Awesome. You wanted to be first, and you got it. I know there were delays, but stoked to see that the day has finally arrived.

The whole thing hinges up I think. So you don't need to slide it out, meaning less room required, which is nice for tighter spaces.

The sidelit art is bad ass. I'm crazy jealous of the people who saw the sneak peek of the beta Alien art at the UK party, but they sent me a video of a walk around, and it's really amazing how it pops. Let's just say that if you had say a starscape that it looks really sweet with the stars being lit ...

The flow geometry in Alien will be guided by the same hand, FWIW.

I'm an Alien booster! Everyone should buy one!! But I really hope Full Throttle does well. Original theme, real build quality, innovative and new ideas ... Isn't this what we've asking for?

Even if you're not big on Motorcycle Racing, I'm not, it's inoffensive and fun, and with original hand drawn art it's not commercial feeling. It's like the days of Blackwater 100 and High Speed.

Just, if you buy one, get an Alien kit for it.

I have to say, removable heads are awesome. I love moving EMs because of that. So much easier. And you can fit them in smaller vehicles. I put a Sky Jump into a Honda Fit no problem!

I believe in the US Heighway is doing all distribution. So you'd deal directly with them, they ship a crate of games over to the US, and then you just pay normal shipping from there. I *think* they want to have the US distribution be based in the Chicago area but I really don't know.

What do you think of the GI when the room is dark? I've only seen it on a lit show floor.

If I was even remotely close I'd be there!

When I talked to Andrew yesterday he was talking about container fulls, and orders spiking now that the game is shipping. I think anyone who's interested in one should just contact him, sounds like production is going to start ramping up. Other than that I have no clue, I'm not involved in Full Throttle at all.

I love Spooky, I'm on the list for Rob Zombie, nothing but respect for Chuck and Ben and the whole crew. But they're a very small operation, very indie. Andrew has a huge commercial factory, it's not a mom and pop operation where they can only build a few games a week. There's no real point in comparing them when it comes to build times. Full Throttle is their first pinball, and they've been taking it slow to get it right, but remember, they pumped out the Bacardi game already, they know how to build in real numbers.