Just a hypothetical.
Maybe you know someone who just happens to be of the opposite sex and they casually mentioned they'd like to lay on top of a pinball machine while you stand in front of them.
Hypothetically they weigh about 100lbs.
Think it would work... or an accident waiting to happen?
Thanks for your input.
Quoted from LTG:It could work.
It also can run the risk of some very bad things to glass/machine and flesh.
Why risk it. Do you not own a kitchen table ?
LTG : )
Hahaha
Quoted from LTG:It could work.
It also can run the risk of some very bad things to glass/machine and flesh.
Why risk it. Do you not own a kitchen table ?
LTG : )
Kitchen table! LOL.
That was option #2 that was brought up!
While I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, it can be done. Case in point ... 
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bally-em-bow-and-arrow#post-28532
we sat on the machines as kids, only ever saw one glass break under the presure but I think it had 3 kids sitting/standing on an older woodrail era
make sure it has tempered glass and go for the high-score 
Quoted from Rascal_H:Thanks for your input.
What a good sport ... "plunge away".
Quoted from PopBumperPete:make sure it has tempered glass
I would hate to be in an emergency room when they take a steel brush to your hind parts to clean the glass bits out.
If you do this be sure it's a game you don't care much about and a woman you care even less about.
LTG : )
I have tried this with 120 lbs you will be fine, but remember the glass may be cold and not all that comfortable.
If it's good enough for Jodie Foster... 
Think that pin had special plexiglass on it for the movie tho.
Next must have mod - inviso-heavyweight plexi and a lube bottle size pingulp!
On a thoughtful note, you could first place a nice thick soft blanket on the machine,
...but you may need to level out the machine a bit so Ms. Hypothetical doesn't slide off.
I suggest the 100lb person just lean over the game. Tell her to keep her head out of the way so you can still play pinball.
No need to clean off the glass of the prints left behind. Your guests will likely get a kick out of it when they notice
You never know what can happen. Tempered glass seems really unpredictable. Having said that, I have climbed on machines several times, standing or sitting on the glass. No problems. Just watch no buttons or zippers grind into your glass and you should be fine.
If you're gonna do it, at least make sure the game has a vibrator .. uh, I mean shaker motor installed. 
Quoted from SealClubber:It can hold my weight, 210 lbs.
We don't EVEN want to know how this information was discovered. 
Sometimes you just have to say what the F*&K. Go for it. Maybe the danger element/daredevil will add to the rush. Others have survived to tell about it, it's not like you're going over Niagra Falls. Slowly I turn step, by step, inch by inch......
I just don't want to see a future ad "LED's throughout, external sub and smell for full immersion in the Playboy pin" 
Was there a video of some guy standing or even jumping in the middle of some playfield glass before he hit it on the edge with the hammer?
Quoted from mrbillishere:Buford did it all the time
I miss those ads 
But yes, DO IT! these are commercial machines, made to withstand pelvic thrusts.
Glass can be funny
lays silent with stuff on it for years
then one day like an angry sleeping dog it wakes up
Quoted from Rascal_H:Just a hypothetical.
Maybe you know someone who just happens to be of the opposite sex and they casually mentioned they'd like to lay on top of a pinball machine while you stand in front of them.
Hypothetically they weigh about 100lbs.
Think it would work... or an accident waiting to happen?
Thanks for your input.
Really? a thumbs down for that, Apimomfan2?
Quoted from ryan1234:Wife said NO! it is not going to happen!
I have a long way to go before worrying about the glass.
Better luck with the girlfriend then.
Endless jokes about rubbers, leg protectors, pop bumpers, SDTM, video mode, deep rule set, waxed playfield, etc . . .
Quoted from Prmailers:The glass on my EM's ('72ish) seems thicker & heavier vs the glass in my SBM.
Go for a ride on an EM!
Not tempered, that way if it breaks you have long, jagged sharp edges. Hopefully you don't cut an artery, because you'll bleed out long before help arrives.
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:Not tempered, that way if it breaks you have long, jagged sharp edges. Hopefully you don't cut an artery, because you'll bleed out long before help arrives.
LTG : )
That may have been LTG's most important post ever due to the bunny like tendencies of pinsiders 
Quoted from Prmailers:The glass on my EM's ('72ish) seems thicker & heavier vs the glass in my SBM.
Go for a ride on an EM!
Quoted from Prmailers:The glass on my EM's ('72ish) seems thicker & heavier vs the glass in my SBM.
Go for a ride on an EM!
Bally used safety glass (not tempered) with their framed, lift up pf glass in that era. I've experienced both pinball (Bally Playboy; go figure) and pool table fun. Pool table was much better. However, pool table lamps can get in the way. And no, I didn't scratch.
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