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The Grasley Garage! 7 more pinball machines acquired!

Pinball Shenanigans·video·19m 8s·analyzed·Feb 13, 2026
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TL;DR

Grazley Garage acquires 7 machines; Kevin & Dutch tackle major restoration projects.

Summary

Mike Dus visits Grazley Garage to document Kevin and Dutch's recent acquisition of seven pinball machines, including multiple projects (Matahari restoration, $6 Million Man, Night Rider, Harlem Globetrotters) and arcade additions (Ken La Point's Shadow, Pitch and Bat Slugfest). The video showcases restoration work in progress, gameplay of Shadow, and details on upcoming restoration projects using CPR playfields and aftermarket parts.

Key Claims

  • Ken La Point originally had seven pinball machines in his ninth-floor apartment and is down to three

    high confidence · Direct statement about Ken's collection downsizing from 7 to 3 machines

  • Ken La Point achieved a 1.1 billion GC score on Shadow with no ball save and all difficulty settings on hard

    high confidence · Mike and Kevin discussing Ken's competitive score on Shadow machine

  • Only 1,600 units of the 1991 Williams Pitch and Bat Slugfest were produced

    high confidence · Mike states he checked production numbers before visiting; rare run confirmation

  • Pitch and Bat Slugfest decals and cabinet panels are available from Planetary

    high confidence · Kevin mentions checking Planetary inventory before purchasing the machine

  • The $6 Million Man and Hocus Pocus cabinet were damaged during transport in Kevin's truck

    high confidence · Kevin explains he 'smashed them up in the back of my truck'; salvaged coin door

  • CPR (Custom Pinball Restoration) playfields are on order for Matahari and Harlem Globetrotters projects

    high confidence · Kevin mentions CPR playfields coming for Matahari; notes CPR is currently sold out for Harlem Globetrotters

  • Shadow was designed by Brian Eddy, alongside Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness

    high confidence · Mike attributes Shadow design to Brian Eddy and references his other major titles

  • Pitch and Bat Slugfest trim molding faded from red to orange to yellow due to sun exposure

    high confidence · Mike and Kevin discussing the machine's cosmetic condition and fade progression

Notable Quotes

  • “He had seven originally. He's down to three.”

    Kevin @ ~06:45 — Context for Ken La Point's machine divestment from his ninth-floor apartment collection

  • “This is like another Brian Eddy machine. He did like Attack from Mars, Medieval Madness. Brian Eddy had an epic run when it came to pinball design like Shadow.”

    Mike Dus @ ~08:15 — Attribution of Shadow design to Brian Eddy; recognition of designer's historical significance

  • “All of CPR was sold out.”

    Kevin @ ~05:20 — Supply signal: CPR playfields in high demand, impacting Harlem Globetrotters restoration timeline

  • “This is the most modern-day Pitch and Bat that has ever been made.”

    Mike Dus @ ~14:10 — Establishes rarity of the 1991 Pitch and Bat Slugfest model in the context of the game's production history

  • “I checked before I came here and they only made like 1,600 of these.”

    Mike Dus @ ~14:05 — Production run confirmation for rare late-era Williams game

  • “This may be one of the most epic restorations that you'll have ever done.”

    Mike Dus @ ~03:30 — Recognition of the scope and difficulty of the $6 Million Man restoration with modified cabinet

  • “Dutch and I've been playing it every night.”

    Kevin @ ~16:00 — Indicates Shadow is actively in rotation at Grazley Garage for testing/gameplay

Entities

Mike DuspersonKevinpersonDutchpersonKen La PointpersonGrazley GarageorganizationMataharigame$6 Million MangameHarlem GlobetrottersgameNight Ridergame

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Machine circulation and trading active within local community; NBA Fast Breaks departing to new home; machines sourced through Ken La Point and Nick Fore connections

    high · Two NBA Fast Break units relocated; Shadow sourced from Ken La Point; Matahari from Nick Fore; Ben acquiring parts from Grazley inventory

  • ?

    community_signal: Grazley Garage functioning as active restoration hub with high throughput of acquisition and restoration projects

    high · Seven machines acquired in single shopping spree; multiple concurrent projects in queue; Kevin indicates this could become long-term business

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Ken La Point is accomplished competitive player now collecting machines; achieved 1.1B GC on Shadow with maximum difficulty

    high · Mike and Kevin discussing Ken's high score and noting his tournament participation history; Ken's Shadow collection piece and score documentation

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Shadow recognized as significant Brian Eddy design work alongside Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness in his design legacy

    high · Mike explicitly attributes Shadow to Brian Eddy; emphasizes designer's 'epic run' and historical importance

  • ?

    product_launch: Aftermarket support ecosystem robust for older Williams machines; Planetary has Pitch and Bat Slugfest decals, panels, and specialty parts in stock

    high · Kevin proactively checked Planetary inventory before purchase; Mike confirms availability of full decal sets and massive custom side blades

Transcript

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0:03
Yo, what is going on? I am heading over to the Grazley garage. [snorts] Kevin and Dutch just went on a shopping spree. They hit up a few locations and brought back 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven items and it is chaos over at the Grazley garage and I want to check it out. So, I will see you over there. I'm Mike [music] Dus and this is Pinball Shenanigans. [music]
0:40
All right, let's check out this stash together for the first time. I know the majority of it. It's in the garage. Yo, are you hiding back there? are you hiding back there? All right, let's see what you got. Ah, All right, let's see what you got. Ah, okay. You condensed the pile.
1:00
So you can actually have some space to work in here. Check this out. Got some primer on there. Yeah, that's better. That's going to look good. Looks like something. Looks like something. Yeah, it's coming along. Yeah, it's coming along. Yeah, I had Yeah, I had primer on the head and the back door. primer on the head and the back door. Very cool. And then looks like you uh Very cool. And then looks like you uh found a solution for this front piece. Yeah, got it. Yeah, got it. Yeah, it looks great. Well, that will be Yeah, it looks great. Well, that will be one less thing in your hair soon. I'll take this home with me at some point in the near future. But, uh, here is the horde. Some of the horde. Some of the horde. Some of the horde. Some of the horde. Let's see what you get. Let's see what you get. There used to be two other cabinets There used to be two other cabinets here, but I I kind of smashed them up and in the back of my truck. Oh, no way. Really? Oh, no way. Really? Yeah. So, Yeah. So, was it the uh $6 million man one? was it the uh $6 million man one? I got the $6 million man and the Hocus I got the $6 million man and the Hocus Pocus extra cabinet. So, oh, that got smashed. oh, that got smashed. Yeah, it was garbage. Yeah, it was garbage. Oh, was it? Okay. Oh, was it? Okay. Kind of. They had a good coin door, so I Kind of. They had a good coin door, so I took that off. And the rest is junk. Okay. Okay. Uh, I had a ball head, but Uh, I had a ball head, but Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Ben already came and got that yesterday. Ben already came and got that yesterday. Oh, no [ __ ] Oh, wow. See, already Oh, no [ __ ] Oh, wow. See, already thinned out three pieces of the horde. Okay. So, this is one that you got from Nick Fore. This is a full Madahari project. Oh, okay. So there is the head for that. Oh, okay. So there is the head for that. And you already have the CPR playfield coming for this. Yep. Yep. So at some point there will be a So at some point there will be a Matahori. Matahori. Whoa. Matahari restoration. I heard she was a [laughter] I heard she was a [laughter] And then you've got a spare Matahari And then you've got a spare Matahari cabinet and head. Yes. Yes. Okay. Okay. Um but I've already Um but I've already This This is pretty impressive. Wow. Oh, This This is pretty impressive. Wow. Oh, that's pretty amazing. That is one of the best That is one of the best security hacks I've ever seen in my life. I don't even know if that's security to prevent people from stealing quarters or that's just I don't know. I don't know. There's a lot of uh screws very much There's a lot of uh screws very much remedy that. But this [snorts] was going to be the Mahari. was going to be the Mahari. Okay. Okay. Plans have changed.
Shadow
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Pitch and Bat Slugfestgame
Hocus Pocusgame
NBA Fast Breakgame
CPR (Custom Pinball Restoration)company
Planetarycompany
Brian Eddyperson
Nick Foreperson
Benperson
  • ?

    restoration_signal: Grazley Garage utilizing CPR custom playfields for full restoration projects as standard practice

    high · Multiple machines (Matahari, Harlem Globetrotters) have CPR playfield orders; Kevin indicates this is part of 'full Grazley treatment' standard

  • ?

    supply_chain_signal: CPR playfields currently sold out for Harlem Globetrotters restoration project, delaying timeline

    high · Kevin explicitly states 'All of CPR was sold out' when discussing unavailable playfield for Harlem Globetrotters

  • ?

    collector_signal: 1991 Pitch and Bat Slugfest is rare production run (1,600 units); most modern version of this title

    high · Mike confirms checking production run numbers; emphasizes rarity as 'most modern-day Pitch and Bat that has ever been made'

    • 3:15
    You had all this organized and then I had to show up. This is now. Oh, what? Oh, what? So now this is $6 million man. So now this is $6 million man. Okay. So you destroyed the old crappy $6 Okay. So you destroyed the old crappy $6 million man cabinet. Pop the playfield in here. Well, instead of taking it out of one Well, instead of taking it out of one cabinet, putting it in another cabinet, I'll just put it in the [ __ ] that's already cut up. Yeah, this this may be Yeah, this this may be one of the most epic restorations that you'll have ever done. I mean, you've done some doozies, but you're starting off pretty rough here. Not too bad. Well, if anybody can pull it off, if anybody can pull it off, you certainly can. Yeah. So, Yeah. So, and now this Matahari, what's up with and now this Matahari, what's up with this one? This is now going to be Mahari number This is now going to be Mahari number two. Okay. You have a head over there for Okay. You have a head over there for this as well. So, I have [snorts] enough two bodies, So, I have [snorts] enough two bodies, two playfields, two heads. Well, you uh definitely got enough stuff Well, you uh definitely got enough stuff here to keep you busy for a while. But wait, there's more. You've got this night rider. Yep. Yep. And this is a complete machine, right? And this is a complete machine, right? Yep. Yep. Head is over there somewhere. Head is over there somewhere. Yeah. Yeah. So, we got a Night Rider in the queue. So, we got a Night Rider in the queue. And then another Harlem Globe Trotters. Let's spin it around Let's spin it around and take a look at this guy here. I mean, you've got a new playfield coming for this. So, uh, not yet. uh, not yet. Oh, not yet. Oh, not yet. There. So, There. So, okay. Now, the the sale ones were sold okay. Now, the the sale ones were sold out or all of CPR was sold out. All of CPR was sold out. All of CPR was sold out. Oh, really? Okay. Oh, really? Okay. So, that'll we're have to sort of wait So, that'll we're have to sort of wait for a play field for that unfortunately. But, okay. So, there's the heads for all okay. So, there's the heads for all this. And uh yeah, so definitely uh going to be keeping busy for the next little while. Love it. Love it. This is kind of your full-time gig for This is kind of your full-time gig for temporarily. Temporarily. Well, we'll see. Hopefully. Temporarily. Well, we'll see. Hopefully. Could be a could be a longterm thing, but I mean, when you're getting hordes like this, that's definitely helpful. And then you got a couple more things in the arcade. Yeah. Yeah. All right, let's go check it out. The All right, let's go check it out. The two NBA Fast Breaks are going to a new home. They were quite the epic restorations and they were fun to have, but there they are. They are [snorts] leaving the arcade and temporarily or at least for now in their place. We have new acquisitions. So this is Ken La Point's old shadow on a ninth floor apartment building. on a ninth floor apartment building. Ninth floor apartment building. Ninth floor apartment building. Oh, I didn't realize that. Did he have Oh, I didn't realize that. Did he have any other machines in there or He had seven originally. He's down to He had seven originally. He's down to three. So he had a Shadow, uh, Pinball Party, and a Rush. Oh, really? Okay. So, So, he had seven in his apartment. he had seven in his apartment. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that's amazing. You asked about the Oh, that's amazing. You asked about the uh Simpsons pinball party. Of course. Of course. Oh, yeah. Of course you did. So, this Oh, yeah. Of course you did. So, this has uh the a cool topper. Mhm. Mhm. The orange alternate translate and The orange alternate translate and speaker panel kit and OG color DMD LCD.
    6:37
    Look at that. And oh, there's Ken's GC score. 1.1 billion. Yeah, with no ball save and everything Yeah, with no ball save and everything set as hard as possible. Oh, really? Oh, really? Yeah, that guy is good. He uh he hasn't Yeah, that guy is good. He uh he hasn't been playing much lately. I haven't seen him out at tournaments, but he was always a fierce competitor, but this is looking really good. But yeah, freaking shadow in the arcade. Whoops. Bumping into things. Got to stop doing that. Especially uh it's the NBA's right behind me, so I got to be extra cautious. Cool, man. I'm pretty uh stoked that you have this. This is uh like another Brian Eddie machine. He did like Attack from Mars, Medieval Madness. Brian Eddie had an epic run when it came to pinball design like Shadow. I love this game. I've had one and uh it's great. You said something about minimal sanctum wear and uh yeah, that looks to be the case. And there was a few other things, too, like uh mirror blades. Mhm. Mhm. Custom apron cards, Custom apron cards, like the topper, and then it lights up. like the topper, and then it lights up. I think we should play a quick little I think we should play a quick little game, don't you? See the weed of crime bears. the weed of crime bears. Have Dutch ever played this before? And Have Dutch ever played this before? And what about yourself? At Ray's house. At Ray's house. Oh, yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. Okay. but like with two games, right? Oh, yeah. So, extra flipper right? Oh, yeah. So, extra flipper buttons on this cabinet to divert the uh Kerbas. So, technically four different paths for the ramps. And I'm going to go choose the 10 And I'm going to go choose the 10 million skill shot and see if I can hit the ramp. Boom. Just like that. Oh, man.
    8:23
    Oh, right. No ball save. Can Oh, we we put them put it back on. Oh, we we put them put it back on. Oh, really? I thought it was uh still Oh, really? I thought it was uh still available, but apparently not. No, I want to go on the other side of the ramp now.
    8:38
    Cuz if you get each ramp in each direction, it lights up the the ring solid. So, I got that one. So, if I get all four rings solid, then you get uh what is that called again? There is a moment. Is it vengeance? Vengeance. Yeah, vengeance. That's what Vengeance. Yeah, vengeance. That's what it is. Oh, let's get the main multiball at least.
    9:07
    All right, let's uh go for uh the ramp's kind of deadly, but Oh, you know what? There's no balls between locking holes, so I'm not going to go for that. Lamont.
    9:22
    There we go. Really cool feature. I love how the ball just gets sucked back behind the brick wall there.
    9:32
    Something's coming. There's another machine that utilized There's another machine that utilized that feature recently. I'm trying to think of what it is.
    9:42
    Okay, here we go. One more. I think Dutch said that uh Ripley's does that when you shoot. Oh yeah, Ripley's had something like Oh yeah, Ripley's had something like that, too, actually.
    10:10
    Oh [ __ ] Cool. I can try and get the uh vengeance now. Try and get the right ramp. There's one. Oh, I was too busy diverting the ramp. There it is. The engine.
    10:31
    Now you just got to keep going up ramps. Divert every time you hit a ramp. Come on. One more.
    10:41
    How much time? 14. Oh, that's quite a good time. I got 14. Oh, that's quite a good time. I got to go the other way. Here we go. No. Wow. Three wave combo. Wow. Three wave combo. Threeway combo again. Threeway combo again. Oh no. Yes. Got it. Oh no. Yes. Got it. Sweet. [laughter]
    11:05
    Oh no. Okay, I have con multiball lit in this saucer now. I really want that. I'm going to try the loop to the con shot. It would be nice to show off the battlefield, too. But take what we can get. Impressive.
    11:28
    I haven't even started mode yet, either. I can Oh, you idiot. No. [clears throat] Oh, this game is awesome. I want to play like more games, but we don't have time for that. Oh, wait. Buy an extra ball. Oh, wait. Buy an extra ball. Wrong button. Wrong button. Oh man, all my hopes and dreams. Color Oh man, all my hopes and dreams. Color D&D [laughter] is amazing on this. I didn't have it on mine. This is awesome. Love the soundtrack, too. Okay, now we Love the soundtrack, too. Okay, now we have 1991 Williams Pitchinbat Slugfest. I checked before I came here and they only made like 1,600 of these. Oh, really? Oh, really? It's not very big run. And uh this is It's not very big run. And uh this is the most modernday pitch and bat that has ever been made. And uh the plans are to give this the full grazley treatment. Yeah. Yeah. So, [snorts] So, [snorts] yeah, this thing is kind of a beater yeah, this thing is kind of a beater right now. Yeah. Like it's super faded. Yeah. Like it's super faded. The uh T- molding is faded to pink. I know. I know. [snorts] Must have been in the sun. Yeah, looks like it. Yeah, looks like it. Well, this side is yellow. The other Well, this side is yellow. The other side is orange. Oh, yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. It's a little darker. And it Oh, yeah. It's a little darker. And it probably started off supposed lot darker than that. supposed lot darker than that. Supposed to be red. Supposed to be red. Is it supposed to be red? Is it supposed to be red? Okay. There's your phases of fade. Red Okay. There's your phases of fade. Red to orange to yellow. This uh you said this panel is available. Planetary has everything in the stock. Planetary has everything in the stock. Look. I checked before I bought it. Yeah, smart. And you can get the full Yeah, smart. And you can get the full decal or cabinet decals and uh it's actually a pretty fun game. Yeah, they actually make massive side Yeah, they actually make massive side blades for it, too. Oh, do they really? Oh, do they really? It's all like stadium crowd and It's all like stadium crowd and everything. That's pretty awesome. Oh, that would be cool to have all this just bare wood become part of the stadium. And if you uh get home runs and stuff, you're technically supposed to win baseball cards that shoot [snorts] out of into a little thing here. Here, I can feel the slot. Sometimes there's like a card catcher Sometimes there's like a card catcher that comes with it. This is where you like store the [snorts] cards. Right. Here's the card dispenser. So, you can win baseball cards. which So, you can win baseball cards. which was a fun little feature. And uh is this working? Yep. Yep. I forget where the I forget where the It's the other side is the catcher is It's the other side is the catcher is there. Oh yeah, makes sense. Oh yeah, makes sense. Like every single time we try to Like every single time we try to [laughter] It's the only switch on the left hand It's the only switch on the left hand side. And then you got your standard DMD in And then you got your standard DMD in here. I don't know if it runs a standard WPC board set or not, but it does. Okay. So, I imagine some of these got scrapped just to like help fix your, you know, better WPC games. So, okay. This will be See if we can try and demonstrate. This game is way more fun as a two-player game. Absolutely. Dutch and I've been playing Absolutely. Dutch and I've been playing it every night. Oh, yeah. So, this these are the Oh, yeah. So, this these are the different pitches, right? It's like some of the text is missing, It's like some of the text is missing, so you can't really see what it is, but there's like curve ball, pass ball, breaking ball, something like pass ball, breaking ball, something like that. And then throw out the runner. Oh, that's also the boo button. So Oh, that's also the boo button. So that's the heckle. Oh, heckle button. Yeah. Oh, heckle button. Yeah. And when you steal, you have [snorts] to And when you steal, you have [snorts] to mash both. Okay. So if you try and steal, I have to Okay. So if you try and steal, I have to try and hit this button. Yeah. Yeah. Really quick. Okay. Really quick. Okay. To try to like throw me out. To try to like throw me out. Okay. And then uh what that's you're Okay. And then uh what that's you're swinging swinging your bat. Y. Y. And then this is just if you want to And then this is just if you want to change your batter, I think I think pinch hit. pinch hit. Pinch hit. I think it takes all the Pinch hit. I think it takes all the [snorts] outs out. and you get like a basically a sort of free hit. Okay. Okay. Um Um All right. Well, the idea is I pitch the All right. Well, the idea is I pitch the ball with one of these buttons. Depending on which pitch I want, the ball shoots out of this flap towards the bat. Kevin's got to nail this button to knock the ball into one of these spaces either for a single, double, triple, and right up the middle is the home run. And uh oh, also this ramp here uh lifts up so the ball will like fly up that ramp into the upper deck, I believe. And um you can get some uh home runs that way. [snorts] All right, shall we? All right, shall we? [music] [bell] It's awesome. It's got the music. It's awesome. It's got the music. You could technically color DMD this You could technically color DMD this thing, too. I've seen them on like video. So, all right. So, I'm going to I don't know all right. So, I'm going to I don't know which pitch is which, but I'm going to try and uh get an aerial view here so can see the action. I'm going to have to almost go sideways here. Okay. Ready? No. No. Oh, you got a hit. Got a single out of Oh, you got a hit. Got a single out of it. Okay.
    16:39
    Throw a different pitch. Oh, home run. All right. You got one pitch hitter left if you need. So, you try and sometimes like psych out the guy by like distracting him and then you pitch, but that didn't work. They were like trying to like They were like trying to like I know. Yeah, I remember doing that too I know. Yeah, I remember doing that too when I had this game.
    17:05
    See if you telegraph. Oh, he stole the base on me. Repeatedly Oh, he stole the base on me. Repeatedly tap throw up button. I did. Oh, the the uh the ramp is up. Switch sides. Oh, okay. We'll just do Switch sides. Oh, okay. We'll just do one each and that'll be a good demo. Okay. Okay. Okay. I can't watch. Hey, Okay. I can't watch. Hey, [clears throat] no heckling me. Wait, I can't watch through the camera now or else it'll be delayed and I'll miss every pitch. So, I just got to hold the camera here. Okay. All right. Here we go. All right. Here we go. Oh, weak. [laughter] He's heckling me again. He's heckling me again. Heckle for good. So, Heckle for good. So, here it comes.
    17:48
    Yeah. What was that? Single. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Wait. When can I steal? Okay. Wait. When can I steal? Oh, cuz I got a guy on base. Oh, cuz I got a guy on base. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Lee tap throw button. I think when uh he's like starting to flash off, he's allowed to steal. Right now he can't. Oh, okay. Cuz he's lit solid. Oh, okay. Cuz he's lit solid. Oh, wait. What? Premature pitching and Oh, wait. What? Premature pitching and batting here. Here we go. Single.
    18:25
    No, that's going to be Is that a foul or Okay, it's not over yet, boys and girls. Okay, it's not over yet, boys and girls. Single
    18:36
    and the ramp is up. Whoa, that must have been fast ball. Oh, I can't steal.
    18:45
    Uh, that's only one out so far. Oh, two outs. [snorts]
    18:56
    All right, here we go. Aw, Kevin wins 2 to one. Take me out to the ball game. Sad music. [music]