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Pinfest 2025 Tour | 150 Pinball Machines, New Releases & Classic Favourites!

Gonzo's Pinball Flipperama·video·40m 28s·analyzed·Aug 26, 2025
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TL;DR

Pinfest 2025 tour showcasing 150+ machines, tournaments, homebrews, and UK pinball community.

Summary

Gonzo tours Pinfest 2025 at the McCure Daventry Hotel in the UK, showcasing 150+ pinball machines across multiple rooms. The event features classic and modern games, separate tournament areas for open/ladies/classics competitions, homebrew machines from Dutch Hobus Pinball, and various charity fundraising efforts. The tour highlights machine conditions, modifications, sales opportunities, and the expanded venue layout designed to separate competitive play from casual social gameplay.

Key Claims

  • Evil Dead is a wide body machine and only 700 were produced

    high confidence · Gonzo identifying Evil Dead as a limited production wide body machine drawing crowds at Pinfest

  • Kong and Evil Dead charity play raised money for Saromas charity (Allan's memorial) with Neil policing play

    high confidence · Gonzo noting charity fundraising effort at previous night of Pinfest for recently deceased community member Allan

  • Metallica remake caused a flood of original Metallica machines on secondary market as players upgraded

    medium confidence · Gonzo speculating about ~18 Metallica machines at event due to upgrade cycle from new remake

  • Pinfest tournament moved from main hall to separate conference room to reduce chaos during finals

    high confidence · Gonzo explaining venue redesign separating serious competition from social play areas

  • Pop Fiction Jack Rabbit Slims one-ball game was set up with £100 top prize, £50 second, £25 third, £10 fourth

    high confidence · Gonzo describing charity competition game prize structure at Pinfest

  • Craig scored 9+ million on Pop Fiction (highest ever score on that machine) after being 'pinched' by Gonzo

    high confidence · Gonzo recounting Craig's record-setting performance from previous night of Pinfest

  • Hobus Pinball Amigos from Holland brought Despicable Me and Super Mario homebrews to Pinfest

    high confidence · Gonzo identifying Dutch homebrew builders and their machines at event

  • Gonzo is borrowing Dirty Harry from Medway Pinball Club in exchange for lending them Deadpool

    high confidence · Gonzo announcing machine exchange arrangement during tour

Notable Quotes

  • “Evil Dead, which is they only made sort of 700 of these games...people are really really gravitating towards this game”

    Gonzo @ early in tour — Highlights limited production run and collector interest in rare Spooky title

  • “The tournament always used to happen in that same room...it all gets tense and everyone gathers round. So, we've got a purposebuilt haven't built the room on purpose. We got a conference room”

    Gonzo @ mid-tour — Explains venue reorganization addressing previous congestion issues

  • “Wayne sets these games up really really tough actually which is which is right. You want short for competition you don't want anybody on a game for hours on end”

    Gonzo @ tournament setup discussion — Reveals competitive setup philosophy for tournament machines

  • “This is the best...Despicable Me is just this is quite an iconic game. Very very well known in pinball. Um probably the best homebrew you'll you'll see. It's just it is amazing”

    Gonzo @ homebrew section — Strong endorsement of Hobus Pinball Amigos' work quality

  • “9 and a half million...And you tweaked his bum halfway through...I think the pinch of the bum actually helped”

    Gonzo @ Pop Fiction discussion — Humorous recounting of record-setting performance moment

Entities

Pinfest 2025eventGonzo (Gonzo's Pinball Flipperama)personSpencerpersonHobus Pinball AmigosorganizationMedway Pinball CluborganizationEvil DeadgameMetallicagameDespicable MegameDirty Harrygame

Signals

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    business_signal: London Pinball actively selling multiple machines at Pinfest (Aztec, Avatar) and offering rental services

    high · Multiple machines with sale cards visible at Pinfest, Matt advertising rental services through posted contact details

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    event_signal: NBA Fast Break linked machines competition creates dynamic one-vs-one gameplay with props and entertainment elements

    high · Dedicated NBA room with two linked machines, cheerleader props, hand props, trophy display, and excitement around competitive format

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    event_signal: Charity fundraising for Saromas memorial during Kong/Evil Dead play demonstrates community solidarity around deceased member Allan

    high · Neil policing charity play and raising significant funds for Saromas charity at Kong and Evil Dead machines

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    sentiment_shift: Strong positive reception to Hobus Pinball Amigos' homebrew work with Despicable Me described as iconic and best-in-class

    high · Gonzo giving extensive praise to Despicable Me homebrew as 'probably the best homebrew you'll see' with exceptional quality

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    community_signal: Tournament infrastructure shows sophisticated management with dedicated rooms, live scoring displays, spreadsheet tracking, and prize structures

    high · Tour reveals dedicated tournament room with screen displays, Excel data collection, separate qualifying/finals areas, tiered prize money

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Transcript

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at Mccur Daventry Hotel or the B the Daventry Mccura Hotel. Uh Pinfest 2025. We're going to take you on a walk through of the whole hotel. Well, probably not going to see the rooms and the unmade bed and whatnot. Um, if you've never been to Pinfest before, you'll walk into this uh, fantastic huge lobby and you'll just see on the right hand side here, you've got a row of machines. Let's go have a look at these machines, Spence, on this this year. When you walk in, we have Earth Shaker, Metallica, the Getaway. Oh, it's in lovely condition this one. That is in really, really lovely That is in really, really lovely condition. Super Hoop, which we like. I like Super Hoop. I like Super Hoop. We like Super Hoop. We like Super Hoop. Avatar. This is the stern version. Oh, Avatar. This is the stern version. Oh, look. See, some of these games are often for sale when you come here. Um, just in case. There you go. Look, there's details there. I don't know who's selling that. Three grand or best offer 2A. I was just about to say that. Go 2A. I was just about to say that. Go with 28. See what happens. Look. Advertising. Um, Harlem Globe Trotters. Love this game. Split flippers. Oh, yes. We like to scissor. Oh, yes. We like to scissor. That's how you get scissored. That's how you get scissored. Scissor flippers. Yes. Scissor flippers. Yes. Yeah. I've been scissored plenty of Yeah. I've been scissored plenty of times. There's another one for sale here. There's another one for sale here. London pinball. That's Matt, isn't it? That's Matt, isn't it? That is Matt. Absolutely it is. Um, That is Matt. Absolutely it is. Um, surf champ. There you go. That's surf champ. There you go. That's You can see You can see You can see You can see You can see You can see you're natural, mate. You are You adopted the position. I did. Yeah. straight away. I did. Yeah. straight away. Baracora. Isn't that like that little effrovescent tablet that they put at I was just thinking the same get gets I was just thinking the same get gets you going in the morning. If you've had Oh, it's If you've had Oh, it's Baraka. That's Baraca. Barakura. Baraka. That's Baraca. Barakura. Oh, you always feel reinvigorated once Oh, you always feel reinvigorated once you played this game. We know somebody that that swears by We know somebody that that swears by Baraka. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. Um, Swords of Fury. Yeah. Um, Swords of Fury. Fury. Fury. You got to be Yeah. You got to be You got to be Yeah. You got to be furious. Sorry. Yeah. Fighting man. the Gypsy King. It's Fighting man. the Gypsy King. It's nothing to do with um with Tyson Fury at all. Uh Avengers, Marvel Avengers. Tough game actually. Quite a tough game. I did little thing. The ball gets stuck under Hulk's arm quite a lot. Yeah. So they they have ways in tournaments of dealing with that. I don't know what those ways are. Over in this section here, Over in this section here, and this is very busy. We have uh a and this is very busy. We have uh a Venom Alled Zeppelin X-Men as well. uncanny X-Men, but you also have uh a King Kong and what everybody is gravitating around is the Evil Dead, which is they only made sort of 700 of these games. Um I don't know if you can might be able to lift the camera up so people can see it, Spencer. Look, you can see that magnificent topper up there. And yeah, you what? Yeah, that's it there. So people are really really gravitating towards this game. Um Neil's brought this. Wasn't expected to see it here at all. And the one the one thing the one thing I didn't know about that game is that it's actually a wide body. Wow. Wow. Uh so there's a lot going on. Uh so there's a lot going on. Wide body don't I do I do
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event_signal: Pinfest features dedicated ladies tournament with custom 3D-printed trophies and separate competition room

high · Gonzo showing dedicated ladies tournament room with trophies lit up, mentioning Claire won previous year

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    event_signal: Pinfest 2025 successfully expanded venue with separate tournament room reducing congestion and improving competitive experience

    high · Gonzo explicitly describes moving tournament from main hall to dedicated conference room to separate serious play from social areas

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    market_signal: Metallica remake release caused secondary market flood of original machines as collectors upgraded to newer version

    medium · Gonzo speculating about ~18 Metallica machines at event being flood from remake release triggering upgrade cycle

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    community_signal: Gonzo acquiring Dirty Harry machine from Medway Pinball Club for content production in exchange for loaning Deadpool

    high · Gonzo announcing plans to create multiple Dirty Harry videos and explaining machine exchange arrangement

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    product_concern: Jackbot machine had ball stuck in eye mechanic during setup, requiring last-minute repair before event opening

    medium · Gonzo noting Jackbot had stuck ball and expressing confidence it would be fixed within 7 minutes before opening

    • 3:36
    I'm just standing by this later on. So I'm going to make the thumbnail out of this uh because it saves me uploading the logo and just I'm just being lazy basically. So yeah, there you go. Pinfest the UK's only dedicated pinball event. All machines free play. Well, that's not strictly true because uh a couple of them here are for charity and and it is worth mentioning that last night both Kong and Evil Dead were both on charity play and raising money for saroma which is uh we lost Allan this year as a massive part of the pinball community and that was unfortunately he passed away due to saroma. raising money for that and uh and Neil was policing people last night. He was charging him charging him a tenner to play the game and stuff like that. He's raised so much money last night which is really really great. So um right onwards and upwards. Um we're it's important to note at the moment we're just getting ready. So we're probably 20 25 minutes away from Pinfest officially opening which is why you'll see some machines not switched on. But it's also a really good time for us to be able to walk around and show you so we before we we're getting in the way of people that are doing competitions. Um, Blipper Football. I'm going to have a go on this later. This looks really interesting. Oh wow. Oh wow. Um, we can see through the glass there, Um, we can see through the glass there, but yeah, that's that's an interesting play field. Now, the open competition is different Now, the open competition is different this year because we we got a completely different location right next to the toilets. Actually, in case anybody gets a little bit nervous before it, we got some really nice trophies. These these packing there. Um, these light up as well. They look really good. Wayne's actually made these and I think they've done a great job. Uh, I'll be picking that up later, obviously. Um, let's calling it AC/DC Hell's Bell. The idea, the thinking was that in the main room where basically everybody play, all the machines are on free play, there was always going to be so so much going on there. The tournament always used to happen in that same room. Particularly when you got to the end of the tournament. It used to get really packed in there and particularly towards the end of the day on the Sunday when the knockout rounds are there, when the finals are going, it all gets tense and everyone gathers round. So, we've got a purposebuilt haven't built the room on purpose. We got a we got a conference room in here. There's Elsa. We'll be We'll be seeing Elsa. Ladies winner. Lovely trophy. Thank you. Lovely trophy. Thank you. Yes. Um so it's now down here in this Yes. Um so it's now down here in this wonderful conference room and this is where all the amazing stuff will be happening when the competition really hots up. So this is the Saturday today. So qualifying is open. Uh I think up until about 5:00 today, something like that. And it's just a much better area because it compartmentalizes the competition away from, you know, the serious stuff, away from the the social stuff really. Uh, which is pretty cool. Uh, let's take a look at the games and we'll see what's um what people are playing this year. So, the lineup is No Fear. And if if the lineup is the same as it usually is in qualifying, you choose what three games you play. You pick three games out this lineup and then it will extrapolate a score for you and um and then you see if you can qualify for I might have this wrong the last 30 32 something like that. Uh Metallica John Wick is a tough game and I think probably a very good game for competition because they're going to be slow and Wayne sets these games up really really tough actually which is which is right. You want short for competition you want short games. You don't want anybody on a game for hours on end. Um, Godzilla, King of the Monsters. Um, now actually, if you have a look here, you've got I think Wayne has printed that up on his 3D printer. He sells this stuff actually. And I think he might have even done There you go. this wonderful magnet there, which I think looks really cool. Um, so yes, I mean, this could be a game that everybody knows anyway. Willy Wonka. Beautiful game by the way. That's the um that twanganger. Look at that's beautiful. It's the everlasting gobstopper. The everlasting gobstopper could twanganger. Um beautiful twanganger. Space shuttle. Space shuttle. I've not seen that before. I've not seen that before. I've never seen that before. And this is I've never seen that before. And this is my jaws. What? What? Lovely. Lovely. How you going? Look at it. It's How you going? Look at it. It's beautiful. It's by CAD custom. The armor there. You've got you've got you've got cutout armor. Look at that. cutout armor. Look at that. Yeah. Beautiful. And look, Wayne's done Yeah. Beautiful. And look, Wayne's done another look. Another He's stuck that on there. He's stuck that on there. What with What with Well, he made a joke. I I said, "Is that Well, he made a joke. I I said, "Is that stuck on it?" Cuz I didn't know this is my game. I didn't know this was on there. And I walked down here the other day. I said, "Oh, he's got something on it." I said, "How's that? Is that stuck on a magnet?" He said, "No, I super glued it on." Um uh yeah. So, so this is this is this is my game. um lots of mods in there and stuff like that. We'll deal with that when we take that home. But if if there's been so many people that have added modifications to this game, be it Cab Customs, Precision, um Hot Mods, Davy Stumblore, um and there's just so many uh Collie Wobbles, plastics. I only got this working two days, two days before PinFest. So, um that's ready. We're ready to do a video on it. On that Star Trek, um, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, young favorites. young favorites. NASCAR. NASCAR. I think this is this has got the loop I think this is this has got the loop around it. So, that that's a pretty cool game. Uh, Beatles, expensive game. Uh, I've never really understood it to to I have to say I'm relatively ambivalent. I have to say I'm relatively ambivalent. I don't I don't I like the band. I just I don't I don't I like the band. I just uh um yeah, just just not I don't know. Never yeah, just just not I don't know. Never really connected with a game. Obviously, Legends of Valhalla. We we've had this exact game. We like that game. We like that game. We like that game. And the Jetsons, We like that game. And the Jetsons, which is uh just really cool. Really really cool that game. Um you can see all the stream here is is all rigged and and ready to go. And you'll also see there are there are other cameras around scattered around. And just this is let's take you a little sneaky. It's a peak a peek behind the wizard's uh curtain or up the wizard's sleeve should we say. Uh this is where all the streaming is going to be happening.
    10:17
    Look at that pinball live. And we got the mixing desk there and all sorts of things. Yeah, there was no time for music Spence Yeah, there was no time for music Spence to be honest. This is looking very technical. It is This is looking very technical. It is very technical. There we go. So, and quite tidy as well. and quite tidy as well. And this is going to be we're going to And this is going to be we're going to get out of here quickly because it is all going to kick off in in about half an hour and this will be hive activity. There'll be there'll be literally two rows of people all waiting their turn, all waiting to get on the game. There's a screen at the back of the room and that's going to be displaying everybody's scores and people watching it, seeing what everybody else is doing, seeing what they need to do. Do they need to put in another ticket? have another have another three games to try and push themselves up on the leaderboards to get to the get to the qualifying. There's some good prize money as well. Some really really good prize money. I'm not going to say what it is because I don't know, but I think it's, you know, it's couple of thousand pounds over that. So, it's worth playing for. it's worth playing for. It definitely is. So, um It definitely is. So, um yeah. Um it's a young boy loitering yeah. Um it's a young boy loitering loitering there. I don't know what what he's doing. It's my son. It's my son. He's looking very urban. He's looking very urban. That's my son. Someone's stolen his That's my son. Someone's stolen his sleeves off of his off of his hoodie. Right. Okay. Front of off of his hoodie. Right. Okay. Front of his back up uh back up the stairs. Now, I I don't want to get too much in Now, I I don't want to get too much in people's way cuz this is actually a competition here. So, this is this is this is my pop fiction which you've been familiar if you watch the channel. Uh this is the Pop Fiction Jack Rabbit Slims one one ball twist. You haven't got to do that when you do it. You you pay a pound, you get one ball. One ball and the highest score wins £100. Second place 50, 25, and then a tenner. The remainder of the proceeds from this game are going into the prize pot for the classics competition, which is a second another tournament. There's lots of tournaments, lots of stuff going on here. When you come to Pinfest, you can play in tournaments or you can just just enjoy yourself and play. This has become quite competitive. So late last night, probably about 11:00 p.m. last night, uh, Craig put up 9 million on it. 9 million. 9 and a2. 9 and a2. 9 and a half million. 9 and a half million. And you tweaked his bum halfway through. And you tweaked his bum halfway through. His bum cuz I didn't know. I just I just His bum cuz I didn't know. I just I just thought he was just having a practice game. I walked past and what concentration he's got. Um he he didn't he didn't skip a beat. I think it helped. I think the pinch of the bum actually helped. He got the highest score ever on that machine. He is used to it. Yeah, he is. It is. It is. To be fair, I Yeah, he is. It is. It is. To be fair, I think that very firm. He had a I think that felt like a backside been pinched a lot to be honest with you. Um right, we're going to go through I'm Um right, we're going to go through I'm going to see if we can get in here for a quick bit of filming first. This is the classic room classic competition. This This is the emptiest you'll see it. Uh we're about 20 minutes away from this being an absolute hive of activity here. It is what it says in the tin uh classics competition. We've got a screen here and this is really interesting actually because you can see some of the scores from yesterday. So the pre-qualifying actually started yesterday. You can still pre-qualify today. Um it's amazing scores here. Keith score on blackout is amazing. Let's have a look. What was Yeah, Keith Let's have a look. What was Yeah, Keith 1,646,000. That's my Dolly Parton. Yeah, Craig That's my Dolly Parton. Yeah, Craig really did I've never seen anyone that's that's my I've never seen anyone that's that's my game and I've never seen anyone, you know, do that. He nearly clocked it. He nearly clocked it. He He did. That is close to clocking it He He did. That is close to clocking it because it's only got sort of six digits on it. And you can see Yen has done a really really good most riches there. Josh, I mean some really good uh Josh has done really well uh Josh has done really well on Aztec. So on Aztec. So Andy Foster, I mean, you know, there Andy Foster, I mean, you know, there will Dudsonacular scores there. spectacular. They're good players. Anyway, uh so They're good players. Anyway, uh so that's that. Sean's over there just busying himself getting ready. Sean's organized all of this as he does every year with a classic competition. Um he's he did that wonderful banner that you just saw that. Sorry, I got to do I got to do the the twist every time with Yeah, the one ball twist. Don't get the Yeah, the one ball twist. Don't get the other one involved. Um they've got some sort of I feel Um they've got some sort of I feel thought I was naughty then actually. I always wanted to do this. Oh, don't never step over the rope. Um, Oh, don't never step over the rope. Um, if you look here, Spence, look at these lovely designs. I think he's done so well. This is This is beautiful. So, you got here the Pinball Classics. Um, and the the Pinball Classics. Um, and the different volumes, uh, which is like the old Marley M albums actually. But you've got, um, you got Roger Daltry there. You got Keith Moon. That's fantastic. This t-shirt. It's That's fantastic. This t-shirt. It's lovely. They He's done a really These are amazing t-shirts this year, actually. Amazing. I'll just tell you now, if you'd have pre um booked to do this, part of the the pre-booking by paying your your subs and your entry fee early, you'd have got t-shirts. Um still buy you'd have got t-shirts. Um still buy them, Sean. Right. T-shirts? No. No. Buy t-shirts that are T-shirts? No. No. Buy t-shirts that are on the wall. Yes. But yeah, but the the Yes. But yeah, but the the pre-registered ones. pre-registered ones. Pre-register. Yeah. So, completely Pre-register. Yeah. So, completely exclusive. Um Blackout Um Blackout not in here. No, it's very well illuminated. Very, very well lit. Very, very well lit. Um, it's me Dolly Dolly by Craig. Um, it's me Dolly Dolly by Craig. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's um But Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's um But Sean, have I got this right? All the once they get through, all the scores are reset once they get to the final. Yeah. So, that that's just to get to get people through. And you see, you saw when you saw the screen uh the uh the cut off point on the leaderboard. Uh Aztec League. Oh, look. This is for sale. That's that's again, is it? That's that's again, is it? Yes, Matt. Yeah. He's selling a few Yes, Matt. Yeah. He's selling a few games, so hopefully you can see his number there. If if not, Google London London pinball. Tell you what, just to make life easier Tell you what, just to make life easier for you. There you go. There's his telephone number. If you want an Aztec, he's a No, no, don't don't phone him up for any No, no, don't don't phone him up for any other funny stuff. Just don't just buy Well, actually, to be fair, you can hire Pinball machines from him from London Pinball. You funny? You could do that. Well, don't don't You could do that. Well, don't don't phone him up and pretend to be a pizza delivery or anything. Don't mind. You're no monkey business now. You're You're no monkey business now. You're sewing seeds, aren't you? I'm not. No, I wish I didn't wish I'd I'm not. No, I wish I didn't wish I'd said anything now. No, I'm just saying. Don't Don't phone him up and do an accent and pretend to be, you know, whatever from I don't know. I don't know what you do to be fair. I'm not mischievous like that. Uh Harlem Globe Trotters. We spoke about this earlier. There's another one out in the lobby in the foyer. Where you going with Spence? Lobby or foyer? I think we'll go with foyer. I think we'll go with foyer. All right. Excellent. American. One of All right. Excellent. American. One of my favorite Cornish towns actually. Yes. Yes. Uh Lost World. Uh Lost World. It's funny actually cuz we we found it. It's funny actually cuz we we found it. We did find it. Um, Joker poker. We did find it. Um, Joker poker. So, you know, these these are So, you know, these these are We've all done a bit of that. We've all done a bit of that. We certainly have. Uh, space team. We certainly have. Uh, space team. Why is Why I think that's a that's a No, Why is Why I think that's a that's a No, it's not a Harrier. That's That's like a Phantom or something. I think that might be a Phantom, that jet. And it's like an F is that an F-16? Whatever. I don't want to do it in space. Probably. I'm wondering where all their Probably. I'm wondering where all their oxygen's gone. They are. They are. Uh, anyway, uh, Bali are. They are. Uh, anyway, uh, Bali Night Rider. Oh, this geyser looks he looks suspicious, this geyser looks he looks suspicious, doesn't he? Never trust a man with a mustache. That's what I say. He He would never be delivering parcels, He He would never be delivering parcels, would he? Really? Look at that. We should go a cup of tea. We should go a cup of tea. See a cup of my love. See a cup of my love. Yeah, the uh the Bali Express. Yeah, the uh the Bali Express. There you go. Uh nice. Nice. Well, there There you go. Uh nice. Nice. Well, there you go. Um let's go on to the next section, shall we? Cheers, Sean. So that is the classics room classic tournament. Um right and which leads us down. We're going to go into the main hall now. We're going look at look at the main hall. In fact, if you come through this way Spence as it's getting busy as we're getting busier now. So we're going to go into that go into that main hall. But you see people milling around and having a drink, having a vape, getting up to no good. I'll just It's still breakfast time. Really? When I say having a drink, I mean a cup of coffee. I've not seen Not seen anyone with any alcohol. Not seen anyone with any alcohol. Nobody's had a repair beer yet. Nobody's had a repair beer yet. No. Uh so going down this section, you No. Uh so going down this section, you got some smaller games just down here. Um I remember this. Um I remember this. Battle zone. Yeah. An old favorite of Battle zone. Yeah. An old favorite of mine. They a lot of them had these start They a lot of them had these start button. A lot of them had that start button, Spence. Oh, give that a little tweak. Oh, give that a little tweak. Back in back in the day. Um right, we've Back in back in the day. Um right, we've got I think what we'll do is we'll walk this way. Okay, go and have a look at the two side rooms. Then we're going to have a look at the main hall. Okay. Okay. Um,
    18:56
    a ballet wizard. There's Roger there. There's Roger there. Nice. Nice. This is for sale. 2950. This is for sale. 2950. This one is for sale. There you go. There's a card there just in case anyone wants to see it. Um, Captain Fantastic. I mean, these these two sit perfect, excuse me, sit perfectly alongside one another. Captain Fantastic there.
    19:23
    People are playing Labyrinth. We we we've got a whole um separate video on Labyrinth um which is just here. So, we don't want to disturb anyone's game. But you have a have a little a little look at that.
    19:45
    [Music] Okay, so we were doing all this before we go into the main hall. Now you're starting to, you know, get a view of just how Sorry, let me turn this way. Uh just how vast it really is and quite how much is is going on here. We'll we'll move into this room uh very quickly first. So we've got this ladies tournament. We again we've done a separate video in here. That's exactly what that game deserves. Um we have a separate video in here, but this is the full pinfest tour. Jungle Lord, actually Spencer did the Jungle Lord, actually Spencer did the modeling for the back glass on there. I'm not the one on the left. I'm not the one on the left. He's beat me to it. Um Demolition Man, uh Rick Morty, we had a game on that yesterday. Mark Mike's Rick and Morty. That is uh Lady Luck. And it looks like something that's not having too much luck at the moment is Jackbot. Uh he's got the ball was stuck in one of he's got the ball was stuck in one of the eyes basically. Um but I have every faith that it'll that but I have every faith that it'll that it'll be done within the next seven minutes before Pinfest opens. Um Batman. Uh that's the dark that we did Batman. Uh that's the dark that we did say it was a Dark Knight, didn't we? Yes. That's right. Yes. the Heath Ledger one. Um, Star Trek. Uh, Richie. Lionel Richie's Star Trek. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Brilliant. Brilliant. Uh, Metallica. How many Metallica are Uh, Metallica. How many Metallica are here? Two or three? I think about 18, I think. about 18, I think. Well, obviously they made a remake of Well, obviously they made a remake of Metallica. So, uh, I guess there was a, you know, a flood I guess there was a, you know, a flood of, um, the originals went on to market as people looked to, uh, to upgrade. This is, this is a wider than a wide body. this is a wider than a wide body. You like a bit of hot dog, don't I love You like a bit of hot dog, don't I love hot dogging. Yeah. Yeah. Um Um Yeah, it's cool. That's a really cool game, actually. It's very wide, isn't it? It's beyond It's very wide, isn't it? It's beyond It's almost like a pinball turn sideways. Yeah, it's nice though. Really? Let's Yeah, it's nice though. Really? Let's have a little look at that. have a little look at that. Yeah, dude. People want to see it. Yeah, dude. People want to see it. That's huge. It's massive. That's huge. It's massive. I don't know what it's got to do with I don't know what it's got to do with hot dogs, though. It's people skiing. Hot dog. That's the skiing. Hot dog. That's the skiing. Oh, is it? All right. Oh, is it? All right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, right. Oh, right. It's got nothing to do with sort of food It's got nothing to do with sort of food items. Very disappointed. I've had a full Very disappointed. I've had a full breakfast, so I'm not I'm not hungry. Um, anyway, let's go to the So, yes. So, this is the ladies room. This where they're going to be the the ladies tournament. They had a bit of a uh should we call it I'm going to say a should we call it I'm going to say a ding-dong, but whatever whatever it was last night. They We don't know. We don't know. They They We don't know. We don't know. They shut the doors. No gentlemen are allowed. I don't think any men infiltrated it in disguise or anything like that. We don't know what they did. I was going to come in in a frock, but I was going to come in in a frock, but they threatened to look up it. You don't want to do that. No, it's it's You don't want to do that. No, it's it's not nice up there. Trophies. Trophies. Oh, Oh, sorry. We saw Elsa holding this earlier. sorry. We saw Elsa holding this earlier. We did. This could be This could be the We did. This could be This could be the thumbnail, couldn't it? Me hold it trigger people. Me holding the the ladies thing and I say, "Hold on. You are in fact a ladies winner." You are in fact a ladies winner." Well, I wouldn't to be fair. I'm I'm not Well, I wouldn't to be fair. I'm I'm not good enough, quite frankly. They were kindly printed by They were kindly printed by They were. Yes, indeed. There you go. 3D They were. Yes, indeed. There you go. 3D printed by Wayne. Much must see one lit up. must see one lit up. Yes, we saw the other ones. They weren't Yes, we saw the other ones. They weren't lit up. He's done a lovely job. He has. He has. skillful with his little printer. Yeah, there you go. So, Yeah, there you go. So, qualifying. qualifying. Um, yeah. Qualifying today for the ladies hopefully. Yeah. hopefully. Yeah. Won it last year. My title. Won it last year. My title. Claire won it last year. Claire won it last year. Excuse me. Excuse me. There you go. Um, Elsa. There you go. Um, Elsa. Uh, Uh, go on. Don't worry. go on. Don't worry. It's all right. You sneak around the It's all right. You sneak around the back of me. I won't Oh, no. No. You're going to go around the front. Okay. Lovely. There we go. So, yes. There you go. And There we go. So, yes. There you go. And then just opposite. There's so many rooms in this hotel. I think so. It's a hotel. He thinks so. Right. Let's uh jump over He thinks so. Right. Let's uh jump over into the MBA room. Okay. Become a really
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    There you go. Film Kev. He loves it. Um Film Kev. He loves it. Um this is this is the this the NBA room. this is this is the this the NBA room. There's Jeff. There's Jeff. He He's one of he's he's one ump you an He He's one of he's he's one ump you an umpire or a referee, Jeff? I'm a ref. I'm Jeff. Jeff the ref. Of I'm a ref. I'm Jeff. Jeff the ref. Of course, it's Jeff the ref. He's Jeff the Ref. I can't even believe I even. Um, Um, if you're not familiar with this, both these machines are linked up. So, you basically play one v one. Um, it's incredible. It is actually the most incredible thing that you see here. Two people at the same time. You're on a countdown timer. It's counting your baskets. Go and get the camera. Go and have a show. Show people a pinball machines. probably sic looking at me. Um,
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    so yeah, good bit of MBA fast break linked machines. Jolly good fun. Really, really good fun.
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    And it's Well, it's like when we used to play PlayStation with a link cable. Yeah. Yeah. It's very old school. It is really old school, but it works so well. Um, just just just wonderful. Look, if you know the game, you know what you got to do, but just the competition and the tension it makes with the two two people going against each other. And what's funny here is the machines play slightly differently. So, people have got a favorite machine, which just adds an extra layer of drama. So, you sometimes get disappointment whatever they draw out of a hat, flip the coin. I I couldn't I couldn't tell you which one is the favorite one, but um yeah, it's very it gets quite animated in here. They it gets quite animated in here. They they put a load of props in here because people people dance about. So we we got we got cheerleaders pom poms in here and big hands with huge fingers. Quite right. And uh and you got all the Quite right. And uh and you got all the trophies over there. These are all trophy keepers or guarding These are all trophy keepers or guarding the trophies. Look at that. He's lovely waves, boys. Lovely. Lovely. What are you stealing? What are you stealing? What? What? Have you stolen the Snickers? Have you stolen the Snickers? Don't Don't tell. Don't Don't tell. Don't Don't tell anyone. Don't Don't tell anyone. And we have We have an Excel And we have We have an Excel spreadsheet. Look at that. In all its glory.
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    Paul, say hello Paul. He runs a forum. He runs a forum. Ah, lovely. Hello. Ah, lovely. Hello. Pinball Info. Pinball Info. Aha. There you go. So, yes, you got the Aha. There you go. So, yes, you got the um the Excel spreadsheet. the Excel spreadsheet. The Excel spreadsheet. Uh so, that's The Excel spreadsheet. Uh so, that's where they're going to collect all the data. MBA fast break. Right, let's go and have MBA fast break. Right, let's go and have a walk into the main hall. We're going to do the quickest walk around you've ever seen cuz we've had to have the lights switched on in this main room because we've already recorded it once and we couldn't see it particularly well. This opens up, I think, in about nine minutes. So, we're going to do a really quick walk around. Um over this section here you've got uh the London pinball shop with uh all manner of pinball goodness. So the room is extended is a lot bigger this year for reasons I explained earlier. The tournament is in a completely separate room. So we're going to show you the pinball machines really quickly. Beatles arerobatics. arerobatics. Aerobatics. Aerobatics. Aerobatics. Aerobatics. Star Wars which is a Star Wars which is a for sale. Lots of games for sale. We for sale. Lots of games for sale. We would zoom in on them but uh we we won't get it done otherwise. It's actually dat Star Wars Flintstone's a great game. Uh this one's uh named after Spencer. Uh this one's uh named after Spencer. What does he say? What does he say? Manchild. Manchild. Nice. Nice. Didn't have my glasses on. Didn't have my glasses on. She's hitchh She's hitchh that's just Yeah, that's just odd. Um hit the deck deck Um hit the deck deck and cyber race there. You got to have a and cyber race there. You got to have a look at this here. Ah, these are the homebrews. Hobus Ah, these are the homebrews. Hobus Pinball Amigos. These lovely chaps have come all the way over from Holland. Despicable Me, which is beautifully Despicable Me, which is beautifully done. It's It's absolutely wonderful. It's It's absolutely wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. And we've got Super Mario as well. And we've got Super Mario as well. But this this is the best The Despicable But this this is the best The Despicable Me is just this is quite an iconic game. Very very well known in pinball. Um probably the best homebrew you'll you'll see. It's just it is amazing. Um
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    so good. So good to see these home brerews and done so well as well. Good quality homebrew material that is. Good quality homebrew material that is. Yeah, this is uh and this is Yeah, this is uh and this is exceptional. My daughter's favorite well probably going grown up now. It might not be a film favorite film anymore, but certainly Despicable Me was her favorite film. On her wedding day, she'll still be On her wedding day, she'll still be saying the same thing. When she was a child, it was her When she was a child, it was her favorite film. Great work, guys. Great work. Pimble amigos. Great work. Pimble amigos. Pimble amigos. Pimble amigos. Good stuff. Well done, boys. Good stuff. Well done, boys. I think this is PO Bugs. I think this I think this is PO Bugs. I think this might be Chris's. Um, so he's done a re obviously a rethe. Do you know what this was originally? Do you know what this was originally? A genie. A genie. Oh, okay. Oh, genie. There you go. Yeah. Oh, okay. Oh, genie. There you go. Yeah. So, so big. So big. Got the real one only wider. It certainly is. It certainly is. Um, so these are from the Medway Pinball Um, so these are from the Medway Pinball Club, which you can see there. Medway Pinball Club. They've very cleverly stuck flyers on there. Um, who done it? He did. He did. No, it was you. All right. Okay. I don't No, it was you. All right. Okay. I don't know why I'm pointing that. Avengers Infinity Quest. Dirty Harry. Avengers Infinity Quest. Dirty Harry. Oh, clean Harry. Oh, clean Harry. Clean Harry. This is coming home. I'm Clean Harry. This is coming home. I'm taking this home. And yeah, exciting news. exciting news. Did I tell you? Did I tell you? No, no, no. I didn't know it was coming No, no, no. I didn't know it was coming home. After we did our video, the Medway After we did our video, the Medway Pinball Club very kindly said, "Look, you could take this home if you could give us something." Oh, they're giving you permission then. Oh, they're giving you permission then. You're not just I'm not just stealing it. So, we're um I'm not just stealing it. So, we're um we're actually taking um well, we're giving them Deadpool to well, we're giving them Deadpool to borrow and we're going to borrow this. So, we're going to do lots of videos on Dirty Harry. Mike is there working on the highway alien which is next to the Hobbit. My son Jakey loves the Hobbit. He said, "Can we You're a bit of a Hobbit fan as well. You're a bit of a Hobbit fan as well. I like it." And he said, "Can we get a I like it." And he said, "Can we get a Hobbit? Can Well, we probably can't, but he really really enjoyed it cuz he's he's you know what he's like. My son, he plays one game. He gets fixated on one game. He just plays it over and over and over. That's the game this year. Good stuff. Good stuff. This is mine. Uh we'll do a separate This is mine. Uh we'll do a separate video on this." Uh because Star Trek. Yes, because Star Trek. Yes, Star Trek. I picked that up just before Star Trek. I picked that up just before uh coming to Pinfest. I haven't heard of any problems. This is this has worked really really well. This is also mine. This will be next out the door actually. Uh Bond Premium. We have uh Shadow Ripleys. Believe it or not, I do believe it. I do believe it. I don't. I don't. Lord of the Rings, one of the finest Lord of the Rings, one of the finest pinball machines ever made. Twister uh which uh I think he's fixed. Chris has fixed it. There you go. Um, Champion Pub, which we know is an amazing game. Back over to this side, Guns and Roses. We're going to fly through the next year. We're going to Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Allan Happy Pin. Allan Happy Pin. This is We've been lucky enough. I had this at my house. Alan, what can I say about Alan? Um, what can I say about Alan? Um, well, say something. well, say something. Well, my friend, you know, and and Well, my friend, you know, and and everyone's friend and sadly no longer with us. What can I say? Very, very sad. Very, very sad. Um but uh his brother Alf's brought this down and he just done so much so much for for me, so much for the pimple community, so much for everyone. Just a great and lovely guy and we we miss him dearly. Particularly now there's a big hole in this year's event. there's a big hole in this year's event. Exactly that, mate. Exactly that. Um Exactly that, mate. Exactly that. Um Batman Terminator 2. Never see him together usually. No, never see him together. No, never see him together. Right, let's fly let's fly through this Right, let's fly let's fly through this bit. Um, lot lot some nice some nice emfella. Uh, Stranger Things. I like Stranger Things. I like Stranger Things. You do. You got Elvara and the Party You do. You got Elvara and the Party Monsters. I like Alvivara as well. I like Alvivara as well. You do? I know. Of course you do. You do? I know. Of course you do. Radical, Adam's family, Fireball, Radical, Adam's family, Fireball, Pinbot.
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    Does that say Atlantis? They Atlantis. What are they doing with those Atlantis. What are they doing with those dolphins? Uh, riding them. Uh, riding them. They're riding the dolphin. Um, as They're riding the dolphin. Um, as another James Bond Golden Eye. Good game. Yes. Very good. Yes. Very good. Eye. Eye. Uh, Torpedo Alley. Uh, Torpedo Alley. Black Black Knight: Sword of Rage, which Black Black Knight: Sword of Rage, which is worse than Fury because they're enraged now. They've taken it to Yeah. Now he's even They've taken it to Yeah. Now he's even more It's the sequel. Now he's even more angry. Yeah. Yeah. Um, Buckaroo. Buckaroo had a few games Um, Buckaroo. Buckaroo had a few games of that in the time. Did you? Did you? Um, Kings and Queens, you've had a few games on that. Junkyards, Kiss, Walking Dead, that's Junkyards, Kiss, Walking Dead, that's about the finest Walking Dead you'll ever see. We'll just walk um very quickly here. Funhouse Remake, that's the Protetti Funhouse Remake, that's the Protetti one. Blues Brothers Home Pin. Um, Ninja Eclipse I You know the names are written on them.
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    I'm not even going to say it then. Actually, that is ABBA. It is ABA. It is ABA. Yeah. Yeah. One of the best machines at this year's One of the best machines at this year's show is June. This is This is the the smallest queue. This is This is the the smallest queue. There go I'm doubling up. This is the smallest queue you'll ever see for this game. You You haven't been able to get near this game. Oh, I've just done it. Oh, I've just done it. Sound is really good. Sound is really good. Shoot those heart troops. Yeah, very good. Houdini, Yeah, very good. Houdini, Princess Bride, which is on the P3 Princess Bride, which is on the P3 multimorphic. Now, I had a good game on that last Now, I had a good game on that last night. I really got a long way on that. Yeah, absolutely. Got the a retro arcade Yeah, absolutely. Got the a retro arcade shop there. So, if you've ever come to the um if you've ever come to the um Smile and Wave, smile and wave. Smile and Wave, smile and wave. So, so I think so many people bring So, so I think so many people bring games here and you Oh, damn it. I left I packed my game but I left the balls at home and stuff like that. So I think there's a lot of been a lot of rescue work been done here where people forgot things and then you know you just buy by what buy whatever you've forgotten and left at home. Um there's something for uh Spency's toenails. Lovely lovely lovely. I can't I'll have Lovely lovely lovely. I can't I'll have to get a set of those. You will um You will um the toenails. Sorry just so you know we the toenails. Sorry just so you know we got there's another row of machines there. run down there quickly. We've got jet spin ski jump. One of my personal favorites. Look at that. Oh, hocus pocus. Oh, well that's that's a glorious glorious glorious shot there. Let me just Oh, lovely. Bit of bay watch. There you go. There you go. Wasn't expecting that. Which way are we going? Gorg, which is very suspicious Gorg, which is very suspicious shenanigans going on there. There's definitely There's definitely I don't know what's happening there. I think there's a lot happening. I think there's a lot happening. The least suspicious thing is the The least suspicious thing is the serpent.
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    Road rings. Oh, road kings. Yeah, it's your road rings. Yeah, it's your road rings. Road rings. Road rings. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. I think I should make one road rage. I think I should make one road rage. Get out of the way. Road Kings. Get out of the way. Road Kings. Road. Oh, it's for sale. There you go. Road. Oh, it's for sale. There you go. 1,500 quid. Bargain. Bargain. It's in lovely condition. It's in lovely condition. What is it? What is it? Eightball Deluxe. Eightball Deluxe. Delight. The names are on. Delight. The names are on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You're a funny man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You're a funny man. Right. Okay. I'm I'm just conscious that Right. Okay. I'm I'm just conscious that we're going to run out of lights in a minute. Whip down this side. Whip down this side. Okay. Lots and lots of um here. Okay. Lots and lots of um here. Hang on. We've we've got the famous Hang on. We've we've got the famous Orbiter one, which is the weirdest pinball you'll ever see. Okay. So, we've got lights coming off. Okay. So, we've got lights coming off. The people are coming in now. Oh, holy cow. We We'll We'll just We'll just run run We We'll We'll just We'll just run run through this. Loads of games. We got Tales of the Loads of games. We got Tales of the Arabian Knights. Oh, here they come. Look, there's Oh, here they come. Look, there's there's there's a It's like It's like the January sales, It's like It's like the January sales, isn't it? Yeah, it is. It is just like the January Yeah, it is. It is just like the January sales. Look, you've got to look at this. you've got to look at this. Look where do you think everyone's Look where do you think everyone's going? Go on. Follow them. Follow them. I'm telling you now, they're queuing up to play June. Look at this. Look Look at this. Look look look within an eighth of a second. It's It's within an eighth of a second. It's It's like the January sales going for the big TVs, isn't it? And everyone's queuing up to play June. And everyone's queuing up to play June. Absolutely mad. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. You should see the look on their faces You should see the look on their faces when they find there's a queue there 3 seconds after that is it's um there's it's one of that is it's um there's it's one of those games every year basically that people, you know, gravitate towards. Um and it's it's obviously genuinely a new release. Wow. Wow. And we left he's left the light on which And we left he's left the light on which is really cool. Which is which is lovely. I mean, I'm Which is which is lovely. I mean, I'm just having a little whip around all the You can see there are so many machines here. Yes, so so many machines. so so many machines. And um I just should say this from poor And um I just should say this from poor old Spencer. He's having to really do some dexter dextrous camera work. That's Uber. Uber. Uber. Yeah. Um I've just got one of Uber. Yeah. Um I've just got one of these. Have you? Have you? Yeah. Do you not know? Yeah. Do you not know? No. No. Yeah. Well, things happen quickly at Yeah. Well, things happen quickly at Pinfest. Every day is a school day. Every day is a school day. Great game. Mark. Mark Richie. Great game. Mark. Mark Richie. Uh, Lionel's brother. Uh, Lionel's brother. Absolutely.
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    Ah, now 24. 24. Yes. Yes. I got to say he should have put it up I got to say he should have put it up for 24. He should have done the wrong price. Put He should have done the wrong price. Put it up for 24. You got to It has to be, doesn't it? It has to be 2,400. Now, one thing I do want to show Now, one thing I do want to show everybody very quickly is total nuclear annihilation. Rob has put this in its own tent. Now, he was going to have a smoke machine come on on the multiball, but it keeps on tripping all the power out. But what I will say is having the pinball in the tent does isolate it and you can really hear the music. Yes. Yes. It's it's a fantastic experience. Had a It's it's a fantastic experience. Had a lot of games on this last night and it was wonderful. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um Um what else we got? Galactic Tank Force. what else we got? Galactic Tank Force. We got an Some of these games got individual videos on and a lot of these games are for sale. So, you know, if you've been able if you've been able to see them, maybe you can pause the video at certain time. Get run over. Watch out. Yeah, you're Get run over. Watch out. Yeah, you're dodging the camera. Run, run. Okay. Run, run. Okay. Um, Bario's big old Um, Bario's big old barbecue grown up, whatever it's called. barbecue grown up, whatever it's called. Hot sauce and Hot sauce and hot sauce and hot rods. hot sauce and hot rods. Uh, that's for sale. Uh, that's for sale. Oh, Deadpool. That's for sale. Oh, Deadpool. That's for sale. Oh, look look look look at look at the Oh, look look look look at look at the fine look at the fine scores. Oh, hold on. No, No, hold on. What's going on? hold on. What's going on? This is my game basically. There you go. That's better. Sorry. Sorry. There it is. Yeah. So, this is this is There it is. Yeah. So, this is this is what's going to the Medway Pinball Club. Um, it's my I've not played this game for about a year. It's my game. Seriously, I played it last night with actually. I played it last night with actually. Yeah, we had a good old few games on that. Yeah. I mean, it's pretty much my Yeah. I mean, it's pretty much my favorite game. Um, well, certainly Well, whatever. It's in the It's in the top five anyway. Certainly. Um X-Men. We're lucky enough to have had that X-Men at Flipperama Towers as well. That's built like a tank for that game by the way. Oh, that's for sale. It is solid, isn't it? is solid, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely solid. Absolutely solid. Yeah, just a packed game. Yeah, just a packed game. I think they might have even been I I think they might have even been I might have even been the pro. I don't Yeah, I think they did do different levels um of that. I don't know. Uh but it's built like an absolute tank and it's packed really. So yeah, pretty good game. There we go. So There we go. So the main hall the main hall 2025. 2025. This is the main hall. Um it's been brilliant, you know, it's been brilliant, you know, absolutely brilliant. Honestly, just this event keeps getting better and better and better. And this hall now is uh because they've moved the tournament downstairs, it's allowed for a little bit more space in the hall. So there's just more space between the games. And also what it's allowed everybody to do is just remove the tournament which is serious stuff you know really very very serious stuff. It's taken it out of here. So in many respect this is the this is a silly area and the serious stuff is uh is done downstairs if you pardon the expression. Is it uh is it too early for a pine? Is it uh is it too early for a pine? Never too early for a pine.