TWIP TUESDAY: February 5th, 2019

— What Else is Happening in Pinball —

Haggis Pinball Making Progress

Haggis Pinball, the start up company that recently announced Wraith is their first title…

…shared last week that they are very close to cutting their first white wood. They are also documenting their entire journey creating a pinball machine on their Facebook page – check it their most recent video here:

Their goal is to have a machine at Texas Pinball Festival!

Heighway Pinball pursued Angry Birds, Michael Jackson

Pinsider EalaDubhSidhe shared some more insight into this title on this post, sharing:

Interview with Mark Incitti on Pinball Nerds

Our friend Obital Albert at the Pinball Nerds podcast recently interviewed the creator of the homebrew machine Nightmare before Christmas!

On their 100th episode, the Pinball Nerds podcast interviewed Mark Incitti, who built the Nightmare before Christmas pinball machine. He shared several interesting tidbits:

On The Nightmare Before Christmas pinball machine rules:

He also discussed the Half Ramp Multiball – TWIP reached out to Mark regarding this multiball and he shared the following:

Spooky Podcast talks Alice Cooper, Killer Clowns from Outer Space, and a Secret Project

Our friends at the Spooky Pinball Podcast released their most recent episode on February first and covered a lot of ground on this podcast! Here are a few highlights:

On Alice Cooper Code:

Charlie: We’re all about Alice Cooper now.  The code is getting phenomenal – the werewolf mode is so cool…between myself and Bowen and Fawzma and Mr. Danesi, he’s got a game, he’s kind of helping us chug through it, the code is getting fan-freaking-tastic…I’ve never been this excited about code.  I love the code in this game…This is getting to a level that I don’t think we’ve been to before and it is really really fun.  The modes in it are to the point where they’re very easy to understand, but there is so much to do.

On Killer Clowns from Outer Space:

In discussing their top 5 games both want to do, but they don’t think it would sell enough units, Bug got down to second in his top 5, which was Killer Clowns from Outer Space. They had this interesting exchange:

Bug: My number two – I almost picked my number two almost exclusively because I feel like Zombie Yeti would kill this artwork – Killer Clowns from Outer Space.

Charlie: Oh dear mother of God…I don’t think that is one that…yeah, I think you could do better than you think with that game.

Bug: You really think so?

Charlie: I would like to find out someday.

Bug: It is one of those so ridiculous sounding movies but it has so much crazy goodness in it…

Charlie: Everything in that game works for a pinball machine…I think you’d be surprised.

On a Secret Project:

Charlie: We’re kicking around an idea that – you’ve got the younger horror generation…

Bug: Keep that kept in [laughs] … I think that should be kept secret…

Charlie: Really?  Oh come on.  We’ve got the younger horror generation with Bug here who is all into pinball and of course myself being older.  And our animator Mr. Van Es is a huge horror fan from the other side of the planet.  And we might even be talking to another pinball guy who is a bonified horror nut.  We should do something with all of us.  But we’ll see where that goes.  That is all we’ll say.

Pinball For Dummies: The North American Championship Series

Our friend Mrs. Pin of the Mrs. Pin’s Pinball Podcast discusses a Pinball for Dummies on the North American Championship Series last week on her podcast – check it out here!

Mrs. Pin was kind enough to share some show notes with TWIP – this is a great introduction to the North American Championship Series for those that don’t know much about it:

Deadpool Easter Eggs

Deadpool artist Zombie Yeti shared a few cool images from Deadpool pinball last week on this Instagram post! The following images are found under the left ramp area:

Zombie Yeti also shared more about the Deadpool machine on this article on Behance – check it out!

National Pinball Day Petition

A petition to make August 1st National Pinball Day was started recently by pinhead Joe Ciaravino!

Stern Pro Circuit Championship Announced

Last week, Stern announced the Pro Circuit Championship:

TWIP Pin Stadium Winner

One of the winners of Pin Stadium Lights from the monthly giveaways we do here at This Week in Pinball shared his River Boat Gambler before and after pics on Pinside last week – check it out!

Pinball. Super Bowl.

In the only good thing to happen during the Super Bowl, Toyota had a commercial for the Supra that was pinball themed! Check out the commercial here.

They had a similar themed commercial in the 80s – check it out here. It is very 80s.

— Cool and Crazy Stuff —

First Prototype Twilight Zone for Sale: $65,000

Last week we saw a Prototype Twilight Zone go up for sale on this Pinside post. Seems like it is priced a bit high at $65,000, but it is a cool piece of pinball history!

Alien Limited Edition for Sale: $17,000

Last week we also saw an Alien Limited Edition go up for sale on Pinside – check it out!

Pinball Wizard Summer Camp for 5th-7th Grade

TWIP License Plate

A huge thanks to Jeff Parsons of The Pinball Players Podcast for sharing this pic of a TWIP license plate!

This can only mean one thing – 2019 is going to be a great year for TWIP and pinball!!

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