Predator
Skit-B Pinball, 2013This topic is closed.
Quoted from sylvan_glade:if it was up to me,top 5 wishes
1.High Plains Drifter or the Good,Bad,the Ugly. Westerns severely underserved( include a gun battle that,if lost, drains your ball)
2.Matrix
3.Punisher
4.a haunted house
5.the Godfather
I second the first three with GB&U dropping to 3 and Matrix dropping.to 2.
A pin based on Garth Ennis' Punisher is a cream dream. Almost as much as Prexator
Any word yet if you guys are bringing Predator to SPF? It'd be awesome to see in person, but I'm sure it would mean less time that could actually be spent on finishing it.
I am intrigued by this single board PC/SSD mounted in the head that you'll be using. Got a link to something similar that can drive the P-ROC? I assume you will also have a little audio amp driving the speakers?
Quoted from starfighter:They could even make it kid friendly.
All I could think of when I saw this picture was, "8 year-olds, Dude..."
Quoted from flashburn:they have to negotiate the rights with all parties involved and pay each rights owner.
This.
Quoted from Redketchup:Thank's from one of the guy in the allentown hotel room!
This sounds a bit scandalous, doesn't it? 
Quoted from playboywillis:A pin based on Garth Ennis' Punisher is a cream dream.
Was that the one with Thomas Jane? That's the good one, in my mind.
Quoted from flashburn:Any word yet if you guys are bringing Predator to SPF?
It would be difficult but not necessarily impossible. Send me some info on the show, plz
Quoted from luvthatapex2:I am intrigued by this single board PC/SSD mounted in the head that you'll be using. Got a link to something similar that can drive the P-ROC?
That depends on what you're doing with your pin. If you plan on running PinMame to keep your stock rules available, then you're going to need a fairly strong PC to drive it. If you're planning on simply running your own software all the time, it doesn't take much to run a P-ROC at all. For something off-the-shelf, you can use a BeagleBoard. From the talks I've had with a few P-Roc'ers, the Raspberry Pi doesn't quite make the cut, though, unfortunately.
Quoted from luvthatapex2:I assume you will also have a little audio amp driving the speakers?
Yeah. The one we're leaning towards right now is honestly way overpowered for a pinball environment, but it is really affordable and easy to work with.
Quoted from navajas:High Plains Drifter would be pretty sweet.
You guys have made it pretty apparent that I need to watch more movies...
And on the subject of the Punisher, anyone who hasn't seen the video "Dirty Laundry" should definitely check it out. Nasty and violent, so kinda NSFW, but this is exactly what I think of when I think of the Punisher.
Quoted from flashburn:Tom Jane was a pretty awesome Punisher
Thomas Jane is the ONLY Punisher.
SkitB could bring this to life. Please!!!!
Quoted from SkitBPinball:And on the subject of the Punisher, anyone who hasn't seen the video "Dirty Laundry" should definitely check it out. Nasty and violent, so kinda NSFW, but this is exactly what I think of when I think of the Punisher.
» YouTube video
Dirty Laundry was awesome.
Thomas Jane was a good Punisher, but the whole "I'm more than half dead, drink a bottle of Wild Turkey and 5 seconds later I'm fine" kinda lost me.
No, Garth Ennis wrote Punisher Max for a few years. Probably one of the best and definitely the coolest thing I've ever read. Walking Dead has nothing on it.
Google that shit people!
Quoted from Whysnow:Lebowski or Futurama and I am in NOW!
That's two Walk Off Home-Runs right there!!
Tilt warning- Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!
- Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules!
- Walter, I love you, but sooner or later, you're going to have to face the fact you're a
goddamn moron.
Its almost an endless audio bite library!
Quoted from bigduke6:Tilt warning- Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!
Lebowski would have to come with drink holders standard.
Futurama would look so good sandwiched between the two Simpsons pins. Also the Bender and Zoidberg call outs...
The Good the Bad and the Ugly just for the soundtrack. Insert the first coin: Ay-ya-ya. Second coin: Wha-wha-whaaaah!
Couldn't go more than a three ball multiball though. Wizard Mode with No Name.
Quoted from shootar:I love the dude, but
Lebowski over pulp fiction. No way. Pulp wins in every department.
.... 
Quoted from shootar:I love the dude, but
Lebowski over pulp fiction. No way. Pulp wins in every department.
You must live on Radford, near the In-N-Out Burger. 
Quoted from starfighter:You must live on Radford, near the In-N-Out Burger.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=O8MqXXX3jOA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DO8MqXXX3jOA
Quoted from shootar:I love the dude, but
Lebowski over pulp fiction. No way. Pulp wins in every department.
Except humor, dialog, music, script, acting, art, callout pool, demographics, mode choices, art packages, etc... I know I'm missing something.
Pulp Fiction does have Eric Stoltz though.
Quoted from navajas:. I know I'm missing something.
Correct.
Again, I'm not saying Pulp Fiction wouldn't be a good pin, nor am I saying it's a bad movie, but, Lebowski is not only probably the most perfect/easiest movie to pin port ever, but also one of the best movies of all time.
It does have less rape though. :-/
I dont get it what is so good on lebowski. Mediocre movie at max.
Over de top american humor, aint even funny 99 out of 100 jokes.
Quoted from Plungemaster:I dont get it what is so good on lebowski. Mediocre movie at max.
Over de top american humor, aint even funny 99 out of 100 jokes.
Shut the f^(k up, Donnie
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Post edited by The_Dude_Abides : Edited Profanity.
^lookin siiiiiick!
How much of that is going to be covered by the flipper bats and slings? Looks like it would be a great place to make sling covers that mimic the armor (specifically the bicep aror plate)' giving it a 3d type of look extending past the PF and giving it depth.
Quoted from Perspex:loookin' good...more more.
yup yup!
Quoted from Nibbles:How much of that is going to be covered by the flipper bats and slings?
If the red target is the "shoot again" insert, looks like the flippers will be right under his chin and the slings right on the top of his helmet. Look close and you can see the oblong hole for the kicker arm and the inlane/outlane switch holes just above the head.
Quoted from shootar:No billy and poncho?!
I believe its been posted earlier in this thread that these guys are going to be included for sure.
Quoted from Silverballer:I believe its been posted earlier in this thread that these guys are going to be included for sure.
Yeah I know just couldn't see them on any of the sketches. I hate and love suspense!
Quoted from SkitBPinball:I'll just leave this here...
Just beautiful artwork. I can't wait to see this in full color playing in my game room. Funds are almost fully gathered, $800 left to save and it's a lock. Keep up the great work there skit-b
As our waitlist continues to fill up, we are starting to see the need to request a small holding deposit. Production will be starting once the artwork/toys are finished/approved and our testing here is done, so we are certainly going to need to know who is for real on this project to move forward. As we've all speculated, I'm sure a decent handful of people will be bailing on the project once any sort of money is involved, which would make room for the latecomers who are being added to the waitlist. PLEASE do not send us anything right now, as we are still working out all of the finer points of this idea, but just to keep everyone up to date, I think it's a good thing to share something like this as early as possible. As I said earlier, the deposit value will be very small in comparison to the final cost of the game. We are currently leaning towards somewhere in the 5% range, of which will obviously go towards the game in the end.
Please let us know what you all honestly think.
Since you are not selling machines thru a distributor network, a deposit to lock in serious buyers is a must IMO. You should also consider a monthly email update to keep us up to speed on production. I still like the updates via pinside, but at some point the project should move towards more of a direct flow of information to the owners.
5% is a drop in the bucket with all things considered regarding the final price, so I'm definitely cool with it!
But once you get my monies I ask, no require, constant updates with pics/videos 
No problem and I think it is a GOOD idea, but be forewarned that some may expect more input/ updates once $ are involved. Some may also start looking for more hard deadlines which as we have seen in other situations may not be a good thing...
I hope nothing changes by way of input/ updates, as I like the process somewhat organic like it has been.
I'm assuming because of this update you have high expectations of a full completed machine pretty soon? Or am I reading too much into it?
Quoted from starfighter:You should also consider a monthly email update to keep us up to speed on production.
This is a definite. We are just waiting on one or two more people to get back to me with a touch of updated information for the mailing list to be complete and ready to go.
Quoted from Whysnow:Some may also start looking for more hard deadlines
This is something to be aware of, for sure. It's been nice hanging out on here just sharing my thoughts openly about optimal deadlines and price points and such, but now we are working on something a little more concrete. Price point has not changed, and production is still in line for the very near future; I can tell you all that as friends/fellow pinheads, but we are aware that we need some concrete numbers and we're working towards them everyday.
Quoted from Kcpinballfan:I'm assuming because of this update you have high expectations of a full completed machine pretty soon? Or am I reading too much into it?
That wouldn't be reading TOO much into it...
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