Do you feel there is minimum age (or understanding) to let kids to play pinball?

When friends and kids come over there are fascinated and want to play but they do not care about the ball or the rules. All they do is hitting both flippers constantly as long as the ball is live.

I feel it's just putting wear in the machine and they are just too young to play yet. They are like 3-4 years old.

What you guys think?

Sounds fair. I believe pinball machines are games not toys.

Hey Rom, yeah your boy is pretty good for a 3 yo. It's a non issue, I'm really talking about dumb down mashing the flippers non-stop...

I mean, it's not about age but if you don't understand how it works, better leave it alone.

As well, I see some of you willing to have kids put a beating to your games. But some of you have 10+ machines. You can let them play with a less desirable game and if something goes wrong so be it...

Yeah, I guess I'll have to enforce the " hit the buttons only when the ball is around the flipper" rule, try to teach if they want to play. My way or the highway!

Exactly, same reason you tell an adult to not shake your machine around like when they were teens at the arcade. If they can't understand that, old or young, leave it alone. I like the music instrument example, again, not a toys. I would want anybody mash on my piano if I had one...

Yeah, I guess the " being annoying to others" plays a big part of it as well. To me, it's it's the same as the piano example I gave earlier. There is a good way and a bad way. Be nice to the keyboard, let me show you an easy song, try to be gentle to the keys and it will sound better and will be easier for you.

I'm sure some people let kids mash on piano. That's OK, I'm just not one of them.

I started this thread a while back after getting my first pin. I got down voted for asking a question... This is now where I stand, at my daughter 1 year old birthday. I hope she grows a pinhead and we play together

Just don't bang the glass!

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Yeah, what you can't see on the left is my TZ , a widebody indeed. That was my first pin and the one I was afraid to get damaged. I don't get to play as much as I want so when kids come visit and ask to play, I just can't resist. Everybody downstairs!