THIS WEEK IN PINBALL: May 6th, 2019

— This Week’s Top 5 Stories —

1. Cosmic Carnival Changes

Last week, SunCoast Pinball announced several changes to their upcoming pinball machine, Cosmic Carnival! On their Facebook page, SunCoast shared the flyer below. They also shared that the price would be $5,995.

The ramps have been changed since the Texas Pinball Festival and are no longer symmetrical, and the left ramp is now a wireform.

On their Pinside thread, they also shared a preview of the hand-painted Ringleader sculpt in the game – check it out!

We will soon have many more details about SunCoast Pinball and Cosmic Carnival right here on TWIP – stay tuned!!

2. Black Knight Sword of Rage Launch Parties

Stern’s newest creation, Black Knight Sword of Rage, was featured at launch parties across the world last week!

Our friends at Logan Arcade hosted Dead Flip, Tim Sexton, Steve Ritchie, and many others at their launch party – check it out!

Last week Stern also released a code update for Black Knight to version 0.93 – check out all the details here!

3. Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle Streams

We got to see two great streams of Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle last week! First we had our friends at Buffalo Pinball stream the game on “Bro, Do You Even Pinball?”

Then a few days ago, our friends at Backhand Pinball were joined by Bowen Kerins who is working on the code for ACNC – check out the stream here!

Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle machines are rolling off the line at Spooky Pinball and making their way into the homes of pinheads!!

4. Jersey Jack Guarnieri Interviews

The Spooky Pinball Podcast also interviewed Jack Guarnieri in a very special episode last week. Jack and Charlie Emery recently reconnected after talking backstage at the TWIPY Pinball Awards at the Texas Pinball Festival. Jack joined the Spooky Pinball podcast for the first time in many years – the last time he was on the podcast he was talking about his upcoming machine, Wizard of Oz.

During the interview, Jack and Charlie discuss the history of their respective companies, how things are going currently with Spooky and Jersey Jack, and what a game changer the Wizard of Oz machine was to the pinball industry. Check out this interview here!! It starts around the 1 hour and 15 minute mark.

Jack was also interviewed on the Pinball News and Pinball Magazine Podcast regarding Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – check out that podcast here!

5. Christopher Franchi and Stern Pinball

Kaneda’s Pinball Podcast shared last week that they had heard a rumor that artist Christopher Franchi was no longer with Stern Pinball. This led to other podcasts covering this news and discussion on forums. TWIP reached out to Franchi to hear his side, and he shared the following:

“Yeah, and Big Lewbowski’s are being made again too! Don’t believe everything you hear. Want the truth? Tune into Slap Save Pinball Podcast Monday morning. But no, I’m not leaving Stern.”

So it sounds like we’ll find out more on the Slap Save Pinball Podcast – we’ll keep you updated as we learn more.

Keith Elwin Next Game, Catwoman Update, deeproot Display

This week we talk about a rumors of Keith Elwin’s next game, a Catwoman rumor update, and deeproot displays.

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This Week’s Mod of the Week is the Dialed In Pinball Station 3 Kit from Mezel Mods!

Don’t settle for ordinary- dress up your game with our Dialed In Pinball Station 3 Kit! Transform Station 3 to look just like the LCD version! This simple kit includes

Four vibrant blue replacement washers
Vinyl decal kit for station arrows (green) and ‘3’ background (black)
Three-dimensional, two color ‘3’
Interior station lighting effect in blue

Easy to install using our Jersey Jack Pinball Power System. Please note a splitter or power adapter is not included but is required for this product.