My guess would be Box 3 is a bowling toy of some sort, probably drop target/lowering bank style. Very central to the theme and a nice straight shot fits for the bowling. Maybe it feeds that wireform coming out of the center back? It also seems like the ramp shot on the upper playfield must go up into area 2, since otherwise I don't see how the stacking works there. There have been simpler / more compact versions of that plunger lane going into the ramp design, so maybe that will get some revision.

See the bowling alley background in the newsletter? As mentioned in the suggestion thread, that's what I want the back box to look like (might have to replace the Brunswick logo). A simple geometric design in the Lebowski alley colors hiding the speakers, and the DMD or LCD underneath in the location of the pins...

I wonder if the lower alley is basically just going to be the world's coolest analog display and the actual calculation for the bowling shots will be done by software (won't call it a "video mode" because it would be way more than that.) It seems like a 18" long bowler is kind of a waste of effort in terms of playability, although the tech is neat.

I think it could be done well in a more stylized way, as long as the whole machine is consistent - but it's riskier than photos, could be great or crappy.

http://fan-tas-tic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cartoon-movie-posters-part-2-big-lebowski.jpg
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Big-Lebowski-187461195
http://nolanium.deviantart.com/art/Walter-173799777
http://xav-drawordie.deviantart.com/art/walter-93174479
http://stockmanart.deviantart.com/art/Dude-and-Walter-75902157
http://xav-drawordie.deviantart.com/art/The-Big-Lebowski-FINAL-color-32283492

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

The bit on the left side of the "mystery mech" looks like a stepper motor, and the "rope" could be a screw or timing belt for moving that bracket back and forth.

What's with the $, Dude?

I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that these Dutch guys could change the fucking title design!

I guess it's Focus Features' fault, but it does look bad, so please consider ditching it.

Really? I mean it's loads better than some of the Photoshop collage jobs we've seen lately but there are a bunch of little things beyond just the $ I'd be happy to complain about if I was actively looking to find faults and I'm not even an artist.

Are you sure you aren't confused about how LCDs are measured, because this is obviously wider than a 15", even at 16:9, yet you seem pretty convinced.

Exactly. The unused part is just up behind the translite.

Those are good burgers, HENSBROOKER.

What about a pin sweep or whatever those things are called? I don't see any rails for it to move back and forth on, but it looks like it could do that front to back scooping motion.

I wonder where they found them? I spent a chunk of time trolling Alibaba a few years ago and had zero luck finding ultra wide LCDs between 16 - 25 inches.

It's non-contact isn't it? Presumably your score is calculated as soon as the ball launches based on the angle of the launcher. It would be nice (and trivial) for them to take into account which button(s) you launched with as fake spin on the ball for another factor in the calculation.