Oktoberfest
American Pinball, 2018Quoted from pinballinreno:Game #3 :
Marvel's Iron Fist using TZ power balls as the FIST
I don't think AP will be doing licensed games. There's TONS of well-known public domain stuff to work with (soon Felix the cat, Steamboat Willy, some edgar allen poe stuff will ALL be public domain, also). There's also straight-up original IP. This "everything licensed" mentality is relatively new in the history of pinball. Pre-2000 most were unlicensed originals.
Quoted from Frippertron:When are one of these super famous plastic surgery addicts gonna die of a septic infection so people will know how dangerous all this shit really is. They don't even look better, they just look like they've had work done.
Kanye’s mom... though not sepsis.
Quoted from c508:Kanye’s mom... though not sepsis.
And The queen of plastic surgery, Joan Rivers.
Little Richard terrified me as a child.... Donatella Versace now looks like what I am envisioning “Buffalo Bill” (from Silence of the Lambs) would have looked like if he ever finished his human “skin suit.”
Some of these people don’t even look human anymore.
At least with Will Smith and Rob Lowe the only tell is the area around their eyes looks sunken and “off” compared to how tight the rest of their face is.
Quoted from c508:Little Richard terrified me as a child.... Donatella Versace now looks like what I am envisioning “Buffalo Bill” (from Silence of the Lambs) would have looked like if he ever finished his human “skin suit.”
Some of these people don’t even look human anymore.
At least with Will Smith and Rob Lowe the only tell is the area around their eyes looks sunken and “off” compared to how tight the rest of their face is.
I saw the picture of it and that was hideous.
Quoted from PinMonk:Everyone doesn't HAVE to like it, but blaming the game design for personal taste and ability is misplaced.
So is being presumptuous enough to claim that someone who doesn't like the pin is lacking in ability.
Quoted from RobT:So is being presumptuous enough to claim that someone who doesn't like the pin is lacking in ability.
You're right, I should have said personal taste OR ability. Thanks.
rosh For every pop bumper you hit you get a pretzel. So then with so many pretzels you can get a pretzel / beer multi-ball?
Or you can mix it up with one pot bumper you get a pretzel, another one you can get a sausage, and 3rd pop bumper you can get another food item
Eat until you explode
Quoted from PinMonk:I don't think AP will be doing licensed games. There's TONS of well-known public domain stuff to work with (soon Felix the cat, Steamboat Willy, some edgar allen poe stuff will ALL be public domain, also). There's also straight-up original IP. This "everything licensed" mentality is relatively new in the history of pinball. Pre-2000 most were unlicensed originals.
Edgar Allen Poe is already 100% public domain. Copyright is currently life of the author plus 70 years and it used to be less than that. He died in 1849.
I never thought about it until you mentioned it, but Poe would make a killer theme. HP Lovecraft would be even better and he's been public domain since 2007.
Quoted from FlashDaddy:Edgar Allen Poe is already 100% public domain.
Alan Parsons Project did an entire album on A.E.P.: "Tales of Mystery and Imagination". One of my favorites
Quoted from FlashDaddy:Edgar Allen Poe is already 100% public domain. Copyright is currently life of the author plus 70 years and it used to be less than that. He died in 1849.
I never thought about it until you mentioned it, but Poe would make a killer theme. HP Lovecraft would be even better and he's been public domain since 2007.
My bad, I was thinking of some more of HP Lovecraft works that are due to be public domain soon. I'd be okay with a Felix the Cat pin, too.
Quoted from RandyV:My thoughts exactly. People have become so conditioned to expect licensed (and familiar) themes that when someone finally does something original it's dismissed.
I think this Oktoberfest is a great theme and I, for one, am excited to see what they can do with hit.
I applaud Joe and American Pinball for doing something new and creative for us.
100% agree. I’m in on this one. Love it
Quoted from FlashDaddy:Copyright is currently life of the author plus 70 years and it used to be less than that.
...and it goes up every time Walt Disney's death reaches the limits. Lobbyists FTW?
Quoted from benheck:...and it goes up every time Walt Disney's death reaches the limits. Lobbyists FTW?
Walt hasn't been dead 70 years yet. He also doesn't count. Trust and corporate.
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:Walt hasn't been dead 70 years yet. He also doesn't count. Trust and corporate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
Yet another reason Bog Iger might run for president in 2020!
Quoted from Pinstein:I get the pin, my wife gets this shirt.
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who get's the beers?
Quoted from ausretrogamer:Stocking up on Oktoberfest treats
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Any good? I seen them the other day at Aldi. Think on closeout for $1 a bag.
Quoted from BoJo:Any good? I seen them the other day at Aldi. Think on closeout for $1 a bag.
They aren't too bad, in moderation.
Quoted from toyotaboy:AP confirmed at least one oktoberfest will be at expo
https://specialwhenlitpinballpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-16-nirmal-vasani-salesmarketing-american-pinball
There will be more than one?
Quoted from toyotaboy:He said "at least one", I'm guessing it depends on whether or not they have time to build extras before expo.
Anyone have guesses if it has anything "radical" like a 20" ball throw?
I'll bet they use a better PS than in Houdini.
Quoted from mcbPalisade:Anyone have guesses if it has anything "radical" like a 20" ball throw?
I'll bet they use a better PS than in Houdini.
Already installed. I remember another very cool mech being discussed at some point. Not sure what it is
Quoted from rubberducks:Balcer tends to do very different layouts. I doubt it will resemble Houdini much.
Depends on who you ask. All pinball are exactly the same according to my wife. 
Quoted from rubberducks:Balcer tends to do very different layouts. I doubt it will resemble Houdini much.
Nirmal discussed this on the podcast and Joe has also said it would be very different more approachable with some more wide-open shots. Looking forward to the reveal!
I’m going to be seriously disappointed if the entire AP team does not wear lederhosen for the entirety of EXPO!
Barring that the promo photo should at least show the devs in lederhosen while playing machine.
Quoted from c508:I’m going to be seriously disappointed if the entire AP team does not wear lederhosen for the entirety of EXPO!
be prepared to be disappointed 
Quoted from rosh:be prepared to be disappointed
Just don’t do a reveal like JJP. DI and POtC were a snooze fest. please make it fun.
Quoted from rosh:be prepared to be disappointed
What about making some last minute mods so each of the pin’s legs have a pair of lederhosen?
Quoted from rosh:be prepared to be disappointed
NO. Don't ruin this for us.
Guarantee you it gets people talking. Do it!
This is one of the biggest reasons I'm going to expo. I handle a lot of breweries and they will almost all want a pin like this.
Quoted from Pinphila:Just don’t do a reveal like JJP. DI and POtC were a snooze fest. please make it fun.
I know very little about reveal plans, focused on other things
Why they cant just make it a fantasy/sci-fi theme is beyond me, it used to work just fine back in the day.
Quoted from Luzur:Why they cant just make it a fantasy/sci-fi theme is beyond me, it used to work just fine back in the day.
Tobor the 8th man?
Quoted from Luzur:Why they cant just make it a fantasy/sci-fi theme is beyond me, it used to work just fine back in the day.
Welcome to ze 21st century, mate.
Quoted from Luzur:Why they cant just make it a fantasy/sci-fi theme is beyond me, it used to work just fine back in the day.
Because they're doing Oktoberfest - a theme with a lot of fun and creative possibilities. Give API some credit for not going with the same old done to death themes.
Quoted from Tuna_Delight:Because they're doing Oktoberfest - a theme with a lot of fun and creative possibilities. Give API some credit for not going with the same old done to death themes.
And same old done-to-death layouts.
Just finished an hour of Houdini looking forward to their next game. Just a few more days till the critics get to take stabs at the layout.
Quoted from pinballinreno:Tobor the 8th man?
That would have been sweet, actually, never knew about that show.
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