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clemon79:
--- Quote from: Neumms on April 15, 2025, 05:57:23 PM ---The new Plinko may not solve the old problem. One Costco review says, “fun with one flaw,” the top isn’t flush with the bottom. Another says the chips fall off before they reach the bottom. There were others that raved, though.
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Somehow I don't think the Chinese sweatshop robots that drilled the dowel holes (or whatever the securing mechanism is) took a level to the whole thing before they went in there.
That said, that is a very user-fixable problem. One thing I learned building my pinball machine is that the build quality of a LOT of things can be DRASTICALLY improved with $10 and a quick trip to Home Despot for some screws and brackets or whatever.
/I'd probably design and print up some thicker Plinko chips, too
//although the cost of a Bambu Labs printer just jacked up a couple hundred bucks in the last day or so
///is America great again yet?
Sodboy13:
I haven't put it together yet, but looking at the way this board assembles, getting the two halves flush should be an easier fix with some finessing of the included parts. You install screws in a support bar that runs along the seam, rather than tightening up wingnuts out at the corners.
I have reached out to the person who operates Makn Games to see if she could scale down her Plinko chips to fit this board, but haven't hear back yet. One add-on I have completed is an LED dot matrix Bluetooth display for a scoreboard. It has suction cups to stick it right along the side. I might also run an LED light strip around the border.
Neumms:
--- Quote from: clemon79 on April 17, 2025, 04:02:45 PM ---One thing I learned building my pinball machine…
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Hold on…you built a pinball machine? Wow! Do you have photos here or somewhere on the internets?
Bob Zager:
Recently, a more current day pinball game was a prize on TPIR, and played hundreds of different pinball games, so it sounds to me like it's a video simulator, made up to look just like a typical pinball machine.
Although I'd like to get one of the new Plinko boards from East Point Sports, I don't think I'd want to buy on eBay, especially if they're going for the prices I've seen! East Point Sports is not showing the game as one of their "New Products," yet, they show lots of other fun items.
You can even buy from a selection of pool tables, you don't have to buy just, "for Dad!"
cliffhanger285:
--- Quote from: Bob Zager on April 25, 2025, 02:27:13 PM ---Recently, a more current day pinball game was a prize on TPIR, and played hundreds of different pinball games, so it sounds to me like it's a video simulator, made up to look just like a typical pinball machine.
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About 10 years ago I went to a pinball convention that had a couple of these, they were pretty impressive. Included a full-color dot matrix display and a knocker in the backbox. Even had haptic feedback anytime a bumper was hit or the ball was launched.
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