Johnny Mosely Elton John pinball maintenance starts with one basic question: which Elton John machine do you actually own? For most people, that means the modern Jersey Jack Pinball Elton John. But there is also the older Bally title, Capt. Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, which is Elton-connected and needs a very different kind of repair … Read more
TLDR This post helps pinball players decide which machines are hardest to truly master by explaining the difference between brutal survival and long-term mastery, so they can choose a game that rewards precision, repetition, and deep strategic learning. The hardest pinball machines to master are the games that keep moving the target. You finally learn … Read more
TLDR This post helps first-time pinball buyers decide which pinball machine upgrades actually matter by explaining what each add-on changes, who it is for, and which ones can wait, so they can budget smarter after the machine arrives. The sneaky part of buying your first pinball machine is that the sale price is usually not … Read more
How do you restore a Bally Lost World pinball machine without turning it into a giant side project that never quite works? Start with power, not polish. That is the big lesson with this game. Lost World sits right in that early Bally solid-state period where one bad connector, one tired regulator, or one crusty … Read more
TLDR Pinball speaker upgrades sound simple until you start shopping. Then you realize “better sound” can mean at least five different things: cleaner backbox speakers, a stronger cabinet woofer, a replacement amplifier, an external powered subwoofer, or a full board-and-speaker rebuild for an older game. And those are not interchangeable choices. They solve different problems. … Read more