It’s that midweek get over the hump and chat all things pinball. What have you heard the last week?
Yesterday, I was asked about a Kickstarter $1,000 real pinball machine called Alice Goes To Wonderland (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wonderlandamusements/wonderland-pinball)
A home pin that’s not quite full size for $1,000 might sound intriguing, but real pinball of the type of desirable quality to take a beating with a steel ball isn’t something that can be done (very well) on the cheap. My thoughts are: how well will this hold up? Wouldn’t buying an established used pinball machine — an EM most likely, maybe an early SS) be a better use of $1,000 or so? I’m slightly interested in playing this, but 0% interest in buying and less than zero in being part of the Kickstarter. What say you, in the comments?
And just for the record, I would like to see some pinball machines released in the under $5,000 range. Read my thoughts if you haven’t already on OPINION: The Future of These Stern Home Pinball Machines at Costco for $4,999? I do think a pin buyer’s market exists sub $5,000 new, but probably is going to be in the $2-4k range to provide the necessary quality and construction.
And if you’re looking for a durable full size pin based on an Alice theme, maybe what Dutch Pinball (https://www.dutchpinball.com/alices_adventures_in_wonderland) is cooking up would be of interest?
These guys at Dutch already made The Big Lebowski, so we know what to expect. It’s a good-looking game and I’m very interested in flipping.
Want to make your own faux Stern Insider Connected badge?
Generate your own Stern Insider Connected Badge: https://lastgameofthenight.com/insider-achievement-maker?fbclid=IwY2xjawISu8tleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXJ5gFP0YEj2J57WRRxqlxYP55baxeZCZ-KKCXobYATnDBD7Y4ivkKzRYg_aem_cXkoJkfjLYHQ5ItXEMg-Aw – it’s too bad Stern doesn’t let us create our own badges for our games. That would be cool to be able to make a badge with an achievement that people could play on our owned games.
25 Zaccaria Pins to score chase … and counting
Skullbox686 is a little past three weeks with picking daily Zac pins to score chase. Here are the 25 games he’s chosen for us to play so far, as of Tuesday 2/18 All have been Retro. There are 40 retro category games and then Skull will need to start doing repeats or try one of the other categories.:
I should be on an admin today, but will probably stream on Twitch a bit today, perhaps catching up on these games not played yet, but there is a dungeon calling to me later ..
Stern still doing the D&D thing
Not much new to report on/from Stern Pinball, except they are building and shipping The Dragon in the room that is Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye from Stern Pinball. There are D&D games that have gotten closer to us, including one, I just learned, that is less than 4 miles away.
Remember, you can filter by machine on the Stern Insider Connected locations page here: https://insider.sternpinball.com/ic/locations and see how close any IC game is to you.
It’s a D&D pro machine, and it’s calling to me. Hoping I can sneak up there to the Flip Off Arcade today to check it out at some point. Supposed to be an admin day for me, but D&D sounds like a better idea when the arcade opens at …
Keep your eyes peeled for detailed first thoughts flipping on location soon. Am really excited to play this one!
Your Turn
What have you been up to the last week with pinball? TIme to check in, let us know in the comments?