Best Pins for Kids

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"pinballmick" <michaelpug@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Looking to purchase my first group of pins. While I'm aware of all the
> Williams/Bally pins from the 90's I was wondering which games might
> appeal to my young kids (and their friends), ages 7 & 8. Any
> suggestions?

My nephews, aged 7 and 9, prefer my Take*Five cocktail pinball (of 1979)
over my T*Z or J*M, since for a casual (!) kid player modern pins are often
too difficult, fast and have a complicated ruleset. The younger one
especially liked the fact that he can see the ball all the time when playing
this simple, older game.

However, if they had these pins at home, they could learn fast and 'outgrow'
the simple games. I'd say that the pin theme is also important for kids. I'd
imagine these two would play any Star Wars pin to death, or a Harry Potter
one or a Donald Duck one (if there was one).

In my limited experience, kids love pinball. My nephews have had a Nintendo
64 for years, a Gameboy Advance for a while and every now and then they play
a game or two on PC. However, I'd say they like the same things in pins that
we do (not talking about hunting deals on eBay or shopping a pin - the
unpredictableness and the physical motion of the silver ball. You can't
simulate that on a video game screen.

--Jarkko

 

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>> Looking to purchase my first group of pins. While I'm aware of all the
>> Williams/Bally pins from the 90's I was wondering which games might
>> appeal to my young kids (and their friends), ages 7 & 8. Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>

I've got a TSPP, LOTR and TZ and my 10 year old daughter likes LOTR
the best. She hates the artwork, finding Gollum creepy. For awhile I
couldn't get her to play LOTR. Then, one day, she had a long game with
a relatively high score and now plays that game more than others.

Kids WILL play pinball if they get some exposure to it. But if all
that happens is they drain quite quick, they'll walk away.

She keeps asking me for a SpongeBob pinball.

Mark
Norcross GA

 

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I have a girl 7 and boy 5 who prefer pins to vids.

They have liked pretty much every game we had so far. The one's
that top their list are:

TSPP, TAF, IJ, NGG, AFM, WW, DM, Whirlwind

other ones they liked were hook, jurassic park, DE star wars, Batman
Forever

 

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Here are some good examples from games I have had or still in my collection:

FT
RS
SW
TAF
MM
IJ
T2

Anything that does not require too deep a thought, entertains well.

--
"The_Black_Knight"

The Washington State Pinball Stronghold
"A Fortress Protecting the Silver Ball"

www.geocities.com/pinball_jack


"pinballmick" <michaelpug@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1125633677.334696.252880@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Looking to purchase my first group of pins. While I'm aware of all the
> Williams/Bally pins from the 90's I was wondering which games might
> appeal to my young kids (and their friends), ages 7 & 8. Any
> suggestions?
>

 

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CV is not a pin I really liked at all, but since you asked about "for
kids", it's definitely one to consider. My kids love it, and their
friends seem to prefer it as well.

On 2 Sep 2005 10:41:19 -0700, "pinballmick" <michaelpug@comcast.net>
wrote:

>You got that right! Both of my girls continuously work both flippers.
>I have to keep telling them to wait for the ball to come down but
>mostly to no avail.
>
>Many thanks to all that responded. Was surprised to see so many CV
>suggestions. My "hit list" of pins to buy already included most of the
>pins suggested so it looks like if I end up with 3 or 4 on my list I
>should have one the kids will enjoy.

 

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My son who is 5 enjoys STtNG but it took him some time to warm up to
it. Too much going on in this machine for him in the beginning. It is
my opinion you will want to keep to simple games. World Cup Soccer is
another popular game with the kids.

When his little friends come over they all enjoy Hook over any other
game. Hook is also very popular with Guest. Surprisingly another
popular game with the kids is Cheetah. one up under $1000.

Another option might be getting a themed pin that your kids are
interested in. I started my son off with a Star Wars DE machine and he
played it all the time. He also screamed at me when I sold it. However
he enjoys the new Road Show :>)

 

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Mine (8 years old) really likes Bram Stoker's Dracula LOL I find that
one funny but he plays it a lot. He got about 2 billion on it once!