[Brian Leach] of the South East London Meccano Club has put an impressive amount of ingenuity into making his pinball machine almost ... and (of course) flippers and plunger.

The main user controls are the two flippers ... who’s been the German pinball champion for several years in a row, also played the machine when he visited Phæno – and was totally excited ...

has more than 40 pinball machines and is host to one of the area's largest annual pinball tournaments. (Monique Merrill/Courthouse News) Snow has been a flipper since 2016, shortly after he started ...

But the pinball machines are the real stars ... along with a single set of flippers. Contrast those with the most recent additions, from 2024, themed to the X-Men, Elton John and Jaws, with ...

Modern pinball still uses flippers to keep a metal ball from draining ... There are video screens in multiple spots on some machines; different scenarios can be activated via shot combinations ...

Lodi will be going full "tilt" this month when dozens of pinball machines fill the Grape Festival grounds and players test their mettle to become tournament champions. Games based on the long-running ...