PinPin Snowboard Films Blog

6-19-2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUEMvhmKB3I

Trailer Tom gets his first Valinor Multiball on Lord of the Rings Pinball.

Some say Valinor Multiball is the most difficult wizard mode to start in pinball.

After playing Lord of the Rings since it was first released back in 2003 and not starting valinor multiball until last night, I would say Valinor is definitely top 5 most difficult modes to get going.  With the help of my custom Stern Pinball/Lord of the Rings pinball T-Shirt, I started Valinor Multiball.    I finally did it, and it only took me 7 years!  Lucky for me Ffej Knar was there to capture the moment on film.

The machine I achieved this accomplishment on was basically set up PAPA style, that is, legs jacked up in the back and down in front, freshly waxed playfield, SUPER tight sneeze tilt, wide open outlanes and no rubber on the inlane posts.  No bang backs.  No chance to wicked shimmy the outlanes.  About the only thing non-PAPA about it was yes EB’s were turned on, but I did get almost all the requirements to start Valinor in the traditional 3 balls.

The Fellowship of the Ring movie multiball was the most difficult for me to complete during this game because of a short in the moving Balrog.   Only a perfectly placed hard hit to the lower right side of Bolrog would register a hit, and even then the hit register was spotty at best.

I had a couple of horrible warm up games and then I got in the zone and started nailing all the shots. All 3 movie multiball modes complete, all 7 gifts from the elves, there and back again complete, then destroyed the ring.  I was able to start 2X scoring before I started Valinor multiball and the 2X scoring lasted throughout the entirety of Valinor.  I know I got 20M for destroying the ring.  Going into Valinor I had 377M.  Valinor Multiball gave me roughly 200M and final score of 510,875,940 was good enough to earn grand champion.

Pinball article featuring Adam Lefkoff, Zen, Kevin Carroll,  Steve Novak, Carole Carroll, Donavan Stepp at Lyons Classic Pinball

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15186413

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You leave the content, we make the video.

Step 1)  Call 970-FORK-301. That’s (970) 367-5301 and leave a voicemail.  Don’t worry you won’t be charged anything, or sold anything, or spammed or put on any kind of list.  This is 100% free and all for fun.

Step 2) Check back to watch your voicemail come to life as a video!  We do our best to post new videos every Sunday night at 11pm MST.  This way you know monday morning there is a good chance you could be starring in this weeks video. THATS IT!

All videos will be posted at this link:

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Here are 2 additional places to check for your video:

http://www.youtube.com/surfsled

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This is a link to where you can see the whole collection new and past  open mic videos from Ffej and Tom’s home answering machine: http://hubpages.com/hub/970-FORK-301

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-Pin Pin101 Plunge off Anti Drain Fest Pinball Tournament-

What : Pinball Tournament

When/Date: Saturday February 27th 2010

What Time: Tournament Starts at 2:00 pm on Saturday Feb 27

Registration:

On-Site Registration will be Friday Feb 26th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm (day before the tournament)

and Saturday Feb 27th (the day of the tournament ) from Noon to 1:30pm

Where:  Pinball Hall of Fame

1610 E. Tropicana

Las Vegas NV 89119

Entry Fee: $20.00 Plus cost of games played** 20 bucks gets you a $10.00 roll of quarters, and some “PinPin” Pinball film DVD’s upon arrival at the tournament.

**(Players pay out of their own pocket for every game they play in the tournament. )

Format: Double Elimination.

Games: All Pinball Games at Pinball Hall of Fame can be used in the tournament.  See this link for a list of games:

http://www.pinballmuseum.org/

How it works: Players are randomly matched up for one-on-one rounds, by drawing names out of a hat. Each round is best 2 out of 3.

Each round will begin with a coin flip. Ultimately the coin flip will result in what player will pick “A and what player will pick “B”.  The winner of the coin flip will have first choice of A,B, or C; Loser gets second leftover choice of A or B.

A= what machine will be played,

B= order of play (going first or second),

C=pass your choice to the other person. (to have your opponent make  first choice)

 The LOSER of each game played during the best 2 out of 3 round, gets first choice of again, A,B, or C. The WINNER of each game played during the best 2 out of 3 round gets second leftover choice of again A or B.

Throughout the tournament players can not pick the same machine twice, and players have to pick an open machine to play.   Example: If Tom chooses to play Attack From Mars, Tom can not CHOOSE Attack From Mars for the remainder of the tournament.  Tom could end up playing Attack From Mars later in the tournament if Toms oppnent were to choose Attack From Mars.

Extra Balls: Will be plunged and not played.

Final Round:  During the final round the winner of the losers bracket will play the winner of the winners bracket. The winner of the losers bracket must beat the winner of the winners bracket TWICE (must win 2 whole ROUNDS) to win 1st place in the tournament.

In this format, even if you loose every time you step up to a machine you will at very least get to play 4 times in the tournament.

Prizes:

• First place - 70% payout of the prize pot (based on number of entries but at very least $100) plus trophy.
• Second place - 20% payout plus trophy.

• Third place - 10% payout plus trophy.

During tournament play for purposes of Player Conduct, Machine Malfunction, Stuck Balls, Errors, or Rulings, all final decisions will be made on a case by case basis by Tournament director and host Trailer Tom (Tom Miller).

Example of tournament play:

Ffej and Tom are matched for a one-on-one round.  Ffej Flips a coin, Tom calls Tails.  It is Tails. Tom wins the coin flip.

Game One: Tom gets first choice and chooses to play on Attack From Mars.  Ffej gets choice of order of play and Ffej chooses to go second. Tom is player one and Ffej is Player two on a 2 player game on AFM.  After ball 3, Ffej has a higher score than Tom on AFM.

Game Two: Tom gets first choice, and chooses to play Adams Family. Ffej gets choice of order of play and again Ffej chooses to go second on AF.  Tom is player one and Ffej is Player two on a 2 player game on AF. After ball 3, Tom has a higher score than FFej on AF.

Game Three: Ffej gets first choice, and chooses to play Star Wars. Tom gets choice of order of play and chooses to go second on SW.  Ffej is player one and Tom is Player two on a 2 player game on SW. After ball 3, Ffej has a higher score than Tom on SW.

Ffej wins the Round. Tom Loses the Round. Ffej advances to the next round, Tom gets bumped to the loser’s bracket if its Toms first loss, or is eliminated form the tournament if its Tom’s second loss.

On Site Methods of payment:

1) Cash- Will be accepted during on-site registration and is our preferred method of payment.

Pre Registration  Methods of payment:

No discount for pre registration. Pre registration payment must be received on or before February 23^rd.

• 1) Paying by credit card -  You can go to www.PinPinFilms.com and pay $20.00 entry fee by making a Donation.
• 2)Paying by check -
• Check payable to “Tom Miller” to
• Tom Miller
• P.O. Box 6223
• Breckenridge, CO 80424
• 3) Paying by PayPal - Submit your payment directly to trailertom@hotmail.com

Any Questions please contact

Tom Miller “Trailer Tom”

email: trailertom@hotmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/trailertom

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Listen to Ffej and Tom’s voice mail inbox!  These are actual voice mail messages that people have left for Ffej Knar and Trailer Tom on their home phone answering machine.

Call Ffej Knar and Trailer Tom and leave your own message at 970-FORK-301. That’s (970) 367-5301.  Don’t worry you won’t be charged anything, or sold anything, this is 100% free and all for fun.

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Make your own answering machine voice mail video, post it on YouTube,  and email us the link to your YouTube voicemail video. If we like it we will post it on the Fork301 hubpage website!

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Due to overwhelming requests our trailer park home once again has a landline!

Call us at 970-367-5301, save this number in your cell phones, share it with your friends.  Leave us  some love on voice mail.

Trailer T.  and Ffej K.

Congratulations to Jasmijn De Jong on winning the 2009 Dutch Pinball Open!  Way to go Jaz!

Opening Day Loveland Ski Area 2009/2010 Nate Dogggg 

The legendary Nate Dogggg, the infamous Jeff Meyer, and celebrity Jesse Csincsak are lined up to snag the First Chair at opening day of Loveland Ski Area! These boys were on the Colorado news stations during the sports segments. Loveland opens today October 7th 2009! A historic event! Lovelands earliest opening in 40 years.

 Nate Dogggg has been the first person to hit the slopes in the nation every year for the last 15 years AMAZING! 

See more first chair footage from years past in the PinPin snowboard films at this website:  http://pinpinfilms.com/

here is a link to some footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40BkAK3_E8Y

NEW Pinball film called “Pinball 101″ is now available!

This is what pinball fans have been waiting for!   Keith Elwin and Randy Elwin’s pinball film project is done and on DVD!!!

Please help promote this new Pinball 101 DVD by telling people to check out this link and buy a copy RIGHT NOW!

http://pinballvideo.com/

The website has film reviews and video teasers and and screen shots!

A detailed review of this film can be found at:

http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/pinball101/index.html

- Review of Pinball World Champion Keith Elwin’s new film entitled “PINBALL101″ by Trailer Tom-

I can’t say enough good things about the new Pinball 101 film.  You may assume from the films title that this is strictly an instructional film for beginners, but this film has something to offer pinball players of ALL skill levels.   No matter your pinball background or current level of experience, I am very confident that your skills will improve after watching Pinball 101.  I have played pinball competitively for over 10 years, and I was able to learn many new things from watching this spectacular DVD.

 For beginners, this film offers all the basic techniques necessary to start improving.   Intermediate players, will learn flipper techniques that are essential to controlling the ball.

Advanced players, will find what it takes to improve productive multiball play, plus ways to finesse the ball around the playfield with ease, confidence and expertise.

Even the experienced long time players that frequent pinball tournaments will find the film full of useful tips for specific games, game play secrets, and cunning shot combos that will certainly improve your game, and inspire ideas for setting new high scores.

The number one thing that most improved my own skills as a pinball player was watching what the pros were doing while I was attending tournaments.  Pinball 101 will not only allow you to see how the pros consistently get the high scores, but provide you detailed coaching explanations of various pinball “must knows”.

This is not your average boring old elementary school instructional video. The material is expressed in a fun, unique, clever,  artsy, intelligent, and fast paced format that will keep you entertained for multiple Pinball 101 viewings .  The amazing graphic work, combined with really cool slow motion shots, and savvy camera work are sight to behold!  Editing and audio soundtrack are top notch and really add to the overall awesomeness and educational value of this masterpiece.

In my experience,  many “how-to” books or videos are produced by folks that have little, or sometimes no experience, as to how the material they are presenting actually plays out in the real world.  This is not the case with Pinball 101 because the film’s producer is none other than the repeat pinball world champion himself, Mr. Keith Elwin!  Elwin has proven his well rounded pinball skills many times over in top tournament play, and the techniques he reveals in this film will continue to with stand the test of time. For me, just watching Elwin play really improved my own game, and getting some coaching from Elwin really brought my personal pinball skills to the next level.

 If you are interested in pinball in anyway, I encourage you to buy a copy of Pinball 101 so that you can watch the DVD over and over again inbetween practicing what you have learned.  Take advantage of the material and knowledge in this film, and you will quickly become a better player.

*** Don’t miss this!  On the main menu on the DVD there is a “Chapter”  button.  Be sure to check out the STILLS section in this Chapter Selection portion of the DVD for some really awesome pinball photography. ***

 Again, To order your copy, and for more info and more reviews of this film go to this website:

http://www.pinballvideo.com/

(click on the yellow pinball bumper that says “pinball 101 ORDER when lit”)

here is a direct link to the page where you can place your oder:

http://www.filmbaby.com/films/4276

To see samples of the DVD check out the film trailers on youtube at these links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RroLKc4wEQ

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIG-tNl2jFc