Photo appears to be oversaturated, but it's a lot more colourful than i was expecting.

Based off the DMD animations in a previous video Im thinking one of the ramps will raise to expose another shot, maybe the ramp below the ship? Could be that center shot though, cant make out much in that area with the word blockage

I do recall alot of people giving Mike shit when he started this project. While he has been slow and steady alot of companies have crashed and burned. Goes to show that resilience and patience pays off. Cant wait to see a live stream of this game.

Not buying from that guy, I am not supporting people liked him

This game is really shaping up nicely.

Over the past many years, Mike has spent endless hours on Aussie Arcade and here on Pinside helping others with their pinball problems and sharing his knowledge. In doing this, he has never asked whether or not those people were homosexual, indigenous, African American, Christian, Muslim or Jewish when he helped them. He has always been willing to help the pinball community with technical problems, provide good service with his Homepin replacement boards, and all that regardless of gender, race and sexual preference.

Yes, Mike can be politically incorrect at times, but he has always been honest, and that is more than can be said for many others that have tried and failed to deliver on their promises.

I feel privileged that I will be at Pinfest Australia next weekend and be one of the first people to play Thunderbirds. I'm sure there will be some footage to share. Thunderbirds Are Go!

This almost makes it sound like Mike deserves some award for this. Sexual preference, religion, etc is really nobody's business but their own.

Political correctness has nothing to do with this; it's a matter of decency and restraint. I don't consider myself a politically correct person, but I don't go out of my way to call people offensive names just because I can. I was raised a little better than that.

At the end of the day, its his business and he can run it anyway he wants. People will vote with their wallets. Regardless, I'm interested to see Thunderbirds in action, modes, etc., and thought it was interesting how Mike discussed the possibility of an Ice Cold Beer remake in his seminar, now that would be cool! It's definitely an interesting time to be in this hobby...

-Doug

Don't care about Thunderbirds. Would be all over an ice cold beer remake though.

NEVER would i buy a pin from this guy.

Just like all the other BS we see happening today. Nope, not gonna buy.

See above

That's partly why, along with your anti USA sentiment years ago

I have ZERO concern about whatever the K issue is.

It's about years ago that you took a knee and said F you USA consumers. Horrendously stupid imo.

My choice, good luck with it

Sell it to China

You need to just start a NON USA thread. What a F ing joke.

Great business model.

I wish I knew what the hell was going on in this thread. All I can see is "ignored user post" throughout. Ha! Keeping fighting the good fight Mike.

"At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in."

Just peeked in looking for a update - be right back with some popcorn!

I was wondering how long it would take for Mike to respond. Way to take the high road man.

Ya know...it's true....if you don't like it here...don't post here...if you don't want to buy Thundrbirds...don't!...no need for drama...plenty more to see elsewhere....

Hey buddy, this is pinside...theres no room for logic and reason here...you take your common sense somewhere else!

....I forgot! It's the damn tequila!

The U.S. is the same. People from Florida and Texas especially, have their "opinions" on things and love to spout them.

Maybe if we bury our heads in the sand when we come up for air people will treat one another with respect and equality. I like the way you think. Thunderbirds looks like a real nice pin let's just keep talking about that and just ignore everything else.

I think the machine is looking great.

I find it sad that a man can do great work for a lot of years and receive praise for it and never have any trouble with the law, but if he has one slip of the tongue or says something that offends somebody or somebody that thinks they are defending somebody elses feelings, there are those that would chose to forget any good he has done, and crucify him on the spot. And expect everybody else to do the same. I believe it's called the holier than thou complex.

That right ramp is actually like 3 shots. There is a 3 bank drop targets underneath the ramp. FAB. Then the ramp goes down (like jackbot i guess) and you can make the shot.

At some stage a divertor pops out and you can lock balls under Tracy island.
Pretty cool stuff. Jam packed pinball compared to other offerings.
All this info is from our podcast when I asked Mike about it in our interview. I have no idea how far in it is haha.
http://www.head2headpinball.com/2017/09/11/episode-8-mike-kalinowski-from-homepin-interview/

The most interesting thing for me which I don't think i have ever seen before is the skill shot. Don't want to spoil the surprise as so much stuff is being shown before Pinfest in Australia. Which is only a week away

Funny how nobody ever complained about the Guns N Roses pinball machine or said they wouldn't buy it because the band used those exact same words in their song lyrics. And that has never even been discussed on this forum.

I'd even wager that some that say they won't buy Thunderbirds because of that actually own GnR or GnR albums . lol.

NOTE: Some elements of the following topper are not yet approved by the licence owner.

Holy shit..that's cool man.

So, drop targets under a ramp? Is that a first for pinball?

Wow. So a dude is smart enough to realize what would result in the biggest success in pinball today, and that is reasonably priced manufacturing. He works really hard for a long time to make that success happen. But is so married to his bigotry, he'd rather blow his dreams up (with nearly guaranteed success if the price point was low enough) rather than be a decent human being. And then has the audacity to say the problem is all because the United States isn't as bigoted as it should be, like he is.

That is really something there.

The dude just lost 99% of his possible sales, everywhere. Shut it down, dude. You failed.

Mike will not have any trouble selling quite a few games...I wonder what his second title will be?

Sometimes it feels like some posts have come from something else.....hmmmm.

Where did you get this stat?

It's hard for me to imagine Gary Stern calling a potential customer a sad little twerp.

If Gary were to be active on Pinside and hang out in the many Stern bashing threads for a few years, you can bet that he would be dropping F bombs and calling people much worse than sad little twerps. That's why he doesn't come on pinside and bans any of his staff from doing so as well. The temptation is simply too great especially after you have poured your heart and passion into something then have some ass hat say that you suck and that you should retire.

Yeah, accounts being hacked everywhere. That username hadn't posted anything for 2 yrs before then. Sad.

Sounds like the code will be finished,thanks to a genius who had the misfortune of being unemployable elsewhere. I like the non USB updating/ repair, simple and old school. The features and toys sound ample and fun. I promised myself a NIB one day, this is at the top of the list unless Bruce Lee is indeed built. Hope these become available in the US. The price seems good too.
I worked at a multi-national Company, all cultures have nuance of speech that can get colorful, no worries there.

Real nice stereotype.

Dude, just stop talking. Nothing to be gained from this. Did you spend a large part of your childhood growing up in Florida or something?

Lmao, banned from klov, pinside and now the Aussie forums. Special K is his own worst enemy.

I did find that funny. It was only a matter of time.

Ive found it really interesting to watch how forums choose to moderate themselves on what is considered acceptable content and by whom.

Been following Thunderbirds from the inception and it looks promising.

What I can't get my head around, is a business owner alienating all potential USA customers. Of course there are people who are going to wind people up on forums but this kind of response is just nuts.

There are 350 million people in USA and because a few people have had a pop, then everyone is tarred with the same brush? Black and white thinking at it's craziest

The best part is that he TRULY can't understand why he keeps getting banned.

He knows... and we all know.

He does have a point, however: there is a clear double standard and the rules aren't applied evenly across the board. There are some folks - especially here on Pinside - that clearly carry a Get Out of Jail Free card. It's one of the reasons Pinside has spiraled into its toxic state... and one of the primary reasons so many of the amazing voices that were part of the Pinside community years ago have chosen to leave.

I am excited about this pin. How can I preorder so I get the topper?? Is there a USA distributor?

Cheers Mates! Chill out and have a beer with me.

At the Rustic. Very cool place

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I think homepin is now my favorite pinball company.

I like guys that tell it like it is and don't sugarcoat anything.

Mike I have been following your progress for a while now with Thunderbirds, I am not a member of the Aussie Forums so I don't know exactly what has gone on regarding Kaneda and comments you may or may have not have made in or out of any context.

And although I appreciate you don't care what others think, it would probably be beneficial if you set the record straight and put said comments in the correct context they where said in, regardless if people agree or disagree with your views/comments, allowing your potential customers to know exactly what was said gives them the ability to at least forum their opinion on facts and not hearsay.