2015–2016 · Jersey Jack Pinball
The Hobbit
Known for Ring button, LOCK, Beasts and Captive Ball. Stone masonry and ivy, round glowing green doorway, dark recessed riveted metal playfield panel and hand-drawn parchment fantasy map.
- Years
- 2015–2016
- Maker
- Jersey Jack Pinball
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- LCD screen
- Players
- 4
Known for
- button
Ring button
- rollovers
LOCK
- Toy
Beasts
- Captive ball
Captive Ball
- Multiball
Smaug Multiball
- Multiball
Beast Frenzy Multiball
- Mode
The Resurgence of Sauron
- Wizard mode
There and Back Again
5 games under this title
On the playfield
Toys 2
- Beasts
- Book
Holes 2
- Left VUK
- Right VUK
Captive ball 1
- Captive Ball
Bumper 1
- Bag End
Targets 4
- ELF targets
- DWARF targets
- MAN targets
- Mystery Target
Kickback 1
- Windlance
Lanes 2
- LOCK rollovers
- Precioussss outlane
Control 1
- Ring button button
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Young curly dark-haired hero, centre top, wide eyes, open mouth, leather-toned clothing, sword rising behind right shoulder
- other White-bearded wizard, top left, floppy pointed grey hat, layered grey-brown robes, one hand raised
- woman Elf archer, top right, long white-blonde hair, thin spiked circlet, drawing a bow with black-fletched arrow
- man Dark-haired archer figure partly behind the elf, top right, holding a bow
- monster Giant snarling tusked orc head, centre of lower recessed panel, mottled grey-brown skin, open mouth
- other Small dark-cloaked figure seen from behind, standing on a rock facing the orc head
Setting
- Stone masonry and ivy
- Round glowing green doorway
- Dark recessed riveted metal playfield panel
- Hand-drawn parchment fantasy map
Text on it
- THE HOBBIT
- MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY
- ROLLOVER SPELL LOCK
- L
- C
- K
- DWARF CHARACTERS COLLECTED TO UNLOCK FEATURES
- C.F.
- DWARF
- ELEN
- PLAYER 1
- 1,121,075
- BALL 1/3
- PLAYER 2
- 1,342,456
- PLAYER 3
- 893,124
- CREDITS 2
- FREE PLAY AT 560,000
How it plays
-
The plunge 4
- Dwarf Skill Shot
- Elf Skill Shot
- Lock Skill Shot
- Inlane Skill Shot
-
Modes 13
- The Resurgence of Sauron
- Feast Frenzy
- Super Spinners
- Into the Fire
- Barrel Escape
- Battle of Five Armies
- Treasure Hunt phase
- Book Mode
- An Unexpected Party
- Moon Runes
- Evil Revealed
- Duel in Lake-Town
- The Fall of Erebor
-
Multiballs 2
- Smaug Multiball
- Beast Frenzy Multiball
-
Goals 6
- Erebor
- Dwarves
- Arkenstone
Other
- Mode Ball
- Super Jets
- Load Arrow
-
Wizard modes 1
- There and Back Again
Made by
- Design
- Joe Balcer
- Art & Display animation
- Jean-Paul de Win
- Art
- Matt Riesterer
- Mechanics
- Eric Meunier
- Software
- Keith P. Johnson
- Software
- Ted Estes
- Software
- Joe Katz
- Software
- JT Harkey
- Software
- Alex Levy
- Sound
- David Thiel
- Music
- Two Steps from Hell
The cast
- Smaug
- Gandalf
- Bilbo Baggins
- Radagast
- Balin
- Gollum
Reference
Linked terms
- Ring button also called The Ring
- LOCK also called LOCK Targets
- Beasts also called Bash Targets
- Captive Ball also called Captive
- ELF targets also called ELF
- DWARF targets also called DWARF
- MAN targets also called MAN
- Mystery Target also called Mystery
- Precioussss also called Ring Save
- Smaug Multiball also called Smaug lock
- Beast Frenzy Multiball also called Beast Frenzy
- The Resurgence of Sauron also called Resurgence
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- gold
- dark green
- black
- brown
Fingerprint: "THE HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY": curly-haired hero with sword raised behind shoulder, white-bearded wizard, elf archer drawing bow, giant snarling tusked orc head, tiny cloaked figure facing it
A young curly-haired hero with wide frightened eyes and mouth agape, a long sword blade thrust up diagonally behind his shoulder, directly above the massive gold THE HOBBIT title. A huge snarling tusked orc head filling a dark recessed panel, confronted by a single tiny cloaked figure seen from behind. A white-bearded wizard in a floppy pointed hat on the left facing a white-haired elf archer drawing a bow on the right. A 3-by-5 grid of fifteen small character head portraits in the lower right corner. A hand-inked parchment map of a jagged mountain range and pine forest in the upper right of the lower panel.
Setting
- Stone masonry and ivy
- Round glowing green doorway
- Dark recessed riveted metal playfield panel
- Hand-drawn parchment fantasy map
Symbols
- Four gold rune letters l, c, k with a circled letter
- Hexagonal character medallions
- Parchment fantasy map
- Long sword
- Bow and arrow
- Stone arch doorway
- Riveted metal border
Lettering
- Large gold serif capitals with weathered bronze texture and dark outline for the title; small gold serif capitals on a ribbon banner; engraved gold serif lettering on the score panel; a green-outlined nameplate band across the middle
Themes
- Fantasy
- Wizard and dwarf
- Elves and bows
- Treasure and runes
- Film tie-in
Title on it
- The hobbit
Text on it
- THE HOBBIT
- MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY
- ROLLOVER SPELL LOCK
- L
- C
- K
- DWARF CHARACTERS COLLECTED TO UNLOCK FEATURES
- C.F.
- DWARF
- ELEN
- PLAYER 1
- 1,121,075
- BALL 1/3
- PLAYER 2
- 1,342,456
- PLAYER 3
- 893,124
- CREDITS 2
- FREE PLAY AT 560,000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Young curly dark-haired hero, centre top, wide eyes, open mouth, leather-toned clothing, sword rising behind right shoulder |
| Other | White-bearded wizard, top left, floppy pointed grey hat, layered grey-brown robes, one hand raised |
| Woman | Elf archer, top right, long white-blonde hair, thin spiked circlet, drawing a bow with black-fletched arrow |
| Man | Dark-haired archer figure partly behind the elf, top right, holding a bow |
| Monster | Giant snarling tusked orc head, centre of lower recessed panel, mottled grey-brown skin, open mouth |
| Other | Small dark-cloaked figure seen from behind, standing on a rock facing the orc head |
| Other | Fifteen character head portraits in a 3-by-5 grid at lower right, mixed genders, beards, hoods and helmets |
| Other | Small hexagonal character portrait icons across the top of the lower panel |
A fantasy film backglass on a stone-textured dark green and slate ground, split into an upper painted scene and a lower recessed playfield panel. Upper centre: a curly dark-haired young man in leather-toned clothing stares forward with wide eyes and mouth open, while a long silver sword blade rises diagonally behind his right shoulder; beneath him the title THE HOBBIT in huge gold serif capitals with weathered bronze-and-gold fill, and MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY in small gold caps on a ribbon banner. Upper left: a white-bearded wizard in a floppy pointed grey hat and layered grey-brown robes, leaning forward with one hand raised, a round green-glowing doorway behind him. Upper right: an elven archer with long white-blonde hair and a circlet of thin spikes, drawing a bow with a black-feathered arrow, with another dark-haired archer behind him. The lower half is a dark recessed field in green-black riveted metal framing: ROLLOVER SPELL LOCK at left with gold rune letters L C K and a circled letter, a hexagonal banner of small character portraits reading C.F. DWARF ELEN, a hand-drawn parchment fantasy map of a jagged mountain range and pine forest at right, a giant snarling tusked orc head in the centre panel facing a small dark-cloaked figure seen from behind, two inset film-still rectangles at lower left, and a 3-by-5 grid of fifteen character head portraits at lower right. Colours: gold, dark green, black, flesh pink. Realistic painted film-poster style.
Backglass Smaug Gold
- gold
- blue
- brown
- black
Fingerprint: the hobbit title in huge gold serif capitals with motion picture trilogy in small gold capitals below; elderly wizard in floppy grey pointed hat with very long white beard at far left; wide-eyed young brown-haired man in blue belted tunic holding broadsword upright with mouth open in shock, centre; three elf archers on right in cream-gold robes and brown leather; blue-lit stone cavern with ornamental gold-red celtic-knot border framing inset lcd
A full-motion video-style lower panel: the bottom half of the glass is an actual inset screen showing a blue-lit cavern, an ornate gold Celtic-knot frame and the words MATCH / PLAYER 1 / 215,563. Above it, the hero is a wide-eyed young man in a blue tunic holding a sword upright with his mouth open in astonishment, flanked by three golden-haired elf archers with drawn bows on the right. The JERSEY JACK PINBALL logo in a red cartouche sits in the top right corner.
Setting
- Misty birch wood
- Mountain ridges
- Glowing round stone doorway
- Blue-lit stone cavern
- Rock outcrop with chain
Symbols
- Sword
- Longbows and arrows
- Stone archway with glowing light
- Hanging iron chain
- Celtic knot border
- Jigsaw puzzle piece
- Star field behind the title
Lettering
- Large gold serif capitals with dark outline and bright inner highlight, small gold caps subtitle
Themes
- Fantasy
- Forest
- Elves
- Wizard
- Archery
- Sword
- Film licence
- Video backglass
Title on it
- The hobbit
Text on it
- THE HOBBIT
- MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY
- JERSEY JACK PINBALL
- MATCH
- PLAYER 1
- 215,563
- THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
- THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
- THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
- Middle-earth Enterprises
- All rights reserved
- New Line Productions
- New Line Cinema
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Elderly wizard, far left, floppy wide grey pointed hat, grey hooded robe, very long white beard, hands clasped, half-length |
| Man | Central young hero, tousled brown hair, blue belted tunic, wide staring blue eyes, mouth open, holding a broadsword upright in front of him |
| Man | Right, tall long pale-blonde elf king in cream and gold robes with a thin pointed gold crown, stern face, standing |
| Man | Right, elf archer with long blonde hair in brown-green leather, drawing a bow, billowing orange cloak behind |
| Man | Right foreground, red-haired elf in dark brown leather, crouching and aiming a bow directly outward |
Full cabinet front: a black speaker panel with perforated grille runs across the top, with a small backlit instruction card in the centre, above a large painted film-art backglass. The artwork's upper band shows a misty birch wood with pale white trunks and, at lower left, a round stone doorway glowing orange, lit like a sunset. Four figures: far left an elderly wizard in a floppy grey pointed hat and grey robe with a very long white beard, hands clasped; centre a wide-eyed young brown-haired man in a blue belted tunic holding a broadsword upright, mouth open in shock; on the right three elf archers - a tall long pale-blonde figure in cream and gold robes wearing a thin pointed crown, an archer in brown-green with a billowing orange cloak, and a red-haired archer in dark leather crouching with a bow. The title THE HOBBIT in huge gold serif capitals with THE in small caps above the H, and MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY in small gold caps below. Top right a red outlined logo reads JERSEY JACK PINBALL over three wavy lines. The lower half is a blue-lit stone cavern with a chain and rock outcrop, bearing an inset LCD screen with an ornamental gold-and-red Celtic-knot border reading MATCH and PLAYER 1 215,563.