Is Pinside the Biggest Pinball site (2024)

How many of the Pinballinfo community is also a member of either;
Pinside
Pinballowners
Google Pinball Forum- UK or other
UK VAC (and posts in Pinball section)

I would wager that Pinside has the biggest community, and that members on Pinside are also members of groups in their own country etc..( like Pinballinfo for UK)

The reason for this thread is to see if figures such as Owners/Wishlist should be used as a good indication for how in demand / good a game is..

The Flipperarma Facebook page is making moves.

Last week we had 119 viewers and this week we've had 122 so there is an upward trajectory.

David_Vi said:

I don't browse Pinside but I view and post in threads relevant to games I have or might have soon.
It's just too big, too OTT for general stuff.

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I completely agree.

It's a fabulous archive but quite daunting when faced with that volume of new threads.

russdx1 said:

Pinside is mostly just one huge whinge fest about new games. It does have the odd interesting thread though.

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Sounds familiar

cmrl9 said:

Sounds familiar

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ooooooooooooooo paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuul

Pinside has some great resources, particularly from Vid1900 and his detailed photographed guides on everything from rebuilding flippers to full playfield restorations

Lots of complete and utter garbage though

Maybe it's over the top and obsessive of me but I read the entirety of a owners club thread of a new pin I'm expecting, first page to last and often save posts that have info I may require.

It's part of the excitement of a new game, wanting to learn the common issues, ball feeds, ROMs, etc plus get ideas on LEDs and what not to do

Sometimes it takes a week or two to make it through a thread but it's invaluable! I just like making sure my games play as intended and are reliable

I have a profile on Pinside and use it mainly for old trouble shooting and maintenance threads as well as the different “owners clubs” for the games I currently own.

The navigation on it though is not great. It just seems to be and endless list of random threads.

Haven’t been on Pinside for years. Don’t miss it at all. All the threads were just a dick measuring contest.

Nuked my pinball owners account. Got fed up of the flippers trying to buy games off me.

Occasionally dip into the Facebook groups

Dave Bishop said:

Did I miss a Chinwag!

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No mate, Spencer has been away in Thailand and I'm working really hard to get the pinshed extension finished before an arrival. I'm putting in a load of armoured cable, fiber broadband etc so I can't currently edit in there.

Gonzo said:

No mate, Spencer has been away in Thailand and I'm working really hard to get the pinshed extension finished before an arrival. I'm putting in a load of armoured cable, fiber broadband etc so I can't currently edit in there.

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I hope we get to see the build photos or video.

Happypin said:

I hope we get to see the build photos or video.

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Funnily enough I haven't done any of it Alan, I've literally just been cracking on because I've given myself a deadline to finish.

I'll definitely do a video once I'm finished though.

I'm making hay whilst the sun is shining.

Gonzo said:

Funnily enough I haven't done any of it Alan, I've literally just been cracking on because I've given myself a deadline to finish.

I'll definitely do a video once I'm finished though.

I'm making hay whilst the sun is shining.

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Look forward to seeing the finished product.
good luck

Happypin said:

Look forward to seeing the finished product.
good luck

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You're very welcome to pop down mate

Gonzo said:

You're very welcome to pop down mate

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I’m always up for a trip out, when your ready.

Pinside is pretty useful as has been said, I recieved a CPR playfield the other day and wasn’t happy with it. Posted pics up on the relevant thread to ask opinions.
Got the answers I expected then contacted CPR, reply was yes we have seen the pictures and this is what has gone wrong with the print.
Gave me options to rectify. Hopefully a good one will arrive soon

So yeah a big place that’s heavily watched and influence’s.

M4carp said:

Pinside is pretty useful as has been said, I recieved a CPR playfield the other day and wasn’t happy with it. Posted pics up on the relevant thread to ask opinions.
Got the answers I expected then contacted CPR, reply was yes we have seen the pictures and this is what has gone wrong with the print.
Gave me options to rectify. Hopefully a good one will arrive soon

So yeah a big place that’s heavily watched and influence’s.

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Was it a FT playfield that you had issues with? As I was reading a post about that the other day.

Pinside is awesome - it’s huge so loads of different opinions and like this place it has its crazies and people stuck in the past but it has a great ignore function too. I subscribe to the game clubs I’m in and find them in valuable. Pinside meet ups usually thanks to JJ are epic.

Neil.