[FSPA] Fwd: So Long Marc, and Thanks for all the Parts.
Roland Joyal
joyalrj at aol.com
Wed Dec 22 15:25:39 EST 2021
Thanks for passing this along Steve. Pinball parts suppliers certainly have come a long way and we have to be thankful for these businesses that make the hobby what it is today. Back in the day one had to get any parts from the machine distributors or from the manufacturers directly ...hard to imagine today. When I was a little kid I remember getting a Williams "Miss-O" as my second game (don't know how I convinced my Dad to let that happen but I guess since he was an engineer that could fix anything he understood my interest!). And I bought it from some guy at an old airport hanger from a newspaper classified ad. I had a choice of two games, and I choose that one ...at 60 bucks. It was about 3-5 years old, which was amazing to get a game that new as a used one. And the rule back then was that the companies support the games for at least 5 years. So I wrote to Williams parts department and was able to order a score card for the game ....for 15 cents as I recall! I think I may have ordered a couple rings and maybe something else, the order was so tiny and they communicated via mail. I'm sure it cost them more in labor to fulfill the order than they made, ha.
Then in the early days, when some of us early adopters of the pinball hobby (before it was really much of a recognized hobby) flew to a couple of the Chicago pinball conventions (likely one of the only events of its kind at the time) you could get lucky and find a parts distributor that may have what you are looking for. I have to admit it is convenient to find parts at Marco and other companies so easily now that the hobby is somewhat mainstream, but I also think it was so much more special when you had to "work" to find machines and especially parts.
I am also a huge car enthusiast and car guys would have to go on the hunt for parts at huge events like the car events at Carlisle PA (which I still go to multiple times a year) and search through hundreds of tables from private vendors selling parts. It was so much more meaningful to find that special discontinued part when you have to work for it, ha. But yeah, we should all be grateful for guys like Marc (and Steve at Pinball Resource in NY) for help making the hobby more more accessible to the average enthusiast.
Happy holidays to everyone. -Roland (Silverball Sanctum)
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Date: Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 9:51 AM
Subject: So Long Marc, and Thanks for all the Parts.
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Marc Mandeltort, 1954-2021
Our community lost a grand champion on Sunday, December 19, 2021. Marc Mandeltort, the founder of Marco Pinball (Marco Specialties, Inc.), passed away peacefully in his sleep. Marc’s life work revolved around preserving pinball and making it accessible to everyone. For Marc, pinball wasn’t just a game designed to make money. It is a beautiful miniature world under glass. It is a tool that builds communities. It is a pastime and a lifestyle. For Marc, pinball machines were kinetic art that needed to be preserved for future generations to discover and enjoy. To achieve this mission, Marc dedicated his life to building a sustainable company that ultimately enabled dozens of people to directly build pinball careers, inspired thousands more to fix games, and saved countless games from the landfill. In the early days of Marco, he would often spend hours swapping pinball stories with customers. Every game was a world of nested stories ranging from the design and gameplay itself to the politics and popular culture of its time. Most of all, Marc loved nothing more than finally locating an obscure part that brought a pinball machine back to life and sharing it with the community at large. The Marco Family wishes to honor his legacy by collecting the stories about him and his impacts on the pinball community. We set up an inbox, memories at marcopinball.com to collect these stories. We haven’t figured out how we’ll share them yet, but we can promise they will be seen by the immediate family and we will work to compile and disseminate them when appropriate. While his game of life tilted too early, Marc built a solid leadership team that will continue to build and serve our community for decades to come. Please be patient with us as we work through these difficult times. Let’s keep these games working and keep sharing them with the world. Thank you all for helping Marc do what he loved. We miss you already, Marc. —Paul, Nancy, Lynn, and the rest of the Marco Pinball Family.
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