I'm really enjoying your thread, thanks for all the pictures and info. Didn't know really what to vote for in the poll.....
I've done 2 full rethemes now not full homebrews but halfway there. What did was find a game readily available for parts etc and then make the playfield and movie work with the game.
Like on Mad Max redline mania is the final scene to hunt down the Toecutter Jaws, the 3 Jackpots are the 3 main characters Hooper, Quint and Brody etc.
I'm addicted to customising pinballs!
Next project is a solid state era machine.
I'd like to look at a full custom build after this and need to look at the options previous people have pointed to. But I'm with you on the...sit down to read it all!
I'm a big fan of Pinsound gear so looking at the XL system for sure.
The biggest hurdle for my builds were the dmd changes which I paid other guys to help me with. It's a very long and ongoing process. All the other aspects are pretty easy.
Thanks again for the thread!
Guitars...I have my beautiful rosewood maton acoustic I bought when I was 18...34yrs and it sounds better each year.
Bikes...dad put me on my Uncles RM80 c when I was 8 and nearly killed myself lol!