"This Old Pinball" (TOP) repair & restoration
DVD videos cover pinball and other coin operated arcade games.
Mechanical, electronic, and aesthetic restoration is covered. The videos
are hosted by the infamous "Shaggy" and "Norm" (of This Old House TV fame?)
Who is "Shaggy", you ask? Well he's a nutbar (is that his *real* hair?
yea sure, duh) originally from
Rochester, NY who likes restoring coin operated games. Norm,
the never-seen camera man, is Shaggy's creative sidekick
with a Bostonian accent and a knack for woodworking.
Their pinball repair videos have been reviewed in
several magazines, including Gameroom Magazine and the
Pingame Journal. "If you like your serious pinball repair laced with
madcap humor, then this and the other TOP videos are for you"
(Pingame Journal, issue #85/86).
The majority of the money from the TOP video sales goes to
Tim Arnold's non-profit "Las Vegas Pinball Collector's Club".
Also known as the
"Pinball Hall of Fame" (PHoF).
They have been saving to buy or lease a building in Las Vegas where approximately
200 working vintage pinball machines from the 1930s to the 1990s
will be displayed & operated. And the dream has come true - as
of January 2006 th PHoF is now open in Las Vegas! And as of November 2009
the PHoF has bought a new building, doubling its size.
The proceeds after rent, electricity, etc will be donated to
the Las Vegas Salvation Army.
Video Pricing.
All the following video prices include shipping!
Note all orders can take up to a week for us to process.
Sometimes we're very fast, other times we're backed up.
Note the U.S. Postal service has
increased postage costs *significantly*. In North America
we used to be able to send our DVDs for about $1 postage.
Now it's nearly $5. Yikes! Overseas is even worse!! Even
postage to Canada is crazy expensive. This has caused us to raise
prices on the DVDs unfortunately.
Over the years we have absorbed all
mail rate increases, but this has put us over the edge.
Therefore we had to increase the price of the TOP DVDs. Sorry!
We used to sell these for $8 each including postage not too
long ago. But unfortunately those days are long gone thanks to
increases (largely) in postage (though those freakin' DVD plastic
covers have gotten expensive too!)
For United States orders:
$12 each, sent "First Class mail". Please allow 3 to 14 days for shipping.
For Canadian orders:
$18 u.s.d. each.
Please allow 7 to 28 days for shipping.
Yea it's that slow. Unfortunately Canadian Customs is hell,
they move even slower than us. It used to be cheap to ship to
Canada too, but that all changed during 2013-2018. We used
to be able to ship a DVD to Canada for $1. Those days are
LONG gone!
For Overseas orders:
$24 u.s.d. each, sent air mail.
Please allow 7 to 28 days for shipping. Certain parts of the
world are really slow (South America), others some what faster (U.K.)
Again, we apologize on this pricing. Not too long ago we used to
be able to send a DVD to say the UK for like $3. Now it's over $10 for shipping.
The U.S. Postal service has dramatically increased the cost
for all international shipping. That's why the overseas price is so high. Sorry!
The only way to buy the DVDs is to send a check. Sorry
we do *not* use paypal or other payment methods. You will
have to email us for an address.
All DVD videos are NTSC format with no region code, two hours.
These videos are all in fun and contain TONS of information
on game restoration and repair, and the money goes to a good pinball cause.
Any questions or comments, email:
cfh@provide.net
Question: Why do you guys take so long to release a new video?
Answer: It's all Norm's fault. Really it is. Blame him.