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If you thought the month of March 2023, with multiple new pinball machine reveals ahead of the Texas Pinball Festival, was a crazy one-time affair, think again. We’re seven month later and with Pinball Expo starting later this week, at least three new pinball machines have already been announced to make their first public appearance at the event.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, the following is expected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Mystery Pinball Company’s Labyrinth<\/em> game
– Jersey Jack Pinball new game, desifgned by Steve Ritchie, rumored to be themed around Elton John
– Pinball Adventures’ Elements<\/em> game
– Turner Pinball’s updated Ninja Eclipse<\/em> prototype
– New editions of several Stern Pinball games, including Elvira’s House of Horrors’ Blood Red Kiss Edition<\/em>
– Pinball Brothers’ recently announced Ripley Version<\/em> of Alien<\/em> and some other surprises<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Pinball Expo week usually is too hectic to write in-depth articles, this post will be referring to other sources that were able to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barrels of Fun Pinball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Mystery Pinball Company<\/strong>, that has been teasing the pinball media for months, revealed themselves as Barrels of Fun<\/strong>. The company is based in Houston, Texas, and founded by film maker David van Es. The Houston Chronicle published this article<\/a> on how the company was founded, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their first game is called Labyrinth<\/em>, and is based on the Jim Hanson movie from 1986 starring David Bowie. Photos and a video teaser of the game were released October 13th. The release resulted in great positive feedback, but also a lot of questions. Brian Savage, Chief Business Officer at Barrels of Fun answered many of these on the Pinside Forum<\/a>. Also check out this in-depth article about the game on Kineticist.co<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jersey Jack Pinball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The company will be revealing Steve Ritchie’s newest pinball machine on October 19 at their Pinball seminar, which starts at 8:00 PM. Little is known about the game, other than it most likely is themed around Elton John. The JJP factory is currently not having any outside visitors come by for a factory tour, which is a strong indication the new game is currently on the production line. Pinball Magazine and Pinball News plan to both publish articles about the new game at the time of reveal, so keep an eye on this website. Furthermore, an audio interview with Steve Ritchie and Jack Guarnieri is planned to be part of the next Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pinball Adventures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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A protion of the Elements<\/em> playfield.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Another new pinball company that has been teasing their upcoming reveal for months is Pinball Adventures. While many haven’t been able to play their first game, Punny Factory<\/em>, their second game, Elements<\/em>, has been in the works for years as well and will finally be revealed at Pinball Expo. Pinball Adventures has no seminar scheduled, so the game is expected to be available on the Pinball Expo show floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turner Pinball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Texas Pinball Festival in March of this year, Turner Pinball had a small booth with a work-in-progress prototype of a game called Ninja Eclipse<\/em>. As can be seen in the video below, the company will be bringing two pre-production games to Pinball Expo and open up pre-registration for the game as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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