Full playfield reveal for JJP's Hobbit

[Metalzoic]

I'm surprised this isn't already posted here. They revealed the (supposedly) full schematic for the Hobbit table on the 14th.
Personally I feel it looks emptier than I was expecting and wanting, but there is still a lot unknown.

Anyway, here it is for those interested. The link points out a few things

http://www.pinballnews.com/games/hobbit/index6.html

 

[shutyertrap]

Nice open middle. Wonder what Smaug is gonna do, since I doubt he'll just be a static toy.

 

[netizen]

The magnet and VUK behind the two Drop Targets on the left of that row of 5 give a lot of possibilities for Smaug.

 

[Richard B]

Looks kind of like Stern's LOTR. Any word on who the designer is yet?

 

[Edan-Grossman]

The designer is Joe Balcer. He also worked on The Simpsons Pinball Party.

 

[Richard B]

The designer is Joe Balcer. He also worked on The Simpsons Pinball Party.

Cool. He also did WOZ. Have they even finalized the software on that one yet?

 

[Metalzoic]

Nice open middle. Wonder what Smaug is gonna do, since I doubt he'll just be a static toy.

He's supposedly going to be massively interactive. The middle is way open (except for the 4 pop-up/trap doors), but that is what I'm not to happy about.
It looks to plain and symmetrical to me.

 

[Metalzoic]

Cool. He also did WOZ. Have they even finalized the software on that one yet?

Not yet. They're still updating it regularly.

 

[Jeff Strong]

A lot of great pins are open in the middle (MM, LOTR, MB, etc.).

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

I wouldn't consider LOTR to have an open playfield. The left side, yes, but the right is pretty closed off between the Ring ramp, the Palantir target, the Gimli hole/VUK, and the sword ramp.

 

[Jeff Strong]

It's more open in the middle than a lot of pins, but yeah not as much as this.

 

[Tom]

I think the hobbit would be better as a standard body game instead of a wide body.

 

[Metalzoic]

I think the hobbit would be better as a standard body game instead of a wide body.

You mean based off of how open that design is or the theme itself?


I think JJP has already stated that wide is their standard, so I doubt we will see any non-wide bodies from them at all.

 

[Tom]

Based of the design.
I personally like open games, but wide Bodies are best when they are packed with alot of "stuff" imo.

 

[pseudokings]

It has a "Boat Ramp". Anyone at FS still want to act like including Fish Tales in TPA isn't important?

 

[pseudokings]

Reminds of Fish Tales (read above) and Avengers (drops in front of what I expect will be a smash target), and the way everything is up at the back together reminds of Spider-Man. I expect to like it. Probably better than WOZ.

 

[Sumez]

It -is- oddly symmetrical, but so is Taxi and Monster Bash, and those are among my favourites. I see nothing bad about this playfield layout, could be a lot of fun.

Axe slingshots look like a neat gimmick, too

 

[Dutch Pinball ball]

Only thing i like less is that all ramps are in the middle as on woz.

 

[DrainoBraino]

I have a feeling this pin is ....GONNA BE AWESOME!

I finally got to play Wizard of Oz a few weeks ago when I was in Rehoboth beach DE. I walked into an arcade on the boardwalk, BAM, there is was. Played about 20 games of it. I loved everything about it, especially the lights. Holy cow, the lighting on this table is SICK. The playfield lights literally float off the table showing every color in the rainbow. Too bad it was in a room with huge florescent lights glaring on the glass. I would love to play it in a darkened room, with some...ahem...stimulating substances.

 

[Dutch Pinball ball]

Something like this?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Doo-Gro-H...are-Stimulating-Growth-Oil-4.5-fl-oz/10324599