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October 1, 2014 8:33 AM Subscribe
I just dropped in to see what condition the new Big Lebowski prototype pinball table was in.
Yeah? Yeah. Oh - yeah.
Have to say, that's really nice design. Though the playfield is a little too complicated for my taste, that's what pinball machines are like these days. If they're going to have a whole second upper playfield, at least it's well done.
posted by Naberius at 8:35 AM on October 1, 2014
Have to say, that's really nice design. Though the playfield is a little too complicated for my taste, that's what pinball machines are like these days. If they're going to have a whole second upper playfield, at least it's well done.
posted by Naberius at 8:35 AM on October 1, 2014
No words. They should have sent a poet...
posted by rabbitroom at 8:36 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by rabbitroom at 8:36 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
I'm worried that it has been overplayed.
posted by mullacc at 8:37 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by mullacc at 8:37 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
Please tell me the high scores list is called the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:41 AM on October 1, 2014 [16 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:41 AM on October 1, 2014 [16 favorites]
Also they might be a little lost among the images, but there's two videos of the table (one in attract mode, and one of the display) all the way at the bottom.
posted by griphus at 8:43 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by griphus at 8:43 AM on October 1, 2014
The rug really ties the game together.
posted by Mchelly at 8:44 AM on October 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Mchelly at 8:44 AM on October 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
Uh, I'm just gonna go find a cash machine...
posted by a lungful of dragon at 8:45 AM on October 1, 2014 [6 favorites]
posted by a lungful of dragon at 8:45 AM on October 1, 2014 [6 favorites]
I'm just gonna go find a change machine.
posted by cmfletcher at 8:50 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by cmfletcher at 8:50 AM on October 1, 2014
I'm out of my element.
posted by cmfletcher at 8:51 AM on October 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by cmfletcher at 8:51 AM on October 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
Why isn't this in my neighborhood bar RIGHT NOW?!
posted by furnace.heart at 8:51 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by furnace.heart at 8:51 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
I hope the "game over" sound is "THE BUMS WILL ALWAYS LOSE!"
posted by A dead Quaker at 8:51 AM on October 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by A dead Quaker at 8:51 AM on October 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
I hope the "game over" sound is "THE BUMS WILL ALWAYS LOSE!"
I hope it's "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS"
posted by The Bellman at 8:56 AM on October 1, 2014 [5 favorites]
I hope it's "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS"
posted by The Bellman at 8:56 AM on October 1, 2014 [5 favorites]
A lot of people in this thread are apparently very, very unhappy they were not consulted on the design.
posted by jscott at 8:57 AM on October 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by jscott at 8:57 AM on October 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
I wonder if it keeps asking "Where's the fucking money, Lebowski" as you put in one coin after another.
posted by a lungful of dragon at 8:59 AM on October 1, 2014 [12 favorites]
posted by a lungful of dragon at 8:59 AM on October 1, 2014 [12 favorites]
I want to see it sitting right next to Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray.
posted by lagomorphius at 9:00 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by lagomorphius at 9:00 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
Oh, leuk!
posted by humboldt32 at 9:10 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by humboldt32 at 9:10 AM on October 1, 2014
I kinda wish it was a shuffleboard bowling machine - not knocking the pinball machine, as it looks cool too, but the bowling angle seems to fit the "Lebowski feel" a bit better. I used to have one of those early 1960s electromechanical monstrosities years ago (very similar to this), and it was a pretty sweet machine.
posted by chambers at 9:15 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by chambers at 9:15 AM on October 1, 2014
This is a beautifully designed table, I was very impressed as I scrolled through and then I got to this photo:
LOVE
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 9:16 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
LOVE
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 9:16 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
That is wonderful. I would play the hell out of this in the bar. The attract lighting is hypnotic.
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 9:21 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 9:21 AM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
I don't have any movie quotes to add, but I was watching an old episode of Mission: Impossible on MeTV last night, and was surprised to see a young Sam Elliott, sans mustache! (Two things I didn't believe were physically possible.)
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:26 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:26 AM on October 1, 2014
I can't really tell this from the posts, but is this actually a prototype or a one-off? Will this be going into production?
posted by furnace.heart at 9:35 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by furnace.heart at 9:35 AM on October 1, 2014
So beautiful. So magical. So out of my price range. :(
posted by tonycpsu at 9:45 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by tonycpsu at 9:45 AM on October 1, 2014
If you play this game and lose and don't scream outloud in frustration: "That's just like your opinion man."
You're playing this game wrong.
posted by Fizz at 9:52 AM on October 1, 2014
You're playing this game wrong.
posted by Fizz at 9:52 AM on October 1, 2014
I'm still waiting for Big Lebowski: The Musical featuring the showstopping numbers "You're out of Your Element, Donnie," and "Forget the Fucking Toe."
posted by jonmc at 10:02 AM on October 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by jonmc at 10:02 AM on October 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
Want.
posted by Mental Wimp at 10:28 AM on October 1, 2014
posted by Mental Wimp at 10:28 AM on October 1, 2014
I'm still waiting for Big Lebowski: The Musical
Treehorn's Lament was a little overwrought, but He's A Good Man— And Thorough stole the show.
posted by a halcyon day at 10:54 AM on October 1, 2014 [5 favorites]
Treehorn's Lament was a little overwrought, but He's A Good Man— And Thorough stole the show.
posted by a halcyon day at 10:54 AM on October 1, 2014 [5 favorites]
I've never wanted anything so bad in my entire life.
Also tilt= careful man, there's a beverage here!
posted by mbd1mbd1 at 11:08 AM on October 1, 2014 [5 favorites]
Also tilt= careful man, there's a beverage here!
posted by mbd1mbd1 at 11:08 AM on October 1, 2014 [5 favorites]
I just dropped in to see what condition the new Big Lebowski prototype pinball table was in.
/lifts a White Russian in acknowledgment of the fine allusion...
posted by Celsius1414 at 11:09 AM on October 1, 2014
/lifts a White Russian in acknowledgment of the fine allusion...
posted by Celsius1414 at 11:09 AM on October 1, 2014
Man… maybe I can make it another year without replacing the wiring harness on the car.
posted by ob1quixote at 12:06 PM on October 1, 2014
posted by ob1quixote at 12:06 PM on October 1, 2014
The use of a hi-def display that pretends to be a LCD backboard is kind of genius.
posted by JHarris at 12:34 PM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 12:34 PM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
A lot of people in this thread are apparently very, very unhappy they were not consulted on the design.
“Why wasn't I consulted,” which I abbreviate as WWIC, is the fundamental question of the web. It is the rule from which other rules are derived.
(but I don't see any change.org petition or discussions on Yahoo Answers or badly drawn infographics, so I don't think this qualifies as "very, very")
posted by effbot at 12:55 PM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
“Why wasn't I consulted,” which I abbreviate as WWIC, is the fundamental question of the web. It is the rule from which other rules are derived.
(but I don't see any change.org petition or discussions on Yahoo Answers or badly drawn infographics, so I don't think this qualifies as "very, very")
posted by effbot at 12:55 PM on October 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
I don't have any movie quotes to add, but I was watching an old episode of Mission: Impossible on MeTV last night, and was surprised to see a young Sam Elliott, sans mustache! (Two things I didn't believe were physically possible.)
He is barely visible, but Sam Elliott's first screen role was as a card player in the opening scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The more prominent role in the scene was that of an impossibly young Doc Cottle.
/bsg derail
posted by ricochet biscuit at 1:50 PM on October 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
He is barely visible, but Sam Elliott's first screen role was as a card player in the opening scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The more prominent role in the scene was that of an impossibly young Doc Cottle.
/bsg derail
posted by ricochet biscuit at 1:50 PM on October 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
Say what you will about the merits of pinball, Dude; at least it has a ruleset.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 2:25 PM on October 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 2:25 PM on October 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
On closer inspection, it doesn't seem to say whether or not it rolls on shabbos.
posted by Mchelly at 2:32 PM on October 1, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by Mchelly at 2:32 PM on October 1, 2014 [5 favorites]
Please tell me the high scores list is called the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers.
...and proud we are of all of them.
posted by wabbittwax at 6:16 PM on October 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
...and proud we are of all of them.
posted by wabbittwax at 6:16 PM on October 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
This game looks amazing. One big unknown is the quality and commitment to code updates, but dang this machine has people reconsidering their Walking Dead LE orders...
posted by Theta States at 11:27 AM on October 2, 2014
posted by Theta States at 11:27 AM on October 2, 2014
Last time I checked, Stern still uses a version of the hardware platforms and operating systems that power the old 90s machines, the move to a system that runs Python is a major difference.
posted by JHarris at 1:11 PM on October 2, 2014
posted by JHarris at 1:11 PM on October 2, 2014
They should have a "Where To Play" list. So I can know where I can play. A lot.
On closer inspection, it doesn't seem to say whether or not it rolls on shabbos.
From the FAQ:
Do you guys work on Shabbas?
Only if it's a matter of life and death.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:51 PM on October 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
On closer inspection, it doesn't seem to say whether or not it rolls on shabbos.
From the FAQ:
Do you guys work on Shabbas?
Only if it's a matter of life and death.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:51 PM on October 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
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