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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => Meets & Gatherings => Topic started by: Geoffh on February 12, 2009, 04:51:02 PM
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The last week has been a horrendous week for all Australia.
The loss of many millions of dollar worth of property and belongings and the incalculable loss of life whether they be relatives, friends, neighbors or just someone we read about we all feel the loss that this disaster has created.
Child Amusements in conjunction with Pinball Spare Parts, RTBB and Markc Auctions are putting this Meet and Greet together to aid the Bushfire Relief Fund who in turn will aid the people that have been left homeless and devastated by this disaster.
We feel that it is a time that all differences and rivalries should be put aside and we work as one to help these people.
We invite all members of Aussie Pinball Forum and Aussie Arcade Forum to a Meet and Greet to aid the Bushfire Victims.
It is to be held on Saturday 21st of February 2009 at Child Amusements premises between 2pm and 11pm
Child Amusements
6/176 Canterbury Rd
Bayswater North Vic 3153
Entry will be by donation of a minimum $5 per person
A sausage sizzle and soft drinks will be provided with a donation of at least $1 per item
Raffles will be held through out the day/night at $1 per ticket.
Prizes for the raffles will be donated by the businesses that are supporting this effort
Child Amusements - www.childamusements.com.au
Pinball Spare Parts - www.pinballspareparts.com.au
RTBB - www.RTBB.com.au
MarkC Auctions -http://stores.ebay.com.au/Childamusements-and-markc-PINBALLS
All monies raised will be donated to the Bushfire Relief Fund in the name of both Aussie Pinball and Aussie Arcade Forums.
If any other business or person feels that they may want to contribute to the day, whether it be by donation of raffle prizes or bringing along machines for people to play, please contact Mark at Enquiries@childamusements.com.au
We will have some nice Pinballs there as well as Arcade machines, Drivers and a couple of kiddie rides.
Here are some of the machine that will be available to play and peruse.
Cactus Canyon Medieval Madness Monster Bash
Guns 'n Roses Safe Cracker Shrek
Family Guy Sopranos Pirates of the Carribean
Austin Powers Bugs Bunny Lost in Space
Getaway Star Wars DE Last Action Hero
Playboy Lord of the Rings Theatre of Magic
Plus others
Twin Daytonas (3)
Sega Rally
Big Buck Hunter
Point Blank 2
Table Top games
Kiddie Rides (2)
plus other to be confirmed
We usually have 50 working pinballs in our showroom but many have been sold so we will be working hard to get as many going for the day. If need be we will bring our personal collections in for the day.
Everyone will be welcome from both forums and you can bring your friends or family as well. The more that come the more we raise.
The monies raised will be tallied on the night and the amount raised will be announced.
The businesses involved will also make a monetary contribution to the totals as well.
If any other businesses come on board we will make further announcements in this thread
So come one come all. Let’s see us as a community get together and do the best we can to raise as much as we can
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We need your help could someone please design
a A4 page promoting the event and get it to us by Friday afternoon
we don't care if we get several but we need it by then so we can distribute some over the weekend
Thanks in advance
Geoff
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I'll be there for sure $#$
Matthew
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I'll be there as well
Add a "Junk Yard" to the list as well, and I might see what else I can bring along.
Great idea Geoff and everyone.
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Fantastic news Geoff and very nice gesture from all parties involved. I hope it gets the crowd and attention it deserves.
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We need your help could someone please design
a A4 page promoting the event and get it to us by Friday afternoon
we don't care if we get several but we need it by then so we can distribute some over the weekend
Thanks in advance
Geoff
I am sure a few of the guys here can quickly make something up
Logos are on our web pages
auction link is here
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Childamusements-and-markc-PINBALLS
Chuck ?? wotto ? Tony ?? anyone ??
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***GULP***
Wedding Anniversary ^&^
Not even gonna try for a day pass.
Bugger!
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you're in trouble Nick ...........
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A BIG ^^^ to the nominated parties for organising something like this.
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Great gesture guys. Unlikely that I will be able to attend from Adelaide but happy to make a donation to this great cause. Mark/Geoff could you please pm the bank account that you will be collecting funds into.
Tony
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Thanks for the support so far
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Great gesture guys. Unlikely that I will be able to attend from Adelaide but happy to make a donation to this great cause. Mark/Geoff could you please pm the bank account that you will be collecting funds into.
Tony
hi Tony
I would prefer a money order made out to bush fire appeal , you can get these from your local post office
our mailing address is 6/176 canterbury road bayswater north 3153
thanks
mark
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No problems Mark, have put in the post a cheque made payable to Bushfire Appeal in tonight's mail to you to go with the monies collected on the day.
Tony
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Great gesture guys. Unlikely that I will be able to attend from Adelaide but happy to make a donation to this great cause. Mark/Geoff could you please pm the bank account that you will be collecting funds into.
Tony
hi Tony
I would prefer a money order made out to bush fire appeal , you can get these from your local post office
our mailing address is 6/176 canterbury road bayswater north 3153
thanks
mark
Aussie Pinball will support any fundraiser that can assist those who have suffered from this disaster. Some members have lost loved ones and we need to support those who have survived and have nothing but the clothes on their backs.
It is the "Australian Way"
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I think this is a great idea, and hope many people attend. Unfortunately I cant make this, but wouldave loved to.
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We need your help could someone please design
a A4 page promoting the event and get it to us by Friday afternoon
we don't care if we get several but we need it by then so we can distribute some over the weekend
Thanks in advance
Geoff
I am sure a few of the guys here can quickly make something up
Logos are on our web pages
auction link is here
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Childamusements-and-markc-PINBALLS
Chuck ?? wotto ? Tony ?? anyone ??
OK - drew up a quickie tonight - sent it to Mark C's email.....but I have to log off for the night.....Mark if you like what I sent ( as it is ) I will take the file to work tomorrow , check back here and send it to you from work . If not , then I will fix tomorrow night ( late ) and re-send )
Wotto
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Great idea and well done guys ^^^ Unfortunatly I will not be able to make it as I leave that morning for Queensland Holiday with the kids.
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Great idea and well done guys ^^^ Unfortunatly I will not be able to make it as I leave that morning for Queensland Holiday with the kids.
Dean ,
will be down your way soon
what night is good for you ?
thanks and a shame you wont be there
we will have a AP meet soon too
thanks
mark
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I wont make coffee........
mark
I think i heard a large collective cheer when you said that Mark and I am even sure i heard some come across from the tasman and pacific oceans
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I wont make coffee........
In that case maybe I will ask for that day pass....
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Stuba , mate we have had our say as have you
lets discuss this on the night , rather than in this thread
as you said lets not lose sight of whats important here
come along on the meet and greet 21st Feb 2 pm to 11 pm
I look forward to seeing as many Aussie Pinball Members and Aussie Arcade Members there
I will say this till I am black and blue
come along on the meet and greet 21st Feb 2 pm to 11 pm
i will even drink my own coffee if that helps
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I dont think that anyone at aussiearcade.com.au has a problem with who is supporting this cause.
Provided its for the right reasons, the poor ppl suffering.
There has been a lot of positive action coming from aussiearcade.com.au as well as this site. @@*
I dont beleive that aussiearcade.com.au have a problem with sharing credit as such, its not about who did what first or who is involved.
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Great idea and well done guys ^^^ Unfortunatly I will not be able to make it as I leave that morning for Queensland Holiday with the kids.
Dean ,
will be down your way soon
what night is good for you ?
thanks and a shame you wont be there
we will have a AP meet soon too
thanks
mark
Mark will need to be next week. Home all morning and evening Monday & Tuesday at this stage and anytime after 6pm next Wed, Thurs or Fri. Cheers Dean
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I dont think that anyone at aussiearcade.com.au has a problem with who is supporting this cause.
Provided its for the right reasons, the poor ppl suffering.
There has been a lot of positive action coming from aussiearcade.com.au as well as this site. @@*
thanks mate I hope so , at the end of the day its for the bush fire appeal
as a mod on AA yourself thats great to hear
mark
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Great idea and well done guys ^^^ Unfortunatly I will not be able to make it as I leave that morning for Queensland Holiday with the kids.
Dean ,
will be down your way soon
what night is good for you ?
thanks and a shame you wont be there
we will have a AP meet soon too
thanks
mark
Mark will need to be next week. Home all morning and evening Monday & Tuesday at this stage and anytime after 6pm next Wed, Thurs or Fri. Cheers Dean
will email and work out which night then
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Guys lets move on remember Bushfire Relief Fund....raise money
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Useless posts removed (including mine). Let's remember what this thread is for.
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Will be there with the kids - looking forward to it and good to see the pinball community helping out.
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Let's hope members from both www.aussiearcade.com.au and www.aussiepinball.com.au can come together for a great cause.
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I agree lets make this a roaring success
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thankyou for cleaning this up
lets all come along and raise heaps for the bush fire appeal
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damn @#% this is the 3rd meet im going to miss i havent got to one yet
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damn @#% this is the 3rd meet im going to miss i havent got to one yet
lol
we will miss you
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thankyou for cleaning this up
lets all come along and raise heaps for the bush fire appeal
agreed! good to see all the negative stuff re other sites removed and the focus return to whats important. kudos to you guys for organising this event. make sure you post piccys for us interstaters *%*
maybe people can make a donation not to drink the coffee ? %$%
cheers and all the best ^^^
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thankyou for cleaning this up
lets all come along and raise heaps for the bush fire appeal
agreed! good to see all the negative stuff re other sites removed and the focus return to whats important. kudos to you guys for organising this event. make sure you post piccys for us interstaters *%*
maybe people can make a donation not to drink the coffee ? %$%
cheers and all the best ^^^
better ask greg to take the pictures then
mine are as good as my coffee so they say
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better ask greg to take the pictures then
mine are as good as my coffee so they say
To use the word "good" and "mark's coffee" in the same sentence is just plain wrong.
I SOLEMLY PROMISE MARK WILL NOT MAKE COFFEE AT THE MEET & GREET
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would like to thank
Dave from Allteksystems
jon scanlon from I BUY PINBALL$' bumper stickers
for their Donations
well done guys
mark
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Great idea Mark, well done ^^^
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I Hope all goes well for a great day Mark and Geoff.
I have to play cricket, but all the best and hopefully much money is made.
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would like to thanks larry Circillo from perth for his cash donation also
see joey he can talk under water with marbles in his mouth $#$
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I Hope all goes well for a great day Mark and Geoff.
I have to play cricket, but all the best and hopefully much money is made.
thanks David
you are more then welcome to come after if you have time , we will be here till 11 pm
as you are welcome here anytime
mark
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Coles supermarkets are having an "all profits to bushfire fund day".
From reports I have been getting long Queues at checkouts and staff at some stores handing out refreshments to those waiting to be served.
Well done Coles
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damn @#% this is the 3rd meet im going to miss i havent got to one yet
lol
we will miss you
i might try to get down
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damn @#% this is the 3rd meet im going to miss i havent got to one yet
lol
we will miss you
i might try to get down
well done Cool
cya then
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pencil me in #*#
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pencil me in #*#
fasntasic
cya there
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thanks wotto
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i might come guys
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cool coolspot
cya there then
we will be there
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Just to let everyone know who has doubts about our intention.
This Meet and Greet is a Red Cross authorised event.
There will be no business normal activities conducted during the Meet and Greet.
The aim is to raise as much as we can for the relief fund so our attention will be focused for that aim.
ways we are raising money are
Entry donation
Sales of sausages and drinks
A few minor raffles of donated parts
Sales of donated parts and all monies taken are donated
hope to see many of you there
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Never had any doubts.
Looking forward to Saturday arvo.
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Just to let everyone know who has doubts about our intention.
This Meet and Greet is a Red Cross authorised event.
There will be no business normal activities conducted during the Meet and Greet.
The aim is to raise as much as we can for the relief fund so our attention will be focused for that aim.
ways we are raising money are
Entry donation
Sales of sausages and drinks
A few minor raffles of donated parts
Sales of donated parts and all monies taken are donated
hope to see many of you there
There was never any doubt, but there are always detractors who are usually the people that sit on their hands and wait for others to do it - Then complain !
:tumble:
Well done for stepping up to the plate. See everyone on Saturday !
$#$
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Hope you guys have a great day, its for a very good cause. #*#
cheers Ian
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Just to let everyone know who has doubts about our intention.
This Meet and Greet is a Red Cross authorised event.
There will be no business normal activities conducted during the Meet and Greet.
The aim is to raise as much as we can for the relief fund so our attention will be focused for that aim.
ways we are raising money are
Entry donation
Sales of sausages and drinks
A few minor raffles of donated parts
Sales of donated parts and all monies taken are donated
hope to see many of you there
so we can still buy parts from psp? during the meet
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Just to let everyone know who has doubts about our intention.
This Meet and Greet is a Red Cross authorised event.
There will be no business normal activities conducted during the Meet and Greet.
The aim is to raise as much as we can for the relief fund so our attention will be focused for that aim.
ways we are raising money are
Entry donation
Sales of sausages and drinks
A few minor raffles of donated parts
Sales of donated parts and all monies taken are donated
hope to see many of you there
so we can still buy parts from psp? during the meet
no sales after 2 pm
all orders and sales must be done before 2 pm
mark
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Hey all, great to see the interest in the fundraiser on saturday. All of us here have been going flat out to get as many pins and other games ready for a excellent night of games, food, and hopefully raising much needed monies for the people who have lost so much over the bushfire season!!!
Hope to seen you all then, come on down, have some fun, and help all those desperately need it!!
$#$ @@* ^^^
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Just to let everyone know who has doubts about our intention.
This Meet and Greet is a Red Cross authorised event.
There will be no business normal activities conducted during the Meet and Greet.
The aim is to raise as much as we can for the relief fund so our attention will be focused for that aim.
ways we are raising money are
Entry donation
Sales of sausages and drinks
A few minor raffles of donated parts
Sales of donated parts and all monies taken are donated
hope to see many of you there
so we can still buy parts from psp? during the meet
no sales after 2 pm
all orders and sales must be done before 2 pm
mark
well that makes it hard for me as i need coils and im not sure what they are under williams and i need a lockdown bar
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Well, as feared Mrs Pinnies4me has not forgotten our anniversary Saturday, and specifically requested a nice dinner somewhere. So I am an official apology.
Hope all have a great time - Nug and I were at Mark's today, great line up of games, and if you've never played a Safecracker then best you get over these this Saturday as its there for the day, and then never to return according to Mark.
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Just to let everyone know who has doubts about our intention.
This Meet and Greet is a Red Cross authorised event.
There will be no business normal activities conducted during the Meet and Greet.
The aim is to raise as much as we can for the relief fund so our attention will be focused for that aim.
ways we are raising money are
Entry donation
Sales of sausages and drinks
A few minor raffles of donated parts
Sales of donated parts and all monies taken are donated
hope to see many of you there
so we can still buy parts from psp? during the meet
no sales after 2 pm
all orders and sales must be done before 2 pm
mark
well that makes it hard for me as i need coils and im not sure what they are under williams and i need a lockdown bar
sorry mate
no sales after 2 pm
its for the bush fire appeal
mark
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Just to let everyone know who has doubts about our intention.
This Meet and Greet is a Red Cross authorised event.
There will be no business normal activities conducted during the Meet and Greet.
The aim is to raise as much as we can for the relief fund so our attention will be focused for that aim.
ways we are raising money are
Entry donation
Sales of sausages and drinks
A few minor raffles of donated parts
Sales of donated parts and all monies taken are donated
hope to see many of you there
so we can still buy parts from psp? during the meet
no sales after 2 pm
all orders and sales must be done before 2 pm
mark
well that makes it hard for me as i need coils and im not sure what they are under williams and i need a lockdown bar
sorry mate
no sales after 2 pm
its for the bush fire appeal
mark
im coming down earlier now i know it isthe bushfires were about 3km away from me
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Have a great day today guys. Hope you raise heaps of money.
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Yay! 4 hours to go $#$
Matthew
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Yay! 4 hours to go $#$
Matthew
Yep - Not far to go now $#$
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ready to go , well 3 more pins to come in today
thanks guys
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more
over 40 working pins
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a couple more turning up
cya all soon
thanks everyone so far for all the help and donations
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Do I see a Rolling Stones next to a Mata Hari ?
!@#
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well tellin would spoil any surprises wouldn't it
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well tellin would spoil any surprises wouldn't it
I know a classic when I see one.. *%*
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See you guys around 3pm, I hope - hopefully not too much later! Looking forward to it! Cashed up as well...
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picture 1 monster raffle prize
picture 2
prize A TOTANs ramps and parts
Prize B AFM ramps and parts
Prize c Guns N roses G ramp and parts
all prize have 1 buy pinballs sticker too
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Great idea guys
I have let my relatives in Kinglake know about this ( I am in Scotland) my niece and nephews may try to get along as they love my pinball machines when they come over- I usually get sent at least one a year :-) I send them back pinheads
They could do with something to take their minds off things for a while
cheers
John
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Nice one John. I hope your family was not endangered in any way with the fires.
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Thanks, yeah they were lucky to have survived
Ideally , I would like to buy a pinball machine in Oz and get it delivered to them....
If you know of a No Fear thats for sale, not crazy silly money, will you let me know?
sorry to post in this thread for a machine wanted but it is on topic :-)
hope you have a great day
well organised!
John
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bloody busy all day
had a ball
still going
think I need coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee &^& &^&
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bloody busy all day
had a ball
still going
think I need coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee &^& &^&
hey mark are you also going to list who won the raffle
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sum1 posting pics?
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Marks got the pics I think
Just a thank you for all that attended
We raised just under $2000....well done people
Thank you again for your contributions
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Was a great afternoon / evening. The raffle prizes were UNREAL. I never win anything anyway !!!
BIG thanks to the guys at Childs/RTBB/PSP that contributed to the event. It was a great afternoon.
I was really pleased to be able to play reconditioned machines such as ;
Medieval Madness
Cactus Canyon
Monster Bash
Indiana Jones
Junkyard
All in one place, all at one time.
Also great to talk with the members about all things pinball ^^^
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Well done to the organisers, real sorry not to be able to make it. On the bright side had a great dinner with Mrs Pinnies4me.
Next time try and avoid 21 February and her birthday, 3 February. That gives you guys 11 months to choose from for the next get together!
Seriously, congrats to all who made this a success.
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Well, a big thanks has to go out to Mark, Geoff, Greg, Tim, Andrew, and all others involved in putting this on. Honestly, it would have been a lot easier and cheaper for these guys just to have made a donation to the Red Cross and left it at that, but they went out of their way to allow the pinball community to join together to assist bushfire victims while having a whole heap of fun bashing away at pins and meeting other forum members. Congratulations for putting on a great event!! And well done to everyone who attended and contrubuted to the meet.
Some general comments:-
Having that many pins in the one place at the one time is just great. It was really fun to try out different machines, and the good thing for us was that there was always a couple spare even at the busiest times. I got there at 3pm and left at 11, with a bit of a dinner break in the middle, and I probably only played maybe 1/2 to 2/3 of the machines. (By the way, I didn't even go near the video games - no time for that!) This was partly due to my mate Bruce coming along and us battling it out for supremacy across a number of titles. The kids tried out a lot of different machines, and also had a go at the vids. They seemed to have a good time (got the wife to pick them up at around 5:30 so I could kick on).
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed some of the later titles such as LOTR, POTC and even Family Guy. This was the first time I had played them. Even got grand champion on one of the POTC (it was pretty low) so it was definitely a machine I got into. My feeling was that LOTR and POTC will turn into classics, not so sure about FG. Can't see myself ever owning either LOTR or POTC as the price range puts them out of reach for now, but if anyone has one and wants me to come over for an hour or two, I will be happy to have another bash at them.
Enjoyed Medieval Madness, Indiana Jones, couldn't get into Cactus Canyon. Safe Cracker was an interesting one, definitely something different; if I had understood the rules better I might have played it longer. I didn't enjoy TOTAN that much, mainly because I coudn't keep the ball alive long enough to do anything useful. Bit of a learning curve there. Played some of the older pins as well: I could see the allure of something like Hot Hand, relatively simple but enough there to be fun.
It was also good to meet a few from this forum and put faces to the names, as well as shoot the breeze for a while.
Raffle winners:
Prize A: TimC (drawn by myself)
Prize B: MartyM
Prize C: Me (yay! I think that is the first time I've ever won a raffle prize - usually I think of raffles as a donation)
Monster Raffle: TimC (drawn by Matthew aka Felixthadog)
Overall, had a fantastic time, just being able to play pinball for that long is a winner in itself! The variety of machines there made it even better; and it was great to be able to catch up with some of the other forum guys.
Really well done, guys, and a big thank you from me.
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Great to hear it went well. Sorry I couldn't make it with some home renovations that can't wait. Thinking of moving soon. The AP meet I hope isn't too far away as the trip for me will be much longer if I move to the West. So c'mon Mark give us a date
Congrats to all the organizers of the event yesterday
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MartyM, they remembered to set aside the prize with the ramps you were looking for. Nice score there.
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Great write up ajlaird, thanks for sharing. #*#
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thanks Andrew
it was for a worthwile cause and happy we are able to hand over some cash
special mention must got to
Tonty thanks for sending us a cheque
James Pinball in money and ramps well done mate
larry C ( can talk underwater with marbles in his mouth) another cash donation
ANdrew for wining the first file of crap
Ang for dropping in during the week and handing over cash towards the fund even though he couldnt make it.
1 buy pinball stickers too thanks
my wife SUE who donated a $100.00 Village movie voucher to the Monster Raffle
Aussie Pinball for fully supporting the event
and everyone else on the day for all the hard work and prizes
sorry if I missed anyone , it has been a long week
RTTB , PSP and CHild would like to thank everyone that turned up
i would like to thank my staff for all the extra hours they did to get us over the line , still doing spot repairs on the night
even i did a quick fix on the MB
markc
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Great to hear it went well. Sorry I couldn't make it with some home renovations that can't wait. Thinking of moving soon. The AP meet I hope isn't too far away as the trip for me will be much longer if I move to the West. So c'mon Mark give us a date
Congrats to all the organizers of the event yesterday
yes I did notice that you "God" was MIA, maybe next time
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i would like to thank my staff for all the extra hours they did to get us over the line , still doing spot repairs on the night
even i did a quick fix on the MB
markc
yes you did
Andrew, Nino and myself stood outside laughing our arse's off watching you (moral support)
well done mate
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i would like to thank my staff for all the extra hours they did to get us over the line , still doing spot repairs on the night
even i did a quick fix on the MB
markc
yes you did
Andrew, Nino and myself stood outside laughing our arse's off watching you (moral support)
well done mate
That was one of the highlights for me. Once Mark noticed we "busted" him, he smiled and walked in the other direction as if he had not seen us !
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BUT I FIXED IT #*# #*# #*#
didnt i
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Hi All,
Yay! i won something, now i can justify getting a sore hand from writing all those raffle tickets....
Note to self: Only write my name/number on the ticket stub, NOT the tickets that i take home...ahem!
(nothing worse than writing your name/number twice!)
Have to say a BIG thanx to MarkC and crew, and all others involved in pulling the day together.
Besides having an awesome day of games games games, we can all feel warm'n'fuzzy for supporting "the greater cause" on the day.
I'm sure everyone will agree that the vibe on the floor was alive & buzzing, with enough noisy pins to make everyone raise their voices to talk to eachother.
It's great to try out such a wide varitey of pins, if anything, it'll help potential buyers write up their next shopping list as we now have a better feel for which pins are great (or not).
Thanx again !
MM.
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thanks Andrew
it was for a worthwile cause and happy we are able to hand over some cash
special mention must got to
Tonty thanks for sending us a cheque
James Pinball in money and ramps well done mate
larry C ( can talk underwater with marbles in his mouth) another cash donation
ANdrew for wining the first file of crap
Ang for dropping in during the week and handing over cash towards the fund even though he couldnt make it.
1 buy pinball stickers too thanks
my wife SUE who donated a $100.00 Village movie voucher to the Monster Raffle
Aussie Pinball for fully supporting the event
and everyone else on the day for all the hard work and prizes
sorry if I missed anyone , it has been a long week
RTTB , PSP and CHild would like to thank everyone that turned up
i would like to thank my staff for all the extra hours they did to get us over the line , still doing spot repairs on the night
even i did a quick fix on the MB
markc
HI Mark,
I'm very glad to see the day was a huge success for you and your team. I was really looking forward to going and catching up with the rest of the AP crew there too.
I'm planning on popping down tues / wed (depending on work) and I'll pass my donation to you which I was intending to do on Sat..
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Hi all, Yes a great result all round i would have to say. We raised much needed funds for a worthy cause,
everyone had a great time and a good feed. #*#
Great turnout, thanks to all of you that were able to attend and also those who donated in their absence.
This was my second fund-raising get together in the last 2 days, (I knew spending $130 in raffle tickets between
the 2 events would have to mean so good karma coming my way!!!! $#$ )
Great to put faces to names and talk pinnies with people that really enjoy it.
Once again thanks to everyone who contributed towards a great event, hope to see you all again for a meet sometime soon.......
(I vote next weekend,,, at least i know we've got enough machines ready!!!! !*!)
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Marks got the pics I think
Just a thank you for all that attended
We raised just under $2000....well done people
Thank you again for your contributions
another $100.00 came in today
so we made over 2000 NOW
well done guys
will post pictures shortly
WELL DONE EVERYONE
I believe Geoff has already banked the 1943.45 so this late cash will be done later this week , just incase anymore comes in
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Marks got the pics I think
Just a thank you for all that attended
We raised just under $2000....well done people
Thank you again for your contributions
another $100.00 came in today
so we made over 2000 NOW
well done guys
will post pictures shortly
WELL DONE EVERYONE
I believe Geoff has already baked the 1943.45 so this late cash will be done later this week , just incase anymore comes in
At what temperature did Geoff "bake" the 1943.45 ?
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LOL @ baked
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hmmmm
just because
you reckon they would be lucky to raise $250 based on a sausage meet and greet...
yea that was just on what you ate
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hmmmm
just because
you reckon they would be lucky to raise $250 based on a sausage meet and greet...
yea that was just on what you ate
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I think that $250 was spent by Tim - Just in raffle tickets !
:tumble:
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yea mate Tim spent heaps on them
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A big thanks to all the organisers and volunteers for putting on such a great day, I thoroughly enjoyed myself playing pinball and arcade games for 8 hours. Great food, great machines, great people #*#
Matthew
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GREAT EFFORT #*# #*#
$2,000 ++ from AP pinheads awesome effort well done $#$
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late arrival in my paypal account from USA
add another $150.00 so we made just under 2200.00 NOW
well done dav and chris for the donations to put us over #*# #*# #*#
some real nice poeple out there well done all $#$ $#$ $#$
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a few early pictures
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Cool, good shot of me and most of my family there!
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Congrats to all at Childs for putting this event on, what a great cause.
Sorry I couldnt be there bit was on Gold Coast holidaying with family, returned last night. Wanted to introduce myself to many of you. That will have to wait till Mark has a meet.
Looks like a great time was had by all, any more pics Mark?
Well done again to Childs and to all the Aussie Pinball members who attended.
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thanks Guys
all up we just got under 2300.00 for the day ,
I have a few more pictures and Geoff has some , I think he is sdoing a section on the site under news news news
soon we will will have a AP meet maybe after the next container arries
mark
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I know mark has been keeping this updated so i have not posted but I have been busy trying to do GST and preparing for a few tax returns.
Just my thoughts on the day
The function was well attended and I believe a great time was had by all.
We raised a total of just under $2300 for the appeal by asking for donations for entry, sausage sizzle, drinks and a couple of raffles.
I thank all that attended and I thank them for there generosity with the door donations.
I apologize to the people that we had to disappoint by not having any sales that day but it was all about raising money and not sales.
I’d also like to thank the staff at Child (who put in some hours to get things ready) and the other people that contributed there time and goods to help make this day a success.
I didn't have time to contribute as much as i would have liked but the others did a great job
Thanks to all well done @@* @@*
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Great to hear it went well. Sorry I couldn't make it with some home renovations that can't wait. Thinking of moving soon. The AP meet I hope isn't too far away as the trip for me will be much longer if I move to the West. So c'mon Mark give us a date
Congrats to all the organizers of the event yesterday
yes I did notice that you "God" was MIA, maybe next time
Yep it had to be that weekend. Been postponing for weeks but ran out of excuses. spewing
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Great to hear it went well. Sorry I couldn't make it with some home renovations that can't wait. Thinking of moving soon. The AP meet I hope isn't too far away as the trip for me will be much longer if I move to the West. So c'mon Mark give us a date
Congrats to all the organizers of the event yesterday
yes I did notice that you "God" was MIA, maybe next time
Yep it had to be that weekend. Been postponing for weeks but ran out of excuses. spewing
Next time, Mate !
Maybe we could get a few interstaters to come down for the weekend ?
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I will certainly be aiming to attend the next meet!
Now we need to talk the Discovery Network into filming a new series, where a group of enthusiasts 'overhaul' a pinball machine in 24hrs! Now that would be cool to be part of!
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Overhaul a pin in 24 hours? as long as we add checkerplate and large pipes too ;-)
Extreme pinball !!! !*!
The next AP meet will require each person to unload 1 pin from the container as 'entry fee' hehehehe #*#
MM.
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Great to hear it went well. Sorry I couldn't make it with some home renovations that can't wait. Thinking of moving soon. The AP meet I hope isn't too far away as the trip for me will be much longer if I move to the West. So c'mon Mark give us a date
Congrats to all the organizers of the event yesterday
yes I did notice that you "God" was MIA, maybe next time
Yep it had to be that weekend. Been postponing for weeks but ran out of excuses. spewing
Next time, Mate !
Maybe we could get a few interstaters to come down for the weekend ?
I interested in attending a melbourne meet some time this year, just wish I could have attended the last one!!
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Great to hear it went well. Sorry I couldn't make it with some home renovations that can't wait. Thinking of moving soon. The AP meet I hope isn't too far away as the trip for me will be much longer if I move to the West. So c'mon Mark give us a date
Congrats to all the organizers of the event yesterday
yes I did notice that you "God" was MIA, maybe next time
Yep it had to be that weekend. Been postponing for weeks but ran out of excuses. spewing
Next time, Mate !
Maybe we could get a few interstaters to come down for the weekend ?
I interested in attending a melbourne meet some time this year, just wish I could have attended the last one!!
Considering the objective of the last meet was as a fundraiser for the Bushfire Appeal - EVERYTHING was done on short notice. This time, there should be PLENTY of notice so travel arrangements can be made etc..
It would be great to see interstate members #*#
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Well considering (hate to admit this) that Melbourne is the pin capital of oz... <.> It seems i will have to get down there. Count me in pending the date you choose!!!
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ok just putting these dates out there
all saturdays
6th June or 20th June
let me check tomorrow and will pick one of these
mark
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ok just putting these dates out there
all saturdays
6th June or 20th June
let me check tomorrow and will pick one of these
mark
Yep, I'm up for either of these dates ^^^
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Looking forward to it, had a great time at the Bushfire Aid meet.
Either date is fine by me. 20th has more leverage attached to it as I will be looking after 4 kids for the week beforehand without my wife.
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Ill pencil it in
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Those dates sound pretty good!! Cant wait to meet you all!!
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ATM I'm OK with either date, lloking forward to it!
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I'm free on either date -
But how about the 6th for our interstate members ? (Queens B'Day weekend). Take Thursday off - Drive/Fly down and leave on Monday ?
Wouldn't happen to be any Drum clinics on around that time, Wotto ?
$#$
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just a update more $$ arrived this week so we made over 2300PLUS now
reciept will be posted shortly
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thinking of having a meet
say end of this month or end sometime in May
( not 15th or 16th may )
say a saturday from 4- 5 pm till say 11 pm
any ideas on dates ?
or want me to try and tie in with the first container arriving ?
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Sounds great - hopefully it will not clash with weddings and engagement parties!
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May is an absolute shocker for me !
I vote for either this month or June.
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Unfortunately I work every second weekend, but hopefully can fit it in.
26th April, 10th May, 24th May, 7th June, 21st June all good for me!
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will be either when container arrivers or closer to end of May .
will advise shortly
mark