No worries. Yeah they haven't posted anything I know of to hint at art direction, other than artist which unfortunately is a little concerning

Yeah me too... And I so want this game. The Tyler stout style seems perfect. His poster collage also hits all the right notes too.. It would really tie the pin together

Freek has skills look at the justus section on his homepage.

I'm guessing he will pull out all stops as this machine will give him an international viewing of his talents.

OK Yeah the Justus stuff has some elements that could work. That movie is definitely adult / a bit heavy for first thing in the morning (PSA against sex trafficing of minors). And I don't want my comments to sound like I don't like the guys work, his stuff looks awesome. Just wishing I could look at his portfolio there and see some styles that seem TBL appropriate.

What DP showed so far is outstanding and probably for most better than expected. Therefore it's wise not to downtalk design elements which have not been showed. Wait and see my friend!

Yep. I will leave it at that something in the vein of Tyler Stout TBL poster style/collage elements is what would be "outstanding" for me. Not saying I won't like something else but as far as existing takes on TBL out in the wild right now, that's "it". Yesterday I saw an example of something I really didn't like (the unrelated cartoon) so thought useful to chat about what we like or don't.

I'm going to go out on a limb and posit that he'll approach the Lebowski commission a little differently than the pretty princess candy factory job.

True. Picked that out as a extreme example. However, if you peruse his entire online portfolio there is a certain style that seems to carry through that is more animated cartoon (like pretty princess candy factory) than the stuff I am finding that I like (more line art I guess). I am no artist so I don't know how easy or hard it is to switch gears. The Justus public service announcement on there gets pretty close though and i didn't see that originally.

I would however easily trust this artist to do kick ass BBB2

BTW here's the March 25th NSNL just cause it pertains.. so yeah whatever is done is done at this point, short of universal wanting to negotiate some points.

A First Look Just for You! -We’ve sent the cabinet design, translite, and several other images to Universal for approval, and received an email that they are reviewing our latest submissions today. We realize that it has taken longer than we had expected, and we are very sorry for the delay. In addition to the normal approval channels, we have to get “positional approval” from talent to make sure we’re not putting a character in the wrong place. We’re being extra cautious because we don’t want to do anything to jeopardize the license (or piss off the actors).

Is that an upper left flipper under number 9?
Looks like it could easily send the ball smashing into the left ramp.

just got this in the mail. Guess it's like the fake fruit/drinks at the furniture / decore stores?

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i like how it lights up - looks pretty sweet - now I'm thirsty!

From the looks of things they're much further along than I previously thought. Playfield texture looks like a bowling lane, that's a surprise.....not! Keep it coming DP, looking good!

How is this not just a rendering?

yeah i wouldn't read too much into the play field scheme just yet as they can paint things any way they want in the rendering software.

Hey man, there's a beverage in my game.

I received the same email and its gotta be just for fun. Air balls could get trapped in it.

Kim

What would be cool, but probably a maintenance nightmare is if the liquid drained out and in via some kind of pump or solenoid activated syringe.

Never mind, see below: I missed the video link. I love lamp.

Not if they make it right....

I dunno.. It is clearly in mystery spot #5. I'm sure if the ice / liquid was a bit closer to the rim / ice sticking out a hair above the rim in actuality, it can keep airballs out. Hopefully it doesnt end up behind a giant sneeze guard.

Agreed. More ice and liquid to top it off. Maybe the playfield glass is low enough to it.... But the way it looks now a couple of balls could go in there.

Kim

the video of the prototype shows it lighting up so i assume it will on the real thing

Whoops.. Missed the link this week. Its Friday, long week.

can anyone see what's going on at the end of the video? Feel like there might be something there but I'm off to PHX in a sec!

Man...are u f-ing kidding me??? That looks incredible. Love the style. Smmmmoking dude!

Careful man there's a beverage here!!

Cant wait to get this machine!!!

This is pure conjecture so go easy Pinside. I swear sometimes around here....

It would be cool if that glass was somehow the tilt mechanism. If it really had liquid and splashed too close to the top or an ice cube sloshed into the side from nudging. More realistically, a fake ice cube standing on a spring/wire in the center of an empty glass...

I've often thought of how an on playfield tilt mech you could see and interact with would be exciting.

Kim

Yeah I looked too but .. prob a back glass.. but.. yeah who knows. Just trying to mess with us I say . If it is a TBL backglass, not a color pallet I would of guessed from the impressionist painting we have here. I am thinking back now to the original viral flyer print out that was very 'rug' color .. reds/purples. Hrm. As a rorschach test, I'd say cactus canyon.

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I was specifically talking about the image. That's a rendering. There was no video then.

If I really reach.. I see other stuff in here too. Unfortunately I don't see [the] Jesus. While I am speculating like crazy, then I'd say the entire art style/vibe matches that of the rug flyer (not totally surprising).

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randomly today while cleaning up a bit i found the original flyer i got at Pinball Expo last year. Guess I will keep it and put it somewhere into my machine when it arrives

hmmm white russian - now that's a drink

+100, always been my favorite drink

Rusty Nail here, but White Russians are damned good.

Too much white, do they make brown leds?

Perhaps the final glass will be tinted white russian color acrylic

This is our concern Dude.

It's a proof of concept dude. Of course it'll be colored correctly on release.

Agree, it would be cool if the glass did something other than light up.

I hadn't caught wind of this rumor yet. What's the veracity of it, because, man, a Cohen brothers movie, WITHOUT the sound track?!

That's... that's a bummer, man.

Ah so the wizard also likes his caucasians. At least it would help with GI

I wouldn't hold out much hope for the Creedence.

Joking aside, music licensing is weird; they might be able to have instrumental versions of stuff without huge licensing fees or even get some of the original recordings reasonably. I can't imagine there's a huge demand for CCR back catalog, and it's not like they need anything from the fucking Eagles.

If you have a licence to do a specific movie, that licence is all inclusive is it not? This is something the studios would have negotiated upfront with any independent musicians. A portion of any licencing fee would then be distributed per that agreement.

This is difficult to believe.

Kim

Edit: I will use the song "Long Tall Sally" in the Predator game as an example.

If that was the case TRON would have an all Daft Punk soundtrack instead of just the 3 songs.

I guess it would depend on the individual studio agreement then. Or maybe Stern got a cheaper licence agreement that way. I seriously doubt Skit B negotiated and paid Little Richard extra for use of his song.

Kim