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New Stern* Pin: Dragons Revenge

By SkyKing2301

4 years ago

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#1 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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* - Not actually manufactured nor sponsored by Stern...just built using a Stern pinball box.

My 8-year-old daughter has a "Cardboard Challenge" voluntary project due at school, to build something out of cardboard. Naturally, she loves pinball, and we had a giant Stern pinball box from our recent GOT acquisition... and so we present Dragons Revenge!

We used actual pinball leg bolts (hope I get those back), and designed a linkage where you push tubes in & out (in lieu of buttons) to actuate the flippers. A ping pong ball substitutes for the pinball (think I'll paint it silver before we turn it in). Object of the game is to hit the dragons raiding the village! We'd originally intended to top-weight them so they'd fall back when hit, but the ball doesn't have enough mass to make that work. No worries, it's certainly good enough! We had a blast figuring out how to build this and putting it together, thought we'd share it with you!

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#2 4 years ago

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10k by Christmas

#3 4 years ago

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Ericpinballfan

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No chipping on this playfield!
Please tell her I love it! She did a great job on the backglass.

#4 4 years ago

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Hayfarmer

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Does the le have a mirrored backglass?

#5 4 years ago

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Pinball-DOOD

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Hey! It’s an original concept! Nice job!

#6 4 years ago

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Coz

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Very cool. Nice father/daughter project

#7 4 years ago

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o-din

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OP
Quoted from SkyKing2301:
just built using a Stern pinball box.

Almost as solid as their regular cabinet.

#8 4 years ago

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frunch

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Love it! Super creative, very nice job. Must have been a great time putting it together! Thanks for sharing

#9 4 years ago

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Wolfmarsh

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This is fantastic!!! Great job and really creative!

#10 4 years ago

RWH

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Can we pre-order yet???? I want to be near the top when you ship.

#11 4 years ago

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#12 4 years ago

Darkwing

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Looks awesome man!!!

#13 4 years ago

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Artwork is epic

#14 4 years ago

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10 k by X-mass

#15 4 years ago

BOB

Sputnik

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That is very creative. A homebrew pin and solved the playfield dimple problem. The reduced mass of the ping pong ball can not make a dimple.
That is a great project.
Sputnik

#16 4 years ago

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namcigam

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It's fully coded in the box

#17 4 years ago

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If only the legs were a little shorter. Then it would be imamaculate

#18 4 years ago

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LordHelmet

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Awesome! I bet she had a lot of fun with you building that!
I would up vote this twice, once for each of you, if I could.

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#19 4 years ago

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Great job!

#20 4 years ago

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Daditude

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Is it a LE?
I will take 3!

#21 4 years ago

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s1500

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That kid's going places.

#22 4 years ago

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jeffspinballpalace

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Great project. What’s going on inside the box? The innards are big enough you could hide a kid inside. They would become the brains of the machine and having them would kick things up a notch, maybe next year.

Better yet house three kids inside. One who can sing would become the jukebox feature. Another would announce points and tally them. Third could insult the player.

#23 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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Thanks for all the comments, you guys are great. I didn't tell her I was posting this, so she'll get a kick out of it later when I show her.

We deliver it school tomorrow. I think there's a contest element to it, so we'll see how that goes.

#24 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:
What’s going on inside the box? The innards are probably big enough you could have a kid hide inside.

Not much in the cabinet section, just some structural supports for the PF. Also added that nice cardboard honeycomb to the bottom of the PF to stiffen it up.

And you're right about hiding; here she is hiding behind the supports before we attached them.

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#25 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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Quoted from Hayfarmer:
Does the le have a mirrored backglass?

Quoted from jawjaw:
Artwork is epic

Haha, I tried to talk her into letting me install some battery powered LEDs into the backglass, but she wanted to keep the non-cardboard parts only to essentials.

#26 4 years ago

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investingdad

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Once her classmates are allowed to have a turn on it, I predict a 17 minute use life before something breaks... which may be industry average for all I know.

My daughter and I did something very similar but on a tabletop scale when she was in 7th grade. She had to make something from recycled materials. I made a little lever system and then used rubber bands and pencils for the flippers.

She did the rest with my input. It was the hit of the class, much as I expect yours to be.

Nicely done!

#27 4 years ago

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Lame33

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No ramps! Not worth the money.

Artwork may be less controversial than your GoT...

#28 4 years ago

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Absolutely love "Steal+fang"!!! Must be cousins with this guy....
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Later,
EV

#29 4 years ago

RWH

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Better contact Tim in Vegas after the contest, he's gonna want a one-off for the hall of fame.

#30 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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Quoted from investingdad:
Once her classmates are allowed to have a turn on it, I predict a 17 minute use life before something breaks... which may be industry average for all I know.

Yeah I'm very concerned about this as well, and I'm already regretting not using loctite and/or jam nuts on the flipper mechs. I plan on bringing tools/parts to repair on-site if necessary. Probably the most at-risk item is the "flipper button" lever thing, since you push/pull the tube perpendicular to the cabinet to actuate the flipper. It sticks out so far that it's tempting to pull parallel to the cabinet, which will just fold/break the tube. I wrote instructions and arrows on the tube to help prevent this, but I won't get my hopes up...

#31 4 years ago

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Awesome project and love hearing/seeing these stories!! Nothing better then doing projects with your kids especially when it’s pin related!! Great job and let us know how it goes at school!!

#32 4 years ago

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Goronic

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Is it on free play at Expo?

#33 4 years ago

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Quoted from Goronic:
Is it on free play at Expo?

Maybe Free Play Florida?

#34 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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Quoted from John_I:
Maybe Free Play Florida?

Haha, might have enough room in the van...

#35 4 years ago

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nerbflong

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Thats great! In for an LE please

#36 4 years ago

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dc2010

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An original theme with Stern's name on it !

Great job !

#37 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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Well just like real pinball, issues arose during transport. I had to up-end it to transport it to the van and then again into the school, during which the inner support structure detached and the playfield sagged. Fortunately there was enough flexibility in the cabinet wall, I was able to reach inside along the edge of the playfield, and get the supports back in place. A little fresh duct tape and it's back in business.

Saw a few other family projects coming in, some of them were fantastic-- a hi-fidelity mockup of an F-35 Lightning II, a Mercury space capsule, and even a tank that a kid fits in.

#38 4 years ago

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Quoted from SkyKing2301:
A little fresh duct tape and it's back in business.

Just like many other site operators!

#39 4 years ago

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OLDPINGUY

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Pass on to your daughter she won the competition, in my book!

Very impressed!

#40 4 years ago

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chad

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A recycled classic!

#41 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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Quoted from investingdad:
Once her classmates are allowed to have a turn on it, I predict a 17 minute use life before something breaks...

You were SO close! A mere 22 minutes into tonight's showcase, some kid got overzealous and ripped the flipper "button" tube right out, tearing out the bolt hole. I flipped the tube around, poked a new bolt hole, and cut an access door into the side of the cabinet to reattach it. No sooner had I finished that, the nut on the other flipper worked it's way off, so I had to cut a door on that side too. (I then secured the nuts with duct tape to prevent them from backing off.

There were some REALLY awesome projects there. Here are some pics of the others, including an F-35, a giant Lego man, an Ice Cold Beer game (sorta), a soda machine, a space capsule, and more!

The pinball machine was a huge hit, people were playing on it all evening. One parent actually noticed that it was a pinball box, which was nice to hear, lol.

We'll find out tomorrow about the winners, but seeing some of those really fancy ones, I don't expect it was us. Regardless, my daughter had a great time showing off her game and even started writing down the names of the game winners on the cabinet.

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#42 4 years ago

RWH

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So cool, they used a lot of imagination to have come up with so many great projects!

#43 4 years ago

Monk

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Wow. Great job to both you and your daughter. The pinball machine was a great idea and I love the innovations to get it to work. The rest of the field is also impressive. Quite the competition/show that was. This is something she will remember forever.

#44 4 years ago

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investingdad

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Quoted from SkyKing2301:
You were SO close! A mere 22 minutes into tonight's showcase, some kid got overzealous and ripped the flipper "button" tube right out, tearing out the bolt hole. I flipped the tube around, poked a new bolt hole, and cut an access door into the side of the cabinet to reattach it. No sooner had I finished that, the nut on the other flipper worked it's way off, so I had to cut a door on that side too. (I then secured the nuts with duct tape to prevent them from backing off.
There were some REALLY awesome projects there. Here are some pics of the others, including an F-35, a giant Lego man, an Ice Cold Beer game (sorta), a soda machine, a space capsule, and more!
The pinball machine was a huge hit, people were playing on it all evening. One parent actually noticed that it was a pinball box, which was nice to hear, lol.
We'll find out tomorrow about the winners, but seeing some of those really fancy ones, I don't expect it was us. Regardless, my daughter had a great time showing off her game and even started writing down the names of the game winners on the cabinet.[quoted

Yep, told you.

I like yours and the Ice Cold Beer concept game the best because of the functionality. Not too take away from the fine creativity on display, but adding motion and function to cardboard is a winner for me.

#45 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

Rocket City Pinball

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Quick followup -- we did not win the competition. (It was based on votes cast by the families who attended the event.) Unfortunately, we don't know which project actually won; my daughter said they announced the family name but no which project it was. Since she wasn't familiar with the family name, we couldn't link it to a project.

Quoted from investingdad:
I like yours and the Ice Cold Beer concept game the best because of the functionality. Not too take away from the fine creativity on display, but adding motion and function to cardboard is a winner for me.

We appreciate it! I felt that way too ... while some of the others were great to look at, being interactive really made a different. You didn't see people standing around the inanimate ones all night!

Unfortunately, I didn't get to try the Ice Cold Beer game ... by the time I got around to trying it, the kids had already broken it. (Weak string.)

Thanks again for everyone's kind words, we had a blast! I still haven't shown this thread to my daughter (we've been busy) but if she has anything to say I'll pass it along.

#46 4 years ago

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investingdad

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That's a bummer. You may not have gotten the official votes, but if people were crowding to play your cardboard pin all night...that to me is indicative of the actual winner. Which I suspect you know but may have to explain to your daughter.

No different than a pinball show...it's the foot traffic that really matters!

1 week later

#47 4 years ago

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SkyKing2301

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A certificate came home from school this week -- apparently we got 2nd place! (We still don't know which was first but I'm assuming the Lego man.)

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