Salute Spooky and crew for what looks to be a feature packed game with some innovation. Two subways. What a rarity. Ball lift to inlane. Now I am curious.

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Assuming the upper pf has an out facing flipper with ball escape on the outside. Maybe to the subway. The immediate mech to faceoff looks to be a single drop target with a release coil. Then a couple of coil driven mechs. Which could be a drop target w/o release. And an upkick to a return trail.

I bet you the upper pf is an homage to/inspired by Swords of Fury. The out facing flipper.

Good on, Spooky.

One more observation. For the ball lifts there are three ball opto sensors on the left side. While only one on the right. Assuming this is holds up for the production model, this tells me the following.

Balls returning from the right side subway are for immediate release. While the left side can stack and hold up to two balls while additional balls are in play.

This is also an opto ball sensor. Assuming a ramp entrance. And guarded by a single drop with a release coil. Could be access way to the upper pf.

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On second thought, I believe this is a trap a ball behind the drop target arrangement. Not a ramp.

Is it confirmed or implicit understanding that this is based on the first movie and the first movie only?

SpookyLuke

Yes. But the apparent length of them also suggest the could lift ball to an upper playfieid height for???

Looking at the optos, the one ball lift will not stage balls in the classic lock sense. As it can only detect one ball down there.

I was listning to the SAPS interview where Bug said that they've now made a more that seven shots game. Well, I like to mediate a little on that.

It was Gomez who have stated that a standard size pinball machine is essentially a seven shots game. In an Expo presentation if I am not mistaken. When he said that he ment seven "major" shots. Lanes, ramps, scoops and toys. With the latter typically occupying a wider space. And with most of these shots (ramps and orbits) not returning the ball by the point of entry.

The "seven shots" does not count the standups in the context of the Gomez talk. For the sake of argument this should be remembered.

If you look at The Mandalorian, yes, it indeed features a somewhat classic seven shot layout. With the outside of the playfield being standups. No distinct bashtoy though.

This makes for an interesting comparison with Halloween. Yes, Halloween features a whole 10 shots by the Gomez definition. Where you could say that seven of them are comparable to the ones on Mando. By location on the playfield. And the three additional ones are two sinkholes on the left. And a dead end shot of the right. In the places where Mando features standups. This is very interesting for the sinkholes on Halloween. As these are shots that will transport the ball to a different exit than the point of entry. Unlike standups. I am curious how the pinball dynamics of Halloween will feel from this usage of sinkholes. The flow, the shots difficulty, return to inlane vs. ball in the wild etc.

This type of analysis is also quite interesting on the Jurassic Park game. Counting the Gomez def. (lower flippers only) brings this game to a whole nine shots. Again achieved by replacing the typical outside standups by something else that fits the location and space available. A short dead end on the left. A short ramp to inlane ball trail on the right. And the jeep bashtoy being located further down the playfield. Partially, but not always, overlapping other shots. A brilliant way of packing in more "shots" in.

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