The Big Lebowski
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Considering 40 of these machines are officially sold and there are other threads dedicated to endless complaining, it’s time to bring up a positive thread on showcasing this amazing pinball machine to show pinball can continue to persevere regardless of the adversities pinball games face in order to become a lasting playable game almost 100 years after it was created.
Yeah we haven’t seen a lot of rules, Play etc from a 1 time game with great theme. Hoping this will inspire more great pinball games to come
Agreed. Wondering if the 40 are numbered so they can be tracked. Will be the rarest set of pins around no doubt
Quoted from Robertstone0407:Im supposedly getting one but till its at my door ill remain skeptical. I think the goal for this group should be preservation of the game and implementation of replacement parts, fixes for issues, mods and troubleshooting. At this point we are relying on the nature of this group to ensure we make these games last for many years. No doubt original investors got screwed but its beyond our control. Enjoy the game, play the game and dont exploit its rareness for financial gain
Post some pics when it arrives, looking forward to it
Quoted from pinghetto:I drew up plastic protectors for mine and had them created for every plastic but the rug. They turned out perfect.
I thought Pinball Life was going to eventually sell them. I know extra sets were made. But, not sure.
Might want to reach out to them before you put in the work.
I just got done with a long road of getting mine dialed in. If you guys have any questions, let me know. I had this baby down to the wood. I learned a lot.
Best wishes.
Brian
Well I’m sure you’ll be selling some soon and these machine go rolling out. I won’t put new plastics on without protectors
Taking the machine down to the PF is always the best way to figure out how a machine ticks. So are the parts standard parts Williams/Bally or Data East use or custom parts?
Quoted from Jvspin:I read that to mean you can be in the club without owning the game as long as you don't complain.
Correct. This is a place for showcasing the machine and for everyone else to enjoy / consider buying / playing / know details about. Other threads had other ideas on how to discuss this game
Quoted from WolfManCat:I think you would be hard pressed to find anybody willing to admit they got one when they are being accused of "weaseling" these games from the hands of early adopters.
But it’s pinball. It’s not a straightforward story and this game was lucky enough to get produced, like any pinball game after 1999. So if somebody told me Pinball would be around in 2015 let alone 2019 I wouldn’t believe it. So ANY new pinball is good to see, and hopefully somebody does pickup this license. If not, these few machines will be $30K in less than a year. Of course, most pinball games in 5 years will be over $10k and a lot will be over $20k
There are differences MFGs and Little is known about the parts on this game, so Pinghettos mention of this will be interesting as this machine finally gets opened up
Quoted from JustLikeMe:Quite a lot is known about the parts on this game. I along with the other lucky early achievers who got in early have had our Lebowski’s for over three years now, and most of us have had various issues with the game which we’ve had to troubleshoot. The maintenance thread linked earlier is a valuable resource for those who have games incoming.
Is there a way to update the code?
Quoted from JustLikeMe:Yes, via USB. Similar process to the other manufacturers. Depending on when the games sitting at ARA were built, they may be running old code - and who knows if DP will be updating them before they ship.
I thought that The Dude Abides wizard mode wasn’t in the most recent code? Could be wrong, never qualified it.
Hmm, wondering how long until somebody recompile’s it so it can be modified for future feature requests
Quoted from sd_tom:~40 games shipped to preorder folks (EAs) in august 2016. ive got #17. after those 40 shipped is when production halted, with 40 boxed up and stuck sitting at ARA since then.. that's what people are buying out from underneath the paid in full pre-order folks now.. games that have been sitting there 3 years ready to go.. very unfortunate set of events where i got very very lucky
Ok, so Pinside is reporting 42. You’re saying 40 preorders plus 40 which makes it roughly 80 total to be released?
Quoted from JustLikeMe:Approximately, yes. I have #8 which was delivered in May 2016.
Do we know if there’s a difference in the first 40 machines vs the next 40? The Europeans would be different based on power alone
Quoted from JustLikeMe:No differences. They were all made in the same run back in 2016. The 40 that are being sold via Coin Taker have just been sitting there for close to three years.
Sitting where? And don’t you think it’s odd an even 40 were sitting? I’m suspect there’s more
Quoted from TigerLaw:Alright, well, since we only allow one club thread per game and a club thread for TBL already exists, I edited the title of this thread so people would not confuse it as a club thread, I also edited OP's statement about ejections so as not to confuse users with club thread rules.
Thanks Tiger. Just wanted a separate place where we can actually see this machine and the 40+ owners instead of endless complaints which is what the pre-order thread is for. 
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