Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 203: "Astounding Pinball Machine Concepts"

This is the bonus show for Episode 203! (Pinball Machines)

Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of the strangest pinball machine concepts ever built as stunts, tie-ins, fine art, and more.

RESEARCH SOURCES:

Ten Pinball Machines Even Weirder Than You (Kineticist.com)

Pinside.com listing for "Hercules" pinball

The Internet Pinball Database listing for "Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World" pinball

Kineticist.com listing for "Spectra IV" pinball

The Internet Pinball Database listing for "Rotation VIII" pinball

Pinside.com listing for "Varkon" pinball

This artist won an AI photo competition. Except his picture was real. (CNN)

DigitalPinballFans.com discussion thread: "What's the Weirdest (or Worst) License / Theme You've Seen on a Real Machine?"

The Internet Pinball Database listing for "The Sopranos" pinball

The Internet Pinball Database listing for "Dolly Parton" pinball

Here's a link to the extremely weird listing that came up first when Alex googled "Patsy Cline pinball". (And congratulations to Dolly Parton!)

Check out Tanner Petch's weird homebrew pinball machines (BoingBoing.net)

Reddit post by Tanner Petch: "i did it! my custom pinball machine, prometheus and aetos is (mostly) done"