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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 · 27/05/2026

I don’t know those mechs. But one thing to notice is that the Batman 66 mech is the part that’s on the playfield and the part that’s lifted with the four legs it’s significant. Plus, it has other things like a spinning Batmobile and a LCD TV on the top of the playfield.

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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 · 21/05/2026

Stern Godzilla fans want to play South Park! I was looking at some pinbetween.com data related to Godzilla. Data shows: - Prefer Monster-ish themed pins more than the average player - Dislike the original Sega Godzilla more than the average player - want to play South Park! I like it too.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 20/05/2026

Really appreciate that! Spread the pinbetween word :) Everyone basically uses agentic coding now but that’s actually basically two case statements. One that tries to describe the pattern and another that gives random flair. lol though, I agree that combination is odd!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 19/05/2026

Amazing! Looks like mine. Your work is incredible.

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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

Look at pinbetween now ;)

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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 · 09/05/2026

I apologize deeply for this result ;)

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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

I’ve given a lot of thought into how to handle all the variants. Look for some updates in this area.

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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

lol. Love you using haunted as a nice way of saying it needs tlc.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 15/09/2025

Sorry one isn’t nearby. I’ve often found they are pretty common, with collectors and route operators, as long as the place you go isn’t boring w/only modern sterns.

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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 · 01/06/2025

Perfect is a strong word, but that would make an excellent group of pins. Although it already is!

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 01/06/2025

Data east games did it in the 90s. Sterns been doing it for a couple of years. It’s not the worst. For stern you can disable it. I expect but don’t know 100% you can disable on JJP also. If so, it’s a big nothing imho.

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Altan @aaarpinball.com · 28/05/2025

Oh no! Broken pins are sad to see. But they do require a fair amount of upkeep. Hopefully they get well soon.

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Mneubey (Arcadestencils.com) @mneubey.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

New bezels for tapper and Mario Bros arcade from Phoenix arcade. Just incredible stuff as always

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Mneubey (Arcadestencils.com) @mneubey.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Starting to stencil the black knight pinball. We are going with colors that are metallic and quite a bit more bold than the original, just because.

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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