The Texas Pinball Festival starts tomorrow! It will have nearly 500 pinball machines (!!), a huge Vendor Hall, lots of seminars, good food, the TWIPY Pinball Awards, and on and on. This week we’ve seen some new cool teasers of what we will be seeing!
Cosmic Carnival from Suncoast Pinball
Dirty Donny shared a bunch of teasers of the new artwork for Cosmic Carnival!
Also check out the video he shared on Facebook here:
Monster Bash Alternative Backglass
Brian Allen, the talented artist that previously did work on the Alien Pinball, shared a new project that will be available at the Texas Pinball Festival – an alternative backglass for Monster Bash!
Brian shared the following on Pinside:
“This is our first alternative backglass design. Reverse-printed on a 1/8″ thick translucent acrylic backglass (not a thin translite). We used double-layered ink, and double-layered white backing to make the colors really pop. Measures 27″x 18 7/8”. Looks beautiful when backlit!
It comes with a certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by the artist – limited to only 125 ever!”
These will be at the Texas Pinball Festival this weekend, or you can buy them on Brian’s website here!
Rumors of Black Knight Unleashed, Big Lebowski, Alien, and Yellow Brick Road
More Cool Stuff to Check out:
Play the updated Oktoberfest, the updated Cosmic Carnival, the Multi-Bingo machine, the head-to-head Cosmic Cart Racing, and loads of other machines
Check out the Jersey Jack Pinball seminar Friday – maybe we’ll see something cool there?
Check out Steve Ritchie’s Seminar Friday – he said in a recent Facebook post that “Secrets would be revealed” – maybe some hints or nuggets on his next game?
Check out the Coin-Op Carnival publication and seminar Friday – Nick Baldridge and Ryan Claytor will be joined by pinball historian, Gordon Hasse
Check out the Saturday seminars including Haggis, Multimorphic, Stern, Circus Maximus, American Pinball, Bowen Kerins ACNC Tutorial, and More
Check out the full schedule of events here! It will be a blast to see everybody and talk pinball – come say hello!
The TWIPY Pinball Awards – Live Saturday Night at 8:00PM Central!
It is time for the 2018 TWIPY Pinball Awards!
LIVE show. Hosts Zach and Greg from Straight Down the Middle. Red Carpet. Guests presenters. Acceptance speeches. Cash bar. Streamed live on Twitch. What could possibly go wrong? Don’t miss it!
The Categories
GAME SPECIFIC
Best Theme – Based on THEME ONLY
Best Animations and Display
Best Lightshow
Best Toys and Gimmicks
Best Theme Integration
Best Music and Sound Effects
Best Callouts
Best Rules
Best Playfield Gameplay and Layout
Best Artwork
Game of the Year
WRITE-INS
Favorite Pinball Twitch Streamer
Favorite Pinball Podcast
Favorite Pinball YouTube Channel
Favorite Pinball Mod of 2018
Favorite Home Brew Pinball Machine
Rookie of the Year (new designers, artists, coders, players)
Favorite Pinball Website
Favorite Pinball Publication (book, magazine, article)
Favorite Pinball Location
Favorite Pinball Convention
Favorite Pinball Tournament/Competition
The Game Nominees
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle
Cosmic Cart Racing
Deadpool
Houdini
Iron Maiden
Mafia
Monster Bash Remake
Pirates of the Caribbean
Primus
Supreme
The Beatles
Thunderbirds
The TWIPYs are sponsored by Marco Specialities: a trusted distributor of pinball machine parts and EVERYTHING PINBALL and Flip N Out Pinball – Are You Flip N Out?
See you at the Texas Pinball Festival – come say hello!
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