Since the two initial teaser trailers from Stern, a ton of new information about the game has come to light. I was on the road writing from my phone when I wrote brief articles about the videos. Now that I'm back home we can talk about them in greater depth.
According to the rumor mill, the game's pricing remains unchanged, $6,999 for the Pro, $9,699 for the Premium and $12,999 for the Limited Edition. Word is that the LE will be limited to 750 units. Distributors have been told that Transformers Pros for locations will be the first on the production line in early June, followed as usual by the Limited Editions and then Premiums.
Based on the initial trailers, people have been speculating that the original voice of Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, will be involved with the game, but we do not have any official confirmation on that.
The elephant in the room here is the accidental leak of images of the game's playfield and translites on the Insider Connected app last week. The collective mind of the pinball community is undefeated whenever there is even the shortest of leaks of game images, and people instantly called out the fact that the pictures were up there before they were pulled down. While I love talking about rumors, I hate being the first person to share leaked images. But these pics are EVERYWHERE now. We've seen multiple YouTube videos dedicated to analyzing them and the game's potential shots (lol). So, here they are for anyone who is interested:
So we have these images to tide us over until Wednesday. I can't wait to see the game in action!
The other new game confirmation that we received last week was from Pedretti Gaming, which officially announced that its next game is a remake of the 1996 Williams pin Tales of the Arabian Nights. There had been a rumor floating around out there that the TOTAN Remake would make its debut at last weekend's Golden State Pinball Festival in Lodi, California. I personally didn't think that it would be there, based on the fact that Pedretti had no idea what I was talking about when I asked them if it would lol. So, we will have to wait a little longer to see the new TOTAN. I'm hearing really good things about it. Hopefully, we'll see something late this week or next week.
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Speaking of the Golden State Pinball Festival, it sounds like it was a great show, as usual. They shared a bunch of pictures from the event on social media, which I have included below:
There was a big pinball show in Canada this weekend, the annual YEGPIN Pinball & Arcade Expo in Edmonton, Canada. Below is a local news video on the event:
In addition to the Stern and Pedretti game reveals, Wonderland Amusements, maker of the Alice Goes to Wonderland home pinball machine stated over the weekend that it will officially reveal its second home pin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles this Thursday.
UPDATE: Surprise. The earlier graphics that Wonderland shared about the game on social media said that it was coming on Thursday. Well, it does go on sale on Thursday but it released the details just NOW!
Wonderland Amusements is making two versions of the game, the "Standard" and the "Turtle Power" Editions. The Standard MSRP is $1,100 and it is priced at $849 for pre-orders. The Turtle Power Edition has an MSRP of $1,450 and is priced at $1,149 for pre-orders. Both models include free shipping. People who backed the Kickstarter for Wonderland's first pin will receive a special coupon code that lets them buy the Standard Edition for $799 for the next 48 hours.
The Turtle Power version is upgraded with five sculpted figures, the four Turtles and Shredder, and comes with a Light-Up acrylic topper. The new TNMT game features multiball, which I believe was missing from Alice Goes to Wonderland.
https://wonderlandamusements.com/pages/tmnt-preorder
