Author: Rod Cuddihy

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PPPo14 Pinheadz Pinball PODcast ep14! Pinball & Rock – THE PERFECT MATCH!

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Spooky Pinball’s ROB ZOMBIE SPOOKSHOW INTERNATIONAL pre intro – intro.

The history of Pinball & Rock n Roll.

Vice City Players meet at Rod’s place.

ACT Pinball Championships countdown with Tournament Director Pete Menzel.

What does the new STERN KISS PINBALL look like to a KISS cover band lead guitarist & pinhead?

STERN PINBALL’s new Social Media manager is on fire!

Have The Barenaked Ladies delivered pinheadz a new anthem?

Pinheadz PODcast contributor Greg Seigel gets national coverage of the silver ball.

Pinball In Popular Culture SPOTTING – Hulk Hogan & Pinball Anonymous.

BROKEN TOKEN PODcast David Crane interview – SNEAK PEAK!

Would a Rugby League State Of Origin pin work?

PACMAN’s new movie – PIXELS preview.

John Popaduik trashes his own reputation.

THUNDERBIRDS PINBALL gets closer by the day.

Who wants a 600 SQUARE METER PINBALL MACHINE?

Conclusion…HAPPY FLIPPING!

ROB ZOMBIE SPOOKSHOW INTERNATIONAL ghost track!

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In Pintech Stevie’s absence broadcaster Rod Cuddihy & international pinball hunter Gary Christiansen are joined by former IFPA Australian No.1 Pete Menzel & his partner Chrysanthe Psychogis for episode 14 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

 

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PPPo13 Pinheadz Pinball PODcast! ep13. PINHEADZ THE 13TH!

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  • INTRODUCTION…the big things coming up in Episode 13!
  • GAZ’s Game Room addition UPDATE…will Gaz meet his winter deadline?
  • SWINKS’ new Creature From The Black Lagoon SNACK BAR MOD.
  • A brief reflection on the beginning of the LICENCED PINBALL THEME revolution.
  • ROD sells his 1997 BALLY Cirqus Voltaire to fund a new STERN WRESTLEMANIA LE.
  • ROD unboxes a NIB HANKIN Cocktail table.
  • PREDATOR PINBALL IS DEAD…how did it all fall apart? Was it a scam?
  • Will the PREDATOR fallout effect the other pinball manufacturing start ups?
  • STERN’s Whoa Nellie FIRST LOOK…and listen.
  • POWERDRAIN ROUND 2 – the world’s first pinball game show!
  • IFPA President JOSH SHARPE interviewed by Greg Siegele. PART 1
  • Remembering GREG BERRY…and what’s next for RTBB.COM.AU?
  • PINBALL IN POPULAR CULTURE – Copland scene.
  • Does STEVIE fear for his life alone in the Australian Outback?
  • OTHER PODcasts chat – ‘The Pinball Podcast’, ‘Broken Token’, & ‘Lock Is Lit’.
  • IFPA President JOSH SHARPE interviewed by Greg Siegele. PART 2
  • HAPPY FLIPPING!!!

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So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, international pinball hunter Gary Christiansen & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in episode 13 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

 

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PPPo12 Pinheadz Pinball PODcast! ep12. PINHEADZ MANIA!

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When STERN PINBALL announced a new title within weeks of the new year the pinball world was caught completely off guard…in Episode 12 of The Pinheadz PODcast Rod, Gaz & Pintech Stevie take a look at how STERN managed to keep it’s new WWE Wrestlemania Pinball secret!

Guest Pinheadz reporter & Australia’s IFPA No.7 ranked player Greg Siegele gives a crash course on how to play like a champion with special guest & PAPA World Champion Cayle George!

Manu ‘SPUDZ’ Smith takes us behind the scenes of the “Most Number Of Pinball Games Played Simultaneously” World Record attempt with Guinness Official & star of the arcade documentary ‘The King Of Kong’ – Walter Day.

We get a sneak peek inside the new manufacturing facility of Heighway Pinball for an ALIEN PINBALL update. PLUS the news that pinball design legend Barry Oursler is official BACK!

ALSO the good news from Planetary Pinball that they’ve been authorised to produce playfield overlays from the original artwork films, we’ll find out if the days of the pre-order are dead AND put your thinking caps on for our first ever pinball gameshow!

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So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, international pinball hunter Gary Christiansen & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in episode 12 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

 

 

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PPPo11b Pinheadz Pinball PODcast! ep11 PART 2. 2014 Australian Pinball EXPO Special!

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The final Pinheadz PODcast of 2014!

In the continuation of Ep11…Rod, Gaz & Pintech Stevie continue your virtual tour of the 2014 Australian Pinball EXPO in Sydney!

If you didn’t catch PART 1 just skip back in the cue & check it out.

Be part of the PODcast via FACEBOOK – Pinheadz Pinball PODcast or TWITTER – @RODsaid #pinheadz

So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, international pinball hunter Gary Christiansen & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in EPISODE 11 PART 2 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

 

 

 

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PPPo11a Pinheadz Pinball PODcast! ep11 PART 1. 2014 Australian Pinball EXPO Special!

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Episode 11 of the Pinheadz PODcast takes you on a virtual tour of the 2014 Australian Pinball EXPO in Sydney! Rod, Gaz & Pintech Stevie meet pinheadz from around the world, bump into famous Aussie pinball personalities & actually stop to play some pinball.

From some of the rarest games on the planet to some of the most popular, the closest you’ll come to experiencing the largest collection of pinball machines made available to the public in the Southern Hemisphere is this episode!

ALSO following a drama filled month for the boutique pinball manufacturers we’ll check in for a status report on everyone’s pre-orders.

What’s the likelihood of STERN switching to color displays in 2015? Gary Stern provides the answer.

We’ll reveal the super rare DATA EAST pin that’s currently on the market for $50,000! And following the ‘objectification of women’ controversy surrounding STERN Pinball’s announcement that they’ll be manufacturing the “Whoa Nellie – Big Juicy Melons” machine in 2015…we hear from the game’s artist!

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So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, international pinball hunter Gary Christiansen & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in episode 11 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

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PPPo10 Pinheadz Pinball PODcast EP10! The Pinball Resurgence IS REAL!

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With 9 of the TOP 10 grossing film franchises in history already having been made into pinball machines, are there any valuable film franchise licences left?

In this episode we discover there’s one less title available to pinball manufacturers with Heighway Pinball’s announcement that they’re putting ALIEN PINBALL into production! UK pinball king & Heighway Pinball president Andrew Heighway joins us for the big news.

Normally that’s about as big as it gets, but in the month just gone, Chicago’s 30th annual pinball EXPO had more big announcements & surprises than any other pinball expo for years!

Amongst the CHICAGO EXPO highlights, Dutch Pinball’s THE BIG LEBOWSKI has landed on US soil! Do pinheadz like what they see?

ALSO, Electromechanical pinball returns with WIZ BANG PINBALL’s Whoa Nellie going into production at STERN?

We’ll find out how the magic of the EM era is coming back to modern pinball. PLUS the days of the Orange dot matrix display are numbered…COLORDMD announces their first STERN color display – LORD OF THE RINGS.

ANOTHER new game is being announced this episode with Jersey Jack’s THE HOBBIT GOLD prototype revealed! MEANWHILE 14,000 kilometres away from Chicago on Australia’s Gold Coast, one of the country’s most talented maxillofacial surgeons is spreading the pinball word!

AND the good news that we MAY BE one step closer to realising the dream of a Ghostbusters pinball machine. We’ll ALSO confirm which BALLY Williams classics are going back into production thanks to Planetary Pinball, the end of an era with the final STERN factory tour and lots more pin spotting with NEW instalments of “Pinball Appearances In Pop Culture”.

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So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, guest Pinball Enthusiast Michael Dojcinoski & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in episode 10 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

 

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PPP009 Pinheadz Pinball PODcast ep9! EVERYBODY LOVES A COMEBACK…THE SPOOKY SPECIAL!

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Despite a legendary history, horror themed pinball machines have been conspicuously absent from the new pinball landscape this millennium. But just when it looked like the death of the genre…STERN Pinball has announced their newest title – The Walking Dead!

Special guest & Horror/Sci Fi pinball aficionado Charlie Emery joins us for a look at the genre’s place in pinball history. As well as talking about, playing & collecting them, Charlie is leading the charge of boutique pinball manufacturers building new games. But, how long till he starts loading a container bound for Australia?

With the new Homepin THUNDERBIRDS pinball machine on the way, we take a look at what’s inside the boxes being shipped out of their manufacturing facility in China this month.

Pintech Stevie’s Super Tip is so obvious you’d have to be crazy not to do it…fit Cliffy hole protectors to your game or risk total playfield annihilation. So why are some people not doing it?

This episode’s Pinball Appearances in Popular Culture features scenes from Greg The Bunny starring Seth Green, an awesome Waylon Jennings narration of Dukes Of Hazzard & The Bachelor Australia…plus some more obscure sightings.

And we’ll find out why people are freaking out over JAWS in 2014!

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So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, International Pinball Hunter Gary Christiansen & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in episode 9 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

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PPP008 Pinheadz Pinball PODcast ep8! Experts Of Dangerous v Revenge Of The Zombie Crash Test Dummies

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SKIT B Head Designer – Kevin Kulek gives an in depth interview on the announcement of the company’s new game EXPERTS OF DANGEROUS and the unique licensing deal done with the stars of MYTHBUSTERS.

Kevin also reveals mode details of SKIT B’s FUNHOUSE 2.0 project, including the quest to track down the actor who provided the original voice of the game’s iconic star – Rudy!

PLUS Kevin describes what stage of production SKIT B’s PREDATOR pin is at, while standing amongst the games currently being built.

We ask the question, “can an alternate translite increase a game’s earnings”…and an Aussie operator gives us the answer by letting us look in the coin box.

While history’s greatest pins are getting converted into virtual games, Silver Castle Pinball announce they are doing the reverse. Legendary PC pinball simulation TIME SHOCK is about to enter the world of real pinball.

How close is pinball designing great Barry Oursler to making a comeback with the new title PINBALL GREMLINS?

And after Australian Federal Police & the bomb squad got called out to a pinball machine, Pintech Stevie’s SUPER TIP of the episode has never been more important!

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So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, Federal Government IT expert Gary Christiansen & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in episode 8 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

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PPPoo7 Pinheadz Pinball PODcast ep7! A DECADE IN THE MAKING – Pinball Creation V Pinball Destruction

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When pinball’s most controversial designer passed away earlier this year it was widely accepted that the dream of Python Angelo‘s holy grail – Williams Pinball Circus going into production died with him. Ten years after the prototype was completed we celebrate the announcement that Python’s legacy will be complete & one of pinball’s most innovative games ever, will be built!

Also proving how much can happen in a decade, we take a look at how a stash of early 90’s Bally Williams pins stood up to ten years of some of the harshest weather conditions anywhere on the planet…North Queensland!

At last we get hold of the STERN Mustang LE track list sourced from 50 years of SONY’s back catalogue…but is it predictable or inspirational?

For all Pintech Stevie’s potentially lifesaving Pinball Safety Tips…how did he end up trapped under a game this month?

After eight years, is the man behind Gorgar, Space Shuttle & Dr Who – pinball designing legend Barry Oursler returning to pinball?

Bally Williams may have closed it’s doors in 1999 but STERN Pinball appear to have leant a trick or two from them in 2014. STERN are set to rebuild the classics as they open THE VAULT!

We begin planning our Australian Pinball Expo with the release of the event’s games list!

And we’ll discover which pivotal game in pinball history is being brought into the new millennium with the development of a “2.0” version.

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So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, Federal Government IT expert Gary Christiansen & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in episode 7 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

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PPPoo6 Pinheadz Pinball PODcast ep6! Pinball Pimping v Pinball Pizza

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Is the lone MAD MAX pinball machine the most extreme ‘pin pimp out’ ever? Geoff Fraser joins us to reveal all about his amazing creation.

Williams Pinball’s greatest game goes into production at STERN. Are we getting closer to a pinball factory reinstating a night shift on the production line?

We get serious about Virtual Pinball and graduate from playing on the iPhone. Aussie VP builder Sam Vicario gives us a lesson in full size Virtual Pinball construction.

DUTCH PINBALL reveal the Big Lebowski Pinball sub playfield! We look at how it stacks up against the great sub play fields of all time?

Classic Playfield Reproductions finally have an Australian distributor! Niño from Australian Pinball Restorations calls in to discuss what the good news means for us..

Will PinTech Stevie have to change his name to PinWizard Stevie?

What’s a Zine? SLAM TILT ZINE editor Tilt Wilson explains why pinball in print is better than a BLOG.

And we discover what’s on an ELVIRA PIZZA!

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So join broadcaster Rod Cuddihy, Federal Government IT expert Gary Christiansen & professional pinball technician Steve Hyde for Americana from Down Under, in episode 6 of The Pinheadz Pinball PODcast!

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