A weekend visit to Crabtowne and the National Pinball Museum

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A weekend visit to Crabtowne and the National Pinball Museum

Spent Saturday visiting Crabtowne in Glen Burnie. I was only able to stay for a couple hours so I think I missed quite a few members who showed up a bit later. Always a good time but I must say I think I'm growing a bit tired of the run down games there. I realize there's a TON of machines but I think of the 10-15 machines I played there was some sort of issue with them. A lot of those machines are BEAT and while some may consider 30 year old grease on the joystick to be nostaligic, I just feel a bummed seeing a classic beat to beyond shit :) Those machines need a serious wipe down from the inside of the monitor out, and I'd say 50% + need a cap kit to say the least. It's too much for one repair guy to take on...I think it would be cool if we organized a Crabtowne Repair Day and everyone could work on the Crabtowne machines.

My wife ended up calling while I was at Crabtowne and asked if I could just drive up to Baltimore to meet her with the kids since there were already up there. I was able to stop by the newly relocated National Pinball Museum and I must say, if you haven't gone it's def worth a visit. They need more help to keeps those pins running but overall the owner has done a great job preserving the history of pinball. I did a quick walkthrough video of both

http://www.youtube.com/user/brewersarcade#p/u/6/Kte4qA7plBk
 
nice to see the turnout w/ the pin museum, but no love for the vids? :(
or maybe too early in the day?
 
The pinball museum moved to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore along Restaurant Row. It's much more visible now so they are getting a lot more visitors.

I shot that video around noon at Crabtowne but I don't think it's ever jam packed. I think Crabtowne's pinball selection is the most impressive part.
 
The pinball museum moved to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore along Restaurant Row. It's much more visible now so they are getting a lot more visitors.

I shot that video around noon at Crabtowne but I don't think it's ever jam packed. I think Crabtowne's pinball selection is the most impressive part.

Nice!! So happy to hear that he found another spot,and closer to me no less. I have some questions if you don't mind me asking? Is photography allowed,are the majority of pins playable by the public,and what types are mostly playable,EM or SS?
 
Cool to hear the museum is back up. It's way less convient for me now though.

Sohchx, you can play just about everything there (at least that's how it was before they moved.) They had a few games in glass displays out front but the vast majority of the pins were set up to be played.
 
I'd say there are about 25 machines there to play ranging from 1950's EM machines to Stern's Avatar. He's got a great collection of Williams and Bally pins along with some rare Capcon pins. Worth a visit for sure.
 
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