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Wizardly pinball plan: Woman sets out to top her own 1979 Guinness record

Posted on 23 March 2000 (0)

CANOGA PARK – Joining a long, wacky tradition of Guinness record seekers, Mandi Martin played her 17th straight day of pinball Wednesday – just four days from establishing a new world record.

“It’s not really about points,” said the 55-year-old Martin, as she kept her eyes on the flying metal ball, “my all-time high score is 1.8 billion, and I don’t even keep track of anything below 300 million anymore.”

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The Flip Side: Singer-songwriter Aims to play 555 straight hours of pinball

Posted on 23 March 2000 (0)

This article appeared in the L.A. Times on March 23, 2000.

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It Takes Balls: Mandi Martin Plays Pinball For 500 Consecutive Hours

Posted on 22 November 1979 (0)

The following article was published in L.A. WEEKLY in the November 16-22, 1979 issue: IT TAKES BALLS Mandi Martin Plays Pinball For 500 Consecutive Hours by Alfa-Betty Olsen & Marshall Efron Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath read the Guinness Book of World Records – or at least [...]

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