Quoted from LTG:Other than you won't be running around in your shorts or jammies,
too chilly to just be in shorts, so more of Daytime Jammies or Nighttime Jammies issue.
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Sort of off topic, sort of on....
I followed a link to this channel the other day, and I can't stop watching;
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjN5K3IYZgz-vCWhI_DD01A/about
The production values are great, with fun commentary, great sound effects, and enjoyable racing.
I think I enjoy it more than the real stuff.... 
Later,
EV
Alexandria, VA
Quoted from EchoVictor:Sort of off topic, sort of on....
I followed a link to this channel the other day, and I can't stop watching;
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjN5K3IYZgz-vCWhI_DD01A/aboutThe production values are great, with fun commentary, great sound effects, and enjoyable racing.
I think I enjoy it more than the real stuff....
Later,
EV
Ok I watched maybe seven minutes of this.
I'd now like to request those seven minutes of my life back 
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Quoted from rosh:Given social distancing and the situation here in Illinois, it is possible first stream is me alone in my basement
Hang on, let me set my Skype to do not disturb. I'll be ready to watch the stream in like 30 seconds. And go!
We've got some game details to share with you all.
https://www.american-pinball.com/games/hot-wheels/
Playfield Features:
6 balls
Two ramps with translucent Hot Wheels™ orange and blue coloring
Fully Decaled Apron
Internal Cabinet Side Art included with every game
Over 140 RGB lights for both feature inserts and general playfield illumination
4 Flashers
Magnet that grabs or accelerates the ball
3 Redline Tire Pop Bumpers
2 Drop Targets
Saucer with side kick-out
Vertical Upkick (VUK) with Orange Loop Return
Player-Facing Kicker
2 Spinners
First of its kind, 3D Lenticular back panel
5 Hot Wheels™ Cars on display including Interactive Spinning Hot Wheels™ car
R-P-M Stand-Up Targets
Collect Car Stand-Up Targets
B-A-T-T-L-E Stand-Up Targets
Shooter lane ball re-entry
Center Post
Rule Features:
5 multiball modes
R-P-M targets rev TACH for increased scoring and REDLINE multiball to collect RIP ROD™
B-A-T-T-L-E targets & lit saucer to BATTLE CREATURES
Defeat CREATURES & DRAVEN for RODGER DODGER™
Hit Car targets to collect CARS. Fill collector case for CAR CHAOS to collect TWIN MILL™
Play VICTORY LAP, LOOP CRASH, and TRACK MULTIBALLS for SHARKRUISER™
COMPLETE RACE and capture CHECKERED FLAG to win race & start VICTORY LAP MULTIBALL
Complete lit LOOPS to crash cars and start LOOP CRASH MULTIBALL
Track-Building
EPIC Challenges
Collect all cars to become a Hot Wheels™ Legend
Cabinet Features:
Direct Digital Print Backglass
Multiple Custom Music Tracks paced to gameplay
15.6" Full Color LCD with 1366x768 resolution
4 stereo speakers plus 8” cabinet subwoofer
Powder Coated Cabinet Armor
275lbs unboxed
75"H x 29"W x 55"D
Quoted from Vegas9:Defeat CREATURES & DRAVEN for RODGER DODGER™
Hey, that's my screen name!
I deserve a very large Hot Wheels Pinball Machine discount, for giving Hot Wheels the idea!!
Who do I contact?
Quoted from rogerdodger:Hey, that's my screen name!
I deserve a very large Hot Wheels Pinball Machine discount, for giving Hot Wheels the idea!!
Who do I contact?
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/28d0ab05-264c-422f-b8d8-237351b2476d
Quoted from Vegas9:5 Hot Wheels™ Cars on display including Interactive Spinning Hot Wheels™ car
Will these be different on each game?
Quoted from jaytrem:Will these be different on each game?
Who isn't going to Buy this game and put 10 more cars under the glass?
Quoted from jaytrem:Will these be different on each game?
The (5) different Hot Wheels cars that are displayed in the game are identical in each pinball machine, but the game is designed for the Hot Wheels cars to be swapped out with your own Hot Wheels. Customizing it and making it your own is part of the fun.
I am looking forward to this very much, personally.
A video stream of the game with Rosh commentary would be pretty awesome. Meanwhile, with manufacturing on hold, I'll bet the code is simmering to perfection.
Quoted from Paul_from_Gilroy:A video stream of the game with Rosh commentary would be pretty awesome
please please please (said James)
Quoted from EchoVictor:and I can't stop watching;
Yeah, damn you. Why do I like it so much. Oh wait I know, I'm crazy. Ah to be crazy, how boring would life be if ur weren't crazy. 
2 weeks later
From watching a few Utube videos, it doesn't seem to have: muscle car racing sound, muscle car revving sound, muscle car burning out sound ect or maybe the volume on the pin was turned down...??? Can anyone clarify this? I would think with the theme like this, there would be lots of muscle car sound effects to fit the theme.
I'm guessing any video you saw was probably from the AEI show in early March. There have been soooo many improvements in audio since then, it's a completely different product from what it was then. The game has lots of great throaty engine sounds.
Quoted from Ferret:I'm guessing any video you saw was probably from the AEI show in early March. There have been soooo many improvements in audio since then, it's a completely different product from what it was then. The game has lots of great throaty engine sounds.
When will see a proper promo video of the game?
Quoted from gjm:From watching a few Utube videos, it doesn't seem to have: muscle car racing sound, muscle car revving sound, muscle car burning out sound ect or maybe the volume on the pin was turned down...??? Can anyone clarify this? I would think with the theme like this, there would be lots of muscle car sound effects to fit the theme.
Quoted from Ferret:I'm guessing any video you saw was probably from the AEI show in early March. There have been soooo many improvements in audio since then, it's a completely different product from what it was then. The game has lots of great throaty engine sounds.
That's great to know. Hopefully the Southern Fried Show will not be cancelled and I can get a chance to play it before deciding if I want to purchase the pin.
Köln
Quoted from gjm:From watching a few Utube videos, it doesn't seem to have: muscle car racing sound, muscle car revving sound, muscle car burning out sound ect or maybe the volume on the pin was turned down...??? Can anyone clarify this? I would think with the theme like this, there would be lots of muscle car sound effects to fit the theme.
I played a lot with hot wheels as a kid. I do not recall them ever making any muscle car sounds.
Quoted from branlon8:I played a lot with hot wheels as a kid. I do not recall them ever making any muscle car sounds.
Ever play "Monopoly" the board game? Ever play "Monopoly" the pinball machine? Funny, I never remember the board game talking to me?
And please read post #167 from American Pinball that answered my question about the audio.
Quoted from gjm:Ever play "Monopoly" the board game? Ever play "Monopoly" the pinball machine? Funny, I never remember the board game talking to me?
And please read post #167 from American Pinball that answered my question about the audio.
I rarely played Monopoly by myself, generally there were other players present and I’m pretty sure they were sometimes talking so wouldn’t that qualify?
When playing with my Hot wheels I cannot, however, completely rule out that I might have occasionally made brum brum sounds with my mouth so I guess that would justify having engine sounds on a Hot Wheels pin.
Quoted from branlon8:I rarely played Monopoly by myself, generally there were other players present and I’m pretty sure they were sometimes talking so wouldn’t that qualify?
When playing with my Hot wheels I cannot, however, completely rule out that I might have occasionally made brum brum sounds with my mouth so I guess that would justify having engine sounds on a Hot Wheels pin.
I think it would be awesome if rosh
Ferret Balcer and the rest of the AP crew all recorded themselves making motor sounds and put that in the game.
Quoted from branlon8:I played a lot with hot wheels as a kid. I do not recall them ever making any muscle car sounds.
So what sounds did you make when you were playing them?
Quoted from branlon8:I rarely played Monopoly by myself, generally there were other players present and I’m pretty sure they were sometimes talking so wouldn’t that qualify?
When playing with my Hot wheels I cannot, however, completely rule out that I might have occasionally made brum brum sounds with my mouth so I guess that would justify having engine sounds on a Hot Wheels pin.
Quoted from BorgDog:I think it would be awesome if rosh ferret Balcer and the rest of the AP crew all recorded themselves making motor sounds and put that in the game.
Well, there were some of me acting like a kid and making "brum brum" sounds, but thankfully our sound engineer Matt has now given us good "brum brum" sound effects.
Quoted from branlon8:The sounds I remember most are those of the cars rolling down an orange track - sort of white noise kind of sound.
That would be a fun sound track! lol
Quoted from branlon8:The sounds I remember most are those of the cars rolling down an orange track - sort of white noise kind of sound.
Put your seatbelt on and enjoy the ride!
-Mike
1 week later
Been watching Hot Wheels City on youtube with my son in quarantine, and I gotta say, this game is super tempting. The show is good clean fun. Bright, simple, action-packed, throwback stop-motion animation, and just the right amount of cheesy. Great source material for a pin, especially considering the monster battles. Like most rambunctious little boys, my son loves cars, dinosaurs, giant alligators, etc. Shaping up to be a great family game.
Quoted from yancy:Been watching Hot Wheels City on youtube with my son in quarantine, and I gotta say, this game is super tempting. The show is good clean fun. Bright, simple, action-packed, throwback stop-motion animation, and just the right amount of cheesy. Great source material for a pin, especially considering the monster battles. Like most rambunctious little boys, my son loves cars, dinosaurs, giant alligators, etc. Shaping up to be a great family game.
It's a fun watch and you can see why the more we watched the more we saw the potential for it. Hot Wheels City is really well done, with a lot of attention to detail. At this point I have watched all of it multiple times as we slice and dice it for use in the game, well, not the Halloween episode since not much usable content there. I'm actually working on a new mode that I've decided to add to the game after re-watching an episode where the content also did not fit in with the 'creature battle' or 'racing' story, but the content is so good, that I knew I had to find a way to get it in the game.
Yancy, you know with Ferret and I doing rules there is going to be a lot of breadth and lots of ways to approach the game, so it will remain fresh and challenging. Plus who ever gets tired of watching an evil scientist getting crushed by his pet triceratops?
Quoted from whitey:Hot Wheels? Are these shipping yet ?
Production had started prior to the stay-at-home order, once that is lifted production will resume and games will start to ship not longer after.
Quoted from rosh:It's a fun watch and you can see why the more we watched the more we saw the potential for it. Hot Wheels City is really well done, with a lot of attention to detail. At this point I have watched all of it multiple times as we slice and dice it for use in the game, well, not the Halloween episode since not much usable content there. I'm actually working on a new mode that I've decided to add to the game after re-watching an episode where the content also did not fit in with the 'creature battle' or 'racing' story, but the content is so good, that I knew I had to find a way to get it in the game.
Yancy, you know with ferret and I doing rules there is going to be a lot of breadth and lots of ways to approach the game, so it will remain fresh and challenging. Plus who ever gets tired of watching an evil scientist getting crushed by his pet triceratops?
Make a date sensitive mode to play on Halloween !
Quoted from yancy:Been watching Hot Wheels City on youtube with my son in quarantine, and I gotta say, this game is super tempting. The show is good clean fun. Bright, simple, action-packed, throwback stop-motion animation, and just the right amount of cheesy.
All of this is very true. In some ways, the style reminds me of The Muppets... nominally a kid's series, but it has a bunch of scenes and gags and one-liners that are clearly targeted at making the adult viewers laugh. It's just plain fun. And it really does integrate well with the flow of a pinball game. Can't wait for everyone to get a chance to play it!
Quoted from Ferret:Can't wait for everyone to get a chance to play it!
It looks like a lot of fun. I hope I get a chance. Though maybe not until TPF next year for me.
Can't wait to hear what people think and start seeing videos !
LTG : )
2 weeks later
Unfortunately, the state of Illinois (where American Pinball is located) is still under a manufacturing lockdown, mandated by the governor. As soon as that order is lifted -- hopefully by the end of May, fingers crossed -- we're excited to get Hot Wheels out to everyone!
Quoted from Ferret:Unfortunately, the state of Illinois (where American Pinball is located) is still under a manufacturing lockdown, mandated by the governor. As soon as that order is lifted -- hopefully by the end of May, fingers crossed -- we're excited to get Hot Wheels out to everyone!
I imagine code will be pretty polished by then too, which is nice.
Quoted from Viggin900:With all the shows being cancelled that will be difficult this year. If AP puts it on location in Chicago let us know. Like the old days.
It is going to be tough to unveil a new pin without shows. ( and even with shows, a manufacturer can't hit them all ) Unless people can see it and play it. They don't know if they want to buy one.
Once places can start to reopen. I hope they can get the games out in the wild to help sales.
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:It is going to be tough to unveil a new pin without shows. ( and even with shows, a manufacturer can't hit them all ) Unless people can see it and play it. They don't know if they want to buy one.
Once places can start to reopen. I hope they can get the games out in the wild to help sales.
LTG : )
Maybe this will push businesses to manufacture in less "restricted" locals. Arizona is open for business and the climate(business and actual) isn't hateful like Il!
That would royally suck knowing you have a product to put out and it could be getting built, right now, but politics get in the way. Hardly "American" be it pinaball or anything else. IMO.
1 week later
Quoted from Ferret:Unfortunately, the state of Illinois (where American Pinball is located) is still under a manufacturing lockdown, mandated by the governor. As soon as that order is lifted -- hopefully by the end of May, fingers crossed -- we're excited to get Hot Wheels out to everyone!
Sounds like manufacturing In Illinois might get a Green Light real soon - another manufacturer said tomorrow - how about AP ?
When are Hot Wheels going to start rolling ?
Quoted from NoQuarters:Sounds like manufacturing In Illinois might get a Green Light real soon - another manufacturer said tomorrow - how about AP ?
When are Hot Wheels going to start rolling ?
I am very excited to share that American Pinball is back up and running and has resumed building Hot Wheels in our brand new facility in Palatine, IL. Shipping in June. Stay tuned!
Quoted from Vegas9:I am very excited to share that American Pinball is back up and running and has resumed building Hot Wheels on our brand new facility in Palatine, IL.
Road trip. Can't wait to see it.
LTG : )
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