OK - I'm confused - trying to piece who's who out there.   I'll make some statements - likely a lot wrong - so I'll correct as we go...

Marvin - he owns that neat store with all the machines, music machines, fortune tellers in Michigan.   He hosts the Marvin site, but does not write the "guides".

Clay - He writes the guides we all use, and posts a lot of restoration; like the Mermaid playfield.

Norm - The guy behind the camera on the TOP videos - also the guy from "This Old House" with the monster workshop.

Shaggy - The guy on the TOP videos and the one doing the TOPCAST broadcasts.


What confuses me, is I thought Clay is Shaggy - but on a recent TOPCAST he seems uninformed as to which company made the Mermaid playfield.   So I guess Shaggy is not Clay?

shaggy is indeed Clayton Harrel

I think Norm is Baffo ( something about a heart attack patient ) as well.

They make a reference to him in one of the early tops videos, then he gets pissed, and snaps back "It's Norm!" I'd say you got everything else right though, Doug. I'm pretty sure the character Shaggy is a joke on Tim Arnold ( Pinball Hall of Fame ) making fun of his Pinball Gerbil video.

Dan