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Hi folks, I thought I'd give you the chance to see a few pictures of the
reopened mall arcade here in Ft Collins. Bob the owner has made a very
good effort at emphasizing pinball at this game room, he used to visit
it when he was a kid, and now it's his! Opening day was Friday, July
1st, and when I went to visit that evening there had already been quite
a lot of play on the pins, and pretty good customer traffic for just
being opened. The pin wall is decorated with posters and a playfield
(guess the game!), and the whole gameroom has a retro kind of feel.
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/Foothills-Fashion-Mall-Arcade
It was fun to watch the various kids and adults do a "second take" at
the pinballs, while most of the games are "old hat" to us, they were
probably all new to the possible players, a fact that we may overlook at
times. The Indy is as much of an unknown as the LOTR. Kids who you
wouldn't think would give a pinball a second glance would stop and play,
while I was on MB a kid set down his skateboard and played LOTR, I
wouldn't have expected that at all!
Bob hopes to add more pins, he was going to put in a Slugfest that
evening after close. He has an area set aside to work on games, hopes to
have a game for sale at all times, and plans on running local
tournaments once he's more established. I applaud his efforts, I'm
contributing posters and any other assistance I can to in some small way
help this prosper. Bob gets my thanks for putting a lot of hard effort
into this endeavor, this was not a casual deal. I think this is a
"golden age" of pinball here in northern Colorado, we have one of the
best pin arcades in the country in Lyons Classic Pinball
(www.lyonspinball.com), this new mall arcade, several fine collectors
with excellent collections in the area (see the other photo albums in
this set}, and at least one decent parts source...
I hope to add more pictures as the arcade expands, thanks once again to
John Wart Jr for making this online album resource possible.
Have a happy and safe 4th everyone!
Dave
--
Dave Mercer
For Amusement Only
943 Butte Pass Dr
Fort Collins, CO 80526
970-282-8282
970-223-2372 fax
Paypal payments can be made to
paypal@foramusementonly.to
Please visit our website for your pinball needs
http://www.foramusementonly.to
Hi folks, I thought I'd give you the chance to see a few pictures of the
reopened mall arcade here in Ft Collins. Bob the owner has made a very
good effort at emphasizing pinball at this game room, he used to visit
it when he was a kid, and now it's his! Opening day was Friday, July
1st, and when I went to visit that evening there had already been quite
a lot of play on the pins, and pretty good customer traffic for just
being opened. The pin wall is decorated with posters and a playfield
(guess the game!), and the whole gameroom has a retro kind of feel.
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/Foothills-Fashion-Mall-Arcade
It was fun to watch the various kids and adults do a "second take" at
the pinballs, while most of the games are "old hat" to us, they were
probably all new to the possible players, a fact that we may overlook at
times. The Indy is as much of an unknown as the LOTR. Kids who you
wouldn't think would give a pinball a second glance would stop and play,
while I was on MB a kid set down his skateboard and played LOTR, I
wouldn't have expected that at all!
Bob hopes to add more pins, he was going to put in a Slugfest that
evening after close. He has an area set aside to work on games, hopes to
have a game for sale at all times, and plans on running local
tournaments once he's more established. I applaud his efforts, I'm
contributing posters and any other assistance I can to in some small way
help this prosper. Bob gets my thanks for putting a lot of hard effort
into this endeavor, this was not a casual deal. I think this is a
"golden age" of pinball here in northern Colorado, we have one of the
best pin arcades in the country in Lyons Classic Pinball
(www.lyonspinball.com), this new mall arcade, several fine collectors
with excellent collections in the area (see the other photo albums in
this set}, and at least one decent parts source...
I hope to add more pictures as the arcade expands, thanks once again to
John Wart Jr for making this online album resource possible.
Have a happy and safe 4th everyone!
Dave
--
Dave Mercer
For Amusement Only
943 Butte Pass Dr
Fort Collins, CO 80526
970-282-8282
970-223-2372 fax
Paypal payments can be made to
paypal@foramusementonly.to
Please visit our website for your pinball needs
http://www.foramusementonly.to
He has a Fish Tales! 
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