It can't get here soon enough...my topper is almost finished!!!
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...almost done!!!

Final test mount on my BM66 until the pin actually arrives. Still gotta find the right lighting effect for the Starman....but it's coming together as I had envisioned!!

So stoked for this pin!!!

Thanks!! Thought about it, but RUSH & SRO are pretty protective of their copyright.....

It's all 3D printed in pieces and then put together. Many hours to print all that out, so it wouldn't be cheap!

This!!!

Alright....let's talk about Mods/improvements:

1) Time Machine LEDs - as a minimum those LEDs need replaced with these from Comet: https://www.cometpinball.com/products/colored-lens-indicator-lamps . Going to use them on the scoops as well. However, I would love to see some even more interesting light possibilities.

2) Time Machine reels - Stern stickered it for now.....are real working reels a pipe dream??

3) Clockwork Angels Clock Minute hand - already scanning ebay for some possibilities....

4) Scoop Protectors - Someone get a RUSH pin to Cliffy ASAP!!

5) LE armor - Really toying with the idea of going to Brass or Antique Brass to match the Steampunk Time Machine look

6) Washing Machines, Vending Machines, steampunk ornamentation - yeah, betcha some of that will be seen soon as well

Agreed, there is only so much surface area to play with inside that cabinet!

Even as a huge RUSH fan myself I gotta disagree with this: based upon mainstream Billboard type singles they did not have many. Actually only 7 if you look at Billboard's Top 100, with the highest at 21. Yes, they are a staple of Classic Rock radio, huge number of album sales and sold out tours, but not hit singles:

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Never said that either: Proclaim them for who they are, i.e. a phenomenal trio of extremely talented musicians & songwriters with a long career, large album sales, and large devoted fanbase. Don't proclaim them for something they are not: producer of a ton of hit singles. Saying they are something that they are not does not help win over people unfamiliar with the group nor explain the reason behind RUSH fans' devotion to them.

A friend of mine RebelGuitars posted a pic on FB with a mirrored TMNT and the new RUSH Layout.....

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Your feelings there are actually not uncommon. Rush did have many different phases they went thru, and depending on the listener some more popular than others. I have several later albums I’m not fond of either. I will say this to all you Terry Brown era Rush fans: listen to 2 of their later albums, Vapor Trails (look for the remixed version) and especially Clockwork Angels. I put Clockwork Angels up there with any of the Terry Brown era albums, and the song Headlong Flight is in my Top 5 ever for them.

What are y'all hearing on delivery dates of the 1st run Pros and then LEs??

The Dead Flip stream showed a Premium with the lighting upgraded. Only the LEs come with Expression Lighting standard for RUSH.

Exactly! Tim specific mentioned that none of the modes were timed during the Dead Flip stream.

Watching DF's stream from last night, Jack gets Headlong Flight Multiball. Clockwork Angels clock graphic comes up on the screen, and the clock stops at 915....Arrggh!!!! Should be 912...i.e. or 2112 in 24hour time...just like the Album cover! Please someone let Tim or Ray know!!

I still remember Alex himself getting on social media to try to minimize the sound issues with the original release of Vapor Trails, saying it sounded exactly as he wanted. The out of nowhere, years later, a remix is issued addressing the issues, and this time Alex came back saying he recently had realized how overcooked the mixing was on the release, thus the remix edition (which IMO sounds so much better!!).

Seriously think that a brass/copper metallic is the only appropriate finish for RUSH LE armor.....

I've been singing YYZ all week....

Click on your Pinside name on the very top of the menu bar. Then about 3/4 down on your personal info page you can set your initials.

Headlong Flight, at full volume with a good set of headphones or speakers......RUSH jamming at it's finest!!!

It is an awesome album, their comeback after their hiatus. The remix is awesome!!

The Spirit of Radio....no doubt!! It is *THE* opening song! They've tried others over the years, but nothing gets that blood pumping more at a concert, including the first one I saw in 1983!

Told ya!!! It's their best all out jam....bar none!!!

I had that poster, bought it in May 83 when I saw them in Heidelberg Germany for my first RUSH concert. Disappeared a few years later when my parents moved after I had gone stateside to go to college. Wish I still had it!!!

The two things missing on this list:

1) New releases and how they push things down the schedule
2) Differing demands for titles and what to fill the production line with (no way that they are only running JP home models only in October)

Agreed, which is why I pointed them out so that people, especially newbies, take all these "schedules" with a big grain of salt (with that grain being the size of Gibraltar.....)

So this just popped up on my FB timeline: 10 years ago I took my then 13 year old son to his only RUSH concert at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, who at the time was also very much into Legos. The day after the concert this happened:
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Yep, Stern allows new promo games that are sold at shows to be sold at a reduced price compared to MSRP. Depending on the show they will have around 300-500 plays on them. I have several friends who have bought pins that way.

Agree 100%....and just wait until you install expression lights!!!!