Eventually, I had about eight,” said Graylands. And then, a few months later, I had a second one and then a third one. Instead, Graylands began searching on Kijiji and quickly found a cheap machine – a Hardbody pinball game from 1987 for $800.
So, I thought no, I'm not going to pay three grand on something that I don't know if I'm going to play next week.” Maybe that would be kind of cool, but their cheapest machines were like three grand. “We were looking at these new machines, and I'm thinking, I've never thought about owning a pinball machine. “We were all excited because we saw them moving these machines and we thought it was an arcade,” said Graylands. Graylands had always had an interest in video arcade machines, but the idea of creating a classic pinball arcade came after a new pinball retailer opened in Mission, he said. He says his pinball collection currently sits around 74-76 machines. Seven Graylands, owner of Seven's Pinballorama, says he looks for unique and quirky machines with different elements and obstacles over popular and valuable machines. Located in the North River neighbourhood of the Town of Cornwall, Seven’s Pinballorama will feature 40-50 classic pinball machines from the 1930s to the ’90s. All of them have unique things going on with them that pinball players especially find interesting, but for your average player who doesn't know a lot about pinball, there's enough here to keep them interested.” “I have a really unique collection of games, not the standard kind of new Stern machines.
is probably a good spot for a big pinball arcade because, as far as I know, there is no public pinball on P.E.I.,” said Graylands. wasn’t dampened as he had moved to the Island with a mission in mind – to open Canada’s largest classic pinball arcade, Seven’s Pinballorama. Despite the rocky start to their Island life, Graylands’ optimism about moving to P.E.I.
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