Fan Made: Bill Paxton Pinball Machine
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Oh, man. There are usually two groups of items on Fan Made: geeky-embarrassing and geeky-awesome. And my friends, this one-of-a-kind Bill Paxton pinball machine falls squarely into the latter category.
Corona's Coming Attractions steered us towards this pet project of one Benjamin J. Heckendorn, a pinball machine mod that takes its cues from Paxton's whole filmography, with references ranging from True Lies and Titanic to Apollo 13 and Aliens (and I heartily agree with the Corona-made suggestion that Paxton's
On his own blog, Heckendorn explained that he's been cracking away at this since 2005 and hopes to have the machine done in time for the 2010 Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, WI. Check out his site for more photos and videos; we've included one of the latter after the jump.
(...man, he even made room for a Vertical Limit reference!)
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10-07-2009 @ 10:20PM
Reuben said...
Holy hell.
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10-07-2009 @ 11:49PM
Andy said...
Wow.
I bet ole Bill Paxton keeps an eye on this with a 50/50 mix of interest and dread.
"Hey, that's awesome...please don't kill me and wear my skin"
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10-08-2009 @ 12:02AM
Cyhort said...
Bill Paxton doesn't play Hicks in Aliens, he plays Hudson. Hicks is played the guy who played Kyle Reese in Terminator. (can never remember his name, Michael something)
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10-08-2009 @ 12:04AM
William Goss said...
Shit, you're right. Correcting.
(And it's Michael Biehn.)
10-08-2009 @ 1:59AM
Frank M. said...
It would be sweet if Ben used the Haunted House pinball machine as a reference. The thing that was unique about that particular pinball machine was that it had 3 levels. the main level had a glass floor which had a sub-level below where the flippers would hit the ball upwards & toward you. It would be cool if the sub-level was the Aliens level with Hudson quotes, the main level could be the Weird Science level with Chet quotes, & the top level could be the Near Dark level with Severen quotes.
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10-08-2009 @ 8:46AM
Moviola said...
This isn't all he does. Check out his blog and see his amazing video game console mods. He makes portable/laptop X-box 360s and PS3s, along with designing portable Ataris and old Nintendo units. He also makes movies.
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10-08-2009 @ 8:28AM
johnsmith said...
The thing that was unique about that particular pinball machine was that it had 3 levels.
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10-08-2009 @ 12:59PM
Lori said...
Please include a reference to "Frailty"!
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