Hey Baz!
Have you guys thought about taking your pics, clips, and some interviews to make a pinball documentary?
I think it would be hit! Ask Netflix for a couple million......
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Portland, OR
Quoted from pinballrockstar:Yeah we want to do sumtin cool with it,but the letters actually need to stay open...they suck the smoke off the playfield.
So if we put for example green plexi in,the smoke doesn’t clear from the playfield...we are going back and forth over this every Friday
Looks like the backrest board is what .... 3/4"? What about lining each letter with an LED strip? Leaves the option to evacuate smoke. Or maybe drilling a hole below each letter, inserting a wire lead LED bulb and a cap over the LED to diffuse it? Just spit balling but either solution falls well under $600 LOL
Edmonton, AB
Quoted from CLEllison:Just spit balling but either solution falls well under $600 LOL
My poor attempt at humor... Stern charging $600.00 for a topper with letters that light up ...
Sorry it was lost .
Quoted from pinballrockstar:Yeah we want to do sumtin cool with it,but the letters actually need to stay open...they suck the smoke off the playfield.
So if we put for example green plexi in,the smoke doesn’t clear from the playfield...we are going back and forth over this every FridayHey you too brother Swinks,always good to see you here amigo!
Thank you amigo,we always appreciate feedback,good or bad!
But it would be damn cool !
Could you space the green plexi a bit so it doesn't seal completely to the backboard? That way, you'd get the lighting effect and the space provided would allow you to clear the smoke as well?
I'm sure you'll find a great solution. Thanks for sharing this build with us!
Rotterdam
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Hey Baz!
Have you guys thought about taking your pics, clips, and some interviews to make a pinball documentary?
I think it would be hit! Ask Netflix for a couple million......
Hey Art! It would totally work! Have to quit our dayjobs tho 
Say hello to your wife from us!
Quoted from Puffdanny:I could totally see the next build as a reality show
Hey,it hasn’t been done before right!?
Quoted from CLEllison:Looks like the backrest board is what .... 3/4"? What about lining each letter with an LED strip? Leaves the option to evacuate smoke. Or maybe drilling a hole below each letter, inserting a wire lead LED bulb and a cap over the LED to diffuse it? Just spit balling but either solution falls well under $600 LOL
Aaah that is a cool idea too man...makkng sidenotes here...thanks for sharing your great thoughts! 
Quoted from transprtr4u:My poor attempt at humor... Stern charging $600.00 for a topper with letters that light up ...
Sorry it was lost .
Aaaah yeah that was a reach bro hahaha,didn’t pick it up either
Quoted from No_Skill:Could you space the green plexi a bit so it doesn't seal completely to the backboard? That way, you'd get the lighting effect and the space provided would allow you to clear the smoke as well?
I'm sure you'll find a great solution. Thanks for sharing this build with us!
i see...that could work too...hm...sidenote.
Thanks for sharing man...we really appreciate it
Nowra
Ok Bas now you’re scaring me.....oh that’s the point 
Amazing how much it transforms the game to that finished look just by putting in the plastics. This LE put Stern and others to shame with all the mechs in it. More mechs in your headbox than most have in their entire games. Stellar job Amigos.
Quoted from jokerpoker:Ok Bas now you’re scaring me.....oh that’s the point
Amazing how much it transforms the game to that finished look just by putting in the plastics. This LE put Stern and others to shame with all the mechs in it. More mechs in your headbox than most have in their entire games. Stellar job Amigos.
Thanks amigo,really looking forward to playing the finished Crazy Mansion!
But patiently building towards a solid working machine 
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Have you had any time to start writing the actual code?! Or just waiting for a complete game then start from there!? && dayumm!! Love the progress!! That floor lifts up and down smooth as Tennessee whiskey!
Hey amigo,
Well , you can’t write code while the machine itself is in pieces...you need to test every line you write.
It’s a tedious process.
I once wrote a lot of code without testing and it just bit me in the ass...you simply can’t find what the bug is.
About the rising mansion:
We are very content with the succesful tests...we are gonna step up from 12 volts to 16 volts to see if we can get it up and down a bit faster.
With the ball in play,you want it to appear and disappear real fast,otherwise you get balls going down in the cab like with dr.Evil in the Austin Powers machine.
But yeah,thanks man,we also really look forward to testing and shooting strange videos with our green screen to add to the code.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Oh man.. the videos are gonna be fukkin hilarious! Maybe a back alley secret vid ..instead of midnight madness..4:20 reefer madness hahaha..can't wait!
That there is genius 
plus it would be a good way for my glass to be incorporated into the game
Quoted from pinballrockstar:...Well , you can’t write code while the machine itself is in pieces...you need to test every line you write.
It’s a tedious process.
I once wrote a lot of code without testing and it just bit me in the ass...you simply can’t find what the bug is.
Are you familiar with or have you tried the Monitor function of MPF, it might help you with testing?
Quoted from Puffdanny:That there is genius
plus it would be a good way for my glass to be incorporated into the game
Oh yeah!!!! And they have a smoke machine.. pump it through the piece you sent them and fill the playfield!! ERMAGAWWWD 
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Oh man.. the videos are gonna be fukkin hilarious! Maybe a back alley secret vid ..instead of midnight madness..4:20 reefer madness hahaha..can't wait!
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Oh yeah!!!! And they have a smoke machine.. pump it through the piece you sent them and fill the playfield!! ERMAGAWWWD
Oh wow,that is a great idea! Hilarious
Quoted from Puffdanny:That there is genius
plus it would be a good way for my glass to be incorporated into the game
Hahaha 
you bet we will!!
Quoted from SYS6:Are you familiar with or have you tried the Monitor function of MPF, it might help you with testing?
Nope,i don’t understand it and that’s totally on my part,i advise everybody to learn that trick.
I heard a lot of great feedback about it.
But i just write and test stuff ... i am from 1976 people,i am like...a commodore vic20 with its 4K memory trying to mine a whole bitcoin in 2020.
If i learn something new,something else is gonna be erased from another petition of my brain.
Last year i learned to solve a rubiks cube and a week later i was staring at my coffee machine,unable to get coffee out of it...
Quoted from Thor-NL:It's hot as hell in Holland today, hope the build can go on
Dude we are sweating while sitting but fuck it,let’s roll
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Quoted from zerbam:what do you mean hot as hell.....it's only 80 deg in holland michigan
In Holland it is always cold,today sucks for Rotterdamians
Hey?! Beard fashion!!
F77DA9F2-5840-49AF-B523-9999061FBEC2 (resized).jpegThe heat revealed a problem with our protector,we made it too tight and it is swelling up in the middle with these temperatures so we need to take off a bunch of stuff on one side of the playfield and trim it a little,better to find it out at this stage
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Quoted from swinks:hey guys, what a bummer but you are all over it - end of the day still pinball and mateship
Yeah,but man...we had a boob on our protector? It was crazy?
We made all holes bigger and freed up the apron so the protector lies free everywhere now...
image (resized).jpgQuoted from swinks:nice work, yes you don't want a floating boob in your game
Right? This side all the stuff is back in now
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