Last time I pulled a ROM chip I bent one of the pins beyond repair. I'm a layman though, without the proper tools, like err. many pinball owners I guess. Safe ROM pulling and reinstallation is not your typical screwdriver, soldering iron, socket set kind of maintenance.

ROM chip not required to be removed, new updating process about to be revealed where this is no longer required.

you should see how the micro-phones & 3dprinters went....

People are critical because Mike has been super critical on people and companies for a while = what comes around, goes around

You Bad Bad Boy Ben??

How could you do such a thing to Mike?? HAHA

I dont believe they got scared it just got beyond the joke admin and moderators provide service to our community and in return are threatened pathetic

What I meant is, it is pretty easy to sit and type "that is shit", "this is crap", etc, etc.
There is a lot of work in the machine, some of it is really quite good (and agreed some of it is shit).
Credit where credit is due.

He had help, however he decided to trash the original design because he knew better.

The Boards are good?

hang on they are Bens

WOW! Nice job. I bet you put some hours into that one.

Did you get yours yet Dude or is it this weekend and what do you reckon?

It’s close now, working with freight company to sort clearance. Hope to get this week but maybe early next week. Will post a review after a few games. Cheers Gavin aka Dude

Any word on the game?

I would ask, any word on the impending death of this company and the expected nasty post following it?

I suspect it reads something to the like of it being our faults for not being more supporting. It had nothing to do with him alienating half or more of the pinball buying base.

It’s a shame... both an established board house AND stealing intellectual property, they still couldn’t get it done en masse.

Hopefully everyone who ordered gets their game or their money back. That way there is only 1 loser in this charade.

Ranked #365/#365 on the Pinside rank list. "Terrible" titles like Bugs Bunny Birthday Bash, Raven and Motordome are all better games according to Pinside.

I have one. Its awful but I like it

its unfinished, unpolished, clunky, and either crazy hard or super easy ( no in-between). But, I have fun playing it. That's why i bought it. The layout is whacked, the rules are a mess (which does bum me out), but I do still enjoy it. I like Sega machines, and it reminds me of a lot of them--though more incomplete. Though not likely, a code update could make it a MUCH better game.

If your ever in MD, come by and play it

#92 finally here after the short 5years 4months 13day wait...if it was 10 days later it would have been 5y 4m 3w 2d 1h so close.

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great news but you would never go in on a game like 20000 Leagues under the sea - imagine waiting 20000 days

LOL...seems it requires twice the power to run if on 110V

Yup that's normal, it's how electricity works

P=UI...... Rings a bell ?

Wrong. Power remains the same.. with half voltage, current is double.
So yes P does = V*I but I is double for 110V

230V 0.85A

110V 1.7A

Would be about correct and means machine runs at just under 200W no matter the country

Don't go bagging BBBB, it's a cool game.

i played this game today in Brisbane at Pincadia must have had an issue as at the start ball launch no matter what you hit you were awarded a free game

put 1 coin in the slot and left it with a credit on it better than the first version that i played im happy for the free play issue as i played 6 games but i wouldnt have payed for them otherwise very lacking in many areas b ut still a viable working game id hate to have bought 1 especially the preorder guys and had waited so long for this to eventuate but if homepin gets through this and produces another i sincerely hope he has better people on his team

Congrats to you, Enjoy

Now how many more still waiting

Anyone know how to increase the playfield LED intensity/brightness? - my machine appears to be very dim - anyone else have this issue?

That 200W ( if true ) is very low power consumption for a pinball.

I am impressed

Anyone done power consumption sums on W/B, JJP and Stern ?

I guess W/B with incandesants would be the most hungry.

I believe power consumption to be an important factor in design/manufacture and guess Mike considered this as well.

Perhaps an interesting topic for another thread.

I think you will find the overlay really dulls luminescence.

Yeah the inserts are a bit dim on mine as well. I think that is just "how it is".

Stern SAM games vary between 100-150W typically during play. Up to a peak of 200ish when all the lights and coils are firing during multiballs.

I'd assume JJP use more as there is so much more going on. I'd assume Spike games use a bit less as there's so little going on, on most of them.

It greatly depends on the LEDS used too. There is a huge brightness difference using different LEDS. Is the game using led bulbs, single led boards? Can you change the lEDS? Simple way to get a brighter game.

I have no idea if that is the power consumption of the game. Im just trying to make sense of what is written on the plate because as it stands, its complete nonsense.

I read somewhere that the thunderbirds playfield is using an overlay. Sound like a interesting approach. Are there any more details known about this? How thick is the plastic is and what kind of plastic is used for it?

pretty sure it is polycarb and would be 1-1.5mm thick at a guess, eventually it will scratch up - but I doubt people will play it that much to get to that state

Great concept

Such a shame Tbirds could not get it over the line

Man it was so close, delays killed it along with a stubborn genius rolled the death nail.

From what I experienced the build quality was always there and I like that.
very unfortunate the game was not developed to full potential for obvious reasons.

RiP Tunderburds

What are you talking about. It's like your saying tag is dead no more production or homepin is broke or something. I haven't heard of any of this so is this what you're saying or am I mistaken

circumstantial evidence : evidence that tends to prove a fact by proving other events or circumstances which afford a basis for a reasonable inference of the occurrence of the fact at issue.

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There is an update kit for the flipper bushing now. It consists of a stainless steel sleeve which goes inside the flipper bushing. I wonder if there was too much slop in the nylon bushings they made?

Hmmm, so much I could post, but...
unless game #2 is awesome, then not many people will give Mike a second chance

If game #2 is my dream theme I would not buy it. Would never trust him.

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there must of been some slop in the bush for the need to then add a SS bush - everyone that owns this game for what ever reason better grab the kits while they can, though my gut tells me that a steel post turning in a SS bush will bind up eventually - probably should of been a self lubricating bronze bush or even better a correct replacement nylon bushing.
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edit went to the link and yes slop and crappy bushing - it is a 3 pager pdf so click to open
flipper_bush.pdf

Why not just send a newer, better bushing and put that in?
The flipper is already mostly taken apart looking at the instructions given.

I hate a sloppy bush