Sooo.....that was creepy.

Nostradamus just withdrew his story that TBL was going back into production:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/i-just-heard-that-the-big-lebowski-is-actually-coming-out-/page/3#post-4892594

Wonder if his CGC Alien rumor was subject to the same strict scrutiny before he went live with it?

If this were to actually happen, there's no reason CGC would have to hold a license if it were a contract job, just like Stern never held the license to make MM.

Only the penchant man shall pass...

Maybe Kaneda is wanting an Alien and podcasted some misinformation to get the price down?

I agree with others that there are safer routes to make money for CGC than building Alien. I don’t see how Pinball Bros could ever be involved without lawsuits and restitution claims.

But FWIW - it did turn out to be a great game. I own one and love it - I don’t want to sell it even at the current 17k rate. If they remake it - cool - more people can enjoy it.

FUNNY... I'm hoping you realized I was using that pinball title as a joke! LOL

But you just never know what is going to happen right? I'm sure if there is a NUKE war the only thing left standing on planet earth will be a TNA machine. LOL

Not a fan of the game but I'm sure based on theme alone it would be immune to the blast. LOL

I've still got lots of bad memories going through that fiasco, but all the BS aside, it is still a great game. Just a few issues to address on the remodel...

1) Put it in a standard widebody cabinet
2) Just one standard LCD, and move it from the playfield to the backbox where it belongs.
3) New boards with more robust parts
4) Add standard GI spotlights for the dark areas
5) With LCD removed & more space on the playfield, create a new killer Alien art package that this game deserves. And go for broke & get Ripley's likeness rights for the artwork. Andrew was never truthful about any of that BS.

Watch the orders come in. We shall see I guess.

Agreed, I don’t believe it. Potential market is a few hundred games. Not worth it for CGC who is busy building B/W remakes for another five years.

ps -I could see a need to up the license if .... someone planned to create a digital version of Alien for online sale. that rumor is free of charge.

Faster than a speeding bullshit.
More powerful than a loco Montana.
Able to jump tall guns in a single bound...

What I'm saying is, I hadn't heard a peep about this myself before an hour or so ago.

funny thing. I mentioned Alien was my GOAT and ....Kaneda said Alien could never be considered a great game because it didn’t include any likeness of sigourney weaver nor is the rest of the cast shown in video and no theme song. For those reasons the game was a FAIL, presumably a horrible mess. Also since it supposedly never sold well, meant it wasn’t that good. It couldn’t be, right?

One week later ... swapping out for b/w parts, redesigning mech’s and asking a company to build a widebody pin for the first time is a wonderful idea. No changes on the weaver and cast front, and the software and code is done - but Alien will be a great pin. Whereas Andrew could hardly sell and build 125 Alien games, the market craves them by the hundreds for the same price (which was $9k delivered). :-/t=

ok call me stupid. The Dude says when something smells fishy in Denmark, it means K is full of shit. I’d call this strike 2, and if so ... it’s the end of Kaneda as we know him.

So, K now says CGC will make Queen as well!

Whether true or not I think people are undervaluing the fact that CGC has a robust dealer network and can build pinball machines at scale. I had no interest in Alien but if CGC could produce a Pro model at $6500 I think it would tempt lots of people by theme alone... basically the Stern business model.

Obviously I'd want a mechanically revised and refined Alien put back in the market; it would mean money for me, finally. But the confirmation point would be a deal made concerning my design rights to the game, since the work is not paid for. This has not happened.

I hope your looking for a good lawyer

Too funny. They are still making MBR. No time frame even if it were true.

Labowski didn't already do that ?

LTG : )

Money owed to you by Andrew, UK company went to creditors from Norway, Sweden, Germany etc, LTD company formed in the UK, now the game will supposedly be made in the US, all new mechanics using Bally/Williams components and redesign as there is a new playfield coming in a new cabinet formfactor

I say good luck with that. You will need an internationally versed law firm, they will prolly ask for at least 10k down minimum for anyone to start as much as read through your contract to test your claim before anything is done to begin with. Where will you file? UK? Sweden? Germany? USA? Norway? Even the UK LTD is "protected"by further Ltd's down the line in the respective countries.

The distribution of shares in Pinball Brothers Limited is as follows:
Roger Svanevik and Cato Paus Skrede (Through the Norwegian company “Umbrella Corporation AS): 47.77%
Mats Daniel Janson and Johan Patrik Tenn (Through the Swedish company White Walker AB): 25.04%
Alexander Spohr: 16.2% (let's not forget that Xytanics GmbH is located in Germany, representing Spohr, another Umbrella/Ltd)
Jutta Spohr: 1.58%
Stefan Riedler: 4.22%
Philip Young: 0.53%
Angus Bailey: 4.66%

Tenn dropped out a short while ago.

Yeah.. that 30 day statement made me feel as though he was dipping into the bourbon early today.

Nope

Penitent.

Looks like kaneda has not only removed the big lewbowski podcast but now the alien one is removed too. Hmmmmmmm

Listened to it just before it was pulled. Unfortunately, I didn't download it.

Sad thing is next time he makes up more stuff, 8 threads will go crazy talking about it. No one will learn.

But I guess that’s the point. Gossip and drama make for more viewers.

Well CGC is known for reproducing high priced games to kill the value of originals soooooo....

Gossip and rumors are what keeps pinside interesting. Could the rumors be true? Sure. Not many people know the truth and we won’t know for a while. I hope the rumors are true, I hope the guys screwed by Dutch pinball can get their pins. I hope alien is remade so more people can enjoy it.

Yep, thats why they are reproducing them. Solely to kill the value of originals. Those rascals.

Jeez, a cgc Alien.. I miss the layout.

But, what if Kaneda was right and C.....A.....T actually does spells DOG.

I lay up at night thinking about these things.

Lets see if Kanada back tracks on his predictions.. If he is wrong Or having a Jesse Smollett moment it would not be good!Not good at all!!

Magic Girl shipping at TPF? What’s next.

If kanada is correct than we all have some great pins the choose from in 2019-20!! Hope so!!

A lemon it is definitely not....took a bit to get it solid, and wish they hadn't done a few things (USB connectivity for the boards is the biggie, now that PETG plastic sets can be had on occasion). It's not a game for the timid due to lack of spare parts, no schematics, etc., but can say it absolutely blows away anything else I own...if it were to ever have gotten a few polish code updates, along with final engineered hardware revs, nothing could touch it. Mines very, very functional and a blast to play in current state.

Very fortunate to have acquired some amazing, fun games over the years (love them all), and then there is Alien...is what it is.

( can't vote as I have no idea)

Hahaha. Whoever trolled Kaneda into these announcements is a gentlemen and scholar. Well done.

Looks like a Hilton tattoo on the rear.

I can't believe he came out with the TBL story based on one guy's gossip. The other podcaster can have their own laugh track now....

Technically he’s supposed to stop the podcast. But we all know that ain’t going to happen.

What’s a pinball podcast go for these days on the Pinside marketplace?
Looks like this character is trying to pump and dump his fast.

I don't believe TAF or IJ being done

$10k by Christmas

Just 29 more days till they ship me that Alien!

You don't have enough hands to count how many times he said "100% confirmed" and its happening.

He promised to end his podcast if he was proved wrong. I assume he has some credible source, but it seems time will tell if it’s true or false

I may have to go on the Podcast again to get to the bottom of this!

All the rumours are true. I know because I heard rumours.

Please do.

He did say he would fold his podcast if the news wasn’t true.

Cgc doing alien ? I doubt it . They are doing classics mmr, amfr, mbr, etc why would they get involved making alien ? It’s a great game but it’s horror theme just doesn’t match with what cgc does

And K is 11 days too early to claim an April fool

The tattoo with Hilton on his butt, will be too funny

Butt, he won't do it, will he???

"So now they’re bankrupt and defunct and some guys called the pinball brothers own it and are trying to find new companies to produce it??"

Heighway Pinball is in a liquidation phase still. Pinball Brothers is a "separate" company, owned by the same people who owns Heighway. They organized business this way in order to avoid having to actually deliver games to all the people who pre-ordered and pre-paid for Alien. Nice way to get a clean start, but quite possibly not legal. As one of the people burnt (fully pre-paid Alien; lesson learnt), I'm very seriously considering finding a good UK lawyer to pursue this.