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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Simon McCarthy

Inside the lovingly nostalgic world of pinball care and maintenance

Antoine Dupont with his 11-year-old son, Gabin, at Pinfest 2024, hosted at Club Lake Macquarie on Saturday, September 14. Picture by Simon McCarthy

It's a labour of love.

Gregory Punshon watches as one of the other collectors tinkers inside his pinball machine called Pat Hand. All of them have names like this. The newer machines are often themed to a new movie or pop culture reference - in the other room, you could almost hear the Blues Brothers over the cacophony of sounds chattering away near John Wick and a few others. The Australians are represented too: Peter Brock and Holden from Vector Pinball, to name a couple. These older machines have broader themes.

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