Pinball Wizard - Michael's Tommy Restoration Documentary

This video, filmed and edited by Kyle Lowe, discusses my restoration of a 1994 Data East The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard that was purchased in April 2013 for private home use only.

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LEDs by Cointaker, Propeller Mod by Rob H, Cliffy Protectors and Plastic Protectors from Pinbits, Speakers by Flipper Fidelity.

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Special Thanks:

To Kyle Lowe, who had the idea to do this cool video and wow it's pretty amazing! Super duper ultra talented video editing awesomeness... thank you thank you thank you!

To Luke Lock who lent me a hand on multiple occasions and provided moral support through the restoration

To Pinside (http://www.pinside.com) for providing a forum full of resources to help correct some of the electrical troubles

To The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard fan page on Facebook for their awesome posts about the machine and inspiring me to do some of the upgrades:
  / 147739828633855  

To the staff at Lowes Home Improvement in Clovis for helping me find the right tools and showing me how to use a pop rivet

To the following vendors for selling me the pinball parts I needed:

Marco Specialities
http://www.marcospecialties.com/
Pinball Life
http://www.pinballlife.com
Bay Area Amusements
http://www.bayareaamusements.com
Game Room Guys
http://www.gameroomguys.com
Cointaker LEDs
http://www.cointaker.com
Flipper Fidelity
http://www.flipperfidelity.com

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A 2013 revival of the broadway musical version 'Tommy' is currently playing at the Avon Theater as part of the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada. Original and returning director Des McAnuff describes this production as "A Tommy for the 21st Century" and features all new technology while preserving the original show from 1993! Get your tickets @ http://www.stratfordfestival.ca - playing until October 19th 2013.
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