1/5/2024 0 Comments Asian trumpet repertoire![]() ![]() Every time I went over or called they always asked if they could do something new, and I always approved it as I saw everything they were doing was absolutely fantastic and I loved it. During their coding and cabinet prep process I made many trips over to them, checking on progress and giving approvals. They had already ordered a CobraPin controller and had started programming it with Mission Pinball Framework (MPF). Once I received all the items from CPR and the decals I then got all of it over to Outpost Kodelia. The playfield decals and cabinet art was produced by local Phoenix sign store. ![]() Once I gave the final approval for all the art assets, the files for the playfield, backglass, and plastics were all sent to Classic Playfield Reproductions (CPR) and they proceeded to manufacture all of those items brand new from scratch. ![]() Waylon strumming his guitar is depicted on the left outlane just as he appeared in the opening of every episode of the show, and since it was such a pleasant surprise to me it’s actually kind of my own personal Easter egg. Thankfully he knew to include him despite my forgetting to list him. An interesting side note is that although I gave Stu a list of all A then B level assets that I wanted in the artwork, I somehow forgot to write down one of the #1 characters that had to be on there, Waylon Jennings the “Balladeer” of the show. There were just a few changes I requested along the way to get it where I wanted. It’s important that the game rules and artwork lineup with each other, so we hashed out all the ideas for the game rules and let Stu do his thing with the art. Now that I had my team lined up, there were some back and forth trips and phone calls I had to make. It wasn’t a simple task, since despite what anyone might tell you, there is actually no specific color code for the paint on that car. One interesting note is that they did find an excellent match of orange paint for the General Lee, the Dodge Charger in the show. Thankfully Kaydee and Olivia took it upon themselves to do all the cabinet work as well. I had another friend Chris Spaseff of Arizona Pinball Restoration on board for that part, but he got backlogged with work and couldn’t get to it in time. Their role was quite more simplistic than what I had in mind but I’m thrilled that they took my ideas way up to the next level. I then asked friends Kaydee and Olivia Helm of Outpost Kodelia if they’d like to be a part of this project. It was important to have a base to start with. I then had to acquire a donor game, a Bally Paragon, even though there’s not much left of the original game. I decided to go with Stu Wright of Mad Voodoo as he’s a friend and local. I started calling some friends that have made other custom games to get their input and gather more insight, and spoke to several artists. Once the group started growing and I saw so many other fantastic custom pins and gathered so many ideas, knowledge, and contacts, it was time to start my own project. So, through the years of collecting, buying, selling, restoring, and promoting pinball, I started to collect photos of re-themed and fully custom built pinball machines, which eventually led me to creating the Strictly Custom Pinball Machines group on Facebook. The Dukes of Hazzard in its heyday was a licensing juggernaut they licensed out almost everything you can imagine from lunch boxes to board games, and even Underoos, but alas no pin was ever created. It was a surprise then and it is still surprising to me to this day. There were a few toy pinball games but not the real thing. Early on into buying pins, one of the first things I did was to search around and find out if a Dukes of Hazzard pinball machine was ever manufactured. ![]()
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