Wizards of the silver ball

[bossninja17]

Interesting story in today's Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/national/wizards-of-the-silver-ball-shoot-to-thrill-20120608-201hq.html

[Nug]

Hey... It's the wrong Newtown. 

Great article, seems many enthusiasts thoughts over the years have been vindicated... A descent ac/dc would reap new players and possibly kickstart an era.
 Cheers for the link.
Regards to all

[coon82]

Good to see more positive advertising for pinball, but not the most accurate article. No mention of Jersey Jack and his positive influence on the industry. Stern may be starting to lift the bar but that's because they have to, not want to.

Quote: The band is the theme of the latest model from Stern Pinball in Chicago, which is the only surviving pinball manufacturer in the world.

[GORGAR 1]

Awesome story is the guy in the interview on the forum? Stern are the only manufactures of pinball as Jack hasn't made anything yet so it's accurate there just wish Victoria had a pinball tournament.

Peter

[Strangeways]

Thats the best story / coverage I've seen in 20 years. The story interviewed pinball people and didn't make assumptions or generalizations. The story was factual. The AC / DC pin has saved Stern and should start the new pinball renaissance.

The only issue I have is that the "golden age" was the late 60's - late 70's. But that's an opinion.

Really impressive story 

I really hope Mark does well at the comp.

[Pinprick]

Great stuff.
We need more of this kind of bouyant publicity to help perpetuate our amazing hobby.
 

[Wotto]

Yep - another great week in the media for our game 
These stories/ articles continue to add and build to the current momentum of interest in pinball - which is great.

On the topic of 'story errors' - I can see a journalist sitting down for 20 minutes trying to take in as much info as possible, we the people in the hobby have to try and educate someone who knows NOTHING about the game or any aspect of it as to certain aspects of our game that we have all know for a long time - THEN that 'noob' ( the journalist ) has to capture all of that info into a few paragraphs.......so I reckon we should allow for some 'tranlistic' ( is that a word  ) errors and see ALL of this as good for the game.

 

[The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan]

AMD the only importer of pins into Aus? Is that a true statement