I am pretty excited to have my first ever machine arrived today (Thanks Zach) … I’ve been a Transformers collector for years and have always wanted a pinball machine so when I saw this one get released I had to have it. I have some Prime and Megatron prints being framed to add to the wall.

Behold!

Been having a blast playing the avatar we just got in

Always a happy day! #3 in the house! Already wondering what will be #4!

...all I could think about was pinball.

Erm, yeah. That's about it really.

As the attract mode message I've put in on Red & Ted says, "WELCOME TO / (name)'S HOUSE OF / TURBO AUTISM / AND PINBALL / (ZERO REGRETS)"

Brought in a very nice condition Simpsons Pinball Party today. It looks like it hasn’t been touched for at least 10 years. I immediately put in a color DMD and upgraded the cpu board to pinsound, and changed a few easy to access rubbers.

Up next I’ll upgrade the audio add a shaker motor and upgrade the armor. Love this game!

Just picked up 1974 Delta Queen. Needed more repair than I initially realized. Lightning flippers will stay on until I get a parts order to fully rebuild the flippers. Had a wacky mismatch set of old Gottlieb and modern Williams logo flippers on when I bought it. Purchased from the son in law of the original owner. This river queen lived most of its life in LA and then road tripped to Portland. Has been in a loft viewing the Willamette River for the last decade. Will be playable on location for a few weeks before I bring it home.

Hi everyone!

I've finally made my decision: I'll be letting my Fish Tales go and replacing it with two restored machines (hopefully they'll be ready by September): The Getaway: High Speed II and Dracula.

The Dracula in this video was just finished for another customer, and I had the chance to play a few games on it. This is just my personal opinion after playing it, but I actually found Fish Tales to feel more brutal, twitchy, and unpredictable. I'm definitely not saying Dracula is easy—it isn't—but to me it felt more deliberate and tactical, at least before multiball starts.

What really won me over was the atmosphere. The theme, callouts, music, sound effects, and DMD animations are simply fantastic. I've always loved the Dracula movie and horror in general, so this machine really clicked with me.

I reached the video mode twice, which I really enjoyed, and that final wolf howl is absolutely unforgettable.

Now I completely understand why so many people keep Dracula in their collections for years, and why some owners even buy it back after selling it.

I'm really excited to finally own one!

first post on reddit ever just had to hop on here to say that this game kicks so much ass. easily the funnest pinball i’ve played, is this a good score for this game i have no idea .
97M let me know team

When I won the pinball tournament last week, I received this medal.

It is an original medal made to order, and I like the cool design that imitates the bumper.
IFPA points are not high, but I can do my best for this medal.

I saw that the Pinburgh tournament starts today.

Do you know if it can be watched streamed anywhere? I didn't see any link on their website.

I'd like to take on the project of a pinball machine that has been seriously hacked to shit by the previous owner. I'm talking a machine where some dummy cut out all the internals and hardwired the flippers to the wall.

Basically I want a project machine that nobody else wants to fix because it's electrically beyond saving (but isn't literally rotting away/moldy).

Anyone know where to find such a disaster in need of love?

Can anyone point me to a video/etc to explain how to do this? Sorry I’m losing my mind trying to find out how.

lol saw the name - got excited to find pins in the wild. Nope (PS thanks for all your comments! Yeah I totally get it but just having a laugh - thank heck for pinball maps! My best way to find pins in the wild on purpose)

After six months of late nights, countless prototypes, and more failed prints than I’d like to admit, I finally finished a project I’ve been dreaming about.

I’m a father of two from Australia, and I wanted to create something that captured the feel of pinball in a compact, desktop-sized machine that anyone with a 3D printer could build.

I named it MiniPin

The entire cabinet is 3D printable and uses interchangeable playtables, so you can swap to a completely different layout in under a minute. Each playtable has its own ramps, gates and spinners, giving it a different style of gameplay while using the same cabinet.

It took months of designing, testing and refining every part to make it feel as close to a real pinball machine as possible at such a small size. From the plunger, lockdown bar and backbox to the interchangeable playtables, every detail was carefully designed to capture the look and feel of a full-sized machine. Seeing it all finally come together has made the journey completely worthwhile.

I’d genuinely love to hear what fellow pinball enthusiasts think.

Quick follow-up to last week. ~1,270 of you stopped by houseball.xyz this week — thanks y'all!

What's new since:

- A weekly Pulse & Watch Lists: scene-wide leaderboards. Two favorites: a Dynasty Board of who's won their state the most all-time, and The Mike Index (lol), which settles once and for all whether there are more rated Chrises or Mikes. (Chrises. 1,491 to 1,432.)

- A real design pass — cleaner all over, especially on desktop. Hopefully more enjoyable and easier to explore (no more scrolling!)

- A few things some of you asked for are in now — the full state qualifying field, state champions, Canada.

There's a little shop too, but honestly it's priced at cost — I make about zero selling any of it, but I wanted to give people the chance to wear it at League Night if they wanted! I just hope folks enjoy poking around as much as I've enjoyed building it.

One thing I'd love to add someday is deeper machine history — which games you've played, how you trend on them. That takes more data than I've got, and I'd rather build it the right way than lean too hard on the free APIs we all share. We'll see!

Oh — and there's a Discord now. If you want to talk pinball, flag a bug, or lob an idea, come hang: discord.gg/X9TKPuwHEN — a good bit of the app started as exactly those kinds of comments. (The in-app feedback button still works too.)

And if you'd like to put a face with the name, you can find me on Flip Side's stream from last night, I'm whitdog.

I really want my own machine and I am aware that this is like the most hated on game in pinball, but I played it a few times and I really enjoyed it. If I ever get bored of it I can lend it to my local spot and the owner says he will lend me a machine that’s not on the floor then. should I do it?

So, currently I own a Frankenstein and have a couple of games I found locally

1:shaq attaq 2000
2:sttng 4500
3:pinball magic 4500
4:ripleys believe it or not 3200
5:judge dredd: 3500
What would you guys pick?

Did I just get worse or does anyone feel like it’s harder to get higher sectors after .83. There was a dramatic jump at .82 that made it easier to score and then it feels like it dropped down again. I was getting a consistent 600-800m and now it’s hard to break 400-500.

How lame!!!

Greensboro Pinball Museum at 2140 Lawndale Dr in Greensboro NC will be hosting a Pokémon Pinball launch Party Pinball Tournament tomorrow evening (July 22, 2026) starting at 7 pm!