i'm in

From what I heard it is still being produced at this time but will cease production soon.

LOL at people who need to crap in all three new AFMR threads. Can't wait for the pinside purge!

I'm out, but only because I have a restored original. If the price point is good, they're going to sell a lot of these. AFM is a fantastic game, and the opportunity to own a spotless one is going to be too attractive for this game to bomb.

For those getting one, enjoy it. AFM is as close to perfect as you can get in pinball.

Undeniably the best pinball ever produced. Don't listen to the haters.

I'm not sure I get the big secret on pricing? At least stern has the balls (no pun intended) to give us the prices straight up.

Doug from CGC explained in one of these threads that pricing will be revealed on March 24

And up and up and up again.

The color animations on this larger screen are amazing, the game play is smooth and flawless.

I hope to get the larger DMD for my MM to match if they re-do the graphics.

The new sound with sub-woofer is great, lots of control.

What about headphone jack support in the front?

Definitely get the Cliffy for the stroke of luck, just like the earlier version.

Im in 100% !

Maybe we can get black or dark red (Mars is the red planet...) powder coating if we ask as a group?

Pic of some boards...FB_IMG_1489692165745 (resized).jpg

Meh....I would MUCH rather have an Alien (and cash left over) than this remake being made by a company with a horrendous reputation. Even if this was being made by a great company I would still much rather have something new and exciting with way more features and a lower cost. Call me crazy.

CGC hasnt released the price yet..

But that said, I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised, as stated by CGC in the last few hours.

They also have plans to do some other colors or chrome on the armor, if people are interested .

I really want the black, but a good dark red with glowing red speaker LED's could change my mind.
I just dont like the "Circus" colors.

Same as the original. Albeit with less lights...which is fine as most people remove some to dim it and balance it out. I do anyways.

All WPC'95 games have it to hold the lights instead of having a 'swing-out' light board like the earlier WPC games.

I'm not sure how anyone can say they're in or out at this point. I'm in at $6k, out anywhere above that.

I would tend to agree with you, but my price point is 6,500. I would rather by the newer technology at a similar price as an original. I can buy a pretty nice original for that kind of money.

I think your in the ball park for the classic model maybe.

Except neither they or CGC announced this.

LTG : )

No secret. When PPS/CGC make their announcement, you'll know it.

LTG : )

Its like a bunch of kids waiting 8 days for Christmas, and its killing them

Williams used it on pins from AFM to Cactus Canyon.

LTG : )

Would it be possible to get a picture of the display removed from the game?

Trying to understand how it is mounted.

And curious as I imagine others are, could this display be retrofitted to a MMr?

Looks like they are going to a new board architecture than that used on MMr. That is kind of a big deal, wondering why no mention of that? Is the Beaglebone platform one and done?

No, I think it's still there on the left? The right board drives IO and is in the bottom of the main cab in MMr. Same setup, but different location for that board.

Big DMD panels have been out for awhile with only the big dots:
http://www.bostonpinballcompany.com/gd.htm

But in this case at PPS, it looks like you can have either big dots or small or even mix them with a little programming. The display in color for the AFMr looks great in person.

So the panel will most likely be a drop in replacement for most williams/bally games.
Im curious how it would look also.

Color as always is another issue, but Color-DMD has sorted this out quite nicely in their product lines.

It's not just MMr, they're copying the original design of WPC'95 games. Monster Bash, No Good Gofers, Scared Stiff, etc....all of those original games have these "light tubs" attached to the backglass.

Beaglebone is still there, on the left. CGC went to a single driver board in the head instead of the three identical driver boards attached to the huge board under the playfield. For easier service, if needed.

LTG : )

It is, but you can unplug it and get it out of your way unlike the swing out wooden board.
So, I kind of prefer it now.

Even at $6500 I'd rather have an Alien....but that's me. The added bonus would be that Andrew and Highway would profit and not Rick/PPS.

I'm sure there's a thread somewhere for people *not* interested in buying an AFMr...

To be fair, this thread has a yes/no/maybe poll

So if you (not you personally) don't want one click "no" and continue on with your life... posting multiple times about what you'd (again, not you) rather have is pointless... and boring...

Is it? Is it really? Maybe (just maybe) someone hops into this thread not knowing about other options (unlikely....but possible). Maybe someone knows they like AFM....but if they knew more about other (new) games they might do some additional research and change their mind.......maybe. Maybe some don't know much about PPS and their history or owner.....maybe they should find out. Then again they probably don't give a shit and only care about what they want. Either way it's just pinball.

Shrug, it's not odd. That's how those games are and always have been.

Right on!! Though, to be fair, there are 2 or 3 dudes just burning up their mouse clicking between every AFMr related thread to rag any and every way possible(literally ALL DAY!!). I think people get it at this point and it's becoming white noise and sometimes total bullshit. Apparently some people got rubbed the wrong way...even though they never bought anything from pps! Rick was a troll to people that were trolling him--that's a big % of the issue, probably less % than people with actual product problems. But, like you said, it's just pinball!

Heighway games ARE a screaming deal compared to almost every other NIB especially when you can put endless titles in the same cab for $4k.

Maybe there's some people who fall into all of the "maybes" here... maybe.

Yes it can add up quick....still a better "bang for your buck" IMHO.

You can also get one for $6450 ($6800 shipped to your door).