pinball machine

Building the PinBox 3000 Cardboard Pinball Machine

Donald Bell

I make stuff, play music, and sometimes make stuff that plays music. Fan of donuts, Arduino, BEAM robotics, skateboarding, Buckminster Fuller, and blinking lights.

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February 9th, 2016February 8th, 2016

Make: magazine Projects Editor Donald Bell walks through his build of the Pinbox 3000 cardboard pinball kit.

Pinball Wizard Builds Massive Machine

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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June 3rd, 2015June 2nd, 2015 1

A self-proclaimed inventor of useless things, Niklas Roy has built the largest pinball machine I’ve ever seen. The Galactic Dimension pinball machine is indeed of galactic dimensions, towering at almost 20 feet tall, with a wide berth of almost 10 feet (3m×6m). The colossal game was constructed for the 2015 pinball exhibition at Phæno, a […]