Homepin

Homepin is a pinball manufacturer based in New Zealand that drew international attention with Thunderbirds (2018), a machine based on the classic British science fiction television series. The project was brought to life through a crowdfunding campaign, and its completion marked a milestone: a commercially produced pinball machine from the southern hemisphere, a region with no prior history of pinball manufacturing at any meaningful scale.

Thunderbirds combined traditional Solid State gameplay with affectionate reverence for the 1960s puppet show that inspired it, appealing both to franchise fans and to collectors interested in unusual provenance. Homepin’s achievement — producing a finished, playable machine from a small island nation through sheer determination — earned admiration well beyond the machine’s commercial footprint.