My best advice for HomePin?

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I have to give that a giant WTF...

What you are forgetting is that this forum is read all over the world in many different countries and you are losing more than just USA customers.

Popcorn?!

Boring? 5 days straight drinking beer in the sun watching cricket is never boring

P.s. i'm aussie, and we love our american/canadian brothers down here - but we love making fun of them too, as i imagine you do of us - which is cool.
P.p.s. Whilst i respect homepins decision to run his business as he feels fit, it probably doesn't reflect the majority of peoples feelings down under.

I won't say anything about thunderbirds as there might be a few Frenchs interested in that Pin. But if I were to say what I think about it, France would be banned, together with Monaco, Luxemburg and Andorra as collateral damage...

Best thread since SW-or-close-to-reasonable-offer

now imagine if he could get the backglass signed (anyone still alive from the show?).

Awe come on!!! leave us hanging like that?? anyone wanna take guesses?

epic thread.

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Yes, but when people go that route they aren't assholes about it. See, that is the difference here.

Americans have better music even better than crappy/dc so they hate us.

One of the many great episodes.

I wonder if anyone else noticed your great South Park reference....

And look, if your target market is 50 year old dudes with a lot of money, what better to theme a pin on than one of their favorite tv shows as a kid!?!? Besides, like so many have already said, who really cares about the theme if the pin plays great? It's a fun theme and has LOTS of potential for playfield toys and mods. I fell in love with TAF LONG before I ever bothered to see the movie. Even then, I was more interested in seeing it to hear the parts they took the callouts from, rather than actually "watching" the movie! Although, it did clear up a few lines of what was actually being said(thanks a lot, 8-bit sound!).

http://www.aussiearcade.com.au/showthread.php/59686-Thunderbirds-Homepin

*sigh you really hate americans huh!

Much prefer ThunderCats over Thunderbirds. Oh!...how 'bout ThunderCats vs ThunderBirds

Need to be logged in. Can you screencap it?

They should base it off the 2004 Thunderbirds movie, so it would involve Bill Paxton, getting his total # of pins up to 3 until somebody (SkitB?) makes an Aliens pin of course.

This would make a great marketing slogan for y'all

yep, you got that right, THEY know best.

I dare him to use it.

I've gotta at least give Homepin credit for hooking me into thunderbirds. I still think the theme will stink on a pinball machine, but I've watched some clips on Youtube today and it got me to laugh a few times.

It'll get me to re-watch the really funny version, team america, again as well.

Well you are certainly well on your way to making that a reality, congratulations

BTW, if you think you can manufacture 2000 pinball machines as a "hobby", then you have more problems than just a bad attitude towards North Americans!

its 3 pages of his fellow country men calling him a dumb ass

Essentially except for VERY few of his buddies sticking up for him but basically as Akuma said it's aussies saying they are ashamed of his attitude.

funny thing is he probably buy more stuff from america.
just visited is website, i couldn't remember where i saw that mpu board replacement and i wanted to have one, well, not anymore!

Is it Wayne-o by any chance?

Doh; a flaw in an otherwise cunning plan!

How could someone not figure out that rather than shipping via a cheap, slow and non-trackable method, American buyers were apparently "needing" the expensive as all get out fast shipping option?

Put trackable shipping as a requirement, then let the buyer decide if they want the part or not. Not terribly complicated.

I would normally end this note with a request for payment for my high profile consulting services, but I try not to accept money from bigots.

Hmmm

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No way dude! This ain't a one way street! If we are all getting generalized then you are too!!!!!

I think it's time to summon International Rescue.

I was going to get Canada to back me up but I can't now either.

Unir a mis hermanos mexicanos!!!!

America says "HELLO!"

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Yay another preorder to argue about for the next 3 years

Nope. Ain't nobody going to be arguing about this one. Unlike some of the others, this one will actually bring Pinsider's together!

Some of us would still like a Thunderbirds Pin.

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It would probably be a nice pin.

Now you have to look at it as a Thunderbirds Pin versus moving away from family and friends to a country Homepin likes.

I guess it is not in the cards.

But if it was:

With my luck I would move to a country that is on the "approved" list only to have somebody bash it on a forum. Damn, all that money I used for moving expenses flushed down the drain as the whole country gets thrown under the bus like the US and Canada.

I'm hoping it's just a simple case of "having a bad day", and the ugliness that has been the last 24 hours or so, can be moved passed.

Eh... based on previous Homepin discussions, this is SOP... granted, taken to a shining new level.

I am going to smuggle one in from out of the country, 20,000$ by Christmas!!!!!!!

Potential troll thread: What if Homepin sources parts from MAD Amusements? (Couldn't resist.)

I am a proud aussie but I love many of the american things and have gained many US & Canadian friends through pinball. Please do not lump all of us Aussies into what one aussie says, please.

I was shocked when I read some of the posts and a little embarrassed, but if Mike wants to run his business like that I suppose that is his choice, but not something I would do.

All the best Mike and a kind g'day to all our US & Canadian friends

edit: added Canadian friends as well

Umm...pretty much!!

Hahaha.....yep, Woz bash break/beer run!........

Horrible, like a greyhound that broke its ankle trying to get out of the box...done.....

we have been bitching on other projects here about details, colors we don't like this and that... you name it and nobody went nuts au contraire it was good criticism and also to please the future customers.
now imagine if it was the case with this guy, what, nobody can say anything?
if you come in here showing off your stuff (even if you didn't start the thread) well, expect a lot of reactions, good and bad.

but bitching on the usa and canada because some don't like the damn thing and putting everybody in the same basket because you had bad experiences is pretty low.
personally i don't like the idea, others do and that ok.

the sad thing is, he's gonna lose all credibility in the future, not only for this pin but everything else he's got.

I'll just buy a HUO kit version on EBay when the original owner can't figure out how to assemble it.

**Note to future EBay sell: PLEASE don't lose any of the pieces!

I suppose one good thing has come of this thread. You all now know what Thunderbirds is

Hmph

I suppose one good thing has come of this thread. You all now know what Thunderbirds is

Can't argue with that! Perhaps the most daring marketing strategy in pinball history. Remains to be seen if the "Treat Em Mean, Keep Em Keen" policy will pay off just yet though...

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In Australia..

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Congratulations to Homepin for getting this license and their plans. I love to see Mike succeed.

As for the rest of the discussion: There will always be discussions about whether a chosen theme is appreciated or not. You can't please everybody. Stern's first title was Striker Xtreme. Not exactly a great theme and not aiming at USA at all. Well, they're still around. JJP picked WoZ as a theme, which is not the most logical choice if he was aiming at Europe.

I can only be happy with every new manufacturer giving pinball a try. Competition make everybody more creative. If there is one thing all the new boutique companies have shown (as far as they have shown a playable product) is that they surprised me with new things on a playfield and new rules to put in a pinball game (Predator, Matrix). I can only be happy about that and hope they all succeed. Pinball in general will benefit and so do the players/collectors.