We,the people at TNT Amusements, are happy because we attended the Wild
West Pinball Fest in Scottsdale,Arizona. We saw many different pinball machines
and met all kinds of pinball lovers from around the world.Right click on any
of the following pictures and view image to see a slightly larger picture.
Dangerous Dann Frank
Dann and Valarie Frank and Greg and Lavona Llewellyn put on one great
pinball show. They are very friendly and seem to be real pinheads. The great
weather along with all the fun contests are what makes WWPF the funnest weekend
in pinball.
Dan Wilson - WWPF 97 Flip-o-Rama Champion
Dan looks happy thinking about his brand new Attack from Mars (serial
#0001)!
Julie Smith - WWPF 97 The Lady's Challenge Champion (2 years in a row)
Julie has now won the Lady's Challenge two years in a row. This year
she will also be taking home a Wms. Star Pool.
John Miller won the Attack from Mars jacket (donated by Brian Eddy) by
getting 160 martians during martian attack. This picture looks like Dann
doesn't really want to give him the jacket. I don't blame him, that's a
great looking jacket.
Capcom Big Bang Bar:
Attack from Mars:
Williams Safecracker:
Newest pinball machine at WWPF 97
Bally NBA Fastbreak
George Gomez stands with two of his pinball creations, Johnny Mnemonic
and NBA Fastbreak.
Williams unveiled the newest innovation in pinball- Players can play
against each other at the same time on linked machines. Above left is "the
link".
Williams also brought a whitewood of NBA Fastbreak:
NBA Fastbreak was used first as the game to qualify on to get into either
the Flip-o-Rama or the Ladie's Challenge. After Dan Wilson won the Flip-0-Rama,
Williams set up 2 pairs of linked Fastbreaks and WWPF had their first Linked
Pinball Tourney.
Congratulations to 1st Place Winner RUSS RUFER, from California and 2nd
Place Winner Johnny Loney, from right here in Columbus,Ohio.
Custom Pinballs
The Edge:
Dangerous Dann's cool customized pinball called The Edge. It looks like
he took a Sharpshooter and changed it to a game like no other one in existence.
Remote Control Pharoah:
Sudden Death Expo:
Poker Pinball:
Stompin' Ball Police Force:
Gripper Flipper Grand Lizard:
One Hand Sharp Shooter:
Miscellaneous Games:
Thanks to Bowen Kerins for organizing the mini-tournament. We got to
meet more people and play more competitive pinball because of it.
