Cleveland, OH
This is strictly food for thought: I have 8 machines in my game room, 2 of them are 1/3 sized Zizzle machines. They are modded to hell and back to make them more visually appealing and to make them play more like 'real' machines. Anyways, in their current state I absolutely LOVE these machines, they play surprisingly well with mods and look amazing. People who see my collection are instantly drawn to them because of their uniqueness. Needless to say I was sad to see that Zizzle fizzled and is long extinct. There was no denying these were toy-grade machines. But I am curious, if there were a manufacturer who produced 1/3 sized (or maybe 1/2 sized) machines that were commercial (or near commercial) grade with actual repairable and replaceable pinball parts designed for home use, who here would consider owning one?
It may be a bit of a technical challenge since standard parts are probably a bit too big for a 1/3 sized pin, perhaps there would be some custom parts involved, but I'm of the opinion that if a big name manufacturer produced a high quality 1/3 (or 1/2) sized home-use pin it'd probably be a successful product, especially since standard machines take up a lot of space and a smaller version could be better suited to fit inside a home. I imagine something like this, if it ever someday exists, would be in the $1k to $2.5k price range. I'm talking about a complete machine with drop targets, active bumpers, kickouts, ramps, DMD, etc... all the good stuff, but smaller and wayyyy more detailed and complex than those old 1970's home mini pinball machines that were around for a while.
Thoughts?
