I am looking to get an EBD as my next game, the first new addition in 15 years. I went to play one at a collector's home arcade. The flippers did not work so well, and since then, the owner did some work on them, and said they work better. They are the original linear flippers. I was looking back on prior forum posts on the subject, and while there are those who believe in the original as that is how the game was intended to play, it seemed like the majority favored the better function of the older version before the linear flippers were used. When I get my machine when I find the right one (highly restored), I think I will want the linear flippers in a bag so stored inside the cabinet, but with the older design on the machine in perfect working order.

SS newbie question. In looking back, it seems like the 1981 EBD came with linear flippers but many favor the older style non-linear. Are the flippers in this picture the non-linear, and if so, how can you tell? Many thanks.

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Thanks... My next pin will hopefully be an EBD, and I always wanted to some day have a HEP restored machine. A pinside friend texted me when one came up... HEP restored 10 years ago and local... 30 min from my home. That picture is from that listing. I talked to the owner and he was not sure of the flipper details on his machine, but I remember seeing on the HEP website that Chris changes to the non-linear.

When I called the seller back, I was told that 2 hours after we first spoke, that machine sold for 14.2k and I guess it is still pending because although paid for, it has not yet been picked up - shipped. I was hoping the machine would have been available to me at not quite that high of a price point, but oh well. Thinking about what to look for when something comes up in the future.