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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 02/06/2026

2000s were rough. I've updated pinbetween.com to show ranking by manufacturer/era. When showing 2000s the top pins are Lord of the Rings, Simpsons Pinball Party, Ripley's Believe It or Not! Those are all very different games, IMHO. Each is fun! The list here at pinbetween.com/rankings/2000s

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 28/05/2026

Strange fact: lower ranked pins can frequently beat higher ranked. I’m calling these Boogymen on pinbetween.com/insights pinbetween is taking multi-dimensional data and making it one dimension. Things may occasionally get lost in that projection. TNA is a Boogyman at the moment.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 27/05/2026

My Batman 66 had the wrong apron! Previous owner put a plastic one on there to add insider connected. I got the official IC one, which is very nice. pinbetween.com/competitors/...

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 26/05/2026

The Batman 66 turn table mech is really impressive. Here’s a pic from below the playfield. Plus some pinbetween insights about it too! pinbetween.com/competitors/...

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 25/05/2026

Wow! White Water is #1 on pinbetween.com.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 19/05/2026

Polarizing pins like DE Jurassic Park,Doctor Who, Galactic Tank Force are identified by pinbetween.com. People want to play as much as don’t . Perfect split occurred for JP, DW, GTF. I bet Avenger IQ is close with amazing playfield/less fun rules, IMHO. Thoughts? https://www.pinbetween.com/insights

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 16/05/2026

I played Dune/Winchester at Pinball at the Beach & really enjoyed them. I thought it was cool when pinbetween.com highlighted BoF is the only manufacturer with their entire catalog in the top 50. Sure, they only have 3 games, but it's an amazing start.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 16/05/2026

Brackets are now available on pinbetween.com with Coin Drop. I deployed this last night. Players predict who advances each round. Every correctly-predicted matchup earns you points. Points double each round, so calling the Final right matters! Plus there's an upset bonus! Leaderboard!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 14/05/2026

Personalized insights, faster matches, and keyboard shortcuts are just released pinbetween.com features. Just create an account! More to come.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 12/05/2026

Stern Premium+LE pins generally rank 19 positions higher than Pros. New insights from pinbetween available. www.pinbetween.com/insights. Have fun!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 10/05/2026

New features + top 10 from pinbetween.com. Pin groups now supported (Premium and LEs are together). I’ve curated all the machines. Improved variation in matches. Internal improvements. Added American Pinball games and Chicago Gaming’s Pulp Fiction. I love pinbetweens.com unique top 10 view.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 08/05/2026

White Water is in demand to be played! I love White Water but wasn’t expecting pinbetween.com to surface it as the #3 game players want to play. This is from live data and may adjust by end of day. Thanks to all who are doing matches on pinbetween. It’s a fun project.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 06/05/2026

Day 3 pinbeteeen.com rankings. Interesting 1-on-1 results.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 04/05/2026

I built pinbetween.com as a fun project and launched it (beta) a few days ago. It's free. No advertisements. It shows you two machines at a time and asks which you'd rather play right now. It uses cool statistics and math to build up a new type of rankings. Hopefully it's fun too! Try it out?

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 17/09/2025

Why not spent $10 and get a bunch of surprisingly high quality cake decorations for a Jersey Jack Toy Story Pinball?

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 15/09/2025

Looking forward to playing Stern’s Fall of the Empire pinball, but …

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 15/09/2025

My Twilight Zone Pinball had been “under the weather” for the past 11 months. I knew how to fix, but just focused on other things. With 4 hours or so, got TZ up and running this weekend. Just put another 10 games on it, you know, to test it’s working. Damn. I’d forgotten how great this pin is!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 29/08/2025

Got around to updating Uncanny X-Men to this weeks 0.93 release. It’s great!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 14/06/2025

Continuing my Capcom Pinball Magic restoration. Here's one of the leaf switches for the slingshots. Pretty clearly human mangled in a poor attempt to adjust it. I did my best to straighten it out, but may get a new one. Working fine now. #pinball www.aaarpinball.com/PinballMagic...

Leaf switch with very bent side. www.aaarpinball.com

Straightened leaf switch. www.aaarpinball.com

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 13/06/2025

Replaced a nasty plunger rubber tip on my Pinball Magic. It's crazy I didn't replace this sooner. It's trivial to do! I'd focused on replacing rubbers that required removing half the playfield. Here's the bad one and the new one. Yeah, I prefer the white. BTW, Pinball Magic is awesome. #pinball

Nasty shooter rubber tip from www.aaarpinball.com

New shooter rubber tip from www.aaarpinball.com

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 11/06/2025

My beautiful Scared Stiff (Bally, 1996), which I spent a lot of time making perfect, has gone to a new home. Here's her last picture from the garage before loaded up and driven away. #pinball www.aaarpinball.com/ScaredStiff/...

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 06/06/2025

Jersey Jack Toy Story 4 pinball’s Gabby Gabby had a dirty nose! Cleaned. #pinball

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 28/05/2025

Pinball Magic has a clear captive ball. Mine was old & ugly, had a strange slot -- maybe this isn't an original but rather something another owner repurposed? Ordered a new acrylic one for about $5 and it looks great. See the old + new below plus installed and lighted up! Looks Great! #pinball

www.aaarpinball.com show new clear acrylic ball and original

www.aaarpinball.com showing new acrylic ball installed (and lighted up red)

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 25/05/2025

For everyone loving Rudy here from FunHouse, just wanted to make sure you know Red and Ted from Road Show. Enjoy.

Red and Ted from Road Show. Image from www.aaarpinball.com

Mechanisms behind Red and Ted from Road Show. Image from www.aaarpinball.com

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 24/05/2025

Here's Rudy looking a bit more mechanical.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 23/05/2025

My Pinball Magic (Capcom, 1995) needed its apron refreshed. Here's the installation of a new decal and the results. #pinball

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 23/05/2025

Capcom Pinball parts can be hard to find. When Pinball Magic’s captive ball post broke, I got something close but it didn’t accept a screw cap to hold the post rubber in place. I designed and 3D printed a sleeve + cap. Very happy with results. Pics: broken, replacement no cap, with my 3d print

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 21/05/2025

Toy Story 4 (JJP, 2022) Duke Caboom shot is my current favorite among pinball! Feels amazing. I either feel like cheering (or cheer) each time I make it. When maple leaf is lite, ramp pops up. Shoot between the two posts & ball flies up & over much of back playfield, rolling into Star Adventurer.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 12/05/2025

Really enjoying Jersey Jack Pinball's Toy Story 4 (2022, Lawlor). Focusing just on looks, it's amazing. Some pics for you to see.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 10/05/2025

Going to try out Jersey Jack Pinball's Toy Story 4 (2022, Pat Lawlor). Really well done, fun, great production values, callouts from Tim Allen, Annie Potts and Hank's bother! It's the anti-Stern pin in many ways -- it just feels very different. It's just chill. But it's not even setup yet!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 07/05/2025

Capcom's Pinball Magic (1995) has a Magic Wand that allows the ball to float underneath. The Magic Wand can rotate and case the ball to be delivered to another location!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 23/04/2025

Tech Babble. Spent days on Pinball Magic, why some lamps didn't turn on (& other weird behavior)? Found manually grounding row made lamps come on! Assumed bad row transistor/MOSFET. Today found it wasn't. 2 arms of a bulb touching, shorting. Bent back, all good! Glad to find before replacing MOSFET!

Pinball Magic (Capcom 1995) Pinball Machine under playfield showing a bulb holder with 2 of the leads shorted together.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 22/04/2025

Capcom's Pinball Magic (1995) has a levitating pinball trick! If the trick isn't active, the game will kick the pinball out into the audience area. If active, the ball levitates upward and rolls out the stage's top right (our view). Awesome! Pinball Magic is a great pin.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 10/04/2025

Change your pinball leg levelers, friends! Yuck. Who knows what this thing as seen, experienced.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 10/04/2025

Pinball Magic continued. Pics from the playfield. It’s in pretty solid shape.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 09/04/2025

Just picked up a non restored but nice Capcom Pinball Magic (1995). Game has great toys that perform “magic” on the pinball. Needs some repairs. More to come as I dig into this pinball machine.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 08/04/2025

I like Judge Dredd Pinball (Bally, 1993), especially the playfield artwork. It has wire ramps on top of wire ramps. Also has a LARGE spinning globe, Deadworld, used for a ball lock (functionality reduced at least minute for fear of balls getting stuck, but can be added back). Plus a nice topper.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 04/04/2025

Jersey Jack Pinball's Dialed In! (JJP '17) is IMHO excellent & deserves more love. Pat Lawlor (Addams Family, Twilight Zone) designed, it's loaded. Reality Theater uses "Peppers Ghost" so images hover over ball! Drones, magnets, moving target, diverters, trap door, physical ball lock, and more!

Jersey Jack Pinball Dialed In! playfield

Jersey Jack Pinball Dialed In! "Reality Theater"

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 31/03/2025

Then don't look here!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 27/03/2025

While traveling I dropped by Pinky's Revenge near Greenville, SC. Had a great time! Really good mix of Pinball Machines from modern Jersey Jack (JJP) and Stern (IC connected) to older games. Lots of classic arcade games too! www.pinkysrevenge.com

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 20/03/2025

Doctor Who pinball (Bally, 1992) has a Time Expander toy that raises/lowers from the playfield. Story goes the mechanism generated so much torque there was concern it could break a technician's finger! They added a switch to detect when the glass is removed, which disabled the Time Expander.

Bally Doctor Who Pinball playfield image of "the Master" and Daleks

Bally Doctor Who pinball backglass art showing 7 doctors

Sleeping dog that has become a Dalek.
He is happy and comfy.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 19/03/2025

By coincidence, I posted this picture in the past day! Her pinball from 1996. Bally Scared Stiff Pinball.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 17/03/2025

Fun story! Had a Bally Theatre of Magic pinball for sale. A guy I'd never met, and a few hours away, asked to trade for a Bally Scared Stiff. Sure! We ended up driving and meeting at a Buc-ee's about 1/2 way, set each game up in the parking lot, checked them out, swapped, and drove home. LOL!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 13/03/2025

Yay Me! Getting better. Stern Uncanny X-Men pinball grand champion. 428,389,200

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 08/03/2025

Going back to 2018 -- this was a nice setup. Pinball and arcade games. That's a Tempest cocktail.

Pinball. Video Games. Arcade. Judge Dredd, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Jurassic Park, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Pirates of the Caribbean, Daytona 2, Asteroids Deluxe

Pinball. Video Games. Arcade. Tempest, White Water, Road Show, Fun House, Judge Dredd, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Jurassic Park, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Pirates of the Caribbean

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 06/03/2025

Poor Red. Mouth does not work, eyes broken. This is a sad Road Show pinball machine I found on location. Pins can take lots of work to maintain, which is why they almost died in the 90s. Thanks to the great operators that maintain them! What's the worst shape pinball machine you've come across?

Red and Ted Road Show pinball by Williams. Picture shows the mechanical head named Red in poor shape.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 04/03/2025

Looking pretty sharp. Pinballs Machines.

Several pinball machines including Uncanny X Men, James Bond, Fun House, Road Show, Scared Stiff, White Water

Several pinball machines including Uncanny X-Men, Twilight Zone, Jurassic Park, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Terminator 2, Dialed In!, Guns N Roses, Godfather

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 02/03/2025

My goal is only to post about Pinball. But this drove by.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 27/02/2025

More about the Sentinel in Stern's Uncanny X-Men pinball. Sentinel's head raises and lowers from the playfield and his hand knocks down a ramp (in addition to flicking the pinball), disrupting the pinball's movement More very cool stuff. Premium edition. www.aaarpinball.com/UncannyXMen/...

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 27/02/2025

Stern's Uncanny X-Men pinball has a Sentinel that interacts with the pinball (in the premium version). The Sentinel uses its finger to block the ball's progress and "flicks" the back backwards. It's very cool. www.aaarpinball.com/UncannyXMen/...

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