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Inside the Stern fun factory

There’s been lots of news surrounding Stern and its factory over the last week or so, what with the announcement that the company is looking for new premises and the [...]
Why colour is vital to pinball’s future

Younger pinball players never had to put up with black and white televisions or monochrome computer monitors and Palm Pilot screens. So can pinball manufacturers seriously [...]
Pinball licencing 101: how much, why – and Harry Potter

Stern does it. JJP does it. Dutch Pinball and Skit-B do it. And now Heighway Pinball does it too. From the very biggest to the newest to the boutiquiest, pinball makers of [...]
The best apron pricing card ever?

A bizarre Fish Tales card - and other greats... [...]
A very bizarre pinball Nitro Ground Shaker story

There’s a Bally Nitro Ground Shaker in England with a very peculiar history. The pin was built in Chicago in 1980, and it now sits in a house in Farnborough, one of [...]

Is pinball about to stage a recovery?

16th April 2014 // 0 Comments

Twenty years ago it was almost impossible to avoid the sounds and flashing lights of pinball machines in pubs, student bars and amusement arcades. Competition from electronic [...]
Exclusive: Mr Pinball revealed!

18th December 2015 // 1 Comment

Which real person has featured in the most different pinball machines? [...]
Pinball Magazine 3 – 7 reasons to get it

10th October 2015 // 1 Comment

There's plenty to drool over in Pinball Magazine 3, even for non-Kiss fans [...]
Completing the code

10th May 2014 // 4 Comments

What do you do if you’re not satisfied with the rules of a machine that you own? One option is to rewrite them, and it’s something that’s being done by an [...]

Inside the Stern fun factory