Is he really Brave though?

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I’ve struggled to understand the value of this product. I know everyone has to do stuff they don’t exactly enjoy doing but how is putting this thing in charge supposed to make life that much easier? One small excerpt that indicates possible uses:

To allow it to perform tasks that require a computer, like booking flights or shopping for groceries

I’m not risking a problem with a flight of all things due to laziness leading me to put a bot in charge. Ridiculous. Grocery shopping? How much time is putting that thing in charge going to save me? If i ordered grocery store delivery all it’s going to do is take my shopping list and hopefully relay that info to the grocery stores site and schedule delivery and pay for it with my bank account. How much time is it saving me by automating it? A min or 2? I’m ok with ordering my groceries myself, most of the info will already be sitting there on my shopping list… going the “last mile” of ordering the stuff (as the bot could do) would be helpful i guess, but not revolutionary and ultimately something else i would simply rather handle myself. Why risk a problem just to potentially save a min or 2? And for what cost, at that?

The people that need a personal assistant can pony up the $ to pay one. I don’t see this being an effective stand-in for one, but maybe I’m wrong. To me, this is perhaps the most egregious example of a “solution in search of a problem” because I’m still not having that moment of clarity where it’s like “Ooooooh, that’s why there’s so much hype surrounding this tech”

He really makes an appealing case, lol

fuck yeah

Ahhh i wish! I’ve heard about Expo every year since i really dove into the hobby, but I’ve never made it there. We do the annual Allentown Pinfest to get our fix, but Expo sounds like a much larger event. Someday, hopefully!

I’m intrigued, what’s the range that these machines go for?

Really varies, but generally prices have gone up with time. I would say a non-sought-after older title might be available in the $500-1000 range, but it would likely need some amount of fixing/freshening/overhaul. We used to joke some games would be worth “$10k by xmas” but games today have made that figure sound cheap, lol.

Realistically though, you could get a beater that’s working for around $1000-2000 +/- but it really depends what era you’re interested in…Newer games can run closer to $4-6k+ used, and $7-15k new. Believe it or not there are several companies making games nowadays, though there was a time where there was only 1 left (Stem Pinball)…!

Are they easy to fix and maintain, I guess something a hobbyist and collectors would learn to do?

Not easy per se, but if you understand electronics it’s nothing too crazy. You need to be able to solder. There’s tons of helpful people online at places like Pinside that take pleasure helping others fix their games (I’ve been among the helpers for a long time, after having received so much help when i got started–i try to give back 🙂)

There are many aftermarket replacement cpu boards which solves one of the biggest challenges back when i started…repairing circuit boards is substantially harder and takes a lot more know-how than fixing up the mechanisms on the top and bottom of the playfield. With many solid choices on the market, you can replace all the old circuit boards, leaving you to focus on the playfield where the action is.

Parts are available at a number of distributors, my favorite being The Pinball Resource in Poughkeepsie, NY. Steve Young has single-handedly kept pinball alive for the world, his operation provides so many parts and still do to this day. They don’t accept card payment either–strictly check or money order! Old school as fuck, i love it. Newbies come along and start bitching about his ancient website and how he needs to get with the times etc etc. He’s pushing upper 70s early 80s from what i gather–and he’s still moving forward every day producing rare or impossible-to-find parts in addition to droves of standard replacement parts as well. Nothing but respect, and when he’s gone he’ll leave a hole that can’t be filled again. Feel free to reach out if you’d like further info or assistance getting into the addiction hobby 😅

And we still kept the dumb!

Actually very well-designed games, imo! I love Scared Stiff because it has distinctive modes/challenges and particularly for the “wizard mode” where you try to run the “Stiff-o-Meter” to it’s limit. It’s got frogs (“Leapers”) that jump when you hit certain targets, it has a spinning spider in the backbox that you occasionally get to spin like a prize wheel to collect various bonuses, and the whole playfield gets used in creative ways to set up the various objectives. The sense of humor is spot-on too. I would add one to my collection if i had the money and space for it…

I don’t think they would be quite as sought-after by collectors if they weren’t genuinely good games. If I’m not mistaken, all 3 titles were designed by Dennis Nordman – a well-known and beloved designer who made some of the classics from the late 80’s into the early 90’s.

So small they can fit in your pocket and come along with you everywhere you go 🤗

She was the theme of 3 different pinball machines produced over the years and all of them are sought after by collectors. They are really fun games with great art and theme integration. Scared Stiff is probably my favorite of the 3 (the other 2 being Elvira and the Party Monsters and Elvira’s House of Horrors)

Pinball aside, as another commenter in the thread stated: she kinda influenced my taste in women, as well 😅

Sounds like a good thing

Ahhhh… Well a guy can still dream 🫠

No rim, no backboard, just the stare of the crowd lol

Just give it a few more years 😐

See that’s the cool thing: if it doesn’t happen to them, it’s not a problem 😎

Only once we’ve sold enough weapons to a formidable enough enemy, and they finally put this shit show to rest

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