I'm not disagreeing with you, but Keith Elwin kinda complicates things in a significant way.

Stop it man, I can't breathe.

I watched the Twitch video after the fact, knowing nothing about the pin. It is a single level playfield for $20000. I think Elwin stated in the stream that he thought slow moving single level playfields were not fun for him, but he always wanted to design a single level game, so he concentrated on flow and speed, which means an open playfield. Lots of drop targets and getting spinners all moving at the same time for points. All single level restriction gameplay ways of spicing it up with a screen in the playfield and random task hat spinner. Designed well it seems but still, it's single level and $20000.

Hey guys, in case you were wondering:

Now that we have that sorted, would anyone be willing to have a few beers and play it on location?

You had me at beer...

As I stated I did not know anything about the pin before watching the stream. Not to inform you, inform myself and comments about what I found out for myself. Sometimes a point gets lost in the perception of the reader and then....beer. Someone said beer? Where was I?

But... why? There are plenty of games better on this site right now for 3k. Are you buying those currently, as I'm typing up this post? Or are you sucumbing to the fomo phenomenon that people often get on here?

Introducing Bond 60th to my mother…
…oh look a pinball machine.
How quaint. Hmmm. James Bond? The super spy? Interesting…
…colorful movie posters…
Are these all the same guy? I mean that’s Daniel Craig and that’s Sir Sean…
Start a game?, oh this button here? Oh there’s that quirky theme song…
…oh, oh my! Boy that ball really moves fast! Ooh! Wait, no, ok, Oh!… this is fun…
They are called what? spinners? But they, aren’t , much, well, uh, spinning… oh I see… oooh! Oooh! OH NO!, well poop…
What?, what’s a “plunger”? Oh the handle thing here…. Pull it? But why… oh! OH! ..ok.. …no… wait… oops, well dang!
…and then shoot what?, “drop target”…. Is it shaped like a dewdrop? Why drop? Ah, it “drops” when you hit it… got it.
Who’s “Odd-Job”? Hmm? A Muscle man? And that’s his hat? Well I guess he’s just an awfully small man… with a hat that small.
That’s just not a lot of muscle is all I’m saying…. Then why put it in a pinball machine? That makes no sense….
…and you look here to see what you won? Oh, what your score is, I see, but then why the little TV in the middle…
Oh, it tells me what I’ve won? Oh, What I have “achieved”… what’s the difference? You don’t win anything? Well then why play?
Oh you can get a what? …to play again… but what if I am done playing? Can I get my money back then? Oh they keep the money…
“Free game”? Oh, I can win a free game! Oh, well that’s nice, but where would I put it? It wouldn’t match my curtains…

You are cookoo lol.

No, Id buy for $3,000 and sell for $6,000

The code and playfield design on this game is very very good. I mean…….really good.

Elwin has imho created another masterpiece.

The price is simply a lot. I hope whomever owns one shares with their friends and makes some new friends so everyone can enjoy it

I'd never change that from 3 balls.

LTG : )

It's been a couple of months since the announcement. Do we know if Stern sold all of these?

Several distros are still selling if you want one. Just make a couple calls.

Gotcha,

Out of my price range. Just curious if they sold all of them. Thanks!

Jimmie Dimmick is what I see and hear when I read your posts.

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That one was in the voice of zefrank…

I’m not in the storage industry though…

That was some serious gourmet writing!

Oak is nice

5 balls and a quarter to play. Full retro experience. Or a dime to play if you want to go to the early 70s.

i have to admit i am dyin for a godzilla pre or le.

Did they say it was limited to that? It'd be surprised if they changed the system menu so you couldn't set it from 1 to 10 balls/game, the usual option.

EDIT: Forgot about the Ball in Play lights on the score reel board. Limited to 3. I wonder if it still lets you go to 10 internally on the system menu.

Gotta love George..... his honesty and good nature always shines thru.

Let us not forget three games for a quarter.

LTG : )

I was really, really young when the 10 cent to quarter transition happened. Only the really "old" games were 10 cents. And I don't remember 3/25 cents, so it might have been straight up 25 cents/play when I was old enough to remember, but it was so long ago I could have forgotten.

Ah, right. I forgot about that score reel area showing the ball in play. That's a lack of foresight. But I guess they saved a few bucks by not making a small ball in play window.

This exactly.... I'm not a huge pinball nut... I like pinball... been playing since I was a kid, and a bunch of years ago I bought a cheap machine for fun. Over time, i've had a couple, but just because it was a fun thing to play with. I recently bought a brand f'in new 007 LE machine. Why? Because it was Thunderball themed. That's it. The only reason I bought it. It was Thunderball and it would go great in my dive shop. If the Pro was Thunderball, that would've been the one I got... if none were Thunderball, I'd still have a Lethal Weapon machine sitting in my shop next to a 1970 Scuba machine for folks to play. I was purely driven on the theme of the game. Same goes with the 007 SLE. There are folks out there buying ingots of gold with James Bond 60th embossed on them for a 30% markup over the actual value of the hunk of metal... makes zero investment sense, but folks 'WANT' it.

--Chris

So I have only noticed this in the past week or so and it has come up a LOT.

Are these posts quoting pinsiders that the posting member has blocked? Which of course makes no sense. If they are blocked, they can't see them.

And I know it isn't because I blocked the pinsider that was quoted, because I have zero members blocked. (Yes, I am a badass with thick skin.)

Anyone? Bueller?

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It simply means the poster - in this case, SLAM TILT - has YOU blocked. Yes...in soviet russia, pinside blocks YOU!

There's nothing you can do about it, since SLAM TILT invented the concept of blocking, internet forums, and pretty much everything else. You won't be able to outsmart him.

You forgot to mention he taught people how to steal their ideas, artwork and playfield designs too.

Yeah man, I remember those days.

That is so damn funny. The only thing I ever posted about him was when he said he didn't like Youtubers who use an avatar with crazy eyes and looking all surprised. And I said "You mean like your avatar on Pinside?"

Haha.. good stuff. My avatar is a fucking rodent lol

No disrespect to Edwin... may he rest in peace.

Have you noticed the way he pronounces “lockbox”?