Trucker hat
A fun trucker hat with the full logo, big and playful.
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Pinball lifestyle 忍者
Multiball Ninja is a pinball lifestyle brand with three lines: fun gear for the player, business casual for the professional, and league apparel and prizes for everyone who plays together.
Visit the store (Pin Pub League store) Play the table
Step out. Zone in. Come back.
Play strong
Everything shown here is concept gear: designed, and on its way to the store. The pictures are mockups, not photographs of finished products.
A fun trucker hat with the full logo, big and playful.
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A fun beanie with a playful logo.
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A fun hoodie with the full logo big across the front.
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A long-sleeve hooded tee with a big front logo.
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At home
Loose Asian-style lounge pants for long sessions at home.
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Basketball-style shorts with the logo.
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Out and about
The launch mark front and centre.
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The backstory
Multiball Ninja started as something I would literally yell out loud while playing pinball with my small children.
As toddlers, my kids would sit on a stool between my arms, “playing pinball with DaDa”. Whenever a multiball started it was always an exciting time, and I happened to be very good at juggling six balls at once and keeping the excitement alive.
My ninja-like skills during multiballs quickly turned into all three of us yelling “Multiball Ninja!” in chorus, as loud as we could, every time one started. So loud that Moma thought real ninjas were crashing the house.
That simple idea turned into a lifestyle brand to comfort, outfit and guide our journey through the silver ball universe. We hope it brings you the same Pin Zen experience.
Chad Smith, founder
Craft beer, music, and pinball are key ingredients in Smith's journey. He has been part of the local craft beer scene since 2009 and owns two bars, each with a public pinball parlor. He plays electric guitar, tinkers with effects pedals, holds a patent, and founded WingManFX, a music-products business. He owns, repairs and operates over 30 pinball machines, and takes pride in keeping them maintained for the public. Before all that he managed international markets in the Middle East, where he learned that relationships are everything: people do business with people they want to do business with.
After years of developing the Multiball Ninja concept, Smith saw an opportunity to finally bring the vision to life by joining forces with his older brother, who brings 30 years of experience in the print media and promotional products industry.
By combining that established production expertise with Smith's own background in business development, hospitality, craft beer, music, and pinball, the brothers have created a natural foundation for Multiball Ninja and Pin Pub.
What began as a personal passion project is now becoming a business built around the things Smith loves most: creativity, community, and connecting people through shared interests.
And as Smith has learned throughout his career, the best business relationships often begin with something other than business.
The machine
A six-ball multiball in a one-minute game.
No time for 15 minutes at a machine? Grab a one-minute mini Pin Zen moment. Five ninja bumpers from the logo. Knock down the 忍 and 者 drop targets, shoot the ensō, and yell it.
Two more tables: Pin Pub: Last Call · Pin Zen: Flow
Under everything
Leave the current state of mind and walk to the machine.
For about 15 minutes the game gets full attention. The strategy and split-second decisions are still there, but they are pointed at the ball instead of at real-world problems.
Return to your work refreshed, seeing things differently, inspired instead of burned out.
Spot the jacket
Chad Smith will be at Pinball Expo on Friday and Saturday, October 16 and 17, in a white jacket with the black and red Multiball Ninja logo, handing out Multiball Ninja stickers. There is no booth. Look for five ninja in red circles, and say hello.
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, Schaumburg, Illinois
Accessories
A magnet sewn into the back holds a full can or bottle on the leg of any pinball machine.
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A small plush drawstring pouch for arcade trips with the family.
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A mug for the home session and a pint glass for league night.
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Carries the logo to league night, and whatever you won there.
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Low-cost pieces that carry the logo everywhere. Good for prize tables.
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