I totally agree with you but a 3-5 year wait is not for me

It wouldn't have to give you an actual shock. Years ago, when Dave and Busters first opened they had an electric chair. You'd start it up and the "voltage" would increase. It was actually just vibrating really hard, but it gave a similar sensation. You could have a buzz like that attached to the flipper buttons. Gives you a little scare, but even malfunctioning couldn't injure someone with a pace maker, etc. lol

Should the Ghostbusters Pinball also include scenes from the second movie? What are the thoughts about that film?

It should, it's apart of the culture even tho some people disliked it. Lets see it Star_Gazer, what is your idea?

I grew up watching both back to back (I'm 26) I see them both as equals. I know a lot of people hated the second one but I can't see why personally.

MAYBE the second one wasn't as good as the first one, but it's still an awesome movie, include it. The river of slime comes to mind as something that could be incorporated to a pin as a ramp or something, the ghost train...the convicts that pop out in the court room... Tons of great material there too.

Good call. Sub playfield with a river of slime decal on a treadmill type set up under a sheet of acryllic. Have it move slow and it would make it difficult to gauge how fast the ball was going!

Ooo! I like it.

Personally there's so much original and classic stuff going on in the first movie, when i think of the second movie...it's....well... but i like the train and that freak coming out of the painting frame..

I enjoy gb2

(One of the videos is in a different language the scene where yanosh has lights in his eyes in the red lit room I couldn't find a English one but you get the point)

Oke, oke! gonna watch it again!

It's not as good as the first movie but IMHO it does have some good jokes and some memorable scenes
I will be glad to see what you got up your sleeve for the second movie
(Headlamp yanosh and nanny yanosh snatching oscor always come to mind as being the creepy scenes in the movie as well as the scenes where ray gets possessed by Vigo

haha. I just watched both on netflix this weekend

"Oh, that's the just the JJP manufacturing warehouse...but nothing ever happens in there."

"What. a. crime."

Sorry JJP fans, low hanging Ghostbusters fruit.

To be fair the first game took so long because the company started from scratch. No vendors, no parts designed, no platform and thousand other things we don't even think of. Game 2 is taking less time thankfully. They are getting better and improving.

Like I said I just hope one manufacture makes a Ghostbusters pin as it has huge potential. If done right it would be a big seller.

Just think of the firehouse in the center of the playfield artwork. Each window on it could be an insert representing 1 of a number of missions.

another sweet idea, well done

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OT for Lego lovers. Lego just announced the Lego Batman Tumbler; 1,869 pieces and due out September 1. Looks amazing. $200

Saw that, I'm in for sure. It's a UCS set, i've enjoyed those.

Venkman: Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown.

I played the GB slot machine and it had the card game in it too....this pin would be sweet.

and...finally the ecto-1! think this could work (the rail is inside the car btw) what do you guys think?

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I really like that one. What about Slimer eating the ball, like TRex in JP but even more awesome

well check out the other ideas on this topic! did not use slimer but marshmallow man instead!

Yes! the Slimer Kickback in one of your first photos is exactly what I was talking about. I guess I need to come to Amsterdam and we team up on a brand new boutique pin.

Holy cow. That style is identical to my Spaceball One I've designed for Spaceballs. The only difference being I have a motorized 3 bank in front of the entrance.

Nice! (problem was: you want to see the front of the vehicle, so you have to do something like this, right?) with ecto-1 fuel stickers instead of stardust fuel this could work also! (any work in progress Spaceball images available?)

The 3-bank is actually right under the nose of spaceball one, it blocks the entrance when it is up. The bottom half of the clamshell on the front of the ship is removed from my model, if you can picture that.

Don't have any pictures yet, I haven't taken it past my horrible sketches and 3D modeling. Your sketches are fantastic.

Star_Gazer, are you a secret agent working on DP's follow up to TBL?! You've got 30 pre-orders on this thread alone!

I would be all over a Ghostbusters pinball machine. I would get the money necessary.

Everybody loves a mini-playfield right? but don't cross the beams...first sketch of the playfield.

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Some very cool concepts here. GB is one of my favorite themes of all time so I'd definitely want to see a pin happen!

Slightly off topic, but here's a pic of a proton pack I built from scratch a few years ago. It proudly hangs on the wall in my office.

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The four red rotating cyclotron (red) lights seem like a cool effect for playfield inserts. I envision the proton pack startup sound when you go into "busting mode"

Does that sewer manhole cover come up during points on the gameplay?

'The streeaaams... cross the streams.' Seriously though, good stuff there.

Yeah, it works as a hat for Slimer...like the ringmaster i guess.

cool idea with the ecto, big thumbs up

That's awesome, would you sell it? i recently bought the ecto-1 elite, pretty awesome!

maybe the centre ramp has a 3rd diverter that goes straight into the ghost catcher which sits dead centre at the top that collect a / balls to activate a mini playfield which sits just below as a sub playfield. That will give you real estate to have maybe have slimer or another ghost to the top lhs.

love the ideas

Stern would be made not to go with some of your concepts star_gazer

another idea - would be cool if when ghost is spelt it would release a green ball popping out of the sewer for a 4 + green ball multiball (ghost buster catching mode) but not be affected by magnets ??? and when it drains it could be checked by a proxy sensor and could be diverted back to sewer under the playfield and possibly be re-released until all 4 silver balls are drained and the idea would to shoot the green ball into the ghost catcher. The longer the green ball stays out the more points you slowly lose. If a silver ball goes into the ghost catcher it is checked by another proxy and put back into play. There could be a number of ghost inserts indicating the various ghosts / villains to catch.

Hope they will give me some credit, would be nice! I just wonder, why in those days the Ghostbuster pinball was never made, guess legal and contract issues..they made the Bonebusters, anyone played that machine?

Nooooo!!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/02/paul-feig-ghostbusters_n_5644486.html

For those who don't want to click the link, think Bridesmaids with proton packs.

Oh no.....NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Well if that happens I'm not watching it

I'd want drop downs for Spores, Molds and Fungus (sic).

What about gate keeper and key master premium editions

It should have a lower and upper mini playfield like Haunted House. With Video Game modes galore. Lots of shiny flashing toys and ALLLLLLLLLLLLL the one liners you can handle

Seriously good ideas here- Any chance this actually would get picked up and a game really made?

The art work and thought on the designs here is outstanding!

Well Farsight Studios got the premiere...digitally.

Even though I don't like the digital table on Pinball Arcade is proves that any pinball manufacturer can get the Ghostbusters license for a real pin. My fingers are crossed that someone will make a real GB machine. There's a ton of possibilities and I think if done right a lot of machines would be sold.

I think we can all agree that if a real GB is done it needs a sweet Ecto 1 beacon topper

Personally I'm hoping that JJP does Ghostbusters and has Keith Johnson make an epic deep story based rule set for it.