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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Here’s a little sequence from my pinball machine, where you can bother Grimey by going around Sector 7G.

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Between the arcade cab and the pinball machine, I have unintentionally built myself a Simpsons shrine

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

My pinball machine is in its natural habitat today. An arcade!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Me and my finished homemade pinball machine will be at 8-BIT BEANS arcade all day this Sunday! Come out and play if you’re local to Durham Region (Ontario, Canada)!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

@chaddundas.bsky.social Thanks for the shout out about the pinball machine! Games shall be free for your son, to honor his achievement of beating the Simpsons arcade! (Assuming we ever cross paths IRL. There is an arcade & pinball show in Tacoma, WA that I want to drive my machine to one year.)

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Haha I too don’t like the term ‘homebrew.’ Makes it seem like the output could never rise to a professional level. Also, you’re totally right about the white-dudes-30s-50s thing, lol

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Here’s a flythru of the now-completed pinball machine. Almost 2 years to the day since I started the project!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

First game honors of the now-fully-built pinball machine of course goes to my son

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I will check these for sure. So many more options in the US. Thanks!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Haha, well that’d sure make for a grand entrance! I’m gonna try and get the game out to Chicago next year. And who knows, maybe another spot will pop up!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Up here in Ontario, Canada! The only pinball show in my area.

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Thanks a lot! I actually did bring it (without playfield art) to Ontario Pinfest in June, and it went over quite well! I would’ve loved to take it to Chicago in October, but happen to be travelling with the family then. It’s definitely a goal of mine to get this game out there though.

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Haha - it’s on the same wavelength as that! Lighting Barney allows you to drink double the amount of Duffs at Moe’s (which itself is a number that you collect and increase throughout the game.)

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

And the playfield is finally reassembled. Now to get someone to come over and help me lift it back into the cabinet.

A photo of my home made Simpsons pinball playfield, now with full artwork and playfield items, sitting fully assembled on a workbench

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Scrubbing this playfield until it shines

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Enrique Sanchez ✨COMMS OPEN✨ @enriuopart.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Edges practices from the one and only @marcobucci.bsky.social. Environments are not really my thing, but I tried to focus on what the lesson was about: the use of sharp and diffuse edges on a piece of art to lead the attention of the viewer. Marco's channel: youtube.com/@marcobucci

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Daammn that is beautiful! What a project!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I hadn’t heard about those projects! Super cool. Here’s Stones ‘N Bones: youtu.be/FOnEf6UsF_4?...

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Pinball Fantasies (1994, MS-DOS) - 4 of 4: Stones 'n Bones [720p60]

YouTube video by Rubycored

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Haha, same. I’m considering the idea of making/adapting Stones ‘N Bones to a physical machine for the next custom build. Would need a bunch of updating to feel more modern and full-featured, but it’s a great game at its core!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

@cpi.pinball.horse out of curiosity, did you ever play Pinball Fantasies (DOS game, 1994)?

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

The clearcoat is finally cured, and most of the playfield is reassembled. Tomorrow is polishing and waxing, then the two wireforms can go back on… then I think it’s DONE-done! #pinball

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Enrique Sanchez ✨COMMS OPEN✨ @enriuopart.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Some more value practices. This time, I followed @marcobucci.bsky.social's lesson and then made a male version of my own. Incredible artist and teacher, in case you didn't know him: www.youtube.com/@marcobucci

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

And of course it’s called “Alpha School.” Sigh.

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Stephen Reese @stephenreese.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

english gonna english

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

3 coats of a polycrylic seal, then 3 coats of automotive 2K clear, and things are smooth and shiny.

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Thanks! It was a nerve-wracking process, that’s for sure

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Holy crap the playfield art is on!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

My process for lining up the digital art to the physical playfield of my homemade #pinball machine. This is just a cheap, large-format print, where I’ve manually cut out all the lights. Took me six drafts…but things finally all line up! Final print next 😬

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Thanks! In about a month this thing may just be complete :0

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I am on the FINAL PHYSICAL STEP of my pinball machine build. Here’s a little update.

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LightBox Expo @lightboxexpo.com · 13/08/2025

Shift Your Thinking to Abstract Design! Watch the FULL "Plein Air Painting for Introverts" panel from LightBox Expo, featuring @marcobucci.bsky.social Video here: youtu.be/TFc3UiuJ16k

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Got a test print done of my pinball playfield art. Need to ensure all the lighting inserts line up, sign off on the look, and then can move onto the production vinyl print

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Ratcheting mechanisms: among my favourite things in this world.

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ProkoTV @prokotv.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

We're learning about color theory with @marcobucci.bsky.social in our newest video! 🔗 youtu.be/vdvOGfWYxqk #digitalart #howtopaint

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Learning Color Temperature Will Change How You Paint

YouTube video by Proko

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

A pan around my studio, where I work every day. Hard to get things done in here for some reason.

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Got to sketch this cat as a quick demo for a mentorship session yesterday

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The circuitry in these things is deviously cool. Good fodder for a @techconnectify.bsky.social video, maybe? Would watch!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I kinda love how we’re like, “Yeah, here’s the electric chair for bugs, and you can buy it for $9.99.”

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

A little tour around the playfield of my homebrew pinball machine. I am *almost* ready to put playfield art on it and call it finished!

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The homebrew pinball machine, all glittery at night

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Marco Bucci @marcobucci.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Fun fact about this piece: the running figure in front of the bright door is Agent Smith from The Matrix (I traced his silhouette.)

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