Is this King Kong Pinball Topper worth the $800 price tag?
Is this King Kong Pinball Topper worth the $800 price tag?
Check this out, The Electric Playground has been working on a custom King Kong Pinball topper they’re calling the Eighth Wonder and I got one of the 1st ones to showcase on the channel! It fits...
Highlights
- No topper options were available for King Kong before Electric Playground released this one
- The Electric Playground King Kong topper uses 1/4-inch cast acrylic versus 1/16-inch material that Stern uses
- The topper has a 10.5-inch LCD screen with six preloaded animated billboards inspired by classic King Kong movie posters
- The spotlight on Kong is integrated with the left spinner near the river and activates at varying frequency when hit
- TEP is planning an add-on upgrade option for a nominal fee while maintaining the under-$800 price point
- Nick Nitel, who created the Tony Hawk homebrew pinball game, now works for Electric Playground
- The topper can accept custom video clips via SD card slot, though TEP does not provide additional clips beyond the six preloaded animations
Notable quotes
“They're trying to target some key areas. Price point, trying to make it something that's actually more affordable than the current options out there.”
“Dude, these guys, guys, TEP, what are you guys doing over there? They made this thing really cool.”
“I wish that there were more of these like budget topper options because it's getting kind of crazy. The OEM toppers are getting very expensive these days.”
“I love that it's the first topper available. I love the price point under $800.”
“I think it's a really cool feature because honestly, it kind of ties you more into the King Kong world because it doesn't have the movie clips because this was Sam Stern's own IP.”
Entities
- Electric Playground· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- King Kong: Myth of Terror Island· game
- Nick Nitel· person
- RetroRalph· person
- Sam Stern· person
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