Let me start off by saying: THIS IS JUST ME SPECULATING OUT LOUD HERE. Also, I do NOT HAVE INSIDER INFORMATION here.. no-one from TPF has told me anything about this. I am just starting to connect some dots and I think I have enough evidence now to make a prediction.

Before, I thought that the odds were likely that PPS would announce AFM-R at the 2014 Pinball Expo. I was wrong. Delays pushed the project back, and even if such a thing existed revealing it before machines had shipped would be bad form... a PR error. So at that point I began to predict that AFM-R would be announced at TPF 2015, a prediction that I am now substantially upgrading.

First clues are obvious, and inside of the official TPF artwork. Note that last year 2014 the artwork was based around MM and low and behold MM-R was there to play for the first time ever.

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And the official souvenir coin...

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And the T-Shirt....

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Now... that's pretty obvious that the show is themed around AFM, but one point is that the theme has been around other pinball machines in the past, like in 2013, and of course there was no remake then.

That brings me to the big jalopy.

Wait a second... did he just say 6 Surprise games??? Yes, he did.

Ok, so now we know that we have a AFM themed show, and 6 "mystery machines" coming which cannot be revealed until the day of the TPF! So what are the 6 machines?

My guess is that at least 2 of them are in fact: AFM-R and PPS is going to shock everyone by not only announcing the game, but showing a completed version that begins shipping shortly...

What do you think?

That's what they told you to say....

Is it that obvious?

Less pissed than if he had done it at Expo 6 months ago, lol...

Is that how you see it? Cheapening? By making a prediction based out of fun, context clues, hidden images and speculation? Thats not cheapening... that's the day to day fun of the internet and pinside.

I mean... how can I argue with LTG... you even suggesting that I may be doing something wrong here makes me quickly considering asking a mod to delete the entire thread. Truly.

But then one post later, we have this...

So whats going on? MrBally know something LTG does not?

I was just having fun with a harmless prediction. Apparently: I may actually be right.

Oh! THAT comment... sorry!

I was joking! I should have added a smiley...

When you said "They are no where near unveiling a AFM-R. Or mentioning the next game." I was trying to be like "oh LTG is just a part of the super secret cover up police!". lol. NO disrespect meant. Really.

This is coming from a guy who proudly uses his LTG coffee mug here in Texas every week. Sorry again.

Only a special few have been mugged by LTG...

Thanks. Seeing as though the shirts/logo were released SO LONG AGO you could say that this was the plan all along... but perhaps due to circumstances the "AFM-R AT TPF" thing got pushed back and will be denied to have ever been the plan.

We will see, right?

Every day I spend hours and hours speculating... not just about pinball and pinball related topics, but about life, whats going in in the news, locally and everywhere else. My head swims in ideas and possibilities. Most of the time its fun, sometimes its overwhelming.

I also speculated that whysnow would find a way to be critical of my thread, but I kept that prediction to my head and silently added a check mark to it when I read your post just now. lol.

AFM-R... I think it's coming... to TPF.

If not: what are the 6 mystery machines and why the heavy theming of merchandise?

Purchase on their website.

By the time TPF happens games will be shipped and unboxed.

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All - I would like to concede now that my prediction was 100% wrong.

While the coincidences are true, and I still believe that the next game from PPS will be AFM-R: it will certainly not be at TPF.

The reason I have confirmed this is that all PPS games have to be shipped to FUN!, who is their area distributor. I have verified with fun that 3 MMR's have arrived, a Hobbit, and WOZ75... but... no AFM-R.

The only way this could still be true is if:

-FUN! is keeping their shipment secret. Which would make sense.
-PPS is transporting the games some other way.

In light of this, I would say it is extremely unlikely that this will happen at TPF.

To everyone who said I was wrong: you were right.

Actually: I have no idea.