For those of you who don't know, 86Pixels has created mods for the past several years, primarily the Pinvision system which is the interactive backboard display for Twilight Zone, TRON, Theatre of Magic and others. Next up will be our "Pinlights" line of products. Simply, they're lights that'll interact with the game and they're a hell of a lot cheaper (close to 1/3-1/2 of the lowest tier of the competition). Of course, nobody ever JUST wants to compete on price because that's bad for industries as small as ours, so here's the feature list:
1. Everything is diffused, no spots anywhere.
2. Side glare shields so you're not blinded when playing an adjacent game.
3. Super thin magnet mount strips so you don't have to screw with the larger "commonly available" magnets that scuff when you raise the playfield.
4. A wire harness disconnect about 6" beyond the light bar so you can actually REMOVE them without having to take the guts out of the machine.
5. GI and flasher integration
6. A mobile app and hardware system that is designed for pinball (this sounds super market-y, but hear me out)
7. For people with side art blades, we're testing out a metal mounting bracket so the lights don't peel your art off due to the weight... so no more flaccid artwork!
Given #6, we can do a bunch of things that nobody else can, here's a shot of the app:
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A. Power, well, this is self explanatory
B. "Duck GI During Flashers" - For an added flasher effect, you can turn the GI of the light bar off when a flasher hit occurs
C. Tournament Mode - Disable all effects and just leave the system "ON" as to not be distracting
D. GI Cool White/Warm White mix - Mix in GI color temperature. Some games look better with a warmer white option, newer sterns often look better with cooler white, or mix both for a daytime white color.
E. GI Flasher Mix - Some games look better with a bit of the purple flasher circuit mixed in, so you can dial that in here.
F. GI Minimum Brightness - On some games the GI flickers... a LOT, and with lights like these, it can create a nearly blinding strobing effect. Set this setting so you can still see the ball during these features.
G. Turn off GI after (seconds) - If you're using the minimum brightness setting, turn off your GI "eventually" so your game doesn't stay on the minimum brightness when you actually power off your game.
The app can also do firmware updates so as we add features or fix bugs, you can take advantage. There's also no forced cloud bullshit with this app. If you don't want to sync your junk to the cloud, you don't need to register or anything and you can just keep it on your phone.
I haven't discussed this publicly, but only with a few testers, but here's a commitment from me on this one:
1. No forced marketing. We won't game the system by attaching our product listings to every game imaginable (unless said product is designed for one game specifically, looking at you expression lighting...)
2. Honest marketing - No manipulated images. In fact, all of our promos will have a light meter at the center of the playfield (see below)
Right now I'm just waiting on approval from the various app stores. We've got all the parts, boards, wire harnesses, lights, etc here and ready to go.
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Anywho, happy Friday and lets play some pinball!
-- Jimmy
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West Point, UT
