I hear ya.
I hear ya.
Don't know much about the balls but that's what happens when you try to do something brand new, you stumble like a toddler walking. The pinball industry should have stuck to the balls they made for Viper Night Drivin made by Sega in 98/99. They don't rust, they still stick to magnets and coating them in different colours of rubber would be more appealing & easier on any play field than shitty rusty pinballs that have the clock ticking from day one cause wood, metal & metal don't make a good threesome.
I say fark the metal silver balls off and do glow ball style pinballs like my Viper Night Drivin has.
Lighter & faster & kind to everything they touch.
I quick wipe with some tisdues or a baby bum wipe & they are clean in 5 seconds.
Did the ball failure get fixed ?
I never heard what the problem was or what it supposedly did or didn't do ?
I know someone will educate me please on the ball failure or issues ?
Basically that they stuck together due to get magnetised and one Aussie had them in a few games and they started to flake metal flakes throughout the game - with the risk or damaging the playfield.
apparently some places are still selling regardless of being retracted from being for sale and they are on AA and aware of the issues.
Homepin sent a message to dealers to not sell anymore but it was only shared on Aussie Arcade and no other forum as all hush hush - go figure. So now he only goes to AA and bailed on AP and pretty much Pinside because he hates the US - not the best marketing plan. So now he currently does not sell the balls, imagine the baby steps with a full pinball - he needs to hire someone to look after manufacturing issues and the public relations.
As for the glow balls there are new types of glow balls but not the cheapest and they chip.
I have enquired with a US company and they claim they can make ceramic covered pin balls and also add multiple colours but the minimum runs are too much at $15 a ball but they reckon they would last 10x longer than a regular steel ball and cause less scratch damage to a playfield.
