now if only I had any idea how to put these things on my phone!

Cheers

Nick
The Pinball Blog