I have a quick update on Barrels of Fun Pinball for you all (or y’all depending upon what part of the World you’re in).
I unfortunately was unable to make it to the awesome Pintastic New England show this year because my son has sports that I don’t like to miss and I had a NJ Arcade Collectors party to go to last night. In past years Pintastic has broadcast the event’s seminars. I can’t find them this year, but a friend of mine attended the Barrels of Fun seminar.
According to what he told me, the Barrels folks said that the Company’s next game is already a flipping whitewood. I haven’t heard a peep about what the theme of this next game is, which isn’t surprising because Barrels did a good job keeping a tight lid on leaks for game one. There was talk a few months ago that the Company’s next game will be based on The Fifth Element, but it seems less and less likely that is actually true.
Also from yesterday’s seminar, I was told that Barrels believes they will sell out the 1,100 unit run of Labyrinth. They are currently manufacturing 4-5 games per day.
Alas, that’s all the info from the presentation I have because I wasn’t there. That’s still some really interesting stuff. I know that they were taping the presentations so hopefully Pintastic uploads them to their YouTube channel soon so I can find out more.
Barrels of Fun’s Labyrinth, as seen on location at Pizza J in Providence, Rhode Island:
