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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Espy" data-source="post: 116536" data-attributes="member: 3553">I remember eyeing up the pinball machine in the Argos catalogue when I was young. It was around... £300? Would have loved it as a kid, but thinking about it now it was probably really cheap.I had this amazing tabletop pinball machine as a kid. Still have it, but as far as I know it's unknown - can't find any information about it at all. But for a toy mini pinball machine it was great - had two sets of flippers, a ramp and an upper playfield (albeit flipperless) with five points of exit, one being a zig-zag path. Hitting that as a kid felt as satisfying as insanity falls does today. The upper playfield was clear, so you can see the ball underneath it too. The only way to score was hitting the bumpers (there were rollover lanes but without any rollovers!), but for a kid's toy it was amazing. I believe it was called Dirt Rider. Anyone heard of it? I'll take photos of it if not. It still works, aside from the plunger - I think the spring is broken, but you can still "slam" the ball into play pretty easily.Given the horrible uninventiveness that goes into toy pinball machines these days (four bumpers, four flippers, latest action movie splattered over the top, done), I have really fond memories of that machine.Dirt Rider for TPA! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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