Quoted from BallLocks:

So, when are we going to see a legit gameplay video on this? It's apparently been in the basement of one of the best pinball players in the world for some time, and going to TPF... so why don't we have a gameplay video yet???

Quoted from jackd104:

April, per Josh S. on a podcast

Quoted from BallLocks:

Why would we need to wait until April if the game is going to be on public display at TPF? That makes no sense...

Quoted from BallLocks:

Why would we need to wait until April if the game is going to be on public display at TPF? That makes no sense...

Quoted from cookpins:

Quick! Someone mockup a rules sheet I can print so I can get it signed by Mark Ritchie at TPF

Quoted from BallLocks:

Why would we need to wait until April if the game is going to be on public display at TPF? That makes no sense...

Quoted from ifpapinball:

The shitty potato cam video from TPF will come first. Better quality streamed video will come later.
Per the rules and guidelines of game launches, Section III clearly states shitty video footage first.
We’re not interested in breaking the rules.

Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:

QT cast Travolta because when QT was a kid Tony Manero and Danny Zuko were the coolest motherfuckers on the face of the earth. And it wasn’t close. Leading man star power baby. The most since Brando, Pacino and Di Nero, and he wasn’t short.
And does anyone come close in the 80’s or early 90’s? Maverick maybe? Cruise was ultimately a “bigger” star, but he wasn’t cooler. In fact, name me an actor between 1977 and 1995 that was bigger or cooler than Travolta was in the late 70’s? Maybe I’m forgetting someone (Bruce Willis doesn’t cut it) but it doesn’t matter, because the 70’s is what formed Tarantino ( and me for that matter). Thank god. A child of the 80’s couldn’t write Pulp Fiction.

Quoted from wesman:

Kurt Russell.
No contest.

Quoted from Aurich:

Silkscreen has limitations, and is 100% better within those limitations is the short answer.
The way silkscreening works is each color is separately applied to the playfield, one at a time, with the screen basically like a fancy stencil that only allows ink through in the spots you want it. So basically this process, but repeated over and over, with each new screen aligned perfectly so everything fits together:
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Why is this better? Because each color is solid ink. If you have a big patch of blue it's just blue, nothing else. If you want to use UV ink, or a special orange, or any color of ink that exists you can do it. The result looks great, and holds up no matter how close you get to it.
Why is it limited? Because each color you want is a separate screen it's not as good for trying to produce photographic looks, complicated gradients, and every new color requires a new screen which adds to the time and expense so you generally don't want to use 30 different colors.
With digital printing a special ink-jet-like printer prints straight to the wood. It can also print white, along with usually CMYK, cyan/magenta/yellow/black. The ink is cured with UV light so it hardens instantly onto the wood. This is great because combining those colors lets you print just about anything, complicated phtographs, tons of colors, and it's relatively cheap and fast.
But, you don't get solid color. And some colors like a vivid blue or orange say, will come out more muted. Because when you get close it looks like this:
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Look closely at just about any modern game, Stern, JJP, Spooky whatever. You'll see that dot pattern on the plastics and playfield, nothing is actually solid and as vivid.
Pulp Fiction being silk screened means it will be bright, vivid, the colors will be solid and nice, and it will feel authentic to the era, when all games were screened and UV digital printing didn't exist.

Quoted from wesman:

Kurt Russell.
No contest.

Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:

You guys just don’t get where I’m coming from with this. And it doesn’t matter one bit. But you’re all wrong.

Quoted from romulusx:

I was there and I get it 100%

Quoted from romulusx:

Uh no

Quoted from wesman:

You live in your world where....this...
Is cooler than Snake Plissken, and I'll live in mine!
(After Pulp Fiction, but still, Travolta had one mega cool flick, and PF was it!)
Russell has more dignity than this!
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Quoted from romulusx:

Oh crap that is bad!I forgot about that shit.I never watched the movie.But he was cool for a period now is this a pinball thread or a mutha fuckin movie thread

Quoted from ifpapinball:

The shitty potato cam video from TPF will come first. Better quality streamed video will come later.
Per the rules and guidelines of game launches, Section III clearly states shitty video footage first.
We’re not interested in breaking the rules.

Quoted from punkin:

Hell, the are talking about the tank thing giving reacharounds and serving ice cream out of the cannon in the tank thread.

Quoted from BallLocks:

I might go $2500 over msrp for that...

Quoted from Crumbalimb:

I really don't see how the team they have making this game can not hit a homerun on this.Your missing out on a really cool and fun Topper of they only offer it on the LE's. John Travolta and Uma Thurman dancing is fun and what toppers should be on a pinball machine,not just a sign that just light up and flashes a bit.I suppose you can always find one out in the wild and maybe pay a bit more later, but this one is easily worth the risk on not shooting it before buying.

Quoted from Gryszzz:

Newsflash: you don't play the topper.

Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:

The interesting thing about that LA Times article was the idea that Travolta needed to get back to “gritty and R-rated” films, and the suggestion that he do an “ensemble piece”, a quality movie at a lower pay scale, to remind the world of his talent and charisma. And BOOM! That’s Pulp Fiction for ya!
Not many people knew who in the hell Sam Jackson was back then either, even though he’d been in movies. Bruce Willis career was kinda in the shitter. I recall being surprised he (along with Travolta) were even in it. Walken was known in cinema circles but he was hardly a big draw then. But Voila! The cream rises to the top when given a proper vehicle, and Pulp Fiction was a perfect storm of talent and dialogue and movie making magic that comes along once every 10 years or so. QT knows this shit though, inside out. And the fact he bought in to this pinball machine is super cool and may bode well for future licenses being fully realized with the support of an industry giant like QT.

Quoted from EZ-Rhino:

Would be nice but not sure who would make that call? Probably not CGC since this is mostly Play Mechanix on the development side. In addition, doing so would severely water down exclusivity of the LE since the topper is the main attraction. That said, they could certainly make some $$ doing so. I bet a lot of SE folks would cough up $1500 just for the topper...

Quoted from Aurich:

Silkscreen has limitations, and is 100% better within those limitations is the short answer.
The way silkscreening works is each color is separately applied to the playfield, one at a time, with the screen basically like a fancy stencil that only allows ink through in the spots you want it. So basically this process, but repeated over and over, with each new screen aligned perfectly so everything fits together:
[quoted image]
Why is this better? Because each color is solid ink. If you have a big patch of blue it's just blue, nothing else. If you want to use UV ink, or a special orange, or any color of ink that exists you can do it. The result looks great, and holds up no matter how close you get to it.
Why is it limited? Because each color you want is a separate screen it's not as good for trying to produce photographic looks, complicated gradients, and every new color requires a new screen which adds to the time and expense so you generally don't want to use 30 different colors.
With digital printing a special ink-jet-like printer prints straight to the wood. It can also print white, along with usually CMYK, cyan/magenta/yellow/black. The ink is cured with UV light so it hardens instantly onto the wood. This is great because combining those colors lets you print just about anything, complicated phtographs, tons of colors, and it's relatively cheap and fast.
But, you don't get solid color. And some colors like a vivid blue or orange say, will come out more muted. Because when you get close it looks like this:
[quoted image]
Look closely at just about any modern game, Stern, JJP, Spooky whatever. You'll see that dot pattern on the plastics and playfield, nothing is actually solid and as vivid.
Pulp Fiction being silk screened means it will be bright, vivid, the colors will be solid and nice, and it will feel authentic to the era, when all games were screened and UV digital printing didn't exist.

Quoted from wesman:

You live in your world where....this...
Is cooler than Snake Plissken, and I'll live in mine!
(After Pulp Fiction, but still, Travolta had one mega cool flick, and PF was it!)
Russell has more dignity than this!
[quoted image]

Quoted from Gryszzz:

Newsflash: you don't play the topper.

Quoted from punkin:

Hell, the are talking about the tank thing giving reacharounds and serving ice cream out of the cannon in the tank thread.
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Quoted from acupunk12:

I remember the staying alive audience flipping out when travolta bumps into Stallone on the sidewalk. I don’t think people realize how over those two were in the 80s

Quoted from punkin:

You don't play the theme either, so that's not important.
You don't play the art either, so that's not important.
You don't play the lcd screen, so that's not important.
Just paint them all black and have clear plastics and no lcd then? Won't need callouts except for direction either.
NineRidiculousThingsIHaveReadTodayPunkin

Quoted from Gryszzz:

I don't remember asking you a goddamn thing

Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:

QT revived his coolness, and he’s made a lot of good movies since Pulp. But oddly, no more for QT.

Quoted from punkin:

Ahh, so it's the gryzzz invitational thread?
Not much good at being wrong mate? You'll get used to it, with comments like that it's a sure thing you'll have more exposure to it.

Hold my beer and watch this

Quoted from punkin:

Because like you, most people are locked in at this point. The video won't be changing it for you, it won't be changing it for 90% of others in this thread so why not have some fun with it while we are waiting?
Hell, the are talking about the tank thing giving reacharounds and serving ice cream out of the cannon in the tank thread.
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Quoted from punkin:

the gryzzz invitational

Quoted from BallLocks:

So, being in AU, I'm guessing you aren't going to TPF...
It doesn't irritate you at all that a bunch of jokers who have no intention of buying the game get to see what it plays like before you???

Quoted from TreyBo69:

If they did add a mini gamer to the topper, I wonder what it would look like. Maybe a rhythm game where you tap the flipper buttons to music while they dance? But nah…doesn’t need it.

Quoted from Gryszzz:

That has a nice ring to it, I vote yes.

Quoted from Gryszzz:

You're an idiot.
Go fuck yerself ya noob bitch

Quoted from punkin:

Pinball to me is about sharing

Quoted from Gryszzz:

You're an idiot.
Go fuck yerself ya noob bitch

Quoted from BallLocks:

I agree. I've brought 50+ games (including repeats) to shows over the last 20 years or so I've been collecting.
So why do you upvote CGC not sharing with you???
On a side note, if you ever find yourself in Gloucester, VA, you are welcome at my place, and to have at my collection.

Quoted from Gryszzz:

Lol.
This mf can get down under deez