Dungeons & Dragons "Not Another Mimic" Pinball Mod by Stumblor Pinball

Stumblor Pinball·video·6m 15s·analyzed·Mar 6, 2026

Analysis

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TL;DR

Stumbler releases D&D Mimic mod with advanced servo control and reactive lantern lighting.

Summary

Davey from Stumbler Pinball showcases the "Not Another Mimic" mod for Dungeons & Dragons, demonstrating new servo control features in the Lolly board platform including granular animation control, recorded movement patterns, and microphone-reactive animations. The mod includes an interactive mimic topper with mouth animations, decorative lantern toppers with customizable lighting effects that respond to game triggers, and enhanced app-based customization capabilities.

Key Claims

Lolly version 3 was released 18 months ago
high confidence · Davey, opening remarks about Lolly board timeline
Lolly X is a new supercharged version of the Lolly board developed in collaboration with Melvin from American Pinball, specifically designed for toppers with SD card storage and sound playback capabilities
high confidence · Davey describing new product development
The mimic mod improvements for production include a resin plinth dungeon floor design and custom purple plastic replacement for the original game plastic
high confidence · Davey demonstrating the physical mod components
The Lolly version 3 provides granular servo control improvements enabling more sophisticated animation options
high confidence · Davey explaining servo page functionality in the app
Servo patterns can be controlled by smartphone microphone input to make animations react to sound
high confidence · Davey demonstrating microphone-reactive animation feature with live test

Notable Quotes

“We've collaborated again with Melvin from American Pinball to develop the Lolly X, a supercharged version of the Lolly board specifically designed to deal with the requirements of a topper, such as SD card storage and the ability to play sounds.”
Davey (Stumbler Pinball)@ 0:35 — Announces new product collaboration and technical advancement in modding control boards
“He's now sitting on a resin plinth. Uh, it's sort of like a dungeon floor with purple drool dripped across the stones.”
Davey@ 1:28 — Describes aesthetic production improvements to the mimic topper
“This is interesting because it allows you to input exact values in here and then record what you're doing um as part of that process.”
Davey@ 3:15 — Explains recorded movement pattern feature for servo customization
“Hi, I'm a mimic.”
Davey (testing microphone feature)@ 3:57 — Demonstrates live microphone-reactive animation capability
“DND tends to be quite a dark game anyway. Um, so we definitely don't want to be taking away um too much of the existing light.”
Davey@ 4:50 — Explains design philosophy behind lantern lighting additions

Entities

DaveypersonStumbler PinballcompanyMelvinperson American PinballcompanyLolly boardproductLolly XproductNot Another Mimic modproductDungeons & DragonsgameStumbler Workshoporganization

Signals

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product_launch: Not Another Mimic mod for Dungeons & Dragons officially demonstrated with production-ready components including resin plinth and custom plastic replacements
high · Davey shows completed physical mod with improved production materials and functional testing
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product_strategy: Stumbler Pinball introducing Lolly X as premium tier of modding platform with enhanced capabilities for topper-specific requirements
high · Announcement of Lolly X development in collaboration with American Pinball, specifically designed for SD card storage and sound playback
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technology_signal: New granular servo control features in Lolly version 3 enable recorded movement patterns and microphone-reactive animations for mod customization
high · Davey demonstrates three servo control modes: exact value positioning, recorded pattern playback, and microphone-reactive pattern following
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design_innovation: Mimic topper integrates mouth servo animations with gameplay triggers and customizable app-based control, enabling user-defined behavior patterns
high · Live demonstration of servo control app showing trigger-based animation, pattern recording, and microphone input capabilities
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design_innovation: Lantern toppers feature dual-mode lighting (fire pattern and spotlight) that responds to sling triggers with customizable color changes via Lolly board app
high · Davey demonstrates color customization of both fire pattern and spotlight elements, showing color changes triggered by sling interactions

Topics

Servo control and animation technologyprimaryLolly board platform enhancementsprimaryMimic topper design and manufacturingprimaryCustomizable lighting effects for modsprimaryMicrophone-reactive mod featuressecondaryModding app interface and customizationsecondaryLantern lighting modificationssecondaryCollaboration between mod manufacturers and pinball makersmentioned

Sentiment

positive(0.85)— Davey presents product updates with enthusiasm and pride in engineering improvements. Tone is professional yet approachable. No criticism or negative sentiment expressed. Strong emphasis on user customization and creative freedom.

Transcript

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0:02

Hello wonderful pinball people. I'm Davey from Stumbler Pinball. This is the Stumbler Workshop in London, UK. And this, as I'm sure you already know, is the Lolly version 3. We released version three of the Lolly board 18 months ago and has been happily powering your favorite mods ever since. Not one to rest on our laurels, we've been busy building new functionality to make this board even better. We've collaborated again with Melvin from American Pinball to develop the Lolly X, a supercharged version of the Lolly board specifically designed to deal with the requirements of a topper, such as SD card storage and the ability to play sounds. But today, we're instead going to be focusing on functionality we're rolling out across the entire Loly platform. And we're going to be seeing it in action on our new mod for Dungeons and Dragons, the Not Another Mimic mod. Let's get stuck right in.

1:06

So, we're now over on Dungeons and Dragons. We can see uh the mimic mod uh sitting in his place with his eyes sort of flickering in his at rest position. Uh, one thing uh, you'll notice uh, that's different from the last time we demonstrated this mimic mod is that we've made a few improvements for production. He's now sitting on a resin plinth. Uh, it's sort of like a dungeon floor with purple drool dripped across the stones. And he's also sitting on a custom uh, purple plastic that replaces the the original plastic uh, that goes in the game. He is hooked into the vertical upkicker um switch in here. And you can see if I can grab a ball and thread it in there, then he'll trigger and do his animation.

1:58

So, at the moment, he's just doing a single opening of his mouth animation, um which is just the standard thing that uh he'll ship with. Um, but interestingly, uh, we've made a few improvements to the way the servos can operate, uh, in the Lolly version 3, which means you've got a lot more gran granular control over that animation that he ends up doing. Um, so I'm over onto the Stumbler app here, and I've got the mimic pulled up. We're on the servo page, uh, which has all the settings for the servo, which is the mouth, uh, servo that that controls his mouth movement. Um, and you can see that at rest he's at uh 0% uh sorry 0 degrees and when sensor one is triggered uh he opens up to 180° and you can see if I click test here then he performs his mouth opening animation. Now if instead I choose uh a different value for for what to do when that triggers. Let's try exact value. Um, so you can see if I he'll only open a certain amount if I then choose a much lower value, but instead of exact value, let's try um play recorded movement. Now, this is interesting because it allows you to input exact values in here and then record what you're doing um as part of that process. So, if I then click start recording and play a play a pattern, then when I trigger that animation, he then replays that pattern that I've put in. One of the other really cool features is too is that that pattern can be completely dependent on uh the microphone of your phone. So, if I just click on the microphone button there and then talk, you can see he's now following my mouth movement sounds. Let's record that and see what happens. Hi, I'm a mimic. And then test that again. I am a mimic. So, that enables you to do lots of really fun stuff uh with this and really put your own spin on uh your own mimic uh and get him to do exactly what you want to do um in relation to uh that trigger going off in the game. So, one of the other things that we didn't go into a lot of detail on during the initial teaser video for the mimic were the lanterns. Um, now these lanterns are act as replacements for the spotlights in the game. Um, and have this fire pattern uh flashing away on one side and they have a a uh spotlight on the other side to add more um light onto the playfield. DND tends to be quite a dark game anyway. Um, so we definitely don't want to be taking away um too much of the existing light. Um, now these are an optional extra. Um you can add these uh onto your mimic order um at the time of checkout. Um and they are all controllable uh by the same lolly board uh and on the app as well. So you can see that um I've got fire one uh set up here. Um and if I change the color on this side, you can modify sort of what the color is um that's shining out the back of the lantern. And likewise, um, the spotlight can be changed as well, um, depending on sort of what color you want that spotlight to be. When, uh, each of those slings is triggered,