OK, I'll bite. This morning I received an e-mail from someone at the following e-mail address:
The message was titles "Upcoming new game" and contained the following message:
"We hope everybody loves this game as much as we're enjoying making it!"
This is a somewhat marketing tactic that Barrels of Fun Pinball aka the Mystery Pinball Company used to launch Labyrinth. So here's the $10,000 question (that seems to be more appropriate for a discussion about pinball than the million dollar question)...is this a real thing or is someone just pulling our leg? If it is a prank, they actually put a little effort into it by registering a domain name and creating a rudimentary website.
A couple of months ago, Kaneda said that his friend spoke with the people representing The Princess Bride at the licensing expo and they told him that someone did secure the pinball license for the movie. At the time, his guess was that it was Spooky Pinball that had the license.
Well, this isn't Spooky's normal marketing MO. So...
Either Spooky is changing things up and this is its next game OR
This is Barrels of Fun Pinball's next game (this seems unlikely) OR
This is yet another completely new pinball company OR
This is an elaborate prank
What do you all think? I'm personally a skeptic by nature, so I'm leaning towards this being someone who's trying to trick us. It is interesting to think about though. I do think that The Princess Bride would make a good theme for a pinball machine.
Looks like it's NOT "$POOKY" OR "Barrels Of Fun" that will be making The Princess Bride.
It looks like The Princess Bride will be a Multimorphic project !?!
Sadly it looks like it will be a CARTOON version of The Princess Bride, NOT the movie version (which might have been interesting IMHO) !?!
For a Cartoon version of The Princess Bride I'm definitely OUT - no matter who makes it !
I thought I heard recently that barrel of fun had their next license secured…. Hmmmmmm maybe?!
When filling out the email, the next pages shows: Thank you for your interest in the upcoming The Princess Bride pinball machine.
We will share more information in the coming weeks and months.
We cannot wait to share this amazing pinball experience that brings this beloved cinematic masterpiece to life.
Feels a little hoax-y to me. 😂 Would love to see it if real though, hope it comes to fruition!