King Kong – About Things | A Hans Scharler Blog https://nothans.com Life, Comedy, Games, Tech, Marketing, and Community Sat, 16 Aug 2025 16:35:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/nothans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-settings.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 King Kong – About Things | A Hans Scharler Blog https://nothans.com 32 32 114568856 Pinball Mods: King Kong vs. Godzilla for Stern’s Godzilla Pinball Machine https://nothans.com/king-kong-vs-godzilla-mod-for-stern-godzilla-pinball-machine https://nothans.com/king-kong-vs-godzilla-mod-for-stern-godzilla-pinball-machine#respond Sat, 22 Feb 2025 23:32:11 +0000 https://nothans.com/?p=5062 Growing up, I watched a lot of Godzilla and King Kong movies. I am not sure why, but the TV networks of my time played these movies over and over. I fell in love. Fast-forward to a few years ago when Stern Pinball released Godzilla. It is an epic pinball machine designed by the great Keith Elwin. Last year was Godzilla’s 70th anniversary. Stern Pinball released a black-and-white themed version of the vibrant game. There are rumors that the next Stern pin will be King Kong-themed. I don’t know if it’s true, but I thought I could add King Kong to the Godzilla machine. to create the mash-up of my dreams. Toho got the rights to use King Kong in their movies in 1962 and released King Kong vs. Godzilla; read more on wikizilla.org.

I found a King Kong figure on Pinball Life. My trick is to use Gorilla mounting tape to bond figures to the pinball plastics. I think it is kind of appropriate to use the Gorilla brand here. Irony aside, it’s the best tape I used for modding pinball machines.

Kong Kong vs. Gorilla Mounting Tape

I cut two squares for King Kong’s feet and pressed each square firmly for two minutes. Then, I removed the backing and placed it on the protector plastic near the powerlines area, again holding it down for two minutes. This seemed to fit and not mess with the ball path. It turned out marvelous.

King Kong pinball mod for Stern’s Godzilla.

What mods have you done? What is your dream pinball theme?

Update: May 2025

Well, I bought the Stern King Kong Pinball machine and put it next to Godzilla. Although it turned out the games are unrelated, I still love both themes.

King Kong pinball machine next to Godzilla 70th anniversary pinball machine

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