THIS WEEK IN PINBALL: March 18th, 2019

— This Week’s Top 5 Stories —

1. Texas Pinball Festival Preview

The Texas Pinball Festival is finally here! It will have over 400 pinball machines, a huge Vendor Hall, lots of seminars, good food, the TWIPY Pinball Awards, and on and on. Here are just a few things you’ll want to check out:

• Play the updated Oktoberfest, the updated Cosmic Carnival, the Multi-Bingo machine, the head-to-head Cosmic Cart Racing, and loads of other machines
• Check out the Jersey Jack Pinball seminar Friday – maybe we’ll see something cool there?
• Check out Steve Ritchie’s Seminar Friday – he said in a recent Facebook post that “Secrets would be revealed” – maybe some hints or nuggets on his next game?
• Check out the Coin-Op Carnival publication and seminar Friday – Nick Baldridge and Ryan Claytor will be joined by pinball historian, Gordon Hasse
• Check out the Saturday seminars including Haggis, Multimorphic, Stern, Circus Maximus, American Pinball, Bowen Kerins ACNC Tutorial, and More

Check out the full schedule of events here! It will be a blast to see everybody and talk pinball – come say hello!

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2. The TWIPY Pinball Awards – Live Saturday Night at 8:00PM Central!

It is time for the 2018 TWIPY Pinball Awards!

LIVE SHOW: Saturday Night at the Texas Pinball Festival

LIVE show.  Hosts Zach and Greg from Straight Down the Middle.  Red Carpet. Guests presenters.  Acceptance speeches.  Cash bar.  Streamed live on Twitch.  What could possibly go wrong? Don’t miss it!

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The Categories

GAME SPECIFIC

Best Theme – Based on THEME ONLY

Best Animations and Display

Best Lightshow

Best Toys and Gimmicks

Best Theme Integration

Best Music and Sound Effects

Best Callouts

Best Rules

Best Playfield Gameplay and Layout

Best Artwork

Game of the Year

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WRITE-INS

Favorite Pinball Twitch Streamer

Favorite Pinball Podcast

Favorite Pinball YouTube Channel

Favorite Pinball Mod of 2018

Favorite Home Brew Pinball Machine

Rookie of the Year (new designers, artists, coders, players)

Favorite Pinball Website

Favorite Pinball Publication (book, magazine, article)

Favorite Pinball Location

Favorite Pinball Convention

Favorite Pinball Tournament/Competition

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The Game Nominees

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The TWIPYs are sponsored by Marco Specialities: a trusted distributor of pinball machine parts and EVERYTHING PINBALL and Flip N Out Pinball – Are You Flip N Out?

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Tune in this Saturday at 8c/9e!

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3. Munsters Topper and New Code

The Stern Insiders saw their first glimpse of the Munsters topper last week! It is an Interactive Cuckoo Clock, and Stern also shared a video of a prototype. The video features a spinning clock, a raven that emerges out of the clock, and lots of flashing lights. You can check out a picture of the topper here.

If you’d like to sign up for Stern Insider, you can do so here!

And with the announcement of the Munsters topper, it completes TWIP going 5 for 5 on the Munsters rumors back in January before release! (Hey, podcasts always say you heard it here first, we might as well join in on that fun right??)

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4. Multimorphic Announces 4-Way Network Connected Pinball

Multimorphic announced last week that they will have 4 player head-to-head style races on Cosmic Cart Racing at the Texas Pinball Festival!! Check out the announcement on Facebook here:

There are a lot of possibilities with this platform – looking forward to checking this out at the Texas Pinball Festival!

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5. Alice in Wonderland and Magic Girl not coming in 2019 from deeproot

Kaneda’s Pinball Podcast broke the news last week that Alice in Wonderland and Magic Girl would NOT be released by deeproot in 2019. Listen to the full episode here!

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Pictures and Details of Punny Factory Pinball, deeproot Pinball Rumors/Updates

This week we show some pictures and share some details of Punny Factory Pinball which is planned to be manufactured in 2019, and also dive into some recent rumors and updates about deeproot Pinball.

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— What Else You Need to Know Today —

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Also, Scott and his girlfriend just had a baby!! Congrats Scott!!!

Identify the pinball machine pictured below for a chance to win a limited This Week in Pinball Lapel Pin!  Drawing will be held monthly!

Last Week’s answer: Judge Dredd

Email guesses to thisweekinpinball@gmail.com, correct answers will be entered into the drawing for the limited TWIP Lapel Pin!

CONGRATS to Kevin Peterson who won the February Lapel Pin!

— Presented by —

This Week’s Mod of the Week is the Twilight Zone Pinball Color Changing Door Illumination from Mezel Mods and Rock Custom Pinball!

Light up your game with the Twilight Zone Pinball Color Changing Door Illumination. This simple addition brings color to the door featured on the games back glass. Includes color changing LEDs with a remote. Simple to install with no permanent modifications.

Check it out!

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