UP Pinball Collective

Williams Firepower will be set to flip after a new transistor, diode and coil for the first right lock kickout.

UP Pinball Collective for repairs, sales, tournaments and more!

Abigail rocked this fairly difficult coin jam on Elvira at The Halfway Bar & Grill!

UP North Lanes in Escanaba has classic Bally and Williams Pinball!!

We stopped for a service call and got Black Pyramid programmed for 5 balls for $0.50.

Williams Firepower needs two fresh coils...we will replace the related transistors, too, just to be sure no new coils burn.

Bally GoldBall is a thinker...all wires and connections to start button are good, balls all seated where they should, no stuck tilt...just credits on the display and no action on Start. We will be making a post so the online gurus of pinball can help us out, like Pinball Repair help group!!

New Machine alert!

Ellie brought home a Stern Transformers from Midwest Gaming Classic and we suspect it will do great on the UP Pinball Collective Pinball Route up here in the Yoop.

We might swap in some standard warm white GI lights, but otherwise this machines has all LED and the game looks to be in great shape.

Follow us for more updates on where in the UP you can play classic pinball! We have games from all eras and are working on a shop space at our main Escanaba location for pinball, Crazy Joe's.

The Fiery End of Obsidian High - winner for Best in Show: New Creations at Midwest Gaming Classic 2026! Congratulations, Ellie! Very proud of our founding member of UP Pinball Collective and route inventory owner...she not only owns and shares her games, she makes them, too!

A row of older EM machines. Glad folks bring some older ones, too. Jesse has a classic reverse wedgehead, Beat the Clock, that will eventually be fun to bring and show off. This older Big Deal was the only reverse wedgehead I saw so far.

Folks seem to be enjoying UP Pinball Collective's contributions to this year's convention. Ellie brought two home homebrew pins, her Undertale: Pinball Edition and Obsidian High, which is fully flipping as a playable prototype. We also brought Ellie's Addams Family and Totem, even scored an upgrade mod for the bookcase on Addams.

Lost World and Stange World.

Jesse made sure to hit up the Trek machines! Lots of cool games across many decades, here at Midwest Gaming Classic.

Coin jams cleared on Elvira and the Party Monsters at The Halfway Bar & Grill! Best food and vibe on M35 by a long shot - check this joint out and drop some quarters! (Notice the offical signature from Elvira on that backglass!)

New flipper switches coming soon, plus a cleaning and waxing. Thank you to all our locations that keep us on top of repairs and adjustments 🥰