Pulp Fiction was released in '94 but I wouldn't really say it was set in the 90s. If Tarantino had decided to include a pin in the movie there's no way he'd have gone with Demolition Man or World Cup Soccer. A late 70s/early 80s pin would have fit the mood better.

Or does it?

https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/43hytg/the_year_pulp_fiction_took_place/

So you say, but what about the Fruit Brute breakfast cereal???

Were you hoping for a 90s DMD or a modern LED full-video screen? (Not that you'll be getting either at this point but couldn't tell from your posts).

There's a version ("SED") with a Dollar Bill Validator ready coin door (a more modern black door) for operators. The "SE" is the same price and just has the retro chrome coin door. Both cost $7999.

Let's get this guy!

This looks pretty sweet. A little pricey for my taste but that's modern pinball for you. I definitely look forward to playing on route though, and who knows what the future may hold.

I will say I was a little surprised to see Tarantino's character front and center on the "character select" portion of the playfield, until I read this on CGC's website:
Pulp Fiction is a retro-inspired full-featured modern pinball machine. Developed at the request of Quentin Tarantino who wanted an 1980’s style Pulp Fiction themed pinball machine for his home. Tarantino’s continued involvement throughout the project shaped the final game.

He would have looked perfect in the spot where they've got Tarantino's whiney house-husband. Which is a head-scratcher until you read this was born as a custom game for Tarantino ...

Sure, though it's kind of cool to think you're playing a game that was made to Tarantino's specs as opposed to some lawyers at Disney or whatever.

You could imagine Bruce Willis having different image/likeness rights than the rest of the cast. You'd have to think Ving Rhames would get the same deal as the others, but maybe they had to negotiate with each of them individually and Ving let pride fuck with him.

Making it even funnier that Jimmy is one of the five playable characters when they could have had Butch. When I think of Pulp Fiction, "Zed's dead, baby" springs to mind a minute before "I don't need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it."

But again, if the game was custom-made for Tarantino you could see why he'd want to be in it. And why not? He's doing the baby thing now, it'll give him something to brag about when they get old enough to play it.

I'm sure Iceman's got a hair guy he could hook you up with!

Do they do allotments for different distributors? Or does this mean the LEs are 100% sold out?

Does Josh work for CGC? Or does he work for Play Mechanix which is contracting out to CGC to produce this game? If the later he probably wouldn't have details on CGC's overall production plans.

A bigger mystery than the NSX / cell phones / Fruit Brute timeline pardox.

Yeah, you could still make an alt translite (not a backglass of course) for your own use but not something you could reasonably expect to get away with selling.

Do any games come with "final code" on release these days? They might not be adding modes or making major changes, but seems unlikely they won't have a patch or two to fix errors / scoring imbalances.

I'd bet Tarantino films are popular throughout Europe. And a number of Aussie Pinsiders seem interested in the PF game at least, if not the movie.

They could do it but voices change over 30 years. You'd need to do some sound manipulation to get Sam Jackson 2023 to sound the same as Sam Jackson 1994.

What if they got Tarantino to do the callouts? Haven't listened to an interview with him in a while but I'd guess his voice is just as grating today as it was in 1994. Of course they'd really be leaning into the LW3 comparisons at that point.

Is the criticism of PF needed to enjoy your GF order?

Seems like rank speculation on a game you won’t have in hand for months+. Buy the LE for what it is if you want it, but assuming you’ll come out ahead financially vs the SE is questionable.

Yeah, Tarantino's acting really "shines" next to Clooney in that one. I'm sure he's having fun but he belongs behind the camera.

Haven't watched PF in a while but I don't remember a 420 joke. Or did you just mean it was popular with stoners?

As for 666, if Tarantino started this by asking for a personalized pin you have to imagine he's first in line.

Welcome to the jungle.

I never pieced together that Marcellus was going to / returning to Butch's apartment when they "ran into each other" on the street, and I'll definitely look for that next time I watch. But it always made sense to me that Vincent left his gun on the counter while he used the john, heroin dulled his edge and it cost him.

Seems like a good experience to save for your deathbed.

Please tell us you still have that hair ...

Seems like something Tarantino might never have noticed with his unique approach to spelling, but nice to have it corrected for the rest of us nerds!

I really hope you mean Badlands and not Interview With The Vampire …

No idea what a cubby house is but I'm with this guy.

Only cool if it’s life-sized!

Creepy! Who is the busty kangaroo meant to represent?

Touche - hopefully I'd have picked up on it if he had the watch in place!

And maybe he wanted his own face front-and-center. Who can say?