This trading card and award were presented to John Weeks at ARCADE EXPO 2.0 during the Official Walter Day Trading Card Museum Awards Ceremonies, March 15, 2017, at John Week's legendary Museum of PInball, in Banning, California. The 2017 Class of Museum Inductees included Sega's David Rosen, President George Washington, Alexander Graham Bell, sci-fi author Ray Bradbury, and computer pioneer Alan Turing.
LAUNCH THE BALL • A FILM BY DAVID TROTTER
Jack, a technology-obsessed, real estate investor, unexpectedly inherits his uncle’s property along with a warehouse full of classic arcade games in Banning, California. Intent on quickly liquidating the property, Jack meets Jill, a cute convenience store worker who opens Jack’s eyes to the wonders of pinball and beyond in an attempt to save his uncle’s collection. Launch the Ball is a feature film written by David Trotter that explores the marvelous world of classic arcade gaming with principle photography filmed at John Weeks’ amazing Museum of Pinball, in Banning, California.
• John Weeks, Executive Producer of Launch the Ball, is a legendary leader of the classic arcade gaming world. He set the gaming world on its ear when he purchased an industrial airport complex in Banning, California and turned it into the Museum of Pinball -- and started holding an annual arcade exposition called THE ARCADE EXPO. Making available his own personal vintage arcade collection of 1,100 games, John has made the ARCADE EXPO a major destination for gamers around the world.