This may be a fairly small club considering only 27 pinsiders list this this game in their collection.

I just realized this week that every video or pic of a BBH I've seen has red shotgun shells on the playfield, and mine are yellow. Anyone else have this "special edition"? Playfield has #125, sounds like a mid-run if this number is unique.

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On IPDB they list this as a test game, so I'm guessing the first x number of games had red shells and they changed to yellow at some point?

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Nah, Pinside has 27 members strong. So far only 2 have joined the club, and the rest of you are spectators. Who hasn't spent significant time on one yet? Pretty tough to do if you don't have one at this point.

The red shells actually look odd to me. The game already has 5 very large red inserts just above the shells, so the anything-but-red shells idea makes some sense to me.

Still waiting for someone else with yellow shotgun shell inserts to join the club...

I have them sitting next to each other and are my two most played games. Both are under-valued and unique (very few options to replace either with a like game), so you can't go wrong either way. My wife and daughter have flagged BBH as off-limits for moving.

I was just watching a video where a BBH had the pegs rather than the rails under the playfield, though it has the lock bar so Stern must not have to the clasps yet. Mine has rails... who has the pegs vs rails?

Your pic looks yellow?

I figured there was at least one more.

From the factory or a distributor? I've heard of distributors doing this, but not Stern, but hey, when they were only making 1000 games per year, they had time to customize a bit

I finally got to put my hands on the second BBH I've ever seen in person, on location at the Nashville Gaylord Opryland Hotel.

The good news is it was well loved by players, but the bad news it was abandoned by the operator.

Regardless of the fact that the ramp and playfield were the blackest I've ever seen on a game, there was absolutely no track damage and the game was fully functional except the buck, which would not register a hit. It's a significant part of the game play, so that's unfortunate.

Oh yea, red shells.

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I estimate 275 were made.

Look red in the pics

Interesting alternate translite on that BBH

I haven't noticed but thanks for mentioning it so I can check, do you have a pic? Was wondering what part of the elk is dragging. I have mylar across the entire buck track for the same reason.

The white plastic is designed to slide on the playfield. I custom cut mylar for each side of the track to protect against wear. I think the gear screws into a nylon nut, and I don't believe it was greased at the factory... and as you said generally you don't want grease on any part of a pinball machine.

Glad you found one... I took mine with me out of FL It remains the most consistently loved and played game in my collection by visitors of all types. BBH's wizard mode "Open Season" is nearly as difficult as IM's DoD multiball, one of the rare games that's both fun for casual players and difficult for seasoned players. Anyone get to OS yet?

Shakers look to be $100 from pinballlife, $95 from cointaker. Speakers can be had from Flipper Fidelity or Pinball Pro, but if you are adventurous you can check out various threads about cheap speaker upgrades.

It's because there were so few made, many players have never tried it, or if they did it was a dirty, malfunctioning game on location.

I've seen estimates from 300 to 1000 units. I've heard original IM was about 1000 units, and considering how many more of those we saw floating around, I'd find it hard to believe BBH production was that high.

For perspective I think estimates go like this:

NFL (85), NBA (250), CSI/24/BBH, IMOG (1000), Avatar (1000 Pro + 250 LE)

And using Pinsider ownership you can see the production numbers match up fairly well

NBA (9), NFL (10), 24 (39), CSI (46), BBH (51), Avatar (80 Pro, 57 LE) [IM is muddled with VE numbers mixed in]

I've actually seen BBH ownership jump from about 30 to 51 recently as people are starting to find one to try out, seems to be a more desired game than 24 or CSI at this point.

Sorry it wasn't clear, I originally used less than signs but they were stripped in the post... What I tried to say is the estimate for CSI/24/BBH is somewhere between 250 and 1000, but prod number for those are very debatable. I have also seen comments from those that claim they are in the know and even one Stern insider posted that BBH production was 1000...but I just can't find the evidence.

Lets take some examples of 20 year old games where you expect some losses over the years, more so than games made just 6 years ago. But lets assume no losses...

NBA Fastbreak. 4,414 produced, 222 owned by Pinsiders (5%)
The Shadow. 4247 produced, 598 owned by Pinsiders (14%)
Champion's Pub. 1369 produced, 207 owned by Pinsiders (15%)
Attack from Mars, 3450 produced, 735 owned by Pinsiders (21%)

Using the range of 5-21% ownership we get production number ranges as follows

24: 195-780
CSI: 230-920
BBH: 255-1020

Collector ownership with today's games tends to be higher than in the past... but even a conservative 10% Pinsider ownership rate my personal estimate comes in under 500 for each.

That's the first I've ever seen someone comment that BBH was a hit with Stern... I've consistently heard the opposite.

Those look nice, would like to see 3 of them, each hovering over the pops. I think that's what the Pops are supposed to look like ??

In the shooter lane there is one for the wall, I tend to use: http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2120

There are also Cliffys to fit on either side of the lane http://www.passionforpinball.com/ballejects.htm

Most importantly, I put on several coats of Hard-As-Nails in the shooter lane after cleaning out all the dirt which helps harden it further and keep it clean. From the factory the shooter lane has a lot of exposed porous wood without enough clear, so it acts like a dirt sponge, so I like to generously apply, effectively, more clear coat to eliminate future dirt accumulation in the wood.

Or just wait for the elk to break off.

My Elk broke off of the flipper. The metal where the Elk is mounted to the flipper is fairly thin and apparently brittle, and there's no decent repair that can be done... and unfortunately not having a lot of luck locating the replacement.