{"id":432,"date":"2012-07-20T12:17:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T10:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2012-07-21T04:20:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T02:20:07","slug":"contents-of-pinball-magazine-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/?p=432","title":{"rendered":"Contents of Pinball Magazine No.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pinball-Magazine-cover1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-397 alignright\" title=\"Pinball Magazine cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pinball-Magazine-cover1-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pinball-Magazine-cover1-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pinball-Magazine-cover1-105x148.png 105w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pinball-Magazine-cover1-22x31.png 22w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pinball-Magazine-cover1-27x38.png 27w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pinball-Magazine-cover1-153x215.png 153w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pinball-Magazine-cover1.png 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>Contents of Pinball Magazine No.1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The most complete interview with Roger Sharpe ever, including:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>how he got into pinball<\/li>\n<li>the story of his testimonial which resulted in the legalization of pinball in New York City<\/li>\n<li>his books, including\u00a0<em>&#8216;Pinball!&#8217;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>his pinball designs, including\u00a0<em>Sharpeshooter<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Global Warfare<\/em>\u00a0(prototype only),\u00a0<em>Barracora<\/em>\u00a0and more<\/li>\n<li>the story behind\u00a0<em>The Muppets Haunted House Adventure<\/em>, his pinball styled redemption design from 2000<\/li>\n<li>how he re-introduced licensing to pinball and several licensing related anecdotes<\/li>\n<li>how pinball enthusiast like yourself can help to bring back pinball into street-locations<\/li>\n<li>how pinball operators can improve earnings on their pinball machines<\/li>\n<li>how to do PR for pinball and\/or pinball events<\/li>\n<li>pinball leagues<\/li>\n<li>memories of Roger on working with the late Steve Kordek<\/li>\n<li>comments on the pinball industry, the Pinball 2000 project, Stern Pinball, Jersey Jack and his Wizard of Oz game<\/li>\n<li>some surprising plans and anonymous projects from the past<\/li>\n<li>and much more<\/li>\n<li><strong>Others about Roger<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>including contributions by Steve Epstein, Larry DeMar, Greg Freres, Dennis Nordman, Mark Ritchie, and others<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Flipper Pinball Accosiation 2.0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Josh and Zach Sharpe, sons of Roger, talk about the success the new IFPA has become<\/li>\n<li><strong>A look on the inside of Pinside.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An interview with Robin and Martijn van Mourik, two Dutch brothers who&#8217;s Pinside hobby project became the largest online pinball community<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exploring the Pacific Pinball Museum<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Founder Michael Schiess takes us on a guided tour through the rooms of the museum and talks about Pacific Pinball as well<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8211; and more<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Number of pages: 80 (and counting)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Available: August 18, 2012<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additional notes (taken from the <a title=\"Online preview magazine published (updated)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/?p=370\">updated post showing the preview magazine<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A printed version of the preview magazine will become available in a few weeks, which should be distributed at various pinball shows. If you&#8217;re organizing a pinball show and would like to distribute the preview magazine to your visitors, please\u00a0<a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/?page_id=175\">contact<\/a>\u00a0the editor.\u00a0Please indicate which show you are organizing, how many people usually attend and how many preview magazines you would need.<\/li>\n<li>Pinball Magazine No. 1 is scheduled to be launched at the UK Pinball Party, held from August 17-19.<\/li>\n<li>Prior to the launch pre-orders will be taken, but the magazine won&#8217;t be shipped until after the launch.\u00a0Currently the webshop only accepts PayPal payments, including Visa and Mastercard. Other payment methods should be added prior to the launch.<\/li>\n<li>Pinball Magazine is shipped from The Netherlands &#8211; Europe. As shipping rates are still being negotiated, pre-ordering customers may receive a partial refund in case the postal costs will be discounted. In fact: the more pre-orders are taken, the more likely such a discount becomes.<\/li>\n<li>The preview magazine does not contain any advertisements. 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