UP Pinball Collective

07/31/2026

Come downtown to the Red Room for some great artists and bands tonight!
We got local bands with an awesome Regional last act that you don't want to Miss!!

07/02/2026

Thanks to Crazy Joe's for hosting a Monthly High Score to Date tournament in July and August!

Got a score that asks you to enter your name? Use your full first name and at least a last initial, flipper buttons scroll the text. Tell your bartender your score and the machine will save it, also!

Be sure to check back on your scores...each day there will be folks aiming for that Grand Champion spot, with basic high scores as goals as you go.

Game on! 🏆 Step into Crazy Joe's to enter the world of Transformers with our new pinball machine - in collaboration with UP Pinball Collective we invite you to compete in the PINBALL HIGH SCORE MONTHLY CHALLENGE all of July & August. Show off your skills, compete for the top score, & win monthly prizes. Join the excitement & relive the nostalgia today! 🤩

07/02/2026

High scores and Grand Champion RESET on Transformers at Crazy Joe's!

Stay tuned to both pages for more info on our July and August High Score to Date tournament!

Tourney runs all month, just keep an eye on your score and stop in to make sure you hold onto the title 👑🔥😎

06/24/2026

Crazy Joe's is getting a 3rd Pinball Machine from UP Pinball Collective! We look forward to tightening up Space Invaders and Riverboat Gambler as well, and come Friday we should have a surprise in store for everyone!

Hint* it's a 2011 Stern Pinball title that was also a hit movie franchise. Ellie nabbed it for around $4k and we look forward to seeing how it earns at the Pool Hall!

06/16/2026

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!

05/12/2026

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

05/07/2026

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!!

04/28/2026

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.

04/26/2026

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!

04/26/2026

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.