(Topic ID: 190992)
Rotterdam
Portland, OR
Quoted from pinballrockstar:mic has 4 columns now man...real cool...
Those are looking great. Can't wait to see them painted.
Quoted from CobraClutch:Those are looking great. Can't wait to see them painted.
Yeah mic is real smart with wood,they look smashing...can’t believe he is making them the same?
If i’d be making 20 of those,they’d be 20 different ones 
Quoted from Wolfmarsh:Dang lots of work going on tonight!
Yeah fun night,Dick has less and less time lately but we work for 3 people when he is at work at the bakery
Quoted from swinks:another great night of work
Thanks man,good to hear ya!
The second tower has a window 
Now you just need a drone with another head attached to the bottom of it that takes off from behind the machine and buzzes around you taunting you while you play.
NOTE TO FUTURE CUSTOMERS: This machine will require a minimum of 15' of head room and 50' of space around the machine to properly operate the drone. We are sorry for this inconvenience. 
Could someone out there in the usa send me some allen keys?
I have to cut them off with a grinder cuz our allen keys are way different and don’t fit?
I need this bracket for the right head mount..
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Quoted from Chitownpinball:Now you just need a drone with another head attached to the bottom of it that takes off from behind the machine and buzzes around you taunting you while you play.
NOTE TO FUTURE CUSTOMERS: This machine will require a minimum of 15' of head room and 50' of space around the machine to properly operate the drone. We are sorry for this inconvenience.
Hahaha...yep that is how crazy this pin is gonna be man...exactly thát amount of crazy!!
started a new thread and trying to push for a Homebrew Category for 2018 TWIPY awards - wonder how many homebrews will be completed in 2018
still a work in progress but got shortcuts to alot of the builds all in one thread
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/homebrew-pinball-games-released-2016-to-current#post-4197288
Quoted from swinks:started a new thread and trying to push for a Homebrew Category for 2018 TWIPY awards - wonder how many homebrews will be completed in 2018
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/homebrew-pinball-games-released-2016-to-current#post-4197288
Well thanks bro...now we need to work even faster...wearing my Fast shirt today so i am kind of dressed for speed 
Quoted from pinballrockstar:Could someone out there in the usa send me some allen keys?
Sure thing send me a PM.
Quoted from Atari_Daze:Sure thing send me a PM.
Ah great man,we would appreciate it so much...our allen keys are too big or too small...useless.. 
Meantime:
A lotta progress on Mic’s side of amigo headquarters!
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Budapest
Quoted from pinballrockstar:Could someone out there in the usa send me some allen keys?
I have to cut them off with a grinder cuz our allen keys are way different and don’t fit?
I need this bracket for the right head mount..
I have purchased this from local shop.
Quoted from Davi:I have purchased this from local shop.
Atari daze is fixing it for us..our allen keys are shit over here.
Thanks George!
Supercool man.. 
Quoted from pinballrockstar:So Mic is ready,and he decides to try a stone effect spray can on one of his bannister columns...
The columns look fantastic! Amazing that you did them freehand. Great Friday guys!
Quoted from pinballrockstar:Yeah!! Go Mic! Go!!!
That pic had me worried with that one up-side-down post lol So glad those weren't glued!
They look amazing with that spray.
FYI if you are sending parts to the Amigos,Be sure to state the parts are NOT NEW!! OR,you will be charged a fee for sending parts to be sold as new, in their country! I found this out on the last build!Its called a resale tax! So be careful!! This is a awesome project guys!! 2 Rudy heads?? Why not!!!
You guys need to resend a better pic on what you need them to remove. It was kinda dark, but I feel like those looked like torx, not Allen head screws. If they are, no amount of Allen wrenches will remove them...wrong bit.
Quoted from hawkmoon:2 Rudy heads?? Why not!!!
Dude,where have you been?!
Quoted from Marten:You can also buy the right size allen keys here in Holland at Flipperwinkel.nl so no need to send them across the ocean!
I will never buy at Flipperwinkel.nl cause the guy is an imbecil.
Let me get that out there...Hans Balk is a rude,weird,narcistic imbecil.
To begin:he always treats you like you are stupid...HE knows it all...and you are stupid...that’s where you start..
But for some reason you deal with that.
Last time i dealt with him,i had a friend visiting my car shop from the top of the Netherlands and i asked him to pick up my pinball parts order...he made an insane detour to help me out.
I made a very superclear appointment between my friend and flipperwinkel and Hans simply decided not to be there on the agreed time(no note on his window,phone off,lights off)...leaving my buddy waiting for like a fucking hour.
I told my buddy to forget about my order but he incisted to wait.
I felt so bad i asked him to pick the order up and have him standing there..
Then my buddy arrives at my car shop with half my order?
So i call Hans and he’s like:” yeah i might’ve forgot some shit...ah well... you can order the rest via the website and pay shipping for it”.(and he is telling me this all relaxed, like it is supernormal?)
At a certain point in the conversation he decides it is all my fault and my emails are blurry to him(i sent him a fucking list?)and he compares his one man shop with electronics giant CoolBlue!.
Dude,i fucking exploded!?
I took a breath...told him if he really thought i was gonna order the rest of my stuff through the website and pay shipping,he’s even crazier than i thought?!
The odds i am gonna eat poop,are greater than me ever ordering at flipperwinkel.nl again.
Quoted from tommyp:You guys need to resend a better pic on what you need them to remove. It was kinda dark, but I feel like those looked like torx, not Allen head screws. If they are, no amount of Allen wrenches will remove them...wrong bit.
No,there is never torx on a pinball...maybe jjp or some other newer style machine.
Quoted from pinballrockstar:To begin:he always treats you like you are stupid...HE knows it all...and you are stupid
Ah! So, you've got people like that over there too?! We've got lots of 'em in the USA.
Quoted from pinballrockstar:Dude,i fucking exploded!?
Good for you! I would have exploded too!!! After reading that, I'm never going to drive over there and buy things from him! Like I'll be in the Netherlands any time soon. Ha!
Nowra
Quoted from Pintucky:After reading that, I'm never going to drive over there and buy things from him!
Hahaha!! 
Quoted from Travish:It's probably one if those $20 shipping and when you get it the postage says $2.50.
Yeah,parcel price for something that fits an envelope...he pulls stuff like that too.
If i buy one IC , i pay shipping for a parcel.
When my buddy went over there,i added a lot of stuff to my order cause he was going there anyway and saved me on shipping....
But that is just one situation you know...
When i was new to the hobby,i ordered the latest update game roms for my cirqus voltaire...when they arrived,it wasn’t clear to me where the roms should be placed,so i called Flipperwinkel...
Hans started laughing at me and told me if i was that incompetent,i better not touch anything?
I was like woooow dude...you had to learn this at some point in your life and this is my moment and i am asking you right now so i can learn right?
Now THAT is the kind of guy Hans Balk is...
I don’t care if i have to fly in parts from Australia per private jet,he will never get one more penny from me.
And if people show him this rant,fine,don’t care either...he doesn’t belong in this hobby.
In this hobby,we share information and we help eachother out...
We are the custodians of pinball...us...together...with our collective databases in our heads...pass it on to new generations. 
(Mic drop/crowd cheering 
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Quoted from jokerpoker:Side note, that finger nail is starting to look lose. My date in March is looking shaky.
Another great build. Headbox is looking insane!!!
Hahaha! Yup it is finally about to grow out! Your forecast is under pressure
The headbox is gonna be majestic man...superfun!
I am hoping on the nano controller arriving this week and start on getting this machine to life!
Quoted from pinballrockstar:Man...that guy had so much work making that...he made it with a soldering iron?
Imagine what his house smelled like
What a nice dude...
It was a pleasure working on something a bit simpler. I've had a bit of practice
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Quoted from WJxxxx:It was a pleasure working on something a bit simpler. I've had a bit of practice
I like how you made some parts of the cheetah legs (cheetah right?) darker,creating the illusion of shadow.
Nice work man,just don’t ruin all the doors in your house...your wife is gonna be pissed!
Quoted from _KIRK_:You guys are my new heroes!
And pinball is our kryptonite
Quoted from Puffdanny:There's torx on my rfm to get off the speaker panel
You had to find that one screw in an entire pinball era huh buddy
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