Nice list! maybe this could be a sticky?

Whoa, I had no idea about Retro, Skit, and Quetzal! I'll look those up. And another motion for a sticky.

Can't wait to see some pics of the Predator populated playfield!

Don't forget about MarsaPlay ...

http://www.marsaplay.com/

uhhh.. in english, please? (website is non-english)..

go go google translate!!

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marsaplay.com%2F&act=url

looking at the new marsaplay pinball, do i see a big lcd screen in the backbox and leds on the playfield?... does that mean they are the first one to come out with this?

one thing for sure, stern can't say they are the only pinball manufacturer.

It is the only maker of arcade-quality pinball games in the world and is located just outside Chicago, Illinois.

What an EGO

Yes. I believe they were first company to mass produce a pin with an LCD display in the backbox. Don't know about the LED's.

First with an LCD, probably. First with LEDs, no. First with all LEDs, probably.

It's too bad they pretty much didn't do anything at all with the display, though (as I gather from reading pinball news' review). I would go so far as to say their horrible use of it makes kittens cry.

Hey, thanks for adding us to your list here! We actually go by Tilt Warning Customs, and our debut show back in 2009 was called Funland. The whole concept was cooked up as a promotion for the PAPA 12 World Pinball Championships.

These days we're mostly focused on collaborating with artists to create hand painted one offs, art conversions. Currently we've 3 games in various states of progress, and are actively seeking out more artists with whom to work. Stay tuned, for sure.

Peace.

-Dave

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Marsaplay thanks you for mention us in your forum, we try to innovate in the world of pinball, not compete with anybody and we can not compare with anyone because our products are very different, a technology that we improve every day, always looking for the best to protect the parts of the pinball.
We try to introduce our products in this market, and although the starting was not very good, we know that any beginning is complicated and more New Canasta being our first project, but it is much more defined now, we have eliminated all the failure that originally gave us, and now we are focusing to make it known, while we are thinking of new models to expand our product catalog.
During the EAG Expo 2012 London we presented a prototype of the Zoopark Marisali, our fully electric pinball for kids and using the same technology as New Canasta, today we have completely finished it and we are selling it very well in many European countries.
I hope you bear with us, we try to do the best we can and will continue to innovate for you.
a greeting
Marsaplay
[email protected]

Glad to have You at pinside Marsaplay and good luck in your business.

A new pinball company in the UK is in the stages of getting started with production estimated to start early 2013 and it is unknown the quantity of pins being made.

The first pin is going to be called - Circe's Animal House.
"For those not familiar with the mythology, Circe was a Greek goddess of magic, who used her powers and knowledge of drugs and herbs to concoct mystical potions which transformed those who drank them into various animals."

To read the first write up go to
http://www.pinballnews.com/games/circe/index.html

To stay informed head to the web site below and register so can be keep up to date
http://www.heighwaypinball.com/

As for the design, it looks good and the ramps look cool

Here's a Video I made of a Retro Pinball King of Diamonds at the Pinball Hall of Fame last month:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xreh6q_king-of-diamonds_videogames

(I' also saw this game at the L.A. Auto show a couple of years ago).

Is it just jersey jack that will have production runs closer to stern?

I have one to add please. When I attended the Michigan pinball expo there was a game called, Whoa Nellie, Big Juicy Melons"!

http://www.mipinball.com/?p=1800

The art is spectacular!

***Update*** Ok I am a goof. You already have it under the Whizbang URL listed. I will go crawl back into my hole now, bye

Pinballdad, no issues!

http://www.multimorphic.com/

A spinoff of PinballControllers.com, they'll be manufacturing an improved version of the P^3.

You can read the Heighway story here, go Andy!!!! http://www.pinballnews.com/games/circe/index2.html

Nice list

Very interesting. Its nice to see so much interest and new company's.

I wonder how many of these machines will see production. Hopefully all of them, but that is probably wishfull thinking.

Very cool to see so many people getting back into the production side of the industry, well maybe not big run production outside of Stern and JJP but regardless it's great for the industry/hobby!

Spooky Pinball LLC can be added to that list

Are they manufacturing a machine ?

Heighway pinball with full throttle

Yes first Title is called "Pinball Zombies From The Grave"

Is this for real?? Do you have a link to this info? This would be right down my alley if Elvira #3 is never gonna happen.

It's real, been listening to the podcast. Quite a leap he is taking here. I guess now we must all wait to see who will be the first to fail. Surely we can't go from one to ten pinball makers and all survive. Bad management is bound to get someone.

How can we as hobbyists and collectors ensure we do not end up in a Wayne/MM situation? How do I make sure I don't get burned - and by burned I mean send money to a company that never produces product and cannot repay me ?

edit: other than the obvious "never pre-order" answer please

There is only one pinball company. You guys aren't really serious are you. Love that list though, what a hoot. Take 5 mins to look up half these sites. Let me know what you see.

And in my eyes making a couple hundred machines for the super pinhead or those on the inside isn't much of a pinball company.

Your point is what exactly???????

Guess i stuttered

Empty sites, asking for your money and giving you nada. Making 30 machines isnt a company, thats a hobby.

If he's doing it for profit, it's still a business, whether "your eyes" see it that way or not. Now if you want to argue about economies of scale, that's an entirely different animal.

You can minimize your risk by investing in the companies that either have a solid history of making games, i.e. Stern, or a company that is very open about the development of their product, i.e. Skit-B Pinball, JJP, Quetzal, etc.

In the end, the only way to truly protect yourself 100% is to wait for a physical machine, see it in person, play it and then buy it.

Marcus

There is absolutely nothing wrong with creating 30 machines as a hobby. It's a noble thing in my opinion. These guys could have easily just created one machine for personal use.

I just don't expect all of them to become real players in the pinball manufacturing world.

However, all it takes is for ONE to be successful to change the landscape. And competition is a beautiful thing!

Marcus

Read the Spooky Thread!

The amazing thing about them is that THEY ARE NOT TAKING DEPOSITS! They are doing it the old fashioned way: they will build the machines first, *then* take your money!

Best of luck to Spooky Pinball. Love to see 3 or 4 viable pinball companies making production machines.

Noble? Really? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think any of them are doing it for charity. Noble would be building cheaper, yet still fun games targeted at the location market (like Stern has always done). Going after the home market hardly seems noble to me.

I know some of the Euro guys are going for the location market. Haven't seen one of them on location around here yet.

Dutch Pinball
They are starting, and there 1 machine is calling "the Big Lebowski"
Check it !!!
http://www.thebiglebowskipinball.com/

The honorable RobT from SoCal recently started a crisp fresh new thread on this.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/list-of-all-current-pinball-companies-and-forthcoming-titles
I'd recommend closing this one out or marking it "resolved".
-mof

What about Silver Castle Pinball? They are building Timeshock.

https://www.facebook.com/silvercastlepinball

--Luke