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Offline Flipball

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Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« on: August 05, 2013, 12:16:01 AM »
A big hello to everyone on this wonderful forum!

Seems like a great, supportive community of passionate Pinball fans here and I'm looking forward to becoming a part of it. I've learnt so much the past couple of weeks by just reading the fascinating tales of your Pinball exploits. To me the story is as important as the deed.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Ben 


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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2013, 12:17:05 AM »
Great to see another Geelong member  ^^^. Welcome to AP

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2013, 12:30:49 AM »


Welcome Ben, lots of members from down our way.
“If you wanna escape, go up to a pinball machine. There’s a magic button on the front that takes you to a world under the glass and makes the the rest of the universe disappear.”

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2013, 12:39:29 AM »
Thought you might like this Ben I have a machine with the same name as your user ID

http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=7787.0

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2013, 01:10:32 AM »
Thanks guys- good to be here  <..>

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2013, 01:30:12 AM »
Thought you might like this Ben I have a machine with the same name as your user ID

http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=7787.0

Thats a beauty ddstoys, so cool. haven't seen too many of them in Australia. Was a favourite when I was a small child back in NZ in the early 80's- used to play them at a motor camp that my family holidayed at a couple of times a year. I can remember getting up really early one morning and finding the flipball pay slot jammed with 2 cent pieces and getting a fork and all of these two cent pieces coming out. Big deal for a 7 year old!
I'm pretty sure the NZ government banned them in 1994 (deemed a gambling device) or something to that effect.

I've got one like this in storage back in NZ.

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2013, 09:41:20 AM »
 $.$ Ben and  %)% to Aussie Pinball !

There are plenty of members from down Geelong way  ^^^
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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2013, 10:31:55 AM »
 %)% from another Geelong member  $!&

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2013, 11:06:25 AM »
 $.$%)% Ben!

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2013, 12:09:24 PM »
Hi Ben
Good to see another Geelong fan on the forum
I had the chance to play Daniels flipball great game

Cheers  <..>

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2013, 11:33:49 PM »
$.$ Ben and  %)% to Aussie Pinball !

There are plenty of members from down Geelong way  ^^^

Thanks for the warm welcome! Your work is beautiful btw.

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2013, 11:35:09 PM »
%)% from another Geelong member  $!&

Cheers ktm450!

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2013, 11:36:41 PM »
Thank you Oldpins. Really happy to have found the forum.

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Re: Hello from Ocean Grove, Victoria
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2013, 11:40:41 PM »
Hi Ben
Good to see another Geelong fan on the forum
I had the chance to play Daniels flipball great game

Cheers  <..>

Hi Clickaus,

Its great there are so many members from our neck of the woods on here. Thank you for the warm welcome. Love the old flip ball but hope to get a new pin soon. Its been a while since I owned one.

Cheers,

Ben