Dune Pinball Production is Complete...For Now
By knapparcade
Yesterday afternoon, Barrels of Fun announced that it has completed production of its Dune pinball machine...for now. Initially, the Company was approved to build 1,000 Dunes. However, sales of the game got off to a very slow start for a number of reasons, so Barrels only built 720 of them. Now that the code is much further along and people have gotten to play the game in its intended state demand for it has definitely picked up. It will be interesting to see at some point in the future Barrels decides to build the remaining 280 Dune machines. They have said that they do not currently have plans to do so, but that is still a possibility. Below is Barrels' official announcement about this and the corresponding picture. "THE LINE IS DOWN! Just wrapped up Dune. For now, our journey on Arrakis ends here. But the desert is vast, and perhaps one day it will call us back. What an incredible journey it has been bringing Arrakis to life. Thank you to our team, our distributors, and every Dune owner who joined us along the way. May thy knife chip and shatter. #DunePinball #Dune #BarrelsOfFun #Pinball"
Earlier yesterday, Barrels of Fun shared an image of all four of the games that it has designed so far simultaneously undergoing Quality Control testing at its Texas factory:
"It’s not everyday you see all four Barrel games all in QC getting ready to go their new homes
Plus our CEO is making sure Bon Jovi Pinball is ready to rock, even in those shorts 😉
Are you ready?
— feeling grateful."
One final note about Barrels of Fun. While I was away last week, the YouTube channel Grownup Adjacent Pinball shared a great video tour of its factory: