Bride of Pinbot is one of those pinball machines that people remember even if they have not touched one in years. The giant rotating head. The voice. The left ramp that basically becomes your whole life for a while. And of course, the billion-point shot that can make an ordinary game feel suddenly legendary. Some … Read more

If you are shopping for the best Walking Dead pinball machines right now, the answer is a lot clearer than it was a year ago. There are really two lanes now. You can buy into Stern’s newer remaster, or you can hunt down one of the 2014 originals on the secondary market. Both routes are … Read more

If you’re looking for a Stranger Things pinball machine for sale, the good news is that this is not one of those titles you have to chase for six months before one finally appears. You can still find new Pro and Premium models from several pinball dealers, and the used market is active enough that … Read more

Johnny Mnemonic pinball maintenance is not quite normal pinball maintenance. On a simpler mid 90s Williams game, you mostly worry about flippers, switches, dirt, balls, and the occasional board issue. Johnny adds the Cyberglove, the hand magnet, the hand popper, encoder boards, home switches, and a moving harness that can absolutely waste your weekend if … Read more

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

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