Which will come out first, the long delayed "30 Years of Stern Pinball" book by Paperflock (or was it 40?) or the CFTBL video mod by pinballsp? If memory serves both are over three years in the making. A lot of similarities here, one delay and/or excuse after another after another. JoeDP earns points for being a lot more entertaining as he has been spotted all over the globe at various exotic locations cavorting with one or more of the infamous Paperflock interns. At least some of the backers of his project have been able to get some bang for their buck by living vicariously thru Joe.
PinballSP is an inveterate tinkerer who didn't own or have access to a CFTBL to test his video mod...but then his buddy got one and was going to test it, but his buddy fell off the face of the earth so no testing, then months (a year?) later pinballsp buys his own pin...but it had a few board hacks so even though it would have worked just fine for mod testing purposes he has decided to refurb the boards/wiring and who knows what else before he can test. Oh, boy.
This is gonna be a tough one, and it is quite possible that "neither comes to market" will be the eventual winner. Or maybe Pinside goes dark first...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-coffee-table-book-kickstarter
