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Below you will find a list of "cool" items. We accept payment by a number of methods discussed in ORDER INFO below. You can also get these items by clicking the appropriate PayPal button. This method will include a small service/handling fee we are charged by PayPal for the convienence of this online transaction. You are under no obligation to pay this fee (about $1.70 on a $36 subscription), however we would appreciate if you did, as those little amounts add up quickly! If you prefer not to have the fees added, please click HERE and pay to paypal(at)pingamejournal(dot)com (replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . )


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    NEW Pingame Journal T-Shirt. For the first time in a long time there is a new PGJ shirt! Showing off the new logo, this shirt reflects the usual high quality garment for which the PGJ is known and is made from black, heavy weight 100% cotton with the logo on the back and front pocket area in silverball silver with blue accents. It is available in a variety of sizes from XL to S! $14 INCLUDES SHIPPING IN THE USA!(OUTSIDE US, please inquire) Pay by PayPal using button or see ORDER INFO below.

  • Pingame Journal T-Shirt $14.00


    2008 Pinball Calendar. While we are well into 2008 there are still many months to go and you shouldn't be without the 2008 Pinball Calendar by Alex Fuchs. There’s a good line up of games for ’08 and of course interesting comments about each game from the PinGame Journal Factbook Committee. Alex was kind enough to reserve the month of May for the PGJ! In 2008, our 17th anniversary, we feature Williams Apollo with its booster rocket rollover buttons and pachinko style game in the backbox! Other games include Gottlieb Tropic Isle, Surf Champ, Daisy May and Joker. Williams is represented by Apollo, as well as Tom Tom and High Speed and Bally shows off its Skyrocket, Hay Ride and Blue Ribbon. For extra spice Alex has added a Chicago Coin Hula Hula and Stern’s Nine Ball. There’s something for every pinball taste and preference. The PGJ price is $11.95 with FREE SHIPPING in the US of A. (OUTSIDE US, please inquire) In Stock Now. Order today! Pay by PayPal using button or see ORDER INFO below.
  • 2008 Pinball Calendar $11.95


    NEW LOWER PRICE!! TILT The Battle To Save Pinball from Greg Maletic looks at the controversial Williams Pinball 2000 project: It's hopes and dreams and ultimate demise. This two DVD set includes hours of extras including: 3 hours of extra interview footage, Director’s commentary track, 7-minute video tour of the Williams pinball factory, videos of three unreleased machines: Pinball Circus, Wizard Blocks and Playboy, 90-minute video of George Gomez’s legendary Pinball 2000 talk, Audio panel discussion with Pinball 2000 team members, The Williams Pinball 2000 launch video. -- $19.95 INCLUDES SHIPPING IN THE USA!(OUTSIDE US, please inquire) Pay by PayPal using button or see ORDER INFO below.
  • TILT The Battle To Save Pinball $19.95


    NEW 2008 Mr. Pinball Pinball List and Price Guide. This new addition has all the features pinball collectors have come to know and love from Mr. Pinball. All information has been updated including: manufacturer profiles, production figures, market values, game lists and there's a cross reference for games sharing layouts! Mr. Pinball 2008 includes information on bingo and pitch n' bat machines as well as ball and puck bowlers and rifle galleries. In Stock NOW!-- $20 INCLUDES SHIPPING IN THE USA!(OUTSIDE US, please inquire) Pay by PayPal using button or see ORDER INFO below.

  • 2008 Mr. Pinball Pinball List and Price Guide (USA) $20
  • 2008 Mr. Pinball Pinball List and Price Guide (CANADA) $24
  • 2008 Mr. Pinball Pinball List and Price Guide (BEYOND) $29


    Pinball Perspectives. NEW and now available! Author Marco Rossignoli has written a number of pinball books including Pinball Memories, The Complete Pinball Book and Pinball Snapshots with Graham McGuiness. In this book, which retails for $59.95, Rossignoli and McGuiness cover games from “Ace High to World’s Series.” There are 50 games in all, both vintage and contemporary. They are each given its own chapter outlining the game’s special features, historical background, game rules, graphic images, collectibility and current value. There are over 400 full color photos here showing all the detail of games like Carnival Queen, Cover Girl, Universe, Sky Jump, Monster Bash, Ice Revue, Cover Girl, Twilight Zone and Stellar Wars. Order with the paypal button here or see ORDER INFO below. Price includes US shipping, (OUTSIDE US, please inquire).
  • Pinball Perspectives $49.00


    Pinball Compendium, 1982 to Present is now available! Author Michael Schalhoub has completed his Pinball Compendium series with this book. All the games you play are here along with behind the scenes stories and information on the design teams, many illustrated with photos from the PGJ files. Our pre-publication price continues at $42.95 + $5 s&h in the US. Outside US, please inquire. Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 is also $42.95 + $5 s&h and the first volume, 1930s -1960s is $37.95 + $5 s&h. Get all three for $119.95 + $8 s&h in USA.(OUTSIDE US, please inquire) Get the latest Compendium by clicking the button below or see ORDER INFO below.
  • Pinball Compendium $47.95


    The PGJ DVD Set consists of FIVE, two hour DVDs. Three are dedicated to Williams promotional segments. Included are many extras including out takes, movie trailers, “live” presentations from industry shows and a tribute to WMS VP of sales, Joe Dillion. The other two disks contain a collection of pinball related video from television, movies and other media. The set is available from the Pingame Journal for $30 total in the US, $34 in Canada, $40 Rest of the World. Individual DVDs are available for $8 each. Pay by PayPal with appropriate button or see ORDER INFO and detailed content list below.
  • The PGJ DVD Set-US $30
  • The PGJ DVD Set-Canada $34
  • The PGJ DVD Set-ROW $40

  • The PGJ DVD Set-Individual disk $8

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    Detailed Content of PGJ DVDs: (Numbers at end of selections below are running times--hour:minute:second--numbers after last selection of each DVD indicate the length of that disc PLUS the time of the last selection)

    MEDIA CLIPS DVD--VOLUME ONE:
    Naked Gun (0:00:41)
    Friends (0:03:12)
    Detroit Pistons stadium intro video (0:04:46)
    Grand Theft Auto-Vice City (0:05:29)
    Love & War (0:09:16)
    Principal Financial Group commercial (0:10:20)
    Seven Days (0:10:50)
    Getting By (0:11:30)
    Sharpshooters Pinball Tournament (0:15:08)
    Music video cartoon (0:20:33)
    On Q (0:22:37) (Stern Pinball factory –1980)
    Pinball playing record – news feature (0:25:24)
    Collection—Joe Spinelli – news feature (0:26:25)
    TV/Movie quick takes (0:29:29)

  • Three Stooges
  • Anatomy of a Murder
  • Perry Mason
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Bugs Bunny baseball
    In The Line of Duty: The FBI Murders (0:33:00)
    Insight: King of the Penny Arcade (0:34:32)
    TV/Movie quick takes (0:37:46)
  • W.C. and Me
  • W.W. and the Dixie Dance Kings
  • Apprentiship of Duddy Kravitz
  • Hard Times
    Rover automobile commercial--BBC (0:38:54)
    Andy Richter Controls The Universe (0:39:52)
    Michigan pinball tourney--news feature (0:40:38)
    Collection--Marc Fellman & Wade Wright--news feature (0:43:08)
    Collection--Dave De Safey--news feature (0:44:25)
    Collection--HGTV segment (0:46:50)
    Northern Exposure (0:47:54)
    Star Trek--original series (0:48:48)
    Star Trek: Voyager (0:50:02)
    Chips Ahoy commercial (0:51:39)
    Collection – Ken Shaffer – HGTV (0:52:09)
    Tales From The Crypt (0:54:00)
    Playboy Mansion tour – A&E (0:56:04)
    The Popular Mechanics Show (0:57:30) (Steve Kordek, Roger Sharpe, Michael Gottlieb, Steve Ritchie—No Fear)
    PAPA II news feature segments (1:05:06) (Featuring champ, Rick Stetta, Steve Epstein, Roger Sharpe, Lyman Sheats)
    Omni: The New Frontier – Suzanne Ciani, voice of Xenon (1:19:02)
    The China Syndrome (1:27:18)
    The Magnificent Marble Machine (1:28:27)
    Risco (1:33:55) (German quiz show—subjects based on contestant’s interests—this segment features
    Austrian pin enthusiast, Jost Berger)
    Then & Now (late 70s) (1:44:24)
    Music video “Pinball Cha Cha” by Yello (1:47:43)
    Collection – Jim Schelberg – news feature (1:51:17)

    MEDIA CLIPS DVD--VOLUME TWO:
    Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ channel 7 station ID
    Happy Days collection (0:00:49)
    CNN—Science & Technology Today (0:13:34) (Pinball Expo 1990, Roger Sharpe, Steve Kordek, Williams factory)
    Arcade Attack – BBC 1982 (0:16:24)
    Eureka! – BBC "how-it-was-made" show, pinball segment (0:37:26) (show regulars featured as Harry Williams, Ray Moloney, and David Gottlieb)
    Entertainment Tonight – 3/1991 (0:45:25) (Elvira, Roger Sharpe, Steve Engel, George Pins collection, Sara Jessica Parker)
    Good Morning America – Elvira (0:49:41)
    ABC News report – 1990 – (0:49:58) (Roger Sharpe, Broadway Arcade—Steve Epstein, Williams factory)
    Pinball Wizards Convention (0:52:29)
    Tommy on Broadway segments (0:54:08)
    Clarinex commercial (1:01:35)
    Special Edition (1:02:05)
    Twilight Zone – 2003 (1:05:30)
    The Simpsons (1:06:20)
    60 Minutes (1:06:45)
    Robert Capa biography (1:18:33)
    Danger Man (1:20:02) (released in the US as Secret Agent)
    Danger Mouse (1:22:23)
    Weird Homes (1:23:57)
    Trading Spaces (1:25:42)
    Invention – Smithsonian 1995 (1:27:16) (Steve Kordek, Michael Gottlieb, Tim Arnold—collection, Williams factory and design areas, Steve Ritchie, Lyman “Lamone” Sheats)
    WB Cartoon Show promo (1:33:16)
    Chicago Tonight 5/03 (1:33:38) (Gary Stern and the Stern Pinball factory, Steve Kordek)
    Everwood (1:42:22)
    Coke commercial (1:44:01)
    The George Carlin Show (1:44:31)

    Special thanks to:
    Bruce Clark--Coke, Everwood, Happy Days, George Carlin Show, Playboy Mansion, Trading Spaces, Danger Man, Simpsons, Twilight Zone, Pinball Wizards Convention, Getting By, Bugs Bunny, Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock, Insight, In the Line of Duty, Invention.
    Russ Jensen--On Q, Sharpshooters, Special Edition, 60 Minutes, pinball record breaker, Hard Times, W.W. and the Dixie Dance Kings, W.C. and Me, Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Then & Now, Fellman-Wright collection, Entertainment Tonight.
    Gary Flower--Arcade Attack, Rover automoble commercial, Eureka!
    Brian Dominy--Magnificent Marble Machine PDTV—Omni: The New Frontier Xenon segment
    Steve Epstein--PAPA II segments
    Vince Giovannone--Chicago Tonight
    Jonathan Schelberg--Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
    Jost Berger--Risco
    (Please forgive any omissions to this list—and please let us know if you find any!)

    Promo DVD Volume ONE
    PGJ Introduction Video by Clay Harrell
    SEE VIDEO INTRODUCTION! -- for DSL or Cable Modem
    Williams Distributor Night introduction (0:03:27)
    Addams Family (0:06:10)
    Attack From Mars (0:16:17)
    Black Rose (0:19:07)
    Cirqus Voltair (0:26:15)
    Corvette (0:29:05) (with coverage of the opening of the Corvette Museum)
    Creature From The Black Lagoon (0:40:00)
    Demolition Man (0:45:43)
    Dirty Harry (0:50:31)
    Doctor Who (0:56:30)
    Dracula (1:03:28)
    Fish Tales (1:08:57)
    Flintstones (1:18:17)
    Getaway (1:25:45)
    Gilligan's Island (1:32:49)

    Promo DVD Volume TWO:
    Hurricane (0:00:34)
    Indiana Jones (0:08:43)
    Indianapolis 500 (0:18:41)
    JackBot (0:24:35)
    Johnny Mnemonic (0:30:14)
    Judge Dredd (0:34:45)
    Medieval Madness (0:44:15)
    Midway Television Network (0:48:03)

  • Monster Bash
  • 976-PINBALL (0:52:51)
  • NBA Fastbreak video (0:53:11)
  • NBA Fastbreak live (0:55:52)
    No Fear (1:00:13)
    No Good Gophers (1:04:42) (Distributor Night ASI 1998)
    Party Zone (1:10:02)
    Popeye (1:19:13)
    Revenge From Mars (1:28:36) (Pinball 2000 introduction)
    Road Show (1:38:02)
    Safe Cracker (1:43:30)

    Promo DVD Volume THREE
    Scared Stiff
    Shadow (0:04:37)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation (0:13:42)
    Star Wars Episode 1 (0:20:15) (with Media clips and movie trailers)
    Terminator 2 (0:26:46) (with T2 movie trailers)
    Theatre of Magic (0:42:09)
    Twilight Zone (0:47:35)
    Whitewater (0:55:04)
    World Cup Soccer (1:01:03) (with extensive out-takes and WCS stock footage)
    Tribute To Joe Dillon (1:14:35) (presented at the 1998 ASI Williams Distributor Night)

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