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TWIP – Deadpool Leak, Supreme Sells out in Nine Seconds, Star Trek VE, Pirates of the Caribbean Topper, More

— This Week’s Top 5 Stories —

1. Deadpool Image Leak

The Deadpool image that has been floating around has now been fully leaked by Pinball Paparazzi on this Facebook post.  You can also click here to see a picture of the leaked image.

A little back story on this pinball machine:  From what we can piece together, Deadpool was being worked on by John Trudeau (designer) and Zombie Yeti (artist) before JT’s arrest.  Trudeau’s design was then completely scrapped, and George Gomez took over design.  (Source: Head2Head Pinball Podcast’s interview with Zombie Yeti.)

So the big question is:

Is this the old design by John Trudeau or the new design by George Gomez?

In looking at the metadata of the image, we know the leaked image was taken on November 15th, 2017.  John Trudeau was arrested on August 25th, 2017.  Is 82 days enough time to cut ties with JT, decide to scrap his design, assign a new designer, completely redesign the machine, and build a whitewood?

That seems like a fast turn around time.  But that playfield sure looks very Gomez-ish…

2. Supreme Pinball Sells out in Nine Seconds

According to multiple online sources, the Supreme Pinball machine sold out in nine seconds in Europe.

As of the time of this writing, there are currently three available on eBay, all from sellers with 100% feedback ratings:

(googling fainting gifs to insert here)

We’ll see what these things actually sell for in the coming weeks.

But you know what is cool about pinball?  Someone in New York City bought one, and put in ON LOCATION.  You can go play one at Max Fish.  Here’s a map. Check out the Pinside thread about the one on location here!

3. Star Trek Vault Edition Announced by Stern

Stern announced on Facebook their next Vault Edition will be the smooth shooting Star Trek:

“WARP SPEED! Stern is bringing Star Trek Pro and Premium editions out of our Vault!

These Vault models will be unchanged from our last production of Steve Ritchie’s great game! The players have demanded more availability!

Star Trek Vault Pro production is slated to be in early June, and Vault Premium in mid-July. Contact your favorite Stern Pinball retailer for pricing and availability! http://www.sternpinball.com/find-a-retailer

4. Doug Skor Joining Stern?

According to this post on Pinside, Doug Skor, Vice President of Business Development at Chicago Gaming Company, will soon be joining Stern Pinball.  The details of his position at Stern is not yet known, but we should be seeing an official announcement this week according to multiple sources.  Check in next week for full details, and info on what this means for Stern and Chicago Gaming Company.

5. Code Code Code

We got a lot of code updates this last week!

Guardians of the Galaxy (v1.00 and v1.01)

Stern released new Guardians of the Galaxy code last week that includes “Added variations of Groot saying “I Am Groot” to “Groot Multiball” Start. These are also synced to the movement of Groot’s mouth.” and “Groot’s mouth is now synced to the speech during the “Groot Multiball” Start sequence.”  I am GROOT!  For full details of this release, click here!

Note: v1.01 was released as a patch to fix an issue with bonus scoring.

Iron Maiden (v0.98)

Stern also released new Iron Maiden code – version 0.98.  Check out all the details here!

Total Nuclear Annihilation (v1.2.1)

Scott Danesi released new code for Total Nuclear Annihilation which now includes “Speed Runs”.  From Scott’s website:

“I have fixed a few bugs and added what I like to call “Speed Runs” to kill each reactor.  What do I mean you ask?  The game now displays reactor uptime on the display telling you exactly how many seconds each reactor has been online for.  The timer starts as soon as the reactor start scoop has been hit and stops when the reactor is destroyed.  These speed times are stored in the high score table as “Reactor X Speed Run Champ”.  There are 10 of these.  One for each reactor and one for Total Annihilation!

Every second counts when battling these reactors so be sure to skip the reactor startup animation and be sure to skip the bonus count at the end of your ball.  Your reactor uptime pauses if another player is up, but the timer does not pause until after the bonus count.”

Go find a TNA to play!

— What Else is Happening in Pinball —

Pirates of the Caribbean Limited Edition Topper

Jersey Jack Pinball posted a pic of a Pirates of the Caribbean Limited Edition machine with the LE topper – check it out!

Homepin Second Game Will Target Chinese Market

Homepin shared on this Facebook post that their second machine after Thunderbirds will target the Chinese market: “I have great hopes for our China sales – mainly with our next machine which will target this market.”

New Multiball in Dialed In!

Someone noticed a recent change on the Jersey Jack flowchart for Dialed In – Quantum Theater Multiball was added:

It is believed that this will be added in a future code update – we’ll keep you updated!

Women’s International Pinball Tournament (WIPT) Registration June 2nd

Replay FX will host the inaugural Women’s International Pinball Tournament (WIPT) Sunday, July 29th.  Last week they released registration details which can be found here.  Tickets will go on sale June 2nd!

ARA Message from February 2017 about Stopping Production

A message from Dutch Pinball contract manufacturer ARA was posted on Pinside this last week.  The date of the memo is February 24th, 2017.  You can read it here.

New York City Pinball Championships – Bowen’s Aerosmith Comeback

If you missed it last week, Bowen Kerins had an incredible comeback on his last ball of Aerosmith on his way to winning the NYC Pinball Championships.  He had 858,600 and needed to get over 206,000,000 to win.  Check out the comeback here!

Large Arcade Opening in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The Myrtle Beach Pinball Museum will be opening June 1st, and will feature 25 pinball machines!  Check out more about this arcade here.

Timeshock Pinball is Still Being Worked On

For those interested, this project is not dead – Silver Castle Pinball is still working on creating a real Timeshock!  For a previous video showing a prototype playfield, click here.

Head2Head Pinball Interview with Keith Elwin – Listen Today!

Check out the Head2Head Pinball Podcast today, as they interviewed Keith Elwin for their podcast this week!  Some of the topics covered include:

  • Converting Archer to Iron Maiden

  • Some details on the hidden wizard mode

  • LE/Premium only software mode

  • Good tournament games versus bad tournament games

  • How to get better at playing pinball

  • What pictures are on Keith’s phone

This is going one more week – Who are your favorite pinball designers?

 — VOTE HERE!! —

— Cool and Crazy Stuff —

Iron Maiden Tweet

Iron Maiden’s official twitter account sent out the tweet below to their 2.2 million followers!

Before we build the stage we obviously have to play a round of this!@sternpinball #BePartOfTheLegacy #LegacyOfTheBeastTour #IronMaiden #SternPinball #Priorities pic.twitter.com/o0k3IvPNjx

— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) May 26, 2018

Pinball Guitar

Fender released a new video of their pinball themed guitar – check out the video here!

https://gph.is/2seQzBG

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— What is Coming Up on TWIP —

  • Tuesday – Around the Playfield Pinside Edition with CrazyLevi

  • Wednesday – Name the Game!

  • Thursday – Announcement regarding This Week in Pinball

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Stern Pinball

Most Recent Titles

Aerosmith   AC/DC Vault Edition  |  Star Wars  |  Guardians of the Galaxy  |  AC/DC Luci Vault Edition  |  Iron Maiden

Announced/Confirmed

Elvira 3

Rumors of Future Titles

Deadpool?  |  The Munsters?  |  The Beatles?  |  Steve Ritchie Black Knight 3000?  |  Superman 1978?  |  Beetlejuice?

Jersey Jack Pinball

Most Recent Titles

Wizard of Oz  |  The Hobbit  |  Dialed In  |  Pirates of the Caribbean

Rumors of Future Titles

Willy Wonka?  |  Toy Story?  |  Guns N’ Roses

Chicago Gaming/Planetary Pinball

Most Recent Titles

Medieval Madness Remake  |  Attack From Mars Remake

Rumors of Future Titles

Monster Bash Remake?  |  Cactus Canyon Remake?  |  Theatre of Magic?  |  Big Bang Bar Remake?

Spooky Pinball

Most Recent Titles

Rob Zombie’s Spookshow International  |  Dominos (*contract game)  |  Jetsons (*contract game)  |  Total Nuclear Annihilation (*contract/house game)  |  Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle

American Pinball

Most Recent Titles

Houdini

Rumors of Future Titles

Oktoberfest?

P3 (Multimorphic)

Lexy Lightspeed  |  Cannon Lagoon  |  Cosmic Cart Racing

Pinball Brothers

Rumors of Future Titles

Queen?  |  Barry Oursler’s Original Theme?  |  Playboy?

Dutch Pinball

Most Recent Titles

Bride of Pinbot 2.0  |  Bride of Pinbot 3.0 (on hold)  |  The Big Lebowski (production issues)

 Circus Maximus

The Pinball Circus Remake  |  Kingpin

Homepin

Thunderbirds (coming soon)

 deeproot Pinball

Announced/Confirmed

Fire and Brimstone

Rumors of Future Titles

Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland?  |  Alice in Wonderland?  |  Magic Girl?  |  Original Houdini design?

Silver Castle Pinball

Timeshock (coming soon)

Phénix Pinball

Olympic Goblin

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