Arcade Collecting > Pinball
zizzle toy pinball machines
ChadTower:
I've read that they are not standing up to retail display level use/abuse. They're not designed for that level of abuse and you know how people vandalize display models.
chazbeenhad:
I've had a Zizzle Pirates pinball for over a week now. I play Pinball at a local arcade all the time, so I can say the Zizzle machine is comparable..... but not as good as a full sized machine.
One thing about it.... it is very hard. You really have to tilt the machine alot to play a good round. The machines built in tilt mechanism seems to only be sensative to tilting the machine back.
Over all me and my family love the thing and it gets lots of play time every day.
I'd be happy to take the bottom panel off sometime today and post pictures if anyone is interested.
One thing I wish they had made better: The ball launcher is no different than the $75 Spiderman toy pinball machine I have.
-Charlie
Xiaou2:
I Saw one of the Pirates machines at Sears recently. Sadly, they had
tooken out the ball so you couldnt play. However, the flipper action
seemed nice.
I have to say, sure, this isnt a real machine.. however, this is a
HUGE step up from the other crappy knockoffs out there.
I remember the phoney pinball machine we had as kids. It
was actually one of the more expensive ones that was near
fullsize, and stood on legs. There was no bumper type action
at all... just spings and contact points. No sound fx except for
an annoying point bell. The layout was poor and boaring. No
ramps, holes, etc. Very craptastic :P
In comparison, Im pretty Jealous if kids are getting these
to play with for xmas heh Well, I cant be too upset.. as
I now finally own 2 'real' pins :D
DaFoo:
I was at Best Buy yesterday and they had it for $149... Sadly the sale said it ended on 12/30. I had to get it, me and my 4 year old are having a blast. I have Visual pinball installed on my arcade cab, but having a real steel ball, even if it's a cheap one is cool, just the sounds and the flashy lights in the attract mode adds to the experience.
For $300, not so sure, but a $149 ya can't complain at all!
chazbeenhad:
Here is the underside of the Pirates machine. The pics are kinda large.
I replaced the the flipper buttons on mine with real arcade buttons.
Thats what the black tape is doing... tucking away the wire.
http://www.geocities.com/chazbeenhad/MISC/Zizzle_pinball_inside_1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/chazbeenhad/MISC/Zizzle_pinball_inside_2.jpg
-Charlie
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