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Stern Spike 3 Cabinet :(

I was like 100% in on a Pokemon now its like 60%....

I really do not like the look of it, holes and cut outs in the decals for bolts and those weird holes for the legs cause it was cheaper to cut in one go on CNC

Stern have dropped the ball and no matter what fanboy tries to play this off
 
AlanJ said:
I dont understand why the holes are there?
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It’s something connected with the manufacture of the panel and not having to remove it from the cnc, I’d have thought the fact they are going to be producing thousands would have convinced them to invest in a proper jig and get it right
 
Kaufmanised said:
I was like 100% in on a Pokemon now its like 60%....
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I was similar (90% to start with, I probably won't bother if it's a standard fan layout), but this is making me really pause.

It looks cheap, and if there are issues with durability (or even just the perception that there will be), that will surely drop 2nd hand prices too, making NIB an even harder sell.
 
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AlanJ said:
I dont understand why the holes are there?
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George explains it on the Cary Hardy video.

The leg plates now have extra bolts/threaded rod on them that ties the sides together.

The video itself was a bit of a **** show though, poor george having technical issues with his camera.
 
ian866 said:
Will they offer new pins in flat pack form for £2-3k less ?
I’d take that if this is how they intend to ‘develop’ the product, go the whole IKEA route.
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Maybe they should start doing them as one of those massive overpriced advent calendars, they you can build your own pin up before Christmas.

Door 1 - Crimp tool, crimps, wiring and wiring map to build your wiring loom.
Door 2 - PCBs and components to build your node boards
etc.
 
Kaufmanised said:
I was like 100% in on a Pokemon now its like 60%....

I really do not like the look of it, holes and cut outs in the decals for bolts and those weird holes for the legs cause it was cheaper to cut in one go on CNC

Stern have dropped the ball and no matter what fanboy tries to play this off
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Fantazia2 said:
George explains it on the Cary Hardy video.

The leg plates now have extra bolts/threaded rod on them that ties the sides together.

The video itself was a bit of a **** show though, poor george having technical issues with his camera.
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Camera. That camera was a potato. I wonder if he picked the worst camera he could find in the office?
 
Fantazia2 said:
Maybe they should start doing them as one of those massive overpriced advent calendars, they you can build your own pin up before Christmas.

Door 1 - Crimp tool, crimps, wiring and wiring map to build your wiring loom.
Door 2 - PCBs and components to build your node boards
etc.
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/me hides Wera Advent Calendar...
 
Arv said:
/me hides Wera Advent Calendar...
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Nice, but more in reference to the £300+ ones as the expensive ones.

Ive gotten these ones but yet to even open them, too late now so will have to wait another year to start opening.

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What an absolute **** show!!! lol. Pointless cost saving that just ****es off future buyers. Brilliant…

Thought I’d seen it all but no 🤣🤣
 
Is it mdf aswell? Frikin useless is that stuff! Heavy and not strong.. perfect combination 😤 and soaks up more water than a sponge..
 
ian866 said:
Speechless 😶
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Unbelievable isn't it.. and i thought spooky were ****...

I wish they'd just open up the option to buy populated playfield kits, if they are wanting to save on shipping logistics, dont want to pay for cabinet makers anymore etc.

Then we can just buy a nice deadpool and use the cab to swap in new games as and when. I firmly believe this model would work for home users, who are always having space issues. Then the trade/sell is just populated playfield kits not full games any longer. easier all round.
 
myPinballs said:
Unbelievable isn't it.. and i thought spooky were ****...

I wish they'd just open up the option to buy populated playfield kits, if they are wanting to save on shipping logistics, dont want to pay for cabinet makers anymore etc.

Then we can just buy a nice deadpool and use the cab to swap in new games as and when. I firmly believe this model would work for home users, who are always having space issues. Then the trade/sell is just populated playfield kits not full games any longer. easier all round.
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This is actually a superb idea. I know Heighway attempted some version of this but other things obviously went awry there. Would be amazing to just swap out a translite and playfield, flash a memory card and you're away. Saves a huge amount of money. One CPU board, one cabinet, massively reduced shipping.
 
huggers said:
This is actually a superb idea. I know Heighway attempted some version of this but other things obviously went awry there. Would be amazing to just swap out a translite and playfield, flash a memory card and you're away. Saves a huge amount of money. One CPU board, one cabinet, massively reduced shipping.
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Multimorphic are already doing something like this.
 
myPinballs said:
Unbelievable isn't it.. and i thought spooky were ****...

I wish they'd just open up the option to buy populated playfield kits, if they are wanting to save on shipping logistics, dont want to pay for cabinet makers anymore etc.

Then we can just buy a nice deadpool and use the cab to swap in new games as and when. I firmly believe this model would work for home users, who are always having space issues. Then the trade/sell is just populated playfield kits not full games any longer. easier all round.
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Pinball 2000 tried this with limited results...
 
Fubar said:
Multimorphic are already doing something like this.
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Yeah I nearly mentioned them but their games are kinda weird with the whole playfield upper bit getting swapped etc, again though, cool concept and they actually got themselves some cool themes.
 
huggers said:
This is actually a superb idea. I know Heighway attempted some version of this but other things obviously went awry there. Would be amazing to just swap out a translite and playfield, flash a memory card and you're away. Saves a huge amount of money. One CPU board, one cabinet, massively reduced shipping.
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Saves the customer a lot of money, that’s not in Sterns best interest, they want you to buy a new game every time! Not a cheaper kit. What’s best for the customer and what’s best for stern are two very different things.

Stern is a very big corporate company run by a spreadsheet I would imagine these days.
 
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huggers said:
V different time in terms of home market vs arcade etc though perhaps?
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Very different time indeed, there is a great doc
talking about it. Essentially combined the bad things of video games and pinballs. RFM was actually successful but the pipeline behind it wasn't there so they shuttered the thing. I had RFM plus an original SWEP1 kit, changing them out was reasonably easy.
 
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