Star Trek: The Mirror Universe pinball

[ktm450]

That is awesome, congratulations, all the hard work has paid off 

[zitt]

Thanks everyone!

Here's a close up of the Nixies as taken by a fellow TPFer:

I've started transferring this Mirror Universe project to hackaday.io to get some visibility and hopefully win their SciFi contest ending at the end of this month.

Thanks to all who signed up on hackaday.io. I seem to be in 12th place.
7 skulls vs 22 for the leader. Can I become the leader with your help?
http://hackaday.io/project/674-Star-Trek%3A-The-Mirror-Universe-Pinball

[ktm450]

The nixies look cool, great touch 

[zitt]

A fellow pinsider asked for a tutorial about how I made the custom LED PCBs. I posted a quick tutorial about how I created custom shaped PCBs which lined up with the inserts on this project.

Please take a look at:
http://pinball-mods.com/blogs/?p=437

And provide any feedback or suggestions for improvement.

[vinito]

A little more publicity on your effort today.
Hackaday posted a blurb:

http://hackaday.com/2014/04/24/sci-fi-contest-roundup-star-trek/

[zitt]

yeap. Thanks. Contest ends in 5days (4/29); so keep those skull / following 's coming.

[zitt]

As posted to twitter ( @Zittware ):

Are you ready for some Star Trek #pinball at the Intel booth at the Austin Mini Maker Faire? #IntelAMMF14

We are ready for your #pinball skills...

[billstats]

Great work ,it's good u saw the project through.....

[zitt]

<sigh>
This is NOT a licensed copy of my work 
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cpr-bally-star-trek-playfield-mod
CPR copied without even an acknowledgment.
Maybe imitation is the sincerest form of flattery... but I can't help feel like some sort of compensation is in order. Hell... if they'd approached me BEFORE the theft; I might have given them a free license in exchange for a "thanks to Zitt" comment on their site.

I'm really fuxing pissed that these ash-hats stole my design without permission... then implemented an inferior product. I've been trying to "hold my cool"; but it's really bothering me... so much that I considered filing a provisional utility patent so I could take legal action against them.

For now; I think I'll just keep it cool until they ship the product...

Maybe erasing Stu's Karma points on Pinside thru down votes is a good starting point.

[Retropin]

I hear you but it seems you are an island on Pinside because even though it is a blatant rip off of your work, Pinsiders don't care so long as they can satisfy their needs to their precious machines. Even if you had a licence for these, it would make no difference and pinsiders would not care a hoot so long as they could grab one from someone.
 I have the same problem with Twisted Pins selling unlicenced GTB stencils... people don't care that the products is a bootleg.. they don't care that the artwork doesn't align properly etc. They only care to satisfy themselves.
 Regarding the video.. its a 3.40mins video supposedly about the ripped off idea.. first 2 mins are him talking complete shit!

[zitt]

CPR provided a detailed email to me personally and provided more details in their thread:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cpr-bally-star-trek-playfield-mod#post-1840475

I'm now satisfied that I was in error in my assumption of Theft. In this case; great minds think alike.