I'm excited to see this back on the line. The price isn't too shabby either. I may be interested once I see that they can reliably manufacture and deliver these.
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Quoted from Nepi23:They haven't announced distributors inside the EU yet? Would be nice to know where the US$7777 translates into in euros.
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Pittsburgh, PA
Trollhättan
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Gotta add 21-25% vat.
Probably end up around 8k euro.
Helsinki
FYI according to cointaker the deposit is refundable. The first batch of games will be January and February.
Quoted from Oneangrymo:Wow what a time for pinball, Led Zeppelin, GNR, Alien remake, back to the future. Its great!
Agreed. Great times for pinball. I just wish led would have felt more amazing.
Lets hope cgc comes with a real kick it out of the park offering and also that i'm healthy enough to finish my game room soon.
Quoted from Nepi23:Peter/Buthamburg
If that is true that is Awesome. His work is outstanding!!
Quoted from Yelobird:If that is true that is Awesome. His work is outstanding!!
Confirmed by the Pinball Brothers on the podcast today, he mentioned them by name and even commented on their reputation for quality.
"there are only 3 items left in stock"
says on the page. looks like we've got a small test group here fellas... good luck and may God have mercy on all of us.
No FOMO here. Melissa said they will get an initial batch, then later throughout the year they will get more. This is just the first wave, not a limited run.
I tried to get the last one, missed it. Oh well, I keep thinking I'd probably rather have a later run and make sure there will be spare parts to buy, etc...
Flensburg
Quoted from djsoup:Very close. The missing LCD and the cryo-lock are the only things that look noticeably different to me.
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This is not correct as the production original didn’t have second magnet. That being said, they are very similar.
This is going to be a sales juggernaut at that price. Value compared to the market is insane. Good move PB
Quoted from mbwalker:I'm surprised they made the guns so 'clean' looking. Everything on the ship had a grungy feel to it. If I recall correctly, in the movie they made the ship have a haunted house feeling to it.
now that the pf LCD is missing, it wouldnt be long before hearing comments on the 'art' that was chosen to replace it - an etching of symmetric turrets and 10 moving boxes. a little too bright on the white IMHO.
Man this is awesome, dream theme for me! When can we see one of these in action? I was talking to Melissa at Cointaker and she seems pretty confident that these new machines will be of great quality and they will have plenty of back up parts. She also said that they have worked with the manufacturer before producing parts so it sounds pretty legit. Deposit made, refundable, so what's the harm. Hopefully this game will kick fuckin ass!!
Quoted from dri:They're using mostly industry standard mechs, they revealed who makes the PF (anything from Germany I trust), all the PCBs are redesigned. I don't care if they assembled this thing in Siberia. There's still Zaccaria games around, how's that for comparison? Go Italy! Best food, coffee, wine and climate in the world. Add pinball to the list? Go for it!
Agreed Brother! I'm kind of partial to their climate as well 
Quoted from jawjaw:Price is not $7777 - more like $8200 with shipping right?
add state sales tax and a shaker motor and youre pushing $9K delv for standard, $11K delv for LE. not exactly cheap - just appears that way when compared with those $12.5K guesses.
IMO this is a good price, with shipping It’s similar to price of R&M a bit more than a Stern premium closer to a JJP SE which is about right.
Quoted from delt31:This is not correct as the production original didn’t have second magnet. That being said, they are very similar.
This is going to be a sales juggernaut at that price. Value compared to the market is insane. Good move PB
Good to know. These were the only flyers I was able to find online since I wanted to see the differences side-by-side. I'm not as well versed in this pin as others. Pretty cool nonetheless. Bummer they lost the LCD screen since that looked like a killer feature.
Quoted from greenhornet:add state sales tax and a shaker motor and youre pushing $9K delv for standard, $11K delv for LE. not exactly cheap - just appears that way when compared with those $12.5K guesses.
Not everyone pays sales tax iirc so you’d need to add $600 for Stern premium. Be around $8k for Stern premium.
Still it’s around the same price as GnR SE almost the same.
Quoted from greenhornet:now that the pf LCD is missing, it wouldnt be long before hearing comments on the 'art' that was chosen to replace it - an etching of symmetric turrets and 10 moving boxes. a little too bright on the white IMHO.
I did see what appeared to be some shading, pictures might not do it justice. Sort of surprised it's just not some greasy looking gray/brown - like the rest of the ship.
Regardless, good to see this pin come back to life. Anyways enjoyed shooting the original.
I’ve played Alien a handful of times was good shooing but I didn’t really get to know the modes I was just shooting around. But the atmosphere was great and very gritty and dark and unlike most pins even TWD is not that grim. That’s why I got this over say EHOH or LZ.
And I like having different manufacturers in my collection.
Melbourne
Quoted from apessino:I looked at all the information I could find on "Pedretti Gaming," and since Italian is my first language I was able to get as much detail as they were willing to offer.
Are they really supposed to be assembling these machines? If they are, well... that'll definitely be a boutique operation. They are a pinball/arcade operator and they have made some mods over the last few years, the most complex of which were relatively simple toppers - I see no indication they have something that resembles a manufacturing line. I think production numbers will be a couple per week, if even that many. As for quality, who knows... small shop does not necessarily mean bad output, but of course it seems like an entirely unproven entity.
If you want one you might be wise to get on it ASAP, I'd be shocked if these are going to be available in decent numbers.
On their website it looks like the manufacture and sell multiarcade cabinets, so they may have done some basic manufacturing. But agreed, more boutique than big factory line, I'd expect their output to be slow and there to be a learning curve. Hopefully the amount of interest and deposits going down will cause them to ramp things up, this game could easily sell in the 1000s rather than the 100s if they do it right.
Guisborough
Quoted from gonzo73:Looks like Cointakers first shipment allotment is sold out.
that might slow down the conversation a little ... at least until the LE addons are announced.
Should sell very well in Europe as it’s not subject to the tariff. I’m not sure if Alien is as popular in Europe as it’s a big movie franchise in the US.
Quoted from nwpinball:On their website it looks like the manufacture and sell multiarcade cabinets, so they may have done some basic manufacturing. But agreed, more boutique than big factory line, I'd expect their output to be slow and there to be a learning curve. Hopefully the amount of interest and deposits going down will cause them to ramp things up, this game could easily sell in the 1000s rather than the 100s if they do it right.
Agreed - and even if I just bought delt31's original Alien (which is awesome) I hope they do sell in the 1000s! It's such a unique pin and it deserves a big audience.
BTW it is really fun for me to see this talk about pinball and Italy... I grew up there and in the 70s/early 80s pinball (or "flipper" as it's called there) was EVERYWHERE in Italy, it was incredibly popular, and directly connected with the American culture obsessions Italians have had since WWII.
This old bit from a fantastic Italian comedian making fun of "pinball culture" back in the 80s is one of the funniest things ever - much more so if you are Italian, but even if you are not... come on! 
Quoted from rai:Should sell very well in Europe as it’s not subject to the tariff. I’m not sure if Alien is as popular in Europe as it’s a big movie franchise in the US.
Aliens is massive in the UK at least. Its got cult status.
Quoted from apessino:This old bit from a fantastic Italian comedian making fun of "pinball culture" back in the 80s is one of the funniest things ever
taking a sharpie with me every time i head out on location.
Quoted from PinBalt:Did anyone catch if they said anything about the plastics and them breaking? Wasn't that an issue on the original games because they used acrylic instead of PETG?
Will be PETG:
Ottawa, ON
Quoted from PinBalt:Did anyone catch if they said anything about the plastics and them breaking? Wasn't that an issue on the original games because they used acrylic instead of PETG?
The feature list states PETG -- check on the cointaker site (• Platform Ramps & Plastics made of PET-G)
My opinion about the PF art and subtracting the PF screen.
I am sure the video screen is helpful and whatnot but it does take away from the art package, the planet is already iffy as far as I'm concerned but when you subtract half of the planet it just looks very meh (I mean the PF + display makes the planet look bad almost rather it was just empty space rather than the planet).
With the display removed at least we can see the whole circle of the planet and even with the ammo inserts it looks more like a typical pinball PF with inserts.
IMO mini displays are better off the PF like in DI or SW that way you can have your cake and eat it too. The display in the PF is a compromise that is good and bad.
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