Lock is Lit Pinball Podcast

Join us in this very special Thanksgiving episode as we give thanks to the wonderful people that allow us to have this amazing hobby, our wives!

Guests in this episode are:  Rick & Tara Taylor, George "G.W." & Theresa Whittaker, Gene & Wendy Wills, and me, Marc, & my wife Shelley.  We also ask some questions to get a woman's perspective on pinball, & the pinball hobby!

Check out the Amigos podcast!

L to R: Shelley & Marc Johnston, Rick & Tara Taylor, Theresa & George Whittaker, Wendy & Gene Wills

L to R: Gene, George, Daryl, Rick, & Marc

In this episode, I invite my long time friend Ken Lilly on the show for conversations about about arcade collecting in the 1990's, and of course pinball!  We introduce a new show segment, "Stupid Ebay Stuff", and also welcome a behind the scenes episode editor/commentator, Vic, the podcast droid.

We have mentioned them before, but Holland Computers sells some good multicade boards:

www.hollandcomputers.com

This what we were talking about, when we discussed Omega Race:

http://www.madocowain.com/Arcade/OmegaRace/omegarace_board.html

Ken's Games:

Flipper McCoys:

Ebay Auctions:

Police Force

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Police-Force-Pinball-Machine-by-Williams-with-Custom-LED-Kit-/252100291232?hash=item3ab2592aa0

Black Hole Ramp disk???

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-HOLE-RAMP-DISC-RARE-ORIGINAL-PINBALL-NEW-Old-STOCK-WILLIAMS-BALLY-/131514275113?hash=item1e9edc9529

Michael Jordan pin:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301768371411?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Centaur 2 (never heard of it)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Centaur-II-Pinball-Machine-Bally-1983-Join-the-Ride/181175892020?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3Dbfb77b4ae3434bf1b5771181c6863c15%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D221881389539

Rick and I make a triumphant return to the studio in this epic episode filled with epic awesomeness!

New show segment "Pin O' the Month" where we discuss the history behind Gottlieb's 1981 Black Hole!

We also discuss a long distance trip to Pennsylvania to pick up a Hurricane pin, what else we have been up to, and what the future holds!  

The best Black Hole pin in the galaxy, mine!

Joe Cicak's original sketch for Black Hole:

The original Black Hole prototype:

Dragon's Lair whitewood (the only pic I could find):

Critical Mass:

Critical Mass history, and rebirth:

http://www.theyorkshow.com/cm.html

Joe Cicak's presentation A Pinball Expo 2006:

http://www.pinballnews.com/shows/expo2006/joecicak.mp3

Join me as I take the mic, and go solo without the dead weight Rick.  I go into how I got started in podcasting, and how we make such an epic*  show such as ours.

A all new regular** show is in the works, so stay tuned!

The Blue Yeti

Novation Launchpad

Audio Technica ATM27HE

Behringer Eurorack Mixer

Tascam DR-05

Custom Soundboard App

*Level of epicness may vary.

**Normallness not guaranteed.

In this long awaited episode, we discuss what all we have been up to since our last episode in January.  We recap the 2015 Ohio Pinball Show, talk about a new-in-box Stern pin purchase, and discuss my trip to Asheville, NC to re-visit the Asheville Pinball Museum.

Want to add better sound to your pins for fairly cheap?  We also discuss adding a powered subwoofer instead of costly full speaker upgrades.

Checkout APM's site

Asheville Pinball Museum

Be sure to check out the CoinBox Pinball Podcast, and their main site East Side Pinball!

The Coin Op Hall of Fame grand opening  May 23rd & 24th!

This is the powered sub that I ordered from Amazon:

Polk Audio PSW-10 Powered Sub

And some threads on Pinside about adding external subs:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/adding-a-subwoofer-to-pinball

Happy New Year!  

On this long delayed episode, we talk a bit about what we've been up to the past couple months, and what we hope 2015 brings us.

We also announce a new contest!  Make sure you listen to the end of the podcast for a pinball sound snippet.  Email us your guess as to what pinball machine this sound is from, and if you are correct, you'll be entered in to win a 3 pack of LED pop bumper rings courtesy of Comet Pinball, and a custom shooter rod of your choice from Wizard Amusement!

Comet Pinball Pop Bumper Rings!

Wizard Amusement Shooter Rods!

We will be attending the 2015 Ohio Pinball Show, check them out here!

2015 Ohio Pinball Show

We will also be hitting the auctions again this year.

Auction Game Sales

And this is the very useful fuse/circuit breaker mod:

Join us as we invite our friends Marc Crouse, Roger Deem, and Gene Wills on to the show in our very first roundtable discussion.  On this episode, we discuss our memories of arcades from our youth, our favorite games, and the current state of arcades today.

Elmer's Rotted Wood Stabilizer

The wood repair glue Roger mentions.

Sega Mach Storm

Good representation of how much arcade games cost the operators nowadays.

$30,000 will buy you this!

In this episode, we talk a bit about how the Power Up Retro Video Gaming convention went, and also discuss how to use LED strips to liven up your pinball machine!

LED Strips @ Amazon

These are blue, but you can get them in any color.  $8!!

RGD LED Strip Kit @ Amazon

This is the RGB kit we talked about.

8 Way Terminal Block

Nice way to hook up more than one strip to a single 12v power source.

Comet Pinball

New sponsor!  Check them out!

Many thanks to Ben Durfee for allowing Lock is Lit to interview him about the upcoming Power Up Retro Video Gaming Convention, in Huntington, WV on August 2nd!

In this episode, we finally announce the winner of our shooter rod contest, talk a bit about the upcoming Power Up Retro Video Game Convention in Huntington, WV, and we run down through a list of tools you will need to maintain your pins.  When is a pin to far gone to save?  We talk a bit about this, and much, much more in this fun filled episode!

Power Up Retro Gaming Convention

August 2nd, from 12-5 in Huntington, WV

Harbor Freight

Need some cheap tools?

Project Pinball Tournament in Fairmont, WV

July 27th, 9am.  Sounds like a fun time!

Pana-Vise Electronic Work Center @ Amazon

The circuit board holder mentioned in the show.