Oct 24, 2023 - Culture
Inside Stern Pinball, one of the oldest makers of the game
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Greg Freres is a pinball machine artist and he stands next to one of his works--Elvira's House of Horrors. Photo courtey of Stern Pinball, Inc.
Thousands of pinball fans gathered in Schaumburg last weekend for the 39th annual Pinball Expo.
What happened: Tournaments, seminars and memorabilia. Plus, this year, Axios got a chance to tour Stern Pinball, Inc., one the world's oldest and largest pinball machine companies.
Fun facts: Hundreds of employees build the machines by hand, from soldering the internal cables to attaching the mini figurines to placing the design decals, Doug Skor tells Axios.
- Each pinball machine weighs about 300 pounds and the company ships to 42 countries.
