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Anyone got any recommendations for good pinball books? I just finished Pinball Wizards: Jackpots, Drains, and the Cult of the Silver Ball which I can recommend to other pinheads out there.
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Best Pinball Books
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The Pinball Compendium (3 of them, but I've only got the 1982 to present volume) is great just to read about all the machines, and includes loads of interviews.
Pinball Wizardry, by Polin and Rain is about the theory of playing pinball.
..and they are the only 2 I've got so far.
Pinball Wizardry, by Polin and Rain is about the theory of playing pinball.
..and they are the only 2 I've got so far.
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Very pricey! - mine was £28 and not ex-library.
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I highly recommend the Pinball Magazine, there are 5 available and each one gets bigger.
http://www.pinball-magazine.com/
http://www.pinball-magazine.com/
i'd also recommend the pinball compendium volumes ( all 4 of them if you include the EM volume), there's also the books by marco rossignoli by the same publisher.
would love to see another volume of the compendium books as the 1982-present volume ends at 2005, loads more material available since then.
would love to see another volume of the compendium books as the 1982-present volume ends at 2005, loads more material available since then.
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Pinball Art by Keith Temple is great. My pinball compendiums are amongst my prize possessions as they are signed by many pinball luminarys some of whom are sadly no longer with us. Gary's Lure of the Silver Ball is a great book , it introduced a lot of folks to the hobby as was widely available. . My favourite arcade book is Invasion of the Space Invaders by renowned author Martin Amis (although he has since tried to forget it even exists!) . for nice pictures of EMS you can't beat the Pinball Portfolio coffee table which pops up on eBay around £20 quite a lot
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Anyone ordered the Stern coffee table book book from Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paperflock/keeping-the-ball-alive-30-years-of-stern-pinball
We have a few available here: https://www.londonpinball.co.uk/product-category/pinball-accessories/page/2/
I have my personal copies of most books, including rarities, available for purchase.
I think a lot of people have but whether or not we ever see it is another thing, at this rate it might take 30 years to get the book out!
Proof copies of the Stern book have been produced so, it's getting closer.
Can it be true?.......can it?....or is it fake news.........
Well excited about receiving this!.......at long last. @myPinballs
https://www.kickstarter.com/project..._email_backer_project_update_registered_users
Well excited about receiving this!.......at long last. @myPinballs
https://www.kickstarter.com/project..._email_backer_project_update_registered_users
Jesus christ, talk about the worst of what kickstarter can be. Totally lost interest in the bloody thing, how many years since it was promised?? not 30 years of stern anymore either is it. lol.. I might just burn the frikin thing now!! And no idea if they even remember who funded them it was that long ago... i have zero faith of receiving anything. Total k**b jockeys
A serious point aswell is that i most likely wont have all the great new stern games in it from the last few years either. They noodled about doing not much for too long....
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