Wade Krause film opens Pacific Pinball Expo

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Anna Newman

Hope you’re coming on Friday to the Pacific Pinball Expo; the first festival event in the Sausalito room will be Wade Krause: Pinball Artist. Wade himself will be there to talk about his work and help me answer questions about the film.

image from Wade Krause: Pinball Artist, photography courtesy Joe Bansuelo

Get behind the backglass with Wade! You’ll learn about his restoration work and his collaborations with artists like Dirty Donny on the Metallica game, Beatniks, Hellacopters and other cool games.

Date: Sept. 21, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM
Where: Sausalito Room, Pacific Pinball Expo, San Rafael, CA
Directions: http://www.marincounty.org/Depts/CU/Directions

Hope to see you there.

PS: Stay for the whole weekend so you don’t miss seeing Pinball Donut Girl on Saturday.

PBDG visits Pin-a-Go-Go

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Anna Newman

Associate Producer Lily Achatz and I attended our first Pin-a-Go-Go in Dixon, CA. We got to meet up with lots of Pinball Donut Girl supporters, play great games (there were around 200 pins, I heard), and enjoy some perfect central valley weather. I will definitely go back next year; I had a really good time.

It’s always the first Sunday after Mother’s Day — mark your calendar now 😉

Lily plays Bowling Queen in the back room.

Bowling Queen backglass detail.

I was totally taken with Star-Jet’s art.

Star-Jet playfield detail.

Star-Jet backglass detail.

More Star-Jet playfield.

I also got to see a Palooka Dan Kramer had restored. Very cool.

Palooka backglass.

Palooka playfield detail.

I love the speed bag with a face!

The turnout was strong with people enjoying both EM and SS games.

Lily and Eight Ball Deluxe.

Bounty Hunter backglass art.

This young lady was part of the fun tournament.

And this little guy was making the rounds with his dad and a step stool.

I was happy to see Wade Krause and meet Dirty Donny Gillies, the artist behind Hellacopters and other custom art games Wade has worked on. Donny, Wade, and Tanio Klyce were so generous to let us use Hellacopters in the Pinball Donut Girl tournament scene.

Wade and Donny at Pin-a-Go-Go 2012.

Lily and I also got to visit with the folks of Planetary Pinball.

I can’t get enough of taking pinball photos…

Foto Finish playfield detail.

Star Pool backglass detail.

Star Pool backglass — seems like this should be a poster!

Hellacopters (and Donuts!)

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Anna Newman

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photo by Jeff Bradley, CC

More new photos of Wade Krause’s custom pin Hellacopters with art by Dirty Donny in the GALLERY tab on indigogo.

Hellacopters pinball dirty donny wade krause pinball

Photo by Jeff Bradley, CC

Huge thanks to all our new sponsors: Ethan Karson, Zainab Khan, Leigh Klotz Jr., Joe Locurcio, Martin Mathis, Jeff Rivera, Eric Rucker, Beth Scott, Don Walton Jr., and John Wasser.

Pinball Donut Girl is featured on the front page of indigogo.com today and making good progress towards our fundraising goal. Tell your friends!