Aluminum tape? Did it catch fire? Conduct and turn into a heating element? W.T.F.

I actually think that's a relay.. And I can't tell if the relay shorted and fried, or the transistor under it did. Honestly, this may not be a fault of RD, but whomever had the game first, miswiring something.

No, that's an "absolute unit" or a rubber.

Friend lives down there, and I've been getting daily reports. It's.. fuckin' horrid.

Put in a Weebly, not an Alltak.

A fricken' Sample game too.

Hey, why all the hate on Big Ben?

I'm guessing ya'll don't like it just because you can't keep your balls from draining down the outlanes.

True. But, IMHO, a good cool-down game. Y'know, after getting kicked in the ass by ACNC or another heavy, difficult game, sometimes it's nice to just .. score. And not have to worry about multiple shots to make in the next 5 seconds.

'Sides, once the game is cleaned up and plays fast.. it can still offer a challenge! photo_2021-06-19_21-42-51 (resized).jpg
I've put more time and money into this game than I will EVER see back, but I don't care. Not doin' it for an investment. And when I level it out and make it steep, I can't wait to have folks over and swear at it.

Sorry, OT. I'll shut up!

Tilting mush have been an issue.

You know.. that's not a bad idea, now!

I have a feeling it makes it more sensitive. Have to lift the front of the cabinet less before the (MANY) balls roll back?

I am amused by that, frankly.

And speed - game down, money loss. Get it back up and working ASA-freakin'-P.

I dunno, that last one may be a fake. I don't think $tern made any EMs?

HEY!
Free stop sign!

SPooky never releases 'collector's editions', even. Unless they're meaning a 'blood sucker's edition'.

Long story short:
It was feared that having the pop bumpers like that would send a lot of balls down the left outlane. Turned out that it wasn't as much as feared. Posts were later removed. Some PF mfg'rs got updated CAD files and had the holes removed; others did not.

This was f*cking painful to look at. Yikes.

Owned a classic Mini Cooper ('72) back in the 2000s - I had more issues with the wiring than everything else. Engine starts to stutter and fail? Wiring. Steering wheel broke off? Wiring. It was horrid. By the time I sold that car, at least 90% of the harness was new.

Soneone forgot to slap it and say, "That ain't goin' nowhere!"

Jeesus, sorry. That dawn of realization when turning the corner and you feel your vehicle shift unexpectedly.

I mean, that IS technically a 0% interest rate.

That is damn impressive. Likely cheaper (back then) over buying a new power driver board.

Okay, that hurts.

Heh. Same reason people think something priced $9.99 is so much better than $10.00 - all perception. Months are less than year. Nevermind the multiplication there. The only reason I could see this helping - IF YOU actually qualify for the 0% is someone with less-than-great credit. Assuming they can make the payments - after a year or so, that regular payment will help that credit score. Shrug.

List them on KLOV as well. Likely more bites there.

That knocker goes off though, and it's going to get embedded into the ceiling.

That's an honest concern - it falling somewhere and breaking glass or shorting against the power board or transformer or something. But .. hell, it'd be cool to see how high it could go.

Six Flags in Georgia, back around 1990 had one that was the same - the very first time I played, it scared the hell out of me - and I had no idea (then, I was 14 years old) what that loud knock even was.