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In the Latest Issue: Issue #138, February 2010 is the last in the current series produced by Clay Harrell and he, personally, wrote nearly the entire issue. However it begins with Mike Wiley telling about the time Mr. Sulu was seen playing pinball. The Pacific Pinball Exposition is next and Clay also reports on a number of related topics including Custom Games at the PPE, updates on the Lucky and Lil’ JuJu, Richard Conger’s Silverball Ranch and Berkeley Mac’s game room. Then we fly nearly cross country to Chicago and the 25th Pinball Expo for a story written by Clay’s friend Mark Szczepkowski. Mark discusses the variety that makes Expo one of the top shows in the world. At Expo we read about a presentation by former pinball designer Dennis Nordman and artist Greg Freres on their Whoa Nellie pinball project and then we get a peek into the Pinball Inc. files at some Python Anghelo drawings showing games that never were and a story about “black dust” on pinball playfields. Wrapping up the issue is a story by David Ainslie about the soon to be released pinball documentary, Special When Lit. Of course there’s more but you’ll have to get an issue of your own to find out what else is in this era-ending issue of the PinGame Journal.

The PinGame Journal magazine presents in-depth features about new games and the people who create them. Go behind the scenes to see how a modern pinball machine is made. We also look at the classics in detail and focus on collectors and hobbyists who make up the world of pinball. Contributors rank among pinball’s leading authorities including David Ainslie, Dick Bueschel, Bruce Clark, Gary Flower, Mike Gaspar, Bob Herbison, Russ Jensen, Jeffrey Lawton, Dave Marston, John Osborne, Phoebe Smith, John Smout, Chris Squyres and a host of others.

 

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