# Pacific Pinball Museum Surplus Sale Preview Walkthrough **Source:** Erika's Pinball Journey **Type:** video **Published:** 2024-05-27 **Duration:** 4m 47s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIzIWvyiyw --- ## Analysis Erika provides an exclusive walkthrough preview of the Pacific Pinball Museum's warehouse surplus sale—their first since 2019—featuring classic pinball machines, arcade cabinets, and project games available for purchase to support museum fundraising. The collection includes wood rail games in good condition, some with backglasses in excellent shape, as well as incomplete project machines for restoration enthusiasts. Many games are already listed on Pinside, and silent auction pricing details were not yet finalized at the time of filming. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Pacific Pinball Museum hasn't held a sale like this since 2019 — _Erika states this directly as context for the event's significance_ - [HIGH] Most games for sale are classics and duplicates already in the museum's collection — _Erika explains the sourcing of sale inventory during walkthrough_ - [MEDIUM] Many of the games' listings on Pinside may have already sold or changed status — _Erika notes games listed online may no longer be available depending on prior Pinside sales_ - [HIGH] Some games are incomplete project machines missing plastics, pop bumper caps, or backglasses — _Erika identifies a dedicated section of incomplete machines requiring restoration_ - [HIGH] Museum volunteers inspect each machine to document missing or broken components — _Erika credits volunteer verification process for condition documentation_ ### Notable Quotes > "Now this is really exciting because the museum hasn't been able to do something like this since 2019, so people will get a chance to come through their doors, look at all the classic pinball machines they have for sale, and help fundraise for the museum." > — **Erika**, Opening > _Establishes the significance of the event as the first surplus sale in 4+ years and its dual purpose of sales and fundraising_ > "In my humble opinion, a lot of these backglasses are in really good condition, and you can't find that all the time on these older games." > — **Erika**, Mid-walkthrough > _Highlights a key selling point of the collection—rare condition quality on backglasses for vintage machines_ > "A lot of the games over here are projects now. These games are incomplete—they might just be the playfield, as you see some of them come with the head but no backglass." > — **Erika**, Later in walkthrough > _Clarifies inventory segmentation between complete playable machines and restoration projects_ > "So if you're really into fixing up some pinball machines or looking to tinker around, this is definitely going to be a really great event." > — **Erika**, Near end > _Identifies the target audience for the project machines segment of the sale_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Pacific Pinball Museum | organization | Nonprofit museum hosting warehouse surplus sale of classic and duplicate pinball machines for fundraising | | Erika | person | Content creator (Erika's Pinball Journey) providing exclusive walkthrough preview and commentary | | Pinside | organization | Online marketplace where many of the museum's sale games are already listed for purchase | | Shoot the Bear | game | Classic pinball machine present at the sale (status of sale unclear) | | Speed King | game | Classic pinball machine noted as popular, available at the sale | | Monkey | game | Pinball machine with spinning monkey side element, available at the sale | | Coca-Cola machine | game | Classic arcade cabinet included in the sale | | Gala | game | Classic pinball machine present at the sale that Erika found notable | ### Topics - **Primary:** Pacific Pinball Museum surplus sale event, Classic/vintage pinball machines condition and availability, Pinball machine restoration and project games - **Secondary:** Museum fundraising efforts, Pinside marketplace integration, Collector/enthusiast acquisition opportunities ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.82) — Erika expresses genuine excitement about the sale, praises machine condition, and encourages community participation. Uses positive language throughout ('really exciting,' 'really cool,' 'don't want to miss'). No criticism or negative sentiment detected. ### Signals - **[event_signal]** Pacific Pinball Museum hosting first surplus sale since 2019, positioning it as a significant community event for collectors and restoration enthusiasts (confidence: high) — Erika emphasizes 'first time since 2019' and frames it as an important opportunity for the pinball community - **[community_signal]** Pacific Pinball Museum conducting content creator partnerships and community outreach through exclusive walkthrough previews (confidence: high) — Erika was given exclusive early access to film and preview the sale, indicating museum's media engagement strategy - **[market_signal]** Availability of classic pinball machines and project games at reasonable starting prices through museum auction, indicating secondary market inventory and pricing signals (confidence: medium) — Erika mentions games 'do start at reasonable prices' and notes many are duplicates from the museum's collection --- ## Transcript I'm excited to share with you a sneak peek walkthrough of the Pacific Pinball Museum's Warehouse sale now this is really exciting because the museum hasn't been able to do something like this since 2019 so people will get a chance to come through their doors look at all the classic pinball machines they have for sale and help fundraise for the museum I'll include in the description below more of the information that the museum has provided for this event during this video I'm going to go ahead and be doing some commentary as well just to talk to you guys about what they shared with me as I did this walkth through when I did the walkth through the museum had all the games for sale set to the side here in their warehouse now a lot of the games that are for sale are Classics and duplicates of games that they already have and I'd like to say that a lot of these are in really good condition if they're not fully set up it might mean they are missing a few things maybe some Plastics or pop bumper caps um usually they'll be able to tell you what's wrong cuz as they have a lot of volunteers that check the games to see what's missing a lot of these games that you're seeing here right now these wood rails they're actually listed on pinside most of them and they may or may not still be there during the sale depending if a game sold from pinside or not don't know what pinside is pinside is a website where you can find pinball machines for sale so they have some of these listed there already in my humble opinion A lot of these back lasses are are in really good condition and you can't find that all the time on these older games here are a few other games that they have for sale as I said most of these are wood rails so a lot of classic games I'm not quite sure yet what the silent auction prices will start at so I unfortunately can't share upon that however um a lot of the games that you're about to see I think do start at reasonable prices it was really cool to see this this Coca-Cola machines for sale I know that these classic arcade cabinet games are for sale whether some of them are working or not I'm not entirely sure but nonetheless a really cool um collection to look at um they even have a Gala I thought that was pretty sick and a lot of these older classic games that I would personally love to have as well it's just I got to make sure I have the space for that first um and yeah just a lot of these looked really cool I think some of these are slot machines of some sort um not entirely sure a lot of the games over here are projects now these games are incomplete they might just be the Playfield as John Youssi some of them come with the head but no back glass so a lot of the games that you will find in this corner um whether they have them set up in this corner or somewhere else during the sale um will be project games now coming around to the other side of the arcade cabinets um I thought a lot of these were really cool as well and um yeah definitely a lot of fixer uppers over here but if that's your thing this is the sale you won't want to miss I know I'll be there uh I'd love to document the event as well as maybe get a new game I'm not sure probably shouldn't but we'll see um over there is a shoot the bear I don't know if you guys have seen that game before but that's a classic um not sure if it's for sale but um they do have it uh along with these other games um speed King seems to be popular and I know that monkey I'm not showing it right now but the monkey on the side there is for sale as well he's a little funky kind of guy that spins around then as I walk over here these games that are set up are also somewhat of projects um they have noted what's wrong and missing from them as well um yeah I thought was pretty cool I don't know what this blue thing is next to these games but it seems like that's for sale as well uh these games are more project games they're not set up but a lot of wood rails so if you're really into fixing up some pinball machines or looking to Tinker around this is definitely going to be a really great event uh I'm really excited to see who shows up and which of these games people take home so um yeah this is a little sneak peek pre preview um I believe they have some more games but this was what they had set up at the time and yeah I'm really excited for the sale and hope to see some of you there _(Acquisition: youtube_auto_sub, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 92a15373-0a63-4b3e-9fd6-451e4a639ecc*