Rich and Morto pinball! Just past 14 minutes here:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x609yqx

What if someone from the show is watching this thread? It's one thing to have something slightly resembling a pinball at blips n chitz, it's another to have 2 pinballs machines in a strip club of all places.

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in for the Pocket Pool LE.

anyone catch the reference at the end of episode 7? The new president of the citadel is the same morty that was controlling the remote rick in season 1 episode 10.

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why is the eye patch on the wrong eye in both of those photos? continuity roiland!

Yeah I caught that. They also used the same music from that scene in this episode as well.

photo taken with iPhone, reverses the image.

Pocket pool... crank, spank, pull and yank!!!

I'm going for the grand champion on this one.

It's called the Ted Cruz LE.

figured I'd start this, a soundboard for useful soundbites:
http://www.randompinball.com/rick_and_morty_pinball

I'll continue to add them as I go back in seasons

halloween means rick and morty props!
http://www.spirithalloween.com/product/rick-s-portal-gun-rick-and-morty/150005.uts?Extid=sf_froogleutm_campaign=RKG-Shopping-Licenses&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=google&utm_term=353374788406_custom_label_1_rick_%26_morty&utm_content=Rick_%26_Morty&utm_inex=e&product_id=01365360&adpos=1o1&creative=55654476586&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKCAjwl_PNBRBcEiwA4pplRfZUMmnCBS_Mvg_qIxzLI44sebawNlRO0Ouyxl4wXWJB-PZ7vR5IeRoCPvQQAvD_BwE

http://www.spirithalloween.com/product/laser-gun-rick-and-morty/149997.uts

yes, picked up on that right away. when you own it, that sound becomes embedded in your mind.

Nine Inch Nails' Hurt has to play in the background ...

Morty's Mind Blowers would be a good mode--randomized story snip with its own shots. Or, maybe it's one of those modes where the lit target changes every few seconds and you have to get one before a timer runs down. Every time you shoot one, you get a sound clip, reset the timer, and the changes speed up. See how many Mind Blowers you can get through before Summer shows up and darts you!

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http://mashable.com/2017/09/15/rick-and-morty-terryfold-billboard-charting/#ExRwrBeJKEqj

Well this made me laugh Currently climbing up the Billboard charts. Suck my flaps you piece of shit!

Love the alternate theme song during the credits

Added over 7 years ago: Video removed, here's an updated link

"... whoa! Scenario 4!"

This show is so rich, i've been wondering how anyone would distill it down to a playfield and it got me thinking, so thought it might be fun to share what I came up with.

It will be interesting to see how you guys take that on.

I would think that you need to distill it down into basic themes and repeating plot points as launching points, for example

A portal could be the launching point into any 'adventure line' Characters on the play field could be advance activators to the 'adventure'. The ship, could be the default 'escape' path, with the house as the launching point for most subplot modes either standalone or within the adventure story line.

Things like the citadel IMO seems like the capstone as the hard to hit jackpot.

Other interesting components
The flask, it might be a good repeat and build point on the playfield. Hit repeatedly to fill and drain, as a build up to key Rick actions.
The garage, might be something of a subway or lock, a place to change play, since its here a lot of plots either find their change point and its the repository of most of the devices, which are key in story lines (modes)

There are probably a million ways to eat this elephant but that seems like one structure for a layout that could allow inserting the great plot and character points in all of the episodes and modes.

Its an fun thought exercise.

I was thinking about some different ways to create a portal, this might be too complicated but like it enough to share:

Maybe have one spinner that is on 'pop-up' mechanism with a scoop directly behind.

The spinner allows you to get a flip book animation to make that wiggly visual effect and the scoop catches the ball making is disappear. It can pop back up after some set of actions spitting back out the portal. then back down and flush with the playfield, entirely out of sight, as if it went into the portal and into another dimension.

Getting this into a mech that pops up and drops could be a lot of fun. The portals in the show are 'timed' so there's a lot of fun play that could come into this. Maybe even trigger it using opto's in the playfield that make it possible to pop up 'just in time' on path to a common ramp or target. Adding some imposed random nature. Plus it would be neat to hear the sound and get portaled while on your way to some other target.

Along these lines you could have other Vuks with portal spinners in front, maybe in clear so they can be roughly invisible in the dark then lit with the sound effect to just before launch for a similar effect ala Tx Sector.

A spinner would be effective at creating the portal animation and still have the ball be able to go through it. Not entirely sure it needs to drop down (would be nice though).

I wonder if 2 frames is enough for a good effect? Wondering if there's ever been a 3 lobed spinner mech?

Difference between 2 frames and 3 frames:
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https://giphy.com/gifs/vqNHjSbIwVI3u

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I think you'd have to test it, but imagine it's probably more likely to look like a cylinder when spinning making it hard to register the image to the eye.

I think 2 blade can be enough. Its an action game, so you'll never glance at it more than a split second. Seeing a little 'wiggle' is probably more than enough to feel right.

I considered two spinners rotated 90 degrees (imagine the open end at the top facing each other over the play field, like saloon doors or two rotating doors side by side) you could do a little more with the animation but not sure its worth the effort.

Here's a quick sketch of mech I imagine to pop up a spinner, not that complicated. Two solenoids and a couple of guides to keep it aligned.

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Edit: Wondering if that vuk needs to connect to the top of the spinner to direct the ball coming up. Plenty to refine but that's the basic idea. Wondering too if the cap over the spinner would interfear with the read since your only seeing one flat plan of the spinning vs in the round at any angle on a normal spinner. I guess that could be tested first to see it interferes

I think you can do some visual trickery here with two. I'll have to test a bit later but here's my thinking, presuming its a limitation

Make the space between the outside elements 90% apart... it moves 30min on the clock, but near the center move the detail only 45% and have it index more offten. This way there's, or vice versa..I can't get my head around it without testing it but agree 3 steps looks nicer but its also a factor of speed so you might have to test it to see how it registers at speed and as it slows down. Fun stuff to think about.

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these loop ok. I can't get a animated GIF to upload but it doesn't look bad at about 8 -10 frames each. Maybe mock up a 3 spinner and see how it reads. I'd be interested to see how it works.

This is rotated 45degrees more was too wierd and less wasn't enough. I might tinker more later and try to spin the inside another 1/4 turn and see if it changes how it reads.

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Tri-lobe spinner does what it should, but because of the speed you just don't get the affect of animation

Great testing! That's the fun part trying out theories ideas!

I'd suggest maybe testing a delta/flag style arrangement to see if that might help, however I think the catch would be that the reduced distance between flag sections could 'catch a ball' as it rolls under.

I'm sure none of this is new to the big manufacturers. There's more than cost to much of the mech design that we on our own haven't had to see first hand.

I think there needs to be a "level your pinball machine" mode, and Rick chastises you for using a bubble to do so

Sidenote: Beginning of episode 8 when morty is carrying the turtle and it talks to him, if you reverse it he says "I'm a beatle, paul is dead"
https://vocaroo.com/i/s0PTmjaqrxoQ

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Not pinball related but Duncan Trussell's most recent podcast with Dan Harmon was cool - http://www.duncantrussell.com/episodes/2017/9/15/dan-harmon

He was also on the WTF podcast a year ago

I just listened to this. I had no idea I am Dan Harmon. I just have no idea how we ended up in the same multiverse. I only know now I'm going to have to be be on the look out for human shaped hole in my back yard and a shadowy figure in the bushes trying put balance back into this world.

There are a couple of older podcasts he did with Duncan as well which are well worth the listen, probably not as dark as the most recent but just a great insight into the philosophical and psychological side of a great creative force.

What about using multiple ball locks like the teleport feature on D&D. The ball rolls into lock "A" and another ball spits outta lock "B" instantly.

Agree. I'm not exactly in tune with Duncan the host but can appreciate the discussion. I grabbed those this weekend and listened. Its actually interesting stuff. A great find.

Agree, lots of fun ways to make that happen. That's probably the most reasonable. I'm sure they guys have plenty of ideas as well. Can't wait to see what they come up with!

Oooooo-Wheee!

Szechuan available for one day only (this saturday) at limited locations:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/1/16385268/rick-and-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce

It's cool that they're doing that..... but that would mean I'd have to eat at a McDonald's to get it. Not sure that's worth it

unfortunately, there are only 2 mcdonald's remotely close to me that will have the szechuan sauce. I would have made the trip for one of the szechuan posters if the one's near me actually had the sauce

This feels corporate creepy. It doesn't officially tie in to Rick and Morty or Adult Swim. It reeks of them trying carefully to reference the show but not actually attribute, which I find sleazy. I will say, since McDonalds is a kid friendly place for the most part, they really can't reference a cartoon of this type without problems, so guess its reasonable to some degree.

I'm not driving 60 miles to get wait in a mile long drive through to find out its out of stock.

Most of this will end up on ebay. I hope in season 4 we see Rick totally blow off the sauce as if it never mattered, tie it to crononberging.

Szechuan-sauce is the new pogs.

I give it a thumbs up but the braver choice would be King Tommy's breakfast birthing love beast.
Second brave choice, the 'Mybodyischrome' guy who gets through the portal and is crushed in Ricks Garage.#speedoandaleatherfacemask

I always wanted to create my own fat storm trooper costume. This was before the Family Guy reference. The backstory, I'd be the stormtrooper on endor who bounces off the tree after getting knocked off the speeder and survives by eating ewoks. So many ewoks, delicious ewoks.