Big Bang Bar

[awarner]

Wild - First post of the year and it's in March!!!

So I'm gussing that there is no real BBB news anymore.

I saw that someone has raised the BBB sale price to $11K. This is a good trend even though barring any financial disaster on my part, mine will not be for sale.

I guess you all know that Gene sold the bulk of the Williams, Alvin G, and some Capcom parts to James Loflin of Pinball Inc. here in Georgia. He also acquired a lot of tooling and an unbelievable amount of documentation going back to the first Williams game, Suspense. James sold the parts to an Austrailian company, but retained the tooling and documentation. I have seen the documentation and it is absolutely fascinating. Hand drawn playfields, artwork, detailed Bill of Materials, Etc. We're hoping to scan a lot of the material, but we estimate that there are as much as 500,000 pages total! Yes - there really is THAT much. James has started to produce some parts from original moulds so it's an awesome time. And James does have some BBB ramps if anyone needs them, but you'll have to take your chances moving the EL lights from yours to the new one. I got my hands on an original EL light from the original game and the connectors are different.

I'm attending the Pinball Wizards Convention In Allentown, PA with James this April/May - Come by the booth and say Hi!

One other thing - We are going to re-issue all of the Pins and Vids discs along with a new one this year in standard DVD cases with covers and printed discs. The price will be higher, but we'll still be giving the PHOF the bulk of the profit (basically the same amount they were making before without having to do anything). I'll update the forum when we get there.

Also, I'm on Facebook now and a few of you are on my Friends list. Cool - The more the Merrier!

Also - New BBB owners - Post a message and introduce yourself! Be sure to read all of the forums and get caught up on the history of this great game. I still have the Pictures page up at http://www.bbbpictures.com.
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[Bertl]

Yes, indeed, very sad that it's so quiet here. I take a look in here almost every day to see if there are any news.

The ramp arrows are still an issue. I would be glad to see them reproduced or an alternative product.

Also a re-run of the playfield plastic set would be interesting, but i do not have an information from IPB so far.

The documentation you have seems to be awesome, hope we see one day a part of the result.

PinGreetz!
Norbert

[robertwinter]

[kirklake13]

Robert I will definately stop by @ the Allentown booth.

Anyone know if James or IPB has any BBB cabinet art?

If the game gets to $15k I might consider selling mine

captkirk
BBB#78
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[tcat]

Does anyone know if the one posted on RGP this week for $8500 sold?

[awarner]

Kim confirmed that Gene will be at the Allentown show in May. Just letting y'all know in case you want to drop by his booth and say Hi!
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