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Trading Card Spotlight "Rewind" - Joe LeVan

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By Todd Friedman
  This week we look back at an interview I did with Joe LeVan on January 11, 2019. Joe owns an arcade in Pennsylvania, and has held up to 80 vintage arcade cabinets. It is home of many arcade world records such as Donkey Kong 3, Burger Time and Mr. Do. Although, Joe prefers console gaming because the games were designed to run on a given hardware set which generally makes for a better gaming experience.  Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Joe LeVan who currently is displayed on card number 2206, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection.  Joe is the founder of “Chall...
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Trading Card Spotlight - Kevin Chau

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By Todd Friedman
 Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Kevin Chau, who currently is displayed on card number 3646, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection.  After getting his first arcade machine in 2014, a pinball machine was the next logical th...
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Trading Card Spotlight - Chun Wah Kong

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Chun Wah Kong, who currently is displayed on card number 2854, from the Superstars of 2018 Collection. Chun Wah is a game developer who started his career in the early 90's.  He was a game tester ...
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Trading Card Spotlight - Billy Joe Cain

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Billy Joe Cain, who currently is displayed on card number 376, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. Billy Joe is also on trading card #363 and trading card #2710. He has been playing video games since th...
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Trading Card Spotlight - Paul Monaghan

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By Todd Friedman
THIS IS MY 300TH TRADING CARD SPOTLIGHT! Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul Monaghan, displayed on card number 4277, from the Superstars of 2023. Co-founder of the Maximum Power Up podcast, which was started in 2015, Paul has had a pas...
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Trading Card Spotlight "Rewind" - Roger Sharpe

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By Todd Friedman
Now out on on HULU is the movie "Pinball - The Man Who Saved the Game". This movie tells the tale of pinball legend, Roger Sharpe. I highly recommend watching this to get a great history of the early pinball days.  On July 19th, 2019, I had t...
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