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Title: A big "Howdy" from Texas
Post by: SunKing on March 07, 2012, 04:31:25 AM: $.$

I just stumbled across this site - always great to find a new pinball resource! To tell you a little about myself - I was born in 1964 and started playing pinball when I was a kid. My dad and I would play the EM's, but when I played a 1979 Williams Flash for the 1st time - that's when I knew I was hooked. Pinball was a big part of my life up until the mid/late 80's when I was in college. A combination of video games squeezing out pinball form the arcades, plus 'reaLife' issues made pinball a thing of the past for me. That was until several years ago when I found the IPDB. Seeing pics of all the old machines I played rekindled my interest. It wasn't long after that I was looking for my 1st pin. I got Flash a couple years ago, and the pinball addiction began. ....I've since bought/repaired and sold a few more. I currently own Flash, Paragon, Firepower (yes, I love the pins from the late 70's and early 80's) and a 2010 Stern Avatar. I'm also fixing up a 1979 Gottlieb Genie that was in pretty rough shape when I got it.

I've been posting over at www.pinside.com for a while - if you want you can find threads I started there for my Firepower playfield swap, the Genie restoration, and a few mods I did on Avatar. Again, I'm happy I found this place - look forward to browsing around more.

Y"all take care!

-SK
Title: Re: A big "Howdy" from Texas
Post by: andtan on March 07, 2012, 06:45:34 AM: G'day and %)% downunder!
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Post by: swinks on March 07, 2012, 07:04:01 AM: Welcome and enjoy.
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Post by: ajlaird on March 07, 2012, 07:33:35 AM: Welcome aboard, sounds like you will fit right in!!
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Post by: Steevsee on March 07, 2012, 09:20:05 AM: Hi and welcome to the forum. %)%
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Post by: ktm450 on March 07, 2012, 10:07:33 AM: %)%
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Post by: goodolddays on March 07, 2012, 10:25:59 AM: %)% aboard. Thanks for posting about your Firepower playfield swap on pinside .. the new playfield sure looks great in your machine .

Looking forward to getting mine done soon
Title: Re: A big "Howdy" from Texas
Post by: beaky on March 08, 2012, 03:14:54 AM: G'day Mate
It's always Great to see more members from the U.S. of A here.

%)% to 'THE' Pinball Forum. :lol
Title: Re: A big "Howdy" from Texas
Post by: Strangeways on March 08, 2012, 09:02:53 AM: $.$ and %)% to Aussie Pinball.
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Post by: SunKing on March 08, 2012, 09:03:05 AM: Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm looking forward to hanging out here.
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Post by: femto on March 08, 2012, 09:08:08 AM: %)%
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Post by: pinnies4me on March 08, 2012, 11:34:59 PM: Howdy, and thanks for that post on the swap - nearly got me motivated to start mine!!
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Post by: mickthepin on March 09, 2012, 10:59:12 PM: $.$
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Post by: Steve2010 on March 13, 2012, 10:02:44 PM: Welcome SunKingj, hope you enjoy the forum.

I was also born in the same year, and grew up with pins from the mid-70's to mid-80's. Then went from then to about 2 years ago with no pins, and the interest literally "blew in" from nowhere.

I haven't really checked out much of any of the U.S. pinball forums. Other than pinside, any other forums you would recommend? Thanks.