Quoted from fastpinball:LEs can become truly handcrafted works of art with high quality inlays and more!
Aaron
FAST Pinball
Okay, seriously, who is going to be the first boutique to sell games with options? Forget the LE. Sell people what ever they want, until you "retire" the game from the factory and stop making them.
This is what a boutique pitch should be:
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We're making less games than a company like Stern can do. We're a smaller shop. But we build each one for you. We don't do gimmicks like limited editions, we believe every customer who supports us should get the game they want, the way they want it.
Buy the game, with all the rules and gameplay features, nothing left out. And if you like we can upgrade it for you, straight from the factory. Pick from options like these, and your game will ship with them all installed, play-tested, and ready to use.
Mirrored backglass instead of a translite, with new art exclusive to the mirrored version? Done, and it's beautiful. Collector quality prints of the translite design are available for framing if you want to have that too.
Powdercoated armor instead of stainless? We have an arrangement with a powder coating shop. We'll have recommended colors for you, with mockups of how they'll look, but have your armor done in any color you choose, they can do anything. Your game will ship with it installed, ready to go.
Interactive three dimensional topper? The game is pre-wired for our topper, simply plug it in, and secure two pre-drilled bolts to keep it in place. It reacts to the game code, not just the flashers like most aftermarket ones (or it appears Stern's so far). How about a topper that reacts to your score? Beat the replay score to light a special feature or color on it. Let everyone in the room know you're killing it.
Anodized and laser etched aluminum shooter lane? Because why the hell not? CNC'd out of aluminum, anodized black, and then laser etched with a custom graphic that matches the game, but is original art available nowhere else.
We'll price them fair, but we will make a profit from them, that will support making more games. Pick any combination of upgrades you want.
If you want to pimp out your game and make it look extra bad ass then we hope you'll ask for them all, and support what we're doing. It's not a "limited edition", it's just the most special game we know how to build, and owning it will put you in a very small circle of people who've been our top supporters.
And yes, the topper and mirrored backglass aren't going to change how the game plays, but when you set the new grand champion score and the topper lightshow goes nuts, lighting up the room and shining on the mirrored glass you'll be glad you sprung for it!
If you just want to play pinball then you're a player's player, and we've kept all the actual gameplay features for you, at the lowest cost we can make it, by leaving off things that are just more for fun and show. No missing spinners, no missing code or toys. Just the best playing game we know how to build.
No matter how you choose we put each game together for you personally.
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Tell me you won't want to see someone say that. Charlie, where you at man? Spooky should steal every one of those ideas.