shardian
New member
Video games are simple. You can look at a vid, and in 5 minutes know exactly what you need.
Pinballs...not so much. First off, you usually can't be sure of everything you will need until you tear the game down. I'd prefer to order parts ahead of time. Next, there are multiple parts suppliers, but it is almost a guarantee that not one of them will have ALL the parts you need in one clean order. Even if they do, another place will probably have a few of the parts cheap enough to justify splitting the order between 2 or more suppliers.
This fact forces you to basically create an order at all of the suppliers, and then pick/choose from whom to get what. It's enough to make my head assplode. Even after all of this, it is almost a 100% guarantee that I will end up forgetting, or later needing a $2 part.
Aren't pinballs grand!
Pinballs...not so much. First off, you usually can't be sure of everything you will need until you tear the game down. I'd prefer to order parts ahead of time. Next, there are multiple parts suppliers, but it is almost a guarantee that not one of them will have ALL the parts you need in one clean order. Even if they do, another place will probably have a few of the parts cheap enough to justify splitting the order between 2 or more suppliers.
This fact forces you to basically create an order at all of the suppliers, and then pick/choose from whom to get what. It's enough to make my head assplode. Even after all of this, it is almost a 100% guarantee that I will end up forgetting, or later needing a $2 part.
Aren't pinballs grand!

