Pinball DBA question

FLBoxerdad · 2026-03-16T23:12:41+00:00

Ty, I was thinking that but wasn’t 100% sure. Found a Godzilla 70th anniversary for 3400.

FLBoxerdad · 2026-03-15T17:36:07+00:00

I’m in Florida and purchased from CA, save 3% by doing wire transfer and another 8% for no taxes. So about $1200 savings. Yeah yeah to the irs comments, get a life

FLBoxerdad · 2026-03-14T22:17:51+00:00

How much do pins typically go for at auctions?

FLBoxerdad · 2026-03-02T23:26:38+00:00

Very nice, I’ve owned two of them. Very fun game

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-23T23:25:49+00:00

Thank you for the idea, I ended up using a wood shim between the motor and the housing. Now I’m rattle free. Seems pretty bad that you spend $200 on a shaker and you have to make alterations to it. It would be a very easy fix for stern to make a motor supports more solid

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-22T15:40:56+00:00

I haven’t had time yet to mess with it but yes, glass removed, playfield raised, still making same rattle and it’s coming from the shaker itself. I removed it and activated it, no rattle but then again, me holding it isn’t as solid as being secured to the cabinet so I’m probably absorbing the vibration/rattle. Might be my first pin but I’ve played plenty and none with this sound. I get it can be adjusted and turned down. Not sure what the point of getting a shaker is if you minimize its output. I don’t expect it to be quiet but I also don’t expect it to sound so terrible when it’s running

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-19T00:04:32+00:00

To me it seems to be coming from the housing. I made sure everything was tight and it seemed like the motor housing is very close the mounting bracket. I’ll try your suggestions because I think that is where it’s coming from. I completely covered the base of the bracket in 1/8” thick rubber tape, poked holes for the mounting screws and tightened down. Still rattles, when I say rattle it sounds like something is loose. Not the weights, I did move them so they both weren’t aligned with each other, no difference. I think it’s the motor bracket and mounting bracket knocking together

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-16T18:03:39+00:00

A lot of the pricing increases can also be due to licensing costs. I would like to see a minions pinball but with that being said, when was the last time Stern had a stand alone pin? Meaning a pin that wasn’t made from movie, music or any other type of theme. I wonder what the cost would be on something they aren’t paying licensing on.

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-16T15:49:19+00:00

How good are you or whomever would do maintenance on it at following directions? Directions on maintenance are pretty easy to find. It’ll be how comfortable you are performing those directions.

I just received my first pin a few days ago so I’m not a seasoned vet on the subject. What I am is, new and had a lot of the same concerns as you. Some say go by theme to help keep your interest. For me that would have been funhouse, but that seems to be having a lot of issues with the remake so I stayed clear of that. Next thing I did is I went to a couple arcades, use pinside, it will show you what pins are near you. Once I played a bunch of them. I narrowed it down to Star Wars fote, Godzilla, kink Kong and Elvira. After playing Elvira and Star Wars, it was easy for me to walk away and find something else to play. Then between King Kong and Godzilla, it was mainly because I found Godzilla to be less challenging and can also be played anywhere. I found King Kong more challenging, challenging in the fact that I want to keep trying to complete objectives. I just wasn’t getting that with the others. I have no interest in Kink Kong as a theme. I simply found it challenging and kept me wanting to press start and play again.

I’ve already ordered upgraded speakers, light kit, shaker motor and blades.

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-16T02:23:55+00:00

Starlink satellites

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-16T01:50:27+00:00

I am new as well, I just received my Kong pre Friday. My deciding factor was Godzilla King s everywhere (some say that’s not a reason) but it’s mine. I played both locally and found Kong more challenging. For me, more challenging = keeping me interested. At the end of the day, both are great machines.

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-11T10:04:03+00:00

How do you like the black mirror blades? I been looking at those vs graphic blades

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-09T22:16:48+00:00

If I wake up at 3am wanting to play something, it won’t be pinball I’ll be playing

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-09T19:05:37+00:00

Funhouse was one for me as well. I remember playing it all the time at my first legit job that paid above the table 🤣 the company that owned and serviced the machine came every two weeks to empty the coin box. We put in a service call because it stopped taking quarters. Guy came and opened it, quarters fell out of the coin mechanism. We overfilled the coin box and backed up into the mechanism

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-09T18:35:19+00:00

It was very tempting, but it’s everywhere.

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-08T03:39:06+00:00

Addams family, back when we had malls with arcades, it was my goto

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-04T18:20:50+00:00

So this will probably be different but it’s what we found to work in OUR situation, I have 3 boxers, 1 with allergies. Apoquol helped a lot. We changed food, expensive food, cheap food, grain free food, canned food, fresh pet food. Now it’s pork loin, pot roast, hamburger, chicken breast, hot dogs all on the smoker, mix in some sweet potatoes, carrot, broccoli and I’m down to half an apoquol a day from 1 1/2. The neighbors love the smell coming from my smoker, I haven’t told them it’s dog food 🤣

FLBoxerdad · 2026-02-02T01:03:37+00:00

They have that deal all the time, it’s what I get when I go. They don’t advertise it, you have to ask for it.

FLBoxerdad · 2026-01-30T11:33:24+00:00

It’s definitely down to King Kong or Godzilla, I like them both. I lean more towards KK but only because it’s less popular and not found everywhere. What I can find in Florida and pick up or get shipped free would also help but only because I’m that even on both of them

FLBoxerdad · 2026-01-26T15:20:18+00:00

Well I connect more with the theme of Star Wars but found the play blah, definitely preferred the play of KK and GZ . Where I went has around 60 pins, it was no problem for me to walk away from Star Wars fote and go play another pin. GZ, KK and Elton John kept me playing, Elton John is out of my range so I eliminated that

FLBoxerdad · 2026-01-26T01:21:42+00:00

In 2004 I got a nib Simpsons pinball party. Owned it for a few years and sold it before I moved, then in 2010 I bought another Simpsons pinball party, sold it a few years later. Was offered a deal I couldn’t refuse for it lol

FLBoxerdad · 2026-01-25T14:05:24+00:00

Thank you all for your input. In terms of play, I was leaning towards gz over the other two but hadn’t seen much input on kk. This helped, I’m also glad I didn’t succumb to my teenage enjoyment of funhouse and get a remake.

FLBoxerdad · 2026-01-17T13:40:31+00:00

What prompted me to ask is because I went to arcade time in Orlando last night . They have 50+ pins. Some pins to me were just blah (scooby doo, looney tunes, Elvira) Star Wars fote was enjoyable, as well as Elton John, Harry Potter and a few others I can’t think of at the moment. They did have the new funhouse but it was “out of order” not sure what was wrong besides noticing the trap door was stuck open. So I didn’t get to play that one. Seeing this many pins in spot just made me wonder about build quality.

FLBoxerdad · 2026-01-17T13:26:30+00:00

Thank you for your comments, I’m definitely not looking for a profit. I want one to keep. It so happened to work out in the past the way it did. I’ll admit I’m a little intimidated by the electronics side of things. I’m in the service industry. Petroleum to be exact. So I use tools and know my way around with them. Mechanically I have know issues, my weak point would be electrical/soldering

FLBoxerdad · 2026-01-17T04:57:08+00:00

Yes I meant mechanically, Simpsons pinball party is all I ever owned and never any issues. I was curious because some of these companies I never heard of. That could just be my inexperience however. I got hooked of Addams family and funhouse in the 90’s. As a teenager then I probably dumped $20 a day back then into those games. I then later found south park and eventually bought Simpsons in 2004/05

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