Friday, July 3, 2026

scans: Universal pinball flyers

After Hard Rock appearing in the 1977 Universal catalogue, it's a great time to drop even more Universal pinball goodness.  Thanks again to Mike Minchew for the scanning.

Mike Minchew is a prolific collector of Pinball and Arcade/Video Flyers with over 12,000 spare flyers available for sale/trade.  He is always looking to buy flyers for his collection - from a single flyer to entire collections. Mike can be reached at mike.minchew@verizon.net

Click on the name each flyer to access the full thing at The Internet Archive. 

1977 Hard Rock - ハードロック by ユニバーサル (Universal)

1978 Hercules - ヘラクレス by ユニバーサル (Universal)

1979 Harem Cat - ハーレムキャット by ユニバーサル (Universal)

 

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Thursday, July 2, 2026

Our Lost Arcade: arcade history threads on Bluesky

@ourlostarcade.bsky.social is a bsky account run by @playhistory.bsky.social (of Gaming Alexandria and youtube and History Of How We Play fame) that has posted many threads on coinop history.  Highly recommended.

Consider this a snapshot of some of their most useful threads up to this point.  Even if you are not a Bluesky user you should be able to read these posts. They are filled with amazing vintage photos and are all well-referenced.

If you're a coinop nerd like me, these threads are addictive little morsels. 

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This blog stands in protest against the USA's horrific attempts to eliminate trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a war against reality, and says that trans people can no longer be allowed to exist. This includes making their healthcare illegal, censoring books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary school, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans existence to be child abuse.

This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president that has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

The USA is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified masked gestapo and shipping them off to concentration camps and notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. The world witnessed ICE execute a mother and a nurse and then lie about what we saw. Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror campaign against its own people. 

Please read: this is a nazi declaration of ELIMINATION from the head of the most powerful nation on the planet: "Supreme Court Bolsters President Trump’s Push to Eliminate Transgender Insanity"

Please read: Supreme Court Rules Title IX Means "Biological Sex" In Devastating Anti-Trans Ruling by Erin Reed

Please read: US threatens to cut funds for Kansas school district over transgender policies by Kanishka Singh

Please read: Newly Released Texas GOP Platform Calls For Ban On Trans Teachers And Trans Care Under 26 Years Old by Erin Reed 

Please read: SBC says it’s not possible to be gay or transgender and Christian by Mark Wingfield