First Pictures of ABBA Pinball | Kineticist
Check out the first photos from Pinball Brother's latest release, ABBA, set to be revealed this Saturday.
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Apparently it's no April Fools, ABBA, PB's next pin.
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KendarTheOrc
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Cool to see that Helicopter toy that was teased is actually be added
Are those stand up targets already misaligned?
Never been a big fan of the band but “Ring Ring” seems a bit of an obscure track to base a mode around. Was it in that 90s film?
Never been a big fan of the band but “Ring Ring” seems a bit of an obscure track to base a mode around. Was it in that 90s film?
Artwork looks leaps better then Queen but layout, design and toys look absolutely meh
A potential great theme wasted.
A potential great theme wasted.
Oh no. If you’re going to do a kitsch pop theme you need to REALLY do a kitsch pop theme, all singing all dancing like EJ. The layout is uninspired for those looking for a player’s machine and the cabinet and backglass are pretty fugly
Silverpaolo
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I mean come on !!! Shocking effort with art
KendarTheOrc
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They've even got one of the B's backwards, it's like there was no quality control
Pinball Brothers Shares Pictures of and Details on Upcoming ABBA Pinball Machine - UPDATED with Exclusive Pricing Information & Song List
This afternoon, the European pinball manufacturer Pinball Brothers shared pictures of its upcoming third game, ABBA, with various media outlets. Check them out below.The pinball machine will come in two variants, the regular or "Arrival" Limited Edition and the "Voyage" Collector Edition...
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I think it was a bigger hit in Europe.
Artwork is not as bad as Queen - but my dogs could of done better artwork on Queen. Think the Abba cab art is 'passable'. You dont look at the mantle-piece when you stoke the fire bud.
Silverpaolo
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I like to look at the art work whilst I’m stroking my beaver ! Or is that just me !
So, my opinion. I like the look of the playfield. Looks it could have a nice flow, its not overcrowded, disco ball i like, gold disc on right ramp looks a bit slapped on.
Artwork is much better than Queen, i think the Voyage cabinet is really nice, but the backglass on that version is horrible and enough to put me off. There is nothing ABBA, glam or even Voyage about it! They look like stone faces and stoned! As for the cheaper version or as they call it the arrival version, its alot better. I MUCH prefare the backglass, however cabinet art is ok but not great. Why have they based it on the 1979 world tour and the Voulez Vous album but then called it the Arrival version? If they wanted to go that route I think artwork based on the Arrival album would have worked much better. Anyway il end on a positive, its good to see that by the looks of things, the only difference between the versions is the artwork. Thats to be appreciated versus the missing half a game Stern pro's/JJP's we sometimes get. Overall im keen and enthusiastic about it. Hope they get the Sound and gameplay right.
Artwork is much better than Queen, i think the Voyage cabinet is really nice, but the backglass on that version is horrible and enough to put me off. There is nothing ABBA, glam or even Voyage about it! They look like stone faces and stoned! As for the cheaper version or as they call it the arrival version, its alot better. I MUCH prefare the backglass, however cabinet art is ok but not great. Why have they based it on the 1979 world tour and the Voulez Vous album but then called it the Arrival version? If they wanted to go that route I think artwork based on the Arrival album would have worked much better. Anyway il end on a positive, its good to see that by the looks of things, the only difference between the versions is the artwork. Thats to be appreciated versus the missing half a game Stern pro's/JJP's we sometimes get. Overall im keen and enthusiastic about it. Hope they get the Sound and gameplay right.
Silverpaolo
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To be honest the playfield art looks pretty good the cabinet does not
As pick says, Ring ring was a bigger hit overseas. It was their 1973 attempt to represent Sweden in the Eurovision. It got released here after thier waterloo victory but only charted no 32 in the summer of 1974, meanwhile ABBA let danish duo sweet dreams cover thier now popular song Honey, honey which was a top 10 hit and they took the fame. Big mistake as many at the time were writing them off as a one hit wonder. Just incase that ever comes up in a pub quiz 
This looks w4nk
Agreed not great, but its that backglass on the super LE that kills it for me
Shame it’s not……..
Slingshot99
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Thanks for that vid. cheered me up no end!
Greatest ABBA video ever
GrizZ FaCtStAmP TM
Silverpaolo
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The live stream is awful
It's working here, but think the guy with the camera has had a few already.
Looks like a good night out and be fun playing it with a few beers. A strange stream though, interviews going on with guys on a projector screen, when everyone is just chatting away enjoying the night. Kinda like doing a live stream of a pinball release in Wetherspoons.
Silverpaolo
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That’s what I mean a real odd venue
To not fuel the fire were people seem to be hating on PB and ABBA based on very little information, I figured I would focus my review of the evening and game on the positive and only a single "point of improvement" on the game.
The event / evening was absolutely entertaining and fun for the people there, myself and my family had a very good time! A pretty good crowd, the launch and unveiling was a little "unpolished" but on the flip side mercifully kept rather short, I would say about 15-20 minutes until the four games on site were made available for public play, music turned back on, and nobody seemed to care about the stuff on the screens (as it should be). Three separate areas were set up one of them in a quiet conference room with a single game so that the call outs and soundtrack could be heard clearly (smart move). The band was a hit with the crowd, food and drink was good, generally the place felt packed and people were having a good time. Lines to the games were not bad at all after about 1-2h. I got to play three games.
The games (not an expert reviewer by a long shot):
The art work actually wasn't bad at all in person. Actually I think the cabinet art works pretty well on both versions with a slight edge for the Voyage one. The play field art and lighting I would say is NICE! One little detail that I really liked were the RGB illuminated stand ups (instead on an insert in the play field), This added additional depth to the play field, felt more 3D and "alive" and I imagine you can do cool stuff with in the games / rules. Smooth and interesting shots, EXTREMELY smooth play field like a pane of glass. The Helicopter was VERY cool, the magnetised cyclone in the left rear also cool, a rather fast right side ramp with a rapid 180 deg turn around to serve the ball back to the left inlane also pretty nice! The out lanes seemed rather hungry. I would say the layout, mechs and play field has potential to be a very good game. It will come down to rules, soundtrack and call outs really. Neither of which I can say anything about based on three short games in a loud bar (never played the quiet room)
As promised, one area of improvement. The game felt VERY slow and floaty and the flippers were anemic to say the least. It was so bad on the two machines I played it would be a deal breaker for me. I know speeding up a game is not as simple as cranking up the rear legs and setting flipper power to 255, but I do hope for PBs sake there is a way to at least improve on this!
The event / evening was absolutely entertaining and fun for the people there, myself and my family had a very good time! A pretty good crowd, the launch and unveiling was a little "unpolished" but on the flip side mercifully kept rather short, I would say about 15-20 minutes until the four games on site were made available for public play, music turned back on, and nobody seemed to care about the stuff on the screens (as it should be). Three separate areas were set up one of them in a quiet conference room with a single game so that the call outs and soundtrack could be heard clearly (smart move). The band was a hit with the crowd, food and drink was good, generally the place felt packed and people were having a good time. Lines to the games were not bad at all after about 1-2h. I got to play three games.
The games (not an expert reviewer by a long shot):
The art work actually wasn't bad at all in person. Actually I think the cabinet art works pretty well on both versions with a slight edge for the Voyage one. The play field art and lighting I would say is NICE! One little detail that I really liked were the RGB illuminated stand ups (instead on an insert in the play field), This added additional depth to the play field, felt more 3D and "alive" and I imagine you can do cool stuff with in the games / rules. Smooth and interesting shots, EXTREMELY smooth play field like a pane of glass. The Helicopter was VERY cool, the magnetised cyclone in the left rear also cool, a rather fast right side ramp with a rapid 180 deg turn around to serve the ball back to the left inlane also pretty nice! The out lanes seemed rather hungry. I would say the layout, mechs and play field has potential to be a very good game. It will come down to rules, soundtrack and call outs really. Neither of which I can say anything about based on three short games in a loud bar (never played the quiet room)
As promised, one area of improvement. The game felt VERY slow and floaty and the flippers were anemic to say the least. It was so bad on the two machines I played it would be a deal breaker for me. I know speeding up a game is not as simple as cranking up the rear legs and setting flipper power to 255, but I do hope for PBs sake there is a way to at least improve on this!
Slingshot99
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Nice write up from someone who was there so able to give an unbiased view. Thank you.
So no snappy flippers….
