The Capcom Kingpin pinball machine remake/production information.

Here is a scan of the letter that Gene mailed out on July 19, 2008.

The pictures in the above letter appear to be of a mock-up of Kingpin that Gene has been working on.  I believe that the cabinet, head and backglass art have all been hand painted to resemble & represent the original Kingpin art package.  I believe that Gene is considering replacing the ball launch button with a gun-grip ball launch as depicted in the above pictures.

It is believed that Capcom made nine prototypes of Kingpin before closing the pinball division in 1997.  Eight should still exist as one is said to have been destroyed in a fire that also claimed one of the original prototype Big Bang Bars.  Gene wants to put Kingpin into production like he did Big Bang Bar.  Gene made approximately 199 BBB’s, most of which were sold for the pre-agreed price of $4,500 - which according to the information above represents a loss of about $2,800 per machine.

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