Fallout Production is Full Speed Ahead at Stern; A Gremlins Pinball Clue?; Winchester in the UK; Marvelous Marvin's is Back
By knapparcade
Yesterday, Dirty Pool Pinball released a great interview with Stern Pinball's Keith Elwin. As is usually the case with Jeff's interviews, he asked Keith all sorts of unique questions, so this wasn't a typical "tell me about your latest game" Q&A. Having said that, I found out about Elwin's latest game lol. Specifically, he said that Stern built more prototype machines of Fallout than they have in the past. Those are the games that have been trickling out to shows and locations for about a month. Earlier this week Stern "turned on the faucet" and the production is line full speed ahead on Fallout right now. I suspect that we are going to begin to see an avalanche of Pro machines begin to show up at locations within the next several days, which is great because I haven't had a chance to play it yet. Another interesting Fallout-related fact is that the Magna Flip lower playfield was the first mech that Keith designed for the game. He has had the idea since before Fallout existed.
Next up is Spooky Pinball. Spooky Bug recently said the following on the Company's Discord:
Hmmmm. Who might this "very special voice actor" be? Well, Spooky worked extensively with the voice actor Frank Welker on its 2022 pinball machine Scooby Doo. That would be my guess. It just so happens that Frank Welker was also the voice actor for the character "Stripe" in the Gremlins movies. Perhaps Spooky has him doing callouts for its rumored Gremlins pin. It's almost a foregone conclusion that Goonies is Spooky's 2027 game. Will Gremlins be its game in '28? I think so, with the caveat that they may sneak in a small run of Motörhead.
Barrels of Fun recently showed off a shipment of Winchester Mystery House pins arriving in the United Kingdom. UK, something creepy has arrived your way. Thank you to our Barrels family across the pond for getting their scare on. When you spot one in the wild, tag Barrels of Fun and share your photos, videos, and high scores with us. We want to see who is brave enough to enter the house!
An hour or so ago, Pedretti Gaming shared more cool pictures of its Tales of the Arabian Nights Remake on the production line at its Euro Pinball Corp. factory. I could look at factory pictures all day.
Last up we have location talk. I've visited Ann Arbor, Michigan twice over the past two years, once to visit the giant VFW pinball collection and once to tour the University with my youngest son. Both times I went, I was hoping to visit the iconic Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. Unfortunately, they were forced to close their old location and the new one wasn't open yet. Well, they're almost back! According to a new article in The Detroit News, the beloved arcade-and-memorabilia museum says it will reopen "in weeks, not months." Founded in 1990 by the late Marvin Yagoda, Marvin's spent more than three decades as a Farmington Hills institution — a dense, quirky mix of vintage arcade games, coin-operated oddities, animatronics, and memorabilia that made it a destination. Opening the new location in West Bloomfield Township has been a long road since it was approved by the township last year. It was forced to delay its opening past its original late-May target by a plumbing problem beneath the floor that required crews to trench the concrete. Now run by Marvin's son, Jeremy Yagoda, the wait is nearly over. I guess that I have to plan a third trip out to Michigan one of these days to check it out lol. I would spend all day in there taking pictures. What an epic spot. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2026/09/21/marvins-marvelous-mechanical-museum-to-reopen-in-weeks-in-new-west-bloomfield-location/91878320007/
