Tell me a bit about this game. I absolutely love the movie but see very little of the pin. Why are there none about? I don't see it for sale anywhere. Is it still in production? Has anyone played it, what's it like? Are Dutch pinball a good company?
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The Big Lebowski?
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@JustLikeMe has one. Looong story about it and doubt you will see them any time soon, if at all. The Pinside thread will tell you all you need to know about what has gone wrong with manufacturing it.
World of pain
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Just skimmed through that Pinside thread. What a shame. Amazing theme that looks brilliantly integrated
Another nail in the pre-pay coffin, if the coffin hasn't already been incinerated.
There's one for sale currently on pinside for $16k.
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It's a shame as it's a very good game - played it at expo last year and the best of the newer games. I was hoping to play it tomorrow in New York but the one at sunshine is apparently down "waiting on parts". Suspect it will always be waiting on parts.
I think DP are really failing their customers - they had away out, and short of a rich pinball angel bailing them out; the only way to get back on track which was to let ARA take over 51% of the company that would have seen all of those owed machines get them. Now they are trying to find a new machine builder with no money and no hope of raising any finance whilst they have this dispute with ARA.
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I think DP are really failing their customers - they had away out, and short of a rich pinball angel bailing them out; the only way to get back on track which was to let ARA take over 51% of the company that would have seen all of those owed machines get them. Now they are trying to find a new machine builder with no money and no hope of raising any finance whilst they have this dispute with ARA.
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As mentioned I have one. Lebowski was always my dream theme, so I preordered it as soon as it was announced. Whilst I'm one of the lucky few to have received the game, I certainly learnt my lesson re preordering - never again. The whole experience was a bit of a nightmare.
I really like the machine - the theme integration is great, I love the display, and it has the 'solid' feel of a B/W title. The software is comparatively shallow in the context of modern Sterns, but compares favourably to 90s games. I've had more issues with it than any other NIB game, but DP have been helpful in resolving them when they arise.
I don't think this is necessarily true - I received a new bowling alley launcher just last week. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned about parts availability in the future though.
I really like the machine - the theme integration is great, I love the display, and it has the 'solid' feel of a B/W title. The software is comparatively shallow in the context of modern Sterns, but compares favourably to 90s games. I've had more issues with it than any other NIB game, but DP have been helpful in resolving them when they arise.
I don't think this is necessarily true - I received a new bowling alley launcher just last week. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned about parts availability in the future though.
I played one in the US, it had a permanent error on the display... The guy says he's never had a machine arriving with so many faults, loose screws, etc. Shame as looked smart and seemed to flip really nice, until the game lost track of balls and the guy just turned it off 
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They laid of their cider and he has a job with another company!
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They laid of their cider and he has a job with another company!
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They laid of their cider and he has a job with another company!
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Lol the coder
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Heh - taxiing so can't fix it - hopefully a helpful mod will sort it! we're on our way Houston!
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Resurrecting this thread from the dead - the first code update for TBL since 2019, and the first significant update since 2017 (!) was released today.
https://www.dutchpinball.com/the_big_lebowski_pinball_software
@Dave Bishop thought I’d tag you as Pinside is down and I only noticed because it appeared on my Facebook feed!
https://www.dutchpinball.com/the_big_lebowski_pinball_software
@Dave Bishop thought I’d tag you as Pinside is down and I only noticed because it appeared on my Facebook feed!
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Alien and TBL - then all that would be needed is a magic girl and a predator and then a cardboard cut out for deeproot and you’d have the unusual suspects [emoji23]
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There was a possibility but I doubt the Dutch will be able to travel to the UK
Just wait till McR make their first pinball.
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This would be a contender for worst pinball theme of all time and in a world that has Wheel of Fortune and Rollercoaster Tycoon that's quite impressive.
Couldn't agree more re My Chemical Romance, but hard disagree on Rollercoaster Tycoon. I'm a huge huge fan of RCT/RCT2 and think it could have been a great pinball theme. Emphasis on could. Then again, I've always kind of wanted one and I would like to own one some day. As an aside, if anyone else was a fan of RCT back in the day Parkitect is great modern take on the game.
To get back on topic, I recently found out that my upper playfield flipper on Lebowski was wired incorrectly from the factory. Barry sent me an entire new flipper assembly and it's made such a difference! I used to struggle to make the loop shot around the bowling alley but now it rips around. The most recent update has also definitely improved things, but it still isn't complete. Looking forward to future updates.
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I used to love Theme Park as a kid. Was super fun at the time
@JustLikeMe are you going to upgrade your game with the kit to move motor for car door from lower to upper playfield, and the new targets?
