— This Week’s Top 5 Stories —
1. Texas Pinball Festival Preview
The Texas Pinball Festival is finally here! It will have over 400 pinball machines, a huge Vendor Hall, lots of seminars, good food, the TWIPY Pinball Awards, and on and on. Here are just a few things you’ll want 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!
2. 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?
3. Munsters Topper and New Code
The Stern Insiders saw their first glimpse of the Munsters topper last week! It is an Interactive Cuckoo Clock, and Stern also shared a video of a prototype. The video features a spinning clock, a raven that emerges out of the clock, and lots of flashing lights. You can check out a picture of the topper here.
And with the announcement of the Munsters topper, it completes TWIP going 5 for 5 on the Munsters rumors back in January before release! (Hey, podcasts always say you heard it here first, we might as well join in on that fun right??)
4. Multimorphic Announces 4-Way Network Connected Pinball
Multimorphic announced last week that they will have 4 player head-to-head style races on Cosmic Cart Racing at the Texas Pinball Festival!! Check out the announcement on Facebook here:
There are a lot of possibilities with this platform – looking forward to checking this out at the Texas Pinball Festival!
5. Alice in Wonderland and Magic Girl not coming in 2019 from deeproot
Kaneda’s Pinball Podcast broke the news last week that Alice in Wonderland and Magic Girl would NOT be released by deeproot in 2019. Listen to the full episode here!
— What Else You Need to Know Today —
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Also, Scott and his girlfriend just had a baby!! Congrats Scott!!!
Identify the pinball machine pictured below for a chance to win a limited This Week in Pinball Lapel Pin! Drawing will be held monthly!
Last Week’s answer: Judge Dredd
Email guesses to [email protected], correct answers will be entered into the drawing for the limited TWIP Lapel Pin!
CONGRATS to Kevin Peterson who won the February Lapel Pin!
— Presented by —
This Week’s Mod of the Week is the Twilight Zone Pinball Color Changing Door Illumination from Mezel Mods and Rock Custom Pinball!
Light up your game with the Twilight Zone Pinball Color Changing Door Illumination. This simple addition brings color to the door featured on the games back glass. Includes color changing LEDs with a remote. Simple to install with no permanent modifications.
Check it out!
The Munsters
Primus (contract game)
The Beatles (Ka-Pow)
Deadpool
Iron Maiden
Steve Ritchie Black Knight 3000
Jurassic World
Elvira 3 (confirmed)
Stranger Things
James Bond
Superman ’78
Beetlejuice
Godzilla
Pirates of the Caribbean
Dialed In!
Hobbit
Wizard of Oz
Willy Wonka
Guns N’ Roses
Toy Story
Monster Bash Remake
Attack From Mars Remake
Medieval Madness Remake
Cactus Canyon Remake
Theatre of Magic Remake
Big Bang Bar Remake
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle
Total Nuclear Annihilation
Jetsons (contract game)
Dominos (contract game)
Rob Zombie’s Spookshow International
Scott Danesi Second Game
Licensed Title
Oktoberfest
Houdini
Robin Hood
Sherlock Holmes
Valkyries
Poker Run
Cosmic Cart Racing
Lexy Lightspeed
Nothing so far
Magic Girl
Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland
Fire and Brimstone
2 Dennis Nordman Unlicensed games
Alice in Wonderland
Nothing so far