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The Hobbit Full Playfield
Jersey Jack has finally revealed the full playfield design (no colour or description details yet) of his long anticipated The Hobbit pinball machine. The last piece of the puzzle was released only a couple of days ago and shows the position of the interactive SMAUG toy which will be placed in the upper left hand corner. Details of what the toy does and what it looks like is still another mystery waiting to be revealed.
The design contains a second ramp entrance on the left of the captive (or 'Newton') ball. A diverter appears to either allow the ball along the full length of the ramp, or send it straight back down the other entrance.
A shot to the right ramp entrance (without the diverter) sends the ball to the left on a wireform which orbits the Smaug toy before heading down to the left inlane. In front of Smaug are five drop targets, the right three of which have standups behind, like the two other banks of drop targets.
Game designer Joe Balcer is very excited, saying, "The game is all about Smaug and his extreme interaction with the player. Creating The Hobbit journey with a pinball layout is an awesome challenge that I have totally enjoyed putting together. Can't wait to start shooting a full game!"
A subway is fed through a hole in the playfield above Smaug. Balls can be sent here by a magnet mounted under the top of the orbit lane, just like the magnet on the right drops the ball into the pop bumpers and a second spinner rounds off the information revealed by this final part of the puzzle.
The playfield design may be in full view now, but there is still plenty to be revealed yet.
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