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Build your own Stern/JJP pinball? Good idea or bad...

By Ranhorton

10 years ago


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    #6 10 years ago

    I've been saying to JJP and others for years. Mount the wiring harness so someone doesn't flip it the wrong way and let us do the rest. The price needs to reflect that it was a kit pin.

    #8 10 years ago

    One hole would be,what if the builder hooked up something wrong and it blew out a board or something else. Who's held responsible? Does the game carry a warranty? What about tech support on a home build from a kit?

    I always thought there should be a base game, then you add in options that you want. Maybe the base game would be X amount and if you wanted all the extras it could possibly cost 2K more when finished. The only thing is the code would have to support all options.

    Would it work? Maybe

    #11 10 years ago

    At one point I even tried to talk one of the new pin companies into setting up a build school. You'd buy there kit and build it at the factory or possibly at possibly at a pin show. I think there be a huge interest for a factory guy on hand for a build school where you get to take that new game home with ya. This could avoid some issues with the build.

    #15 10 years ago
    Quoted from Magic_Mike:

    Pinball 2000 all over again?
    Buy one machine and then just buy the kits if you wanted a new machine.
    I would have liked to see how well this concept would have done over time.

    Na, not the pin 2000 again, you'd build the game as a whole. Basically all the parts would be in a box and you assemble the game from the ground up. We'd have to remember there's a ton of little parts to assembling a pin but I for one would be up for it. What's the worst that could happen??

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