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Lake County Florida man is true pinball wizard

10/31/2013

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Fox Orlando has a quick little write up about our friend Curly Wiemer and his passion for pinball with a link to his website. Video is however missing for some reason. Perhaps it will be posted shortly. Check in below.

Curly Weimer bought his first pinball machine in 2002 when his son took him to an auction. 

He took it home and played it for a while.  Then he fixed it up and sold it for a tidy profit.  That's when he says he became hooked! 

Since then he's retired from the construction business he owned and has a pinball business.  FOX 35's Tom Johnson shows you how he became one of Florida's last, true, pinball wizards.

More info: www.littleshopofgames.com



Read more: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/23840334/lake-county-man-is-true-pinball-wizard#ixzz2jKNXV4m2
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Marco Specialties Debuts Super-Band Pinball Rubber Replacements 

10/11/2013

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LEXINGTON, SC -- Now available from Marco Specialties are "high-reliability" replacements for traditional rubber components of pinball machines. Called Super-Bands, they're formed of a customized polyurethane material engineered to provide the same "bounce" as traditional soft 45-durometer-hardness rubber used for flipper bands and bumper rings, while offering improved durability and ball control. Developed and trademarked by JCS Pinball (Cranberry Township, PA), Super-Bands are offered in a color spectrum ranging from black gloss through red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet translucent gloss to translucent white. They're available in standard 3" and mini 2" flipper sizes. Additional varieties of rubber replacement parts are under development. According to Marco Specialties, Super-Bands are more resistant to abrasion and deterioration from exposure to ozone and ultraviolet light than traditional pinball rubber components. They provide equal or better tactile response, are less porous and wipe clean with a cloth. They do not retain dirt the way rubber does, and their vibrant translucent colors can add eye-appeal to any game.
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Marco Specialties, which went online in 1999, is a leading e-retailer for pinball machine parts and supplies. Its extensive catalogue lists both commonplace and hard-to-find parts, and it ships more than 33,000 different parts and kits from its South Carolina warehouse to flipper game operators and collectors.

JCS Pinball offers high-rebound products conceived by pinball enthusiasts, formulated by Ph.D. polymer chemists and produced at the company's Pennsylvania facilities under ISO-9001-certified quality controls.

Via www.vendingtimes.com

http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.aspsid=EB79A487112B48A296B38C81345C8C7F&nm=Vending+Features&&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=4301CB7217A541D798AC7698F22BF69B
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