Totally agree. Most people who end up being able to make purchases like that I have noticed tend to have four common traits:

1) A natural skill or talent / some kind of ability.
2) A ridiculous work ethic (60-80 hours per week easy).
3) Will take risks and sustain the risk until ...
4) They get lucky and a risk pays off very big.

Missing any one of those four traits and you won't be buying a 50k machine. Very few people inherit their money; the vast majority of people work very hard and earn their high level of success.

Anyone working 80 hours a week don't have the time to play Pinball.

Here are a few pics of this KP at the Pinball Museum in DC. My wife took me for my Birthday

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Nope.

And that's all I have to say about that.

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its a shame they closed down.

Here are a few pics of this KP at the Pinball Museum in DC. My wife took me for my Birthday

Here's that same pin in my garage

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Here's that same pin in my garage

I have no pictures with the game lol
Here's it loaded up the night I took it.

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168 hours in a week , plenty of time left to play pinball.

sexy...game looks good too

Sadly I am close to 80 hours a week . . . you can still make time for pinball.

I'd love to play KingPin and I've been scouring the web for pictures and video. I only know of a few videos (SS Billiards, Pinball Museum, pin expo?), but none are great.

Can anyone involved with this thread add some game play videos?

You missed the fact that they tend to be pompous arseholes.

Actually, I guess all experiences are different. I am surrounded by people in their 50s that could totally afford to invest $60K in a machine if they wanted to, and they do not possess any of the 4 traits mentioned above. They simply enjoyed the fruits of several other serendipitous events coming together at the same time. Two people enjoying high paying government and/or unionized jobs, parents who left them a house or cottage or a chunk of money, etc.

As far as the machine itself goes, I find it visually uninspiring. No idea how it plays, but get the distinct feeling that it would be a highly ignored pin if there had been 5000 made.

I played one last year at pagg. its a fun game. I like the theme and the shots/game play are enjoyable. with that said there are many other games I like better. im very grateful to those who will share a rare gem like this with others.

Most of the people I know that have lots of money either inherited it or were in the right place at the right time. That 'right place, right time' thing is a HUGE part of it, no matter what anyone wants to say...it's a bigger factor than anything else, even working hard. I say that because I've seen people that don't work hard move right up the chain just by being in the right place or friends with the right person, while people that are working the hardest not go anywhere.

Awww man, I'm too lazy to ever own one of these. Bummer.

I love it when I make myself laugh.

Thanks for posting this, PinB! Great shots!

Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
www.ElephantEater.com

No problemo! I've never seen Kingpin in person, so these Christopher Hutchins restore pics are the closest I'll probably ever get to seeing it in detail.

Here is a video of Kingpin gameplay from a pinmame emulation where you can get an idea of the sounds & shots (it's better than any "real" gameplay video that I've seen thus far):

The audio definitely incorporates a mix of some pre-existing sounds from Who Dunnit and Big Bang Bar.

That video doesn't do it justice lol... One of the things is the spinners in the ramps don't make noise till u get into a mode and then they make really cool descending sounds as they spin.

I'm not. I intend to own one again someday. And when it does, it will be available at my business for everyone to enjoy it.

LTG : )

Lol, I made that video!! Sitting on the Coconut Island channel.