Hey Belles!,
🎃✨ It was a spooktacular night of pinball with 12 Belles at The Kickback Bar for our Star Wars Fall of the Empire Launch Party! We had one new visitor from the Twin Cities (welcome, Leah!) and a visit from Sara, too.
Han Solo? More like Han Duo.
🏆 Winners’ Circle 🏆
We played 9 holes of Pingolf, with Leah’s chosen 3-game bank featuring Sopranos, Rush, and Banzai Run. After the finals, the results were:
🥇 Shayna
🥈 Cora
🥉 Tiffany
🏅 Leah
We say thank you to Tiffany who printed out the Pumpkin Tie fighters. The winners were able to choose their own pumpkin and wings, making their own Frankenstein of a “Pie Fighter”.
For our side finals, Sara won Pin-Bot and snagged the IT ducky, and Amber took the the win on Bond, winning a star fidget toy.
🦆 Ducky Winners 🦆
Big money! Tamara got the Star Wars translite and Cora got a coffin filled with candy.
Congrats on the new banner, Sharkey!
New Belles swag for Donelle!
👻 Best Dressed 👻
Amber won the best costume trophy! She got extra bonus points for wearing her mask during pinball. Amazing! Her new Grogu glows in the dark.
Donelle was most on theme with her Han Solo costume.
Call her, beep her, if you want to reach her. Enjoy your pumpkin full of candy, Sara.
⭐ Launch Party Grand Champ ⭐
And last but not least… Sara took home the plaque with Leah as a runner-up earning a lil Vader figure!
📅 Upcoming Events – Double Whammy at Aftershock 📅
Our next event is at the Aftershock Classic Arcade on November 12th for 6 rounds of MatchPlay. It’s $5 buy in + token drop. Registration starts at 6PM and we officially start at 6:30PM.
The following event is at the Aftershock Classic Arcade as well on November 23rd for 9 holes of pin-golf. Registration begins at 11:30AM, and we start playing at 12:00PM. Entry fee is also $5 + coin drop.
We encourage you to RSVP on Facebook. It helps the engagement on our page and can drive additional viewers to the event.
⭐ Pin Tip: Doctor Who Video Mode ⭐
Did you know that the video mode in Doctor Who has a predictable sequence?
Tapping one flipper will cause your character to short jump (S) and hitting both flipper will cause a long jump (L).
The first four waves are as follows:
Wave 1: S S L L L L
Wave 2: S L L S S S S
Wave 3: S S S L L L S S S
Wave 4: L L S S L S L L L
📰 Pinball in the Media 📰
Rachel Ristow of Ladies Flip Wisconsin had a great feature on PBS Wisconsin. Rachel has been a pivotal figure in the pinball community in Wisconsin especially when it comes to women in pinball.
It’s a great watch, and we bet a lot of us can relate to many of the things she says. Check it out on the PBS Wisconsin website.
There is also a new Business Insider video on the rise, the fall, and rise again of pinball. It’s a quick review of the history of pinball and where we’re at now. You may even see some familiar faces in some of the footage. Watch it here.
📢 December Charity Wanted 📢
For those who remember last December, we did a food drive with WayForward. With the holidays coming up and the current government shutdown putting SNAP benefits at risk, we want to get a start on planning for this upcoming December. We are open to working with WayForward again, but we wanted to hear from you in case there were other nonprofits that you think we should partner with this year.
We hope to have additional fun prizes, but we hope to get more. As a sneak peak to email readers, we do have 2 tickets to the Midwest Gaming Classic as one of our bigger prizes.Please let us know via email, message, or directly speaking to Jacque or Tiffany if you have a nonprofit in mind or know businesses that may want to donate prizes to our prize table!
Thank you Kickback for hosting us and Jim for keeping our glasses filled! We always enjoy being able to take some pictures with some puppies too. Please check out Brown Paws Dog Rescue if there you’re looking for your next best friend.
You can see more puppies and donate to local animal organizations on the 4th & 5th Sunday of the month at The Kickback from 3pm-6pm.
– Belles & Chimes Planning Team