I'll be keeping an eye on this. It could be really good, but my only concern would be the music. Is Scott doing music for it, or is it all show/theme music with some Shwifty thrown in? That could get old real quick.

Hell yeah! That's really good to hear. I'm excited for the playfield reveal!

Did it? I've never heard this before, and looking at what the following couple of years of releases looked like, I just don't see it. I would argue that Harley-Davidson did more for pinball than South Park lol.

That makes sense, thanks for the answer!

Can't speak on Quebec but ordering direct from them to Alberta was completely painless.

Does that mean the game is going to include things from this season, and that they are waiting so as not to spoil anything?

« Spoiler! Click to reveal.Dragon soul-bond orgy upper playfield confirmed. »

Is it just me or is that flipper at the top/back *really* back there? Are there any other games that have put an upper flipper basically right at the back?

I should have remembered that one, I owned one lol. So I guess this is either going to have an upper playfield or it is going to have a really strange flipper at the back

I was raised on the internet, nothing surprises me anymore.

Yeahhh buddy, had to grind a few gears on the website, but order AB-1839 is in!

Did you at least buy him breakfast first?

The distro's have an allotment of bse's and their allotments get spread throughout the production que.

1839 - BSE

Yeah that's my thoughts as well, but I don't imagine what is in stock is going to last long. I don't think I've ever seen a pin with this much hype around it before.

"You get points for hitting the post"

Ohhhhh shit boys, high score incoming!

I don't know about that. Having a longer production time (they said they do 10 games a week, right?), I think a lot of people would want to get in early just so they could get a game sooner. Plus, theme and team are what sell games.

I've got a reasonably early spot in line and it's a BSE, so being generous I should have my game late february. I will stream it when I get it.

I'm glad they didn't, and they clearly didn't need to.

Wouldn't have it any other way!

1790 is the earliest we have heard about, I was conservative and said 1750 is the real first game, then I did 10 games a week (a number spooky gave) and voila, late february. It's not an arbitrary month. Also, that assumes they have zero made right now, as spooky said they would start production the day after christmas.

Thanks Levi! All the best to you as well.

Good info, thanks! So assuming distro's didn't get first crack, 1790 may be the actual first game.

I bought based on theme and team, same reason I usually get in on something. My main concerns were addressed before the game was even shown, so I was pretty much gonna buy anyways at that point. But yeah, stream usually changes people's minds.

TigerLaw Can we get a game page made now that we have pictures, orders are in, all the details are out, etc?

Can't until the first game ships.

This is the most extreme form of FOMO, FOMOEAYHABI: Fear Of Missing Out Even After You Have Bought It

I knew that about the club thread, but I was referring to the actual game listing in the pinside machine database. Either way, not a big deal!

If it says it's available here: http://shop.spookypinball.com/Blood-Sucker-Edition-INITIAL-PAYMENT-Rick-and-Morty-_p_20.html

It is. Be aware when ordering that at this point you're going to be looking at 1.5-2 years until delivery.

Shipping starts basically right after christmas, but they are a small company that can make around 10 games a week. Do the math on 750 games, it's gonna be a while.

Completely agree. Looking at the artwork again, I think adding anything else to it would just clutter things up and make it a mess.

Can we get an ultra limited "ordered in the first 10 minutes" pickle rick shooter rod? Smooooooth re-entry (into the shooter lane)

Flooble Crank is the post/captive ball thing to the right of the u-turn.

Scott confirmed he made original music for the game.

They look good, but they are so dark that's why nobody noticed them. I want bright, punchy, wild, zany, wacky, waving, flailing, inflatable-arm tube man graphics like on the outside of the cab.

Okay, so I have a question that doesn't seem like it's been resolved yet. On the under pf image, there is a flipper sized coil at the middle back of the playfield. The actual mech looks like it's sitting underneath the right side of the house. What is this controlling? We have the Flooble Crank which lines up with it, but Charlie said there's a captive ball back there, so it's probably not for that. It does not appear to be related to the center scoop. It looks like the right inner orbit leads to it?

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It took less than 2 minutes for me to get an answer to a question directly from the designer of the game. Unreal. Thank you!

New flyers most likely

Truly this thread is the brightest timeline.

Idea:

Co-op Mode where each player is a member of the family. Player 4 is always Jerry because fuck player number 4.

Like the order confirmation email? I got it right after I ordered.

#1839 @ 273. Definitely not getting it when I thought I was lol. I went from thinking I was going to be order 49 in March or so to late summer at best.

I'm fine with my order arriving later than expected. It just sucks that I signed up for Fang Club as soon as it was announced to be ready for launch, got up early and successfully ordered (with confirmation) in the first 5 minutes and that wasn't enough to guarantee me an "early" spot. #273 is fine, but it sure doesn't seem like my efforts were worth much.

Either way, I'm in, I just won't be able to take my game to our yearly local pinball show (YEGpin), so hopefully someone else who had better luck than me can bring theirs. Bummer for a lot of people who were looking forward to playing it I imagine.

I consider taking a game to a show "stress testing". If something is going to break, it would also be nice for it to happen when there are a dozen techs available (who know more than me) to help me sort it out lol.

No, it's just not being a man-cave troll who hordes their games away in their man-cave where others can't enjoy them. Like others have said, these things are meant to be played.

Game's not even out yet and ya'll already talking about playing with your flooble cranks like they're already in your hands! Scott said go in with no protection, so I'm going to take his word on it and slap some balls on some flooble cranks COMPLETELY DRY! This is a guy who's been playing with his flooble crank since before you guys even knew there was a flooble crank, you think he doesn't know what he's talking about? Unbelievable, bunch of armchair flooble crank enthusiasts, the lot of you!

Spooky, please, pretty please, put out a professional quality video of the gameplay before one of these jerry's uploads a terrible quality video.

Can somebody at spooky make sure this doesn't happen, and then instead, when it's quiet (so we can hear callouts and music) record a proper video with a proper player (someone like, oh, i don't know, bowen) explaining the rules?

What comments?

How about a few more pixels?

Lol thanks.

I actually think a random "crossover episode" would be fun for midnight madness. I don't think it would fit in great on the game normally, and it's not weird enough for interdimensional cable.

Ohhh man, this looks so good! I'll agree, the upper flipper looked pretty rough to shoot from, but I'm not overly concerned about it if it made it through the whitewood stage. Game might need a little bit of level adjustment, players might just not be in the zone for those shots, etc.

As everyone has mentioned, the sound and integration with the theme is fantastic! Usually watching gameplay video brings me back down to reality a bit, but I'm in the same spot now as I was when I saw the playfield for the first time. Can't wait until mine gets here!