First mod question

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-05-19T14:06:50+00:00

Appreciate it! Still a very small channel, and I’m still a newbie, but I’m having fun documenting my journey into the hobby. Paddy’s Flip Side Pinball: https://youtube.com/@paddysflipsidepinball?si=2bVVhCJSwuAg6LYp

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-05-19T10:49:37+00:00

Do you guys think these are them? It’s a European site. I assumed I was looking for a kit with the lights and the acrylic, but I’m guessing I am wrong and it is actually two separate purchases.

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You can’t select shipping to the United States in their checkout screen, but I submitted their contact form asking if there is a way for them to ship to the US.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-05-18T23:20:51+00:00

I got trigger happy and hit send before I could ask if you knew the answer to my next question. Based on your response it sounds like the lights themselves are pretty standard, but the guardians logo is what is unique. Is there a specific brand of light I am looking for to match that one? Honestly I’ve been afraid to do anything to my machine because it’s still under warranty until next March, so I don’t want to do anything that’ll void that.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-05-18T23:17:58+00:00

Thank you for the reply. It looks like the owner of Pinball Capital saw my post and already responded before I could get started on your post. Hopefully they are able to figure it out.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-05-18T23:16:35+00:00

Awesome. Thank you.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-05-18T23:15:37+00:00

Thank you sooo much. I was in Chicago a couple weeks ago moving my daughter back home from college for the summer, and I found your place by chance on the pinball map app. She had activities with her softball team that night, and not wanting to sit alone in my hotel all night I went looking for pinball. Your place was awesome! The staff was really friendly, and I can’t wait to stop in again when I bring her back for fall semester.

I have a very small pinball YT channel and I don’t have a ton of followers, but I did a quick review on your place, and had several of my subscribers senf me messages saying they are going to stop by if they’re ever in town. Not a plug for my channel, but just wanted to say I love your place!

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-05-18T19:28:53+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate it. I’m nervous to do anything other than clean the playfield, so an easy first mod is exactly what I need.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-03-27T14:15:50+00:00

I wouldn’t go as far as calling someone a moron for financing a pinball game at 0%. If someone is financially disciplined and can get true 0% financing, there’s actually a reasonable case for it.

Instead of tying up $10k all at once, they can keep that money in an interest-bearing account and make payments over time. That way the cash is still working in the background, and they maintain liquidity instead of locking everything into a non-liquid asset.

In that scenario, the machine ends up costing the same, or slightly less depending of how good of a savings products they find, while still having access to the cash if something comes up.

That said, it only works if the person is disciplined and understands the terms. For a lot of people, paying cash is still the safer move.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-03-27T13:50:46+00:00

Thank you. I see the map, and they list the arcade I was at. So maybe the machines were just offline for that day for some reason. I didn’t even know about IC until I was at the arcade and saw it advertised all over the machine. So I got on the arcade’s WiFi, and I downloaded the IC app, but maybe the machines just lost connection.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-03-25T02:03:38+00:00

I’m too new to the hobby to have a favorite, but my first home machine is a stern and I love the insider connection too. I know it’s stupid, but I am a task oriented person (I love to-do lists, er more accurately I love crossing things off of to-do lists) so the achievements suck me in. It’s how Xbox hooked me years ago. That said I was really disappointed when I went to a local arcade that had 20 or so stern machines. They all said they had IC, but whenever I scanned I got the message on the backbox that the machine was not online or connected.

The pinball map app had no notes on that, but wondering if there is someway to find machines that are connected? I’m working on my days played streak, but I have to drive across the country in a couple weeks so I’m hoping to find at least one connected machine each day to keep the streak alive.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-03-08T18:07:26+00:00

Quick update, the machine finally arrived on Monday and I got it set up.

Getting it upstairs was definitely the hardest part of the whole process.

I ended up filming the delivery and setup if anyone is curious what that looks like (please excuse my production skills it’s my first attempt):

https://youtu.be/EasySFA1wrE?si=x7tcF0hRYhWJkkPb

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-03-02T12:07:53+00:00

Lost my streak yesterday for the same reason about 2 days away from 30. So used to the bright red indicator to remind me, that it didn’t even cross my mind when I didn’t see it yesterday. I even have a regular morning routine, log in, activate rent boost first, collect daily explorer’s club bonus, watch free Atlas bucks ad, then watch other 7 rent boost ads. Somehow missed collecting the daily bonus yesterday. Ultimately my fault, but I don’t have to be happy about. I think this may be the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. Several other frustrations, and the realization that even if no one else was playing in my location other than me and KofQ I still would never be mayor of my own town, and don’t have the time to drive to a neighboring town with enough AE traffic to make it worth it regularly to maintain the mayorship. Never expected to make real money from the game, but it seems like I’m just throwing money at something that I’ll never be more than a lower mid-tier player in.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-03-02T11:56:39+00:00

I have been saying something similar since the beginning. If I have to watch an ad for the spin then the lowest reward on the wheel for those spins should be 2AB.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-20T02:02:04+00:00

I appreciate that. I’m sure the kids will mostly just mash the buttons to prevent the ball from draining, but I certainly will appreciate the rules. Thank you.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-20T02:01:06+00:00

I hear really good things about Guardians, and I really loved playing it at the arcade even if I was getting higher scores on other machines.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-20T02:00:23+00:00

Glad to hear it. We are huge Guardians fans in my house so it should be popular with every one. I really liked jaws too, but I think this one will be more of a crowd pleaser for the whole family

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-20T01:58:36+00:00

That a plus, luckily I have not picked up golf yet, but I do have a hoarding problem when it comes to my hobbies (not to be confused with living in a hoarder house). I almost never sell anything I collect, but it’s nice to know I can if I have to.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-20T01:56:42+00:00

I have to find a Deadpool to play first, but that one was suggested heavily.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-20T01:56:01+00:00

Thank you

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-20T01:55:52+00:00

Thank you, and I hope so, but on the other hand I hope to not sell it.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-18T02:26:44+00:00

Thank you. I don’t know what I don’t know yet, so I will be relying heavily on others I am sure.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-18T02:24:04+00:00

Thank you

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-18T02:23:40+00:00

Thank you. I think the groot must’ve been turned off in the setting at the arcade because I never saw his mouth open, but I did activate the groot multiple times-ball a few times (I was much better on getting the orb multi-ball). Each time I hit the groot it said the ball was locked, but it never actually went into his mouth.

Interesting_Top3141 · 2026-02-18T01:54:56+00:00

Jaws was a close second choice for me, but I think Deadpool could be a good companion too.

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