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If you’d like to help support TWIP, please visit our Patreon page here.
Thank you for reading TWIP and for your consideration!! – Jeff
And the September Giveaway Winners are…drumroll…
Pin Stadium Lights ($300) – David Pizon
Gallery Stretched Canvas from Pinball Photos ($185) – Kevin Peterson
Comet Pinball Gift Card ($50) – Bryan Redshaw
Titan Universal Silicone Ring Kit in Your Choice of Color ($40.50) – Chris Meder
Double Danger Pinball Gift Card ($25) – Kamran Vandevar
Mezel Mods Gift Card ($20) – Rob Pannell
Pinball Life: Pin Gulp ($11.95) – Matt Young
Jersey Jack Pinball: Dialed In! Translite autographed by Jersey Jack Guarnieri – Chris Zumwalt
Stern Pinball: Deadpool Translite autographed by designer George Gomez – Zach Gutnik
Spooky Pinball Gift Bag – Mike Robertson
This Week in Pinball: Lapel Pin – George Fisher
Congrats to the winners!! Sign up for next month!
By the way, if you win something, you’re still eligible for every prize going forward each month! And for those of you that didn’t win, next month is YOUR month! And if you’re really upset you didn’t win, here is a gif of a puppy with a short attention span:
A HUGE THANK YOU to our monthly subscribers, who are automatically entered into the monthly drawings. You all are the backbone of this site and help keep this website going!
TWIPerks for Those that Support TWIP!
Hello! My name is Jeff and I am editor and creator of This Week in Pinball. First off, thank you so much for reading TWIP and for all the support from the pinball community!
I am humbly asking for you to consider supporting TWIP to help us keep the site running.
In order to try to get more monthly support/subscribers, we created a Patreon page, which includes five levels of giving and additional TWIPerks for supporters!
Visit the Patreon TWIPerks page here!
NOTE: If you already support TWIP monthly via PayPal, you’ll be automatically entered into the appropriate tier below.
What are TWIPerks? It is a corny combination of TWIP and Perks for those that support This Week in Pinball. TWIP Perks. TWIPerks.
There are 5 tiers of TWIPerks for subscribers:
TWIP Contributor: $1/month TWIPerks
- Help keep TWIP running
- Automatic entry to each month’s giveaway extravaganza*
TWIP Contributor PRO: $5/month TWIPerks (Most Popular)
- Help keep TWIP running
- Automatic entry to each month’s giveaway extravaganza*
- Pro TWIP swag once a year (ex: keychain for coin doors, stickers, magnets, etc.)
TWIP Contributor PREMIUM: $10/month TWIPerks
- Help keep TWIP running
- Automatic entry to each month’s giveaway extravaganza*
- Pro TWIP swag once a year (ex: TWIP keychain for coin doors, magnets, etc.)
- Premium TWIP swag once a year (ex: TWIP t-shirts, apparel, etc.)
TWIP Contributor LIMITED EDITION: $20/month TWIPerks
- Help keep TWIP running
- Automatic entry to each month’s giveaway extravaganza*
- Pro TWIP swag once a year (ex: TWIP keychain for coin doors, magnets, etc.)
- Premium TWIP swag once a year (ex: TWIP t-shirts, apparel, etc.)
- LE TWIP swag once a year (ex: high quality custom Dri-FIT polo shirt, custom-designed TWIP shirt or apparel, designed by professional artists)
- Occasional correspondence sharing behind the scenes happenings at TWIP and what is coming up on TWIP
- Occasional correspondence sharing EARLY ACCESS to teasers and portions of info from upcoming TWIP articles and exclusives
TWIP Contributor SUPER LIMITED EDITION: $100/month TWIPerks
- Help keep TWIP running
- Automatic entry to each month’s giveaway extravaganza*
- Pro TWIP swag once a year (ex: TWIP keychain for coin doors, magnets, etc.)
- Premium TWIP swag once a year (ex: TWIP t-shirts, apparel, etc.)
- LE TWIP swag once a year (ex: high quality custom Dri-FIT polo shirt, custom-designed TWIP shirt or apparel, designed by professional artists)
- Occasional correspondence sharing behind the scenes happenings at TWIP and what is coming up on TWIP
- Occasional correspondence sharing EARLY ACCESS to teasers and portions of info from upcoming TWIP articles and exclusives
- Personalized TWIPY Trophy
- Occasional private emails/phone calls sharing EXCLUSIVE information about new/upcoming games and exclusives before it is made public, plus other tidbits. We will ask you to keep this correspondence private.
A few notes:
You must be a supporter for at least three months in a row to be eligible for TWIP swag.
*Giveaways are limited to the United States and excludes FL, NY, RI, and PR. Click here for official rules. You will still receive all other TWIPerks if you are not eligible for the giveaways.
You can opt out of any of the TWIPerks that do not interest you.
If you are already supporting TWIP via PayPal, you will automatically be entered into the tier based on the monthly support amount you’re currently giving.
We very much appreciate your consideration to support TWIP and help keep This Week in Pinball running!
TWIP LE Early Access Correspondence
TWIP LE “EARLY ACCESS” correspondence is available for $20/month supporters of TWIP. This week we’ll be sharing more thoughts and details on the deeproot tour, and some of what we’re hearing about Beatles and Munsters, so sign up if interested!
Click here if you’re interested in an example of these EARLY ACCESS emails!
In that example, we confirmed a rumor, and shared some unconfirmed rumors of new titles – rumors that we’ve heard but aren’t vetted enough to include on TWIP.
Two ways to enter
1. Consider making a monthly donation via the PayPal button below or Patreon, which you can find here. You’ll automatically be entered each month you make a donation, and also get additional TWIPerks based on your giving level. Your contribution will help support this website.
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2. Donate nothing, and send an email to thisweekinpinball@gmail.com to let us know you want to be entered, and include your name, address (including city and state), and email address, and you’ll be entered for that month. You’ll just have to send the email every month to be included.
Please Note
Here is the bad news. Unfortunately, we had to limit the giveaways to the United States, and also need to exclude New York, Florida, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico. Including those states or other countries was prohibitively expensive and complicated. We’re disappointed too. Sorry!! But you can get all the other TWIPerks anywhere in the world!
The Giveaways
We are going to do a batch of giveaways every month. Below under the “October Giveaways” are all the giveaways for October (that is pretty straightforward, right?). Before we get to the October Giveaways, I want to give a teaser for some of the huge giveaways we will have down the road.
Future Giveaway Teaser
Win FREE deeproot Pinball Machines (estimated MSRP ~$5,000 – up to $10,000)!!
deeproot Pinball plans to give away a FREE pinball machine for each designer to some lucky winners!! Designers include Robert Mueller, Dennis Nordman, Jon Norris, Barry Oursler, and John Popadiuk. You get a FREE deeproot machine of your choice by that designer! The designer will also help set up the machine, discuss the design process and the game, and play your game at your place of residence!! You can invite up to four friends. These giveaways will take place after deeproot Pinball officially launches (expected to be at TPF next year)!! (Reasonable restrictions apply. Subject to change.)
October Giveaways – Please Support Our Sponsors!
Pin Stadium Lights ($300.00)
Welcome to the future of lighting for your pinball machine. Pin Stadium light’s patent-pending design brightens the entire playfield and adds dramatic flasher effects to your pinball machine. They provide seamless integration for your pinball machine while maintaining that factory look all with an easy install time of about 15 minutes or less. Your game no longer needs to be left in the dark and these work on any pinball machine thanks to our quality engineered game specific kits. Whether you are a purist wanting a little more natural looking light or a modder wanting to blow away everyone that plays your game. You dial them in with the app to exactly what you want. Our custom design and Pin Stadium specific LED PCB boards and chips are exactly what you need!
Orion’s Belt ($260)
Orion’s Belt is the ultimate addition to your existing Pin Stadiums. If you already own a set of Pin Stadiums then this is the next step, WOW!
Orion’s Belt is a plug and play Wi-Fi enabled app controllable complete flasher system solution for your pinball machine. It is the result of all of the input and dreams from our customer’s bundled into this new powerful product. It was time to do something ground breaking again and to give collectors/operators unlimited control with maximum eye boggling results!!
Any color, any brightness level, at any time, then take that and multiply it 4x, and you’ve got Orion’s Belt. You will see things you never thought possible and also play better since now you can visually use unique flasher colors to identify events happening in the game no matter what you are doing on the playfield.
Museum Grade Canvas from Pinball Photos ($185.00)
$50 Gift Card to Comet Pinball
Check out Comet Pinball’s Sunlight bulbs! They recently introduced Sunlight bulbs it to a new families of bulbs – check out the details here!
Visit Comet Pinball for a huge selection of LED products, including full LED game conversion kits!
Titan Universal Silicone Ring Kit in Your Choice of Color ($40.50)
Change your machine over to Competition Silicone!
This Universal Kit comes with a wide selection of the most common ring sizes. There are enough rings in the kit to change out most standard pinball machines.
Our standard kit comes with the following:
50 rings total :
- 4 – Flipper Rings Choose 2 colors (2 of each)
- 5 – Post Sleeves Choose 2 colors (2 and 3 of each)
- 4 – 3/8″ OD Mini
- 2 – 7/16″ OD Mini
- 4 – 3/16″ rings
- 4 – 5/16″ rings
- 4 – 7/16″ rings
- 4 – 3/8″
- 3 – 3/4″
- 3 – 1″
- 3 – 1 1/4″
- 3 – 1 1/2″
- 2 – 2″
- 2 – 2 1/2″
- 2 – 3″
- 1 – Plunger Tip
These next generation pinball rings are made from specially formulated silicone that provides a durable, easy to clean, vibrant replacement for standard pinball rubber. Our Competition rings are resistant to UV light and less susceptible to drying and cracking, giving them a much longer lifespan than traditional rubber.
All sizes and colors of Competition Rings are engineered to provide the classic feel of red flipper rubber (Shore A45), allowing you to change colors without compromising game play.
Make your machine look and play its best with Titan Competition Rings!
$25 Gift Card to Double Danger Pinball
Double Danger Pinball Accessories is a provider of pinball centric apparel and accessories. It’s pinball stuff from pinball players!
Mezel Mods Gift Card ($20.00)
Don’t settle for ordinary pinball!! Check out the best mods in pinball at Mezel Mods!
Pinball Life: Pin Gulp ($11.95)
Pinball Life: Feeding your pinball habit!!
Deadpool Translite – autographed by designer George Gomez
Dialed In! Translite – autographed by Jersey Jack Guarnieri
Total Nuclear Annihilation Translite from Spooky Pinball
This Week in Pinball Lapel Pin
(giveaways subject to change, will change each month)
The Drawings
Drawings will be held and announced monthly, along with a new set of prizes for the following month.
Again: Two ways to enter
1. Consider making a monthly donation via the PayPal button below or Patreon, which you can find here. You’ll automatically be entered each month you make a donation, and also get additional TWIPerks based on your giving level. Your contribution will help support this website.
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2. Donate nothing, and send an email to thisweekinpinball@gmail.com to let us know you want to be entered, and include your name, address (including city and state), and email address, and you’ll be entered for that month. You’ll just have to send the email every month to be included.
Please Note
Here is the bad news. Unfortunately, we had to limit the giveaways to the United States, and also need to exclude New York, Florida, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico. Including those states or other countries was prohibitively expensive and complicated. Sorry!! But you can get all the other TWIPerks anywhere in the world!
The Legal Stuff
Click here for the official rules.
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