Pat Lawlor Joins the Jersey Jack Pinball Team!

[DRANO]

it's official!!!


Jersey Jack Pinball Announces the Collaboration of their Next Machine with the Legendary Pinball Designer Pat Lawlor


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Lakewood, New Jersey - January 24, 2014 - Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc., the industry leading designer and manufacturer of premium, no compromise pinball machines is very proud to announce the collaboration of their next machine with the legendary pinball designer Pat Lawlor. Pat is returning to Pinball to build an EPIC machine with JJP.


Pat Lawlor Joins the Jersey Jack Pinball Team!
Pat Lawlor Joins the Jersey Jack Pinball Team!



Pat is well-regarded by millions of pinball enthusiasts around the world for what he has been able to create over the years like the best selling pinball machine "The Adams Family". Pat will have the help and support of the JJP team along with his long time teammate Ted Estes. It is our intention that Pat will be able to create a game that truly lets him explore the space of new technology available today in the JJP platform.


"The game will be an original idea enabling Pat and his Team to imagine and to create. If you are a true pinball enthusiast you are going to love this pinball machine" said JJP Founder Jack Guarnieri.



Stay Tuned.....!

 

[Vengeance]

Whose got two thumbs and doesn't give a shit?

 

[jooky]

Maybe he'll continue with the environmental disaster themes. How about "Ice Storm!"

Ok fine I'll settle for a sequel to TZ.

 

[DRANO]

I'm just happy that somebody.. ANYBODY... has the balls to do an original theme again!

 

[Chris Bardon]

More pinball is good-we'll see if it ends up being a good game or not. Not sure if I care about it being an original theme or not, but it'll be interesting to see what they come up with. Means that nobody goes into it with any preconceived notions I suppose (whether that's a good thing or not, who knows). I'm glad they didn't start taking deposits though.

 

[luch]

they just announced the designer ! deposits come tomorrow ! then you wait 3 years !

 

[frolic]

Why they hyped this announcement all week and called it epic I don't know. Ok, Pat has a job now for a game we'll see mid to late 2015. We're in January 2014.

 

[REVOLUTION]

And Pinball's worst kept secret is finally out, and we can all move on.

 

[DRANO]

Wow... tough crowd :?

If you consider that one of the industry's top designers has come out of virtual retirement to do something that hasn't been done in years... and with a manufacturer that is commited to doing things all-out, I'd say that's a big deal.

They sure like using the term EPIC though!
Wonder if that's some sort of clue?

 

[frolic]

Wow... tough crowd :?

That's what happens when something gets overhyped, the blowback is inevitable. They should have made less of a deal about it, or said nothing until after Hobbit and have a game that was very far along and close to production to trot out.

 

[mwong168]

Wow... tough crowd :?

I think it's great news Drano and happy he is back to make a new game for JJP. I hope he brings Pin-Mation back to pinball which I think is one of the coolest toys ever.

 

[DRANO]

Wow... tough crowd :?

That's what happens when something gets overhyped, the blowback is inevitable. They should have made less of a deal about it, or said nothing until after Hobbit and have a game that was very far along and close to production to trot out.

I don't consider one heads-up email from JJP last week 'overhyped'.
I think naval-gazing collectors with nothing better to do bear most of the blame for that.

A new big name joining your team seems a perfectly good reason to have a press release or announcment. By your logic, where is Trudeau's new game? Stern announced him months ago.

 

[frolic]

And Pinball's worst kept secret is finally out, and we can all move on.

Considering how bad a secret this seemed to be, I have to put weight into the "Haunted House" rumour that has gone along with it. I have no opinion about that as a theme, just stating that the rumour mill was correct on PL.

 

[mwong168]

I think The Big Lebowski was overhyped and a big disappointment compared to this JJP announcement.

 

[frolic]

I think The Big Lebowski was overhyped and a big disappointment compared to this JJP announcement.

Yeah, this whole announcing announcements thing is a bad trend.

 

[dos.reboot]

Lawlor + decent budget + original theme = the next TZ?

 

[REVOLUTION]

I hope Jack's pockets are deep enough to handle the ideas Pat's gonna have lol

I'm not a huge fan of his games (too much stop and go), but he does create some cool toys.

 

[frolic]

I wish there was a better system in place to groom and develop new pinball designers. It's a little disconcerting that we are so dependant on the literal old guard. How many grey haired men were in that Star Trek video?

Jpop seems to have some junior apprentices working with him, learning their craft, the irony is jpop is one of the younger designers going today being in his mid-40s.

 

[Allan]

Deeds not words lets see some artwork I'll withold judgement till I see a new pin to test.