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Alien (Heighway Pinball)
Heighway Pinball, 2017-
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Pinball Brothers, 2020
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1 week later
I am all in. I just got on the list to get on the list. My plan is to park the remake right next to my late build cointaker distributed alien se and see which one grabs my tang. The original is soooooooo much fun. Not only can I not stop playing it but I dream about it when I sleep. Just fucking fabulous imo. Cant wait to play the remake if it all comes together but damn it's looking good right? Am I the only one who's starting to believe this crazy shit?
We all know who will distribute in the US and I heard from them that they may soon be stocking parts for the original also, she specifically mentioned the possibility of boards. All speculative. But I am thrilled to hear it!
1 week later
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 cait001:oh wow I'm glad I was wrong.
They're gonna sell so many of these at the price of a Stern Premium. It's a dream theme and so many have already played it and written about it.
I'm legit impressed.
Agreed. If they can pull this off it's going to be the greatest comeback story in pinball history. Exciting stuff.
Quoted from Royale-W-Cheese:You think we need it, with 3 rooms running now? If SO I have the time till I start my new GIG Jan 5th.
SO Basically a room for all folks to come in who have made a deposited/buying/upgrading?
It would be a fun way to track the progress. This is my first time pre ordering and I want to squeeze as much fun out of the wait as possible.
Quoted from Royale-W-Cheese:I did the same thing with the JP LE thread, it has been fun. exciting and a learning experience. Most everyone are cool and very helpful. I have net some great folks du to creating that thread/page.
Let's see if anyone else posts for a few opinion's, I can make one and we can have it for both the SE and the LE/LV.
Meanwhile my shopping has become for my Special place for her...what you think of these little fun items ?[quoted image]
Looks awesome!
Quoted from cpr9999:Will the SE edition be standard width vs wide body?
Also, will the LV/LE edition be standard or wide body?
Still wide body
3 weeks later
Quoted from cleland:I for one did not like the screen in the playfield. It was very distracting to me during gameplay, and it's the same info that's on the normal backbox display.
I'm happy with the standard edition in a normal Williams/Bally wide body cabinet too.
I got hand it to you for sharing a nearly unique take on the playfield screen. Refreshing for sure after weeks of going blind reading threads about our awesome new toy that will be here soon hopefully. I can definitely see your point. The pf screen never bothered me but it did seem redundant although its true that the atmosphere and experience during multi ball are super cool. I am very optimistic that I will enjoy gameplay more with the physical lock and extra magnet. I have a very tough time making the upper right flipper shots on my original(I'm not that good) and like if said before a dozen times, I love physical ball locks. It's the main reason I traded off my standard Wonka and am currently looking for an LE or CE in trade for my original Alien.
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I'm really looking forward to having the magnet to set up the upper right flipper and the physical lock achieved by said flipper. I'm also intrigued by the addition of the new back entrance to the airlock.I'm high on the list so I hopefully soon I will be able to tell you all which one I like better once I have my original and remake side by side. That said, one them will be going for sure. I couldn't care less if I lose money on either. This is about toys for me not investing. So if you are looking for a remake or an original I will hopefully have one or the other available soon 
Other than upgrading the xenomorph mine has been trouble free.
Quoted from dts:My original has been surprisingly reliable, better than many other new games I’ve owned. I spent hours dialing in BM66, IMDN, JJPOTCs, etc and basically have had to do minor things on my LE. The late run games were really good, so hopefully PB will continue down that road.
Quoted from Oneangrymo:I hate Uber eats forgot my Diet Coke again ! Morons
That shit is poison Mo! Go easy on it
Quoted from Oneangrymo:You know I think ur right i better cut back
Everything in moderation.
Especially moderation.
What would you all guess for the turnaround time between when we pay Cointaker in full and take delivery on games from this first batch( I'm 7)? I heard Lebowski listers have waited 2-4 months after paying but I think that due to years of bottlenecking on that list. Let me know what you think. Thx
J
4 weeks later
Quoted from TinyBlackDog:I’m never first at anything - this is a big moment for me! I knew I’d mentioned it before but thought it pertinent to the “Aliens on a plane” discussion. I also post so rarely that I assume nobody remembers anything I say
I remembered that you were first and I thought it was absolutely pertinent to the current topic. Enjoy yourself TBD and rock out with that tiny black rocket out!
1 week later
Quoted from flynnibus:Gotta say - the cabinet does feel pretty amauterish in this form. Lots of visual 'holes'
I try to keep it positive but I got to agree with you on that. Seems poorly laid out. I will hold my final judgement until I see it sitting in my room but that cab art has me shaking my head. I guess its destined to sit in the middle of my line up. At least the profile will line up. There's a positive. Shit for 8k I will slip it between tbl and gb and forget what it looks like on the sides.
1 month later
Quoted from delt31:I'm hoping to see some pictures of underneath the pf.... The parts being used.
Many big incentives here with the new version, including better code, more features (an actual ball lock and extra magnet), much cheaper price but also better reliability bc the parts are not HW proprietary. I would love to see what they used.....
My game will be immediately powder coated too. Grey is not the way. Thinking black but I might go green. I like the art used especially the head which I never liked that thin HW head. Looking great.
Now that I'm seeing better lit pictures of the cab I'm thinking black will look awesome. Kind of the way tz looks good with black powder.
Quoted from dts:Have you seen one?! Still, blue is my favorite.[quoted image][quoted image]
Yes I have, and its spectacular!
Quoted from cpr9999:No, but love that Lebowski pinball!
That my game dude!
Dope!
Quoted from ectobar:Let's be honest, you're on a pinball forum, you can't lift your leg that high.
Quoted from Chalkey:I highly recommend this dope ass comic to everyone who is not a Canadian fascist
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Dude, u r cracking me up!
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Quoted from 27dnast:Anyone have a sense from Cointaker what the timing of games will be to the US for the bulk of customers?
When I paid my invoice last week I was told they should be on the boat in 10 days and that tracking info should be provided then.
Quoted from Oneangrymo:my personal opinion is when ambush is initiated, it should deactivate the flippers, either let the wild ball drain, or if its on the magnet get eaten, then reactivate flippers as soon as either ball launches from the airlock or first multiball comes from the launcher.
YES!!!!!!
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2 months later
Quoted from fsumassey:What issues did you have?
Main issue now is that I don't play my other games anymore because I'm always on Alien. Other than that I could not be happier.
2 weeks later
Quoted from Oneangrymo:I still dont have a good comparison of the old ones vs new ones. Is it worth changing it up, or is the same. are you guys having technical issues or not. Please elaborate.. it would be awesome to hear from those that had a heighway and went to pinball brothers.
I had an original but decided to take a chance on a remake. After having them both side by side for a couple months I determined that for ME it was an easy choice to get rid of the original. The gameplay is better for me with the magnet set up for the top right flipper. Also looooove the back entrance to the airlock. Sometimes it just dribbles in and it's very satisfying. Speaking of satisfying, the physical ball lock also adds serious satisfaction which in turn makes shooting for the apc targets more fun as you have to hit them to light the lock. I know people will scream sacrilege but I'm sorry, I'm having to much fun to even notice the missing playfield screen. Gameplay is way better in my opinion.
Quoted from Oneangrymo:I still dont have a good comparison of the old ones vs new ones. Is it worth changing it up, or is the same. are you guys having technical issues or not. Please elaborate.. it would be awesome to hear from those that had a heighway and went to pinball brothers.
Only issue I had was a bad board and Cato diagnosed it and shipped it in less than 48 hours. After that, no problems.
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