Toy Pinball tables grow up.

Over at Pinball News they have an article about a line of toy pinball tables coming out. Using real wood tables, the company Zizzle plans to bring the feel of real pinball to the living room. These tables are made like the originals and are designed by John Popadiuk, Jr. With two tables coming to market, Marvel Heroes & Villains and Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest, they are 3/4 sized tables with full electronics, LED screen, lights, flippers, ball, etc, with working sound and score keeping system. This should be an exciting gift for any enthusiast to give to their children, passing the pinball legacy on to another generation. If you have no children these tables would make excellent addition to the living room, would you not agree?

Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Photos

Pinball News has coverage of the latest Stern table Pirates of the Caribbean. Go on over and check it out, some great pictures of the table as well as some descriptions. They do not have a link to the video I posted last week though. I will, of course post more news as I come across it.

UltraPin / Pinball Legends prototype test video!

I deleted this video, the table makers asked me to take it down. They have promised to try to get a new video soon, if they send it out, I will post it here.


An "in action" video of an up and coming product called UltraPin / Pinball Legends. I found this video after a long search through a lot of forums and now post it here for everyone to share. This video is about 9 months old I believe, though it could well be a year. To find out more about this check out the forums on VPforums.com and several commercial video game vendor sites.
There is a lot to this story and I will post more on it as I get more information. I have no first hand knowledge of any of this, everything I know I found through search and forums. The last site I saw had a release date of 4th Quarter 2006. I am hoping they make it out this year, this project was announced over a year ago and they already had three years invested. The original release date was supposed to be 4th Quarter 2005.
The great thing is, all the tables coming in this game are from VPforums.com made from builders in the community who work hard to produce great authentic play tables. Hats off to all the table builders and everyone on this project who tried to keep the community informed.

Stern Pinball's Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Machine Video!

Video footage of a PRE-PRODUCTION Stern pinball machine, Pirates of the Caribbean based on the movie From the video it looks to be a fun table. I hope to be able to play it once it is released, though it is tough to find good tables in East Texas much less find brand new ones.