My gf has a nephew who is almost 1 and we want to get him into pinball. I was thinking about possibly making him a 1/3 size functional pinball machine.

Probably make the cabinet and PF myself and just have a decal made for the PF. I am not sure the theme yet but maybe TMNT or something.

Now I know this sounds like a far fetched dream but I think there is enough amazing people on this site that with your help we can make this happen for this special little boy by Christmas.

Any help, thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks everyone!

Chris

#2 7 years ago

ROB

rkahr

KAHR.US Circuits

Falls Church, VA

10y 85,400 1,850 11

Something like the size of the VPCabs smaller machine except with smaller legs for a young one to better reach?

-Rob
-visit http://www.kahr.us to get my daughterboard that helps fix WPC pinball resets or for my Pin2000 H+V video sync combiner kit

#3 7 years ago

FRN

Friengineer

Pinside member

10y 70,550 1,830 5

1 year old? Buy one of these.

ebay.com link: Vintage Tabletop Air Pinball Battery Operated Game Good Condition

I had one when I was a kid and loved it. When the kid turns 5 then make a custom pinball machine. Just saying.

#4 7 years ago

PNK

PunkPin

Pinside member

10y 72,050 811

Ben Heck made one there is a youtube video for

Post last edited 7 years ago: “add part two”

#5 7 years ago

ODB

Gryszzz

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Indianapolis, IN

10y 120K 13,263 9

My wife and I have 3 beautiful girls. So if this kid is a boy we're in. I will trade you my JP for your kid.

#6 7 years ago

ODB

Gryszzz

Pinside+ Frequent

Indianapolis, IN

10y 120K 13,263 9

Does the lil fella already have a name ? Starting over sucks. I'm very fond of Enrique though.

#7 7 years ago

MVM

markmon

Inactive member

Hillsboro, OR

13y 98,300 13,010 21 81

A Pinballbulbs minivp loaded with pinball fx might be the way to go for a kid. 30 pounds and portable, pinball fx crosses video game and pinball which probably be interesting for kids.

#8 7 years ago

CWS

AtomicChuck

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S Roxanna, IL

10y 55,900 313

Got a couple fireball home editions you could make a nice one.

#9 7 years ago

???

Shoot_Again

Pinside member

Vancouver, WA

12y 83,400 8,453 2

I would highly recommend checking out Marks cabinet he mentions above.
It is like 1/5th the size of my VP table but plays all that stuff plus more!!

And it could be just table top or set on smaller legs if needed.

#10 7 years ago

MIK

Miguel351

Pinside member

11y 81,400 4,571 3

Why not just get a Zizzle pin? They're much smaller than a regular pin and still quite mechanical and fixable. Plus, they're usually around a few hundred bucks or less depending on your market area.

You could probably even find one that's in bad shape and retheme it to whatever you want.

#11 7 years ago

ROB

rkahr

KAHR.US Circuits

Falls Church, VA

10y 85,400 1,850 11

And then there's the PinBox guys that will be at Pintastic again this year... for $49 you get the parent/kid time working together to assemble it, the kid gets to decorate it, and it is playable. 1 year old is a little young for this though.

http://cardboardteckinstantute.bigcartel.com

-Rob
-visit http://www.kahr.us to get my daughterboard that helps fix WPC Pinball resets or for Williams system 3-7 sound board potentiometer solutions

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