I think the artwork has value but the tech has been out for a while and is pretty simple. Most of the ones available are pretty low end novelty items out of China. I can see these breaking down pretty quickly for people that have there pins on daily. I think you would need to redesign the friction points and electrical contacts to get any kind of longevity out of these. Everyone in pinball has a pretty good grasp on how things with moving parts break down. As a cool thing to turn on when your friends are over or during a tournament these would be fun, but I dunno about long term use as topper.

I'm not referring to plasma pop bumpers or anything to do with them no idea how that comparison is relevant. I was talking about these spinning LED displays that are widely available. I"m not selling anything, and would expect the person selling the product to provide documentation into the tested lifespan of the product. Maybe they are selling an improved more industrial strength version. The ones I have seen and have been out for a sometime are not in any way industrial they are a novelty items you see in pop up stand in malls and on ebay.

It sounds pretty loud in that video, it would be nice if he turned it on and off so you could hear the difference. I know a lot of guys fire up there pins whenever their in the room, that is where these could drive you nuts. I know I'm pretty OCD when it comes to like a PC fan, the bonus with those is they are pretty cheap as soon as they start making noise I just throw in a new one. Its a cool product and I really like the art but I just don't know about it as a topper. I like it more like a game room conversation piece like the DMD Clock.

If you the slightest bit handy or technical straight from China is the way to go, its an off the shelf product and a relay. It is the holidays though I'm sure he will update more in the new year.

It just an off the shelf unit available all over the place. You can get one on amazon.ca for as low as $100 cdn. They call them 3D Hologram Advertising, they are just meant for store fronts. The only value he was offering was all the content, it's not hard to make the videos. It looks like support is dead so you better off just to pick one up with a remote and your going to save a lot of money as well.

That is why I mentioned you can get them with a remote. The whole light sensing thing is just a waste of money, it is so easy to tap power from the pin. It's a lot neater as well, no need for the extra power supply and sensor.

I don't know why you would be at the limit of a power supply but if you are its not difficult to run a relay off any circuit you want. I guess the light sensor saves you a splice, if that's worth that much coin all the power to you.

A relay is an electronic switch, just like a light switch but instead of turning it on and off with your hand it is controlled via a different circuit. So you just splice into whatever circuit you like, say the GI and presto your device turns on and off when the GI turns on and off. The light sensing relay is the exact same thing but instead of splicing into the GI it senses light. Really though it’s kinda pointless there are plenty of places on a pin that you can tap the power that already turn on and off when you want. To me, the easiest thing if you want this is just buy one with a remote. Then you can turn it on when you want and not listen to it drone away in the background when you don’t.

I'm sure if its not identical it's very close. Most of these types of things just all use standard codec and file formats. I don't know this guy or his reputation but this felt like a cash grab. Just selling an existing product that people hadn't seen yet for a tidy profit.