Sunday Pinball Questionaire - 41 - Damien

[Strangeways]

1. Earliest pinball memory?
2. All time favorite pin? Why?
3. Favorite pinball manufacture?
4. Favorite game in your collection? Why?
5. How long have you been collecting?
6. First game and how did you find it?
7. Do you still have it?
8. What are you currently working on?
9. Most wanted game to add to your collection?
10. Best all time bargain game added to your collection?
11. Worst ever miss – tell us about the one that got away!
12. Worst ever purchase – tell us about the game you wished you never bought
13. Describe your collection
14. Describe your gamesroom
15. Do you have other games other than pinball?
16. Where can you see the hobby in 10 years?

[Damien]

1. Earliest pinball memory?  it would be playing o & X in a pub in lorne... loved it
2. All time favorite pin? Why? damn that is hard.. Scared stiff i suppose.. my friend did the code.. and it is a simple fun machine..
3. Favorite pinball manufacture? WMS of course.  so many top games and working for the aussie agent for ever makes the decision easy
4. Favorite game in your collection? Why? i dont have one.. black knight is allway good.. but then i like some querky games like flipper football and time machine
5. How long have you been collecting? since the early 90s.. been in the industry since 1986
6. First game and how did you find it? first game purchased was a black hole .. still have it.. and got it from a custome who traded it..
7. Do you still have it?yep
8. What are you currently working on? bk2000 and some prisms
9. Most wanted game to add to your collection? hmm dont really have one.. would like another haunted house.. because i keep selling mine..
10. Best all time bargain game added to your collection? umm had a few 200 dollar machines.. cheapest table top from the side of the road.. or the table top i got before we took them to the tip
11. Worst ever miss – tell us about the one that got away! 4 old pins flash and gorgar etc.. couldnt be bothered to take them home..
12. Worst ever purchase – tell us about the game you wished you never bought .. all games are good.. but never a fan of atari pins
13. Describe your collection  lots of games that i just like.. never collected for price  some have now become worth more.. but every game has some merit..
14. Describe your gamesroom lots of pins on their arse.. some times get a few set up.. but lately havent had the time to play anything..
i am looking forward to playing the BBB we got from the states.
15. Do you have other games other than pinball? not really..
16. Where can you see the hobby in 10 years? well ill still be here.. selling parts and machines..  we will move with what ever pinheads need.

[markc]

will take you 20 years to sell all those bloody parts .....

hmmm bk   i have orders for that

[GORGAR 1]

I often think about the tabletop/tip story you told me at Marks how many was there again 60??

Peter

[Damien]

there was like a semi full of them...

still have one some where..

we threw away heaps of stuff

damien

[Strangeways]

Short but Sweet and "to the point".

Question 16 answer - You guys have a massive influence over "where the hobby will be.." Well you almost have guaranteed it will continue for quite a while yet ! We will never run out of spares.

[Caveoftreasures]

a good read. excellent to know u have been in the industry for ages.
i saw a black night 2000 for the first time the other day. it looked way ahead of its time.excellent light show.
and i love scared stiff.excellent looking pin for sure.thanks for the read. 

[markc]

Short but Sweet and "to the point".

Question 16 answer - You guys have a massive influence over "where the hobby will be.." Well you almost have guaranteed it will continue for quite a while yet ! We will never run out of spares.

you calling Damien short ...... 

and I dont think we will , we will just sell some parts and bring in more pins ...  nothing new really
stern and  people making pins will keep the industry alive , we need more new games ,  ,more new games mean more old pins off site  , more parts being sold and so on .

[Damien]

if i can help this industry stay alive by supplying parts to all the pinheads.. it will be a pleasure..

im just as collector like  most  people i meet.. dont know what i want next tho... prob should get my haunted house i suppose..

typical.. wanting a gotleib when i mainly sell wms parts heheh

[beaky]

This guy has had a passion for wms for years.
Damien always enjoyed talking about williams pins back when they where number 1 in the world (where have i heard that before?)
he is a credit to the pinball industry.
when he was a young man he would put so much into his pin repairs compaired to other techs who where in the industry back in the 80s.
when Damien repaired a pin it would play like new but when other co workers worked on them they would just patch them up and within a week the pins would have an OUT OF ORDER sign back on them.

When Damien passes away I am pretty shore his coffin will be a pin cabinet and his head stone will be a back box
Keep up the good work mate.

[markc]

will put him in a used old crappy pinball cabinet   thats about to break ...........
and be full of parts