Everything about this pin is awesome to see unfold. I never understood the fascination with the Thunderbirds series. Maybe I just couldn't relate to it, but I do appreciate the fascination with the pin and the engineering behind it.

Real knocker for the win!

There's no way that toy will be denied approval right? I mean it's awesome and accurate!

If this toy is engineered like the rest of the machine, which I'm sure it is, then there is zero chance of it breaking.

Pffft... Stainless steel. Next thing you're going to tell me is that it's welded and finished in reflective chrome.

They look normal size to me. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you are looking at. The black side rails that run down the side and expand at the flipper button?

I need to get some of those boom lights they are using. Those look super helpful.

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."

Where did you get this stat?

I get a 404 error.

Playfield looks pretty dark, but I'm liking how much stuff is jammed under the glass.

Ben get off of Pinside and shoot the next video for the mini pinball build with Element 14! Eagerly and impatiently waiting.

Maybe instead of updating the board and having to mail it away for a new one Mike will take the DLC route and just charge a set fee to ship you a new board. I know this is not ideal. I really don't want pinball to go the route of Sony and Microsoft with DLC.

In the Head2Head podcast Mike stated that he stuck with boards because they were proven. I believe he said something along the lines of, let's set were PC base pinball machines are 20 years from now with an air or they will be obsolete or non-functional. When I heard that on the podcast I thought to myself, "Uh... 20 years from now ever board in a pinball machine will be non-existant. We already have PCs on USB drives so maybe those Linux chips will be obsolete, but they'll be easily replaced with something even smaller and faster. Look at MAME as a prime example of how technology has advanced."

This might be the best damn thing I've ever read on Pinside. My hat is off to you sir.

This thread is such a disappointment. I really wanted to cheer Mike on, but things turned dark quickly. I'm in Canada so, there has been plenty of USA bashing especially now that Trump is in office, but to say it the way Mike said it just turns my stomach. Canada is often referred to the Americas by other parts of the world so I can't help but feel anger towards his attitude to the USA and up here too.

As shitty as it is to say, it's true. I thought the very same thing. Once Mike starts losing the argument or feels it getting out of his grasp he throws in a comment about his wife passing. How many times did he say he's busy dealing with the passing of his wife? Meanwhile he's sitting on AA replying to every post? C'mon...