{"id":8114,"date":"2016-01-12T17:14:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=8114"},"modified":"2017-08-31T17:41:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T16:41:35","slug":"eag-international-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2016\/01\/12\/eag-international-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"EAG INTERNATIONAL 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual EAG International amusement show began today at the usual venue of the Excel London in the East End of the city. Pinball pickings were likely to be slim, but there was still plenty to keep fans of the silver ball interested.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/14.jpg\" alt=\"Excel London, home of EAG 2016\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excel London, home of EAG 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/15.jpg\" alt=\"Excel was also hosting the London Boat Show, as you can see by this rather large vessel\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excel was also hosting the London Boat Show, as you can see by this rather large vessel moored outside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the Boat Show occupying the southern halls (which are closest to the water), EAG was in halls N1 &amp; N2.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/38.jpg\" alt=\"EAG 2016\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside halls N1 &amp; N2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we saw in yesterday&#8217;s preview, Stern Pinball&#8217;s UK distributor Electrocoin had four pinballs on their stand.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/20.jpg\" alt=\"The Electrocoin stand\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Electrocoin stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pinballs were busy all day, with most interest focused on the new <em>Spider-Man Vault Edition<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/18.jpg\" alt=\"Pinballs on the Electrocoin stand\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinballs on the Electrocoin stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/19.jpg\" alt=\"The new Spider-Man Vault Edition\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Spider-Man Vault Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/17.jpg\" alt=\"It was nice to see a shiny Spider-Man playfield\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was nice to see a shiny Spider-Man playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of some of the new dot-matrix display animations in the Vault Edition.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"560\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P_2zzKX-RC4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Meanwhile, over at the Heighway Pinball stand, there were four more games to play. In this case they were differing versions of their Full Throttle model.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/23.jpg\" alt=\"The Heighway Pinball stand\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Heighway Pinball stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/22.jpg\" alt=\"The four Full Throttle machines\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The four Full Throttle machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two machines had the large backbox LCD, while the others had the regular 10&#8243; screens. Opposite the Heighway stand was a reminder how motorbike racing is a popular theme for video games.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/32.jpg\" alt=\"MotoGP bike racing game\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MotoGP bike racing game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heighway Pinball were also showing the playfield artwork from their upcoming Alien pinball.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/16.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew and Roman with the Alien artwork\" width=\"550\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew and Roman with the Alien artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/43a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/43.jpg\" alt=\"Alien playfield artwork\" width=\"550\" height=\"1100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alien playfield artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As usual, there were several mini-pinball games which dispense either rubber balls or toy capsules.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/25.jpg\" alt=\"Three toy pinball toy dispensers\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three toy pinball toy dispensers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/26.jpg\" alt=\"A Magic Circus game\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Magic Circus game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another toy pinball turned up on one of the many merchandise stands.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/27.jpg\" alt=\"An 'exciting' mini football game\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An &#8216;exciting&#8217; mini football game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although not pinball machines, pinball mechanisms did turn up in a couple of redemption games, such as this flipper-powered mini air hockey.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/28.jpg\" alt=\"Beat the Clock head-to-head mini air hockey game\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beat the Clock head-to-head mini air hockey game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/36.jpg\" alt=\"A pinball plunger is fitted to this Angry Birds redemption piece\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pinball plunger is fitted to this Angry Birds redemption piece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/37.jpg\" alt=\"Practicing pinball skill shots finally pays off\" width=\"400\" height=\"631\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Practicing pinball skill shots finally pays off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A throwback to solid-state days appeared on this Alice in Wonderland pusher, with an infinity lighting effect.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/29.jpg\" alt=\"An infinity lighting topper\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An infinity lighting topper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s time for this effect to return to pinball. The depth if this topper would make it suitable for use in a backbox.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/30.jpg\" alt=\"The infinity lighting box doesn't have much depth\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The infinity lighting box doesn&#8217;t have much depth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not surprisingly, Star Wars was a popular theme at the show, from a new version of the <em>Star Wars Battle Pod<\/em> game with co-operative play, to stand-ups and other assorted merchandise.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/21.jpg\" alt=\"The non-pod version with added multi-player play\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The non-pod version with added multi-player play<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/24.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars stand-ups\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Star Wars stand-ups, toy dispensers and more<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another former pinball theme seems to be making a comeback. It&#8217;s time to think pink.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/33.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Panther Jewel Heist appeared on several stands\" width=\"400\" height=\"630\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Panther Jewel Heist appeared on several stands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And if pink is not your colour, maybe green is more agreeable?<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/35.jpg\" alt=\"Another licence making a comeback\" width=\"400\" height=\"643\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another licence making a comeback<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One classic licence which never goes away is Pac-Man, and now you can play the world&#8217;s largest version of the game, or Galaga instead.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/39.jpg\" alt=\"The World's Largest (apparently)\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The World&#8217;s Largest (apparently)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On our travels around the show, we discovered the Heighway Pinball crew chilling out at the Polar Krush stand.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/41.jpg\" alt=\"Getting Kool with the Krush\" width=\"550\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting Kool with the Krush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt that the show was fairly quiet during this first day. The aisles used to be packed with visitors, but this year it was much quieter.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/40.jpg\" alt=\"A quiet day at the show\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A quiet day at the show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The upside for visitors is how they can easily try any of the games without queuing.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/eag-international-2016\/31.jpg\" alt=\"Plenty of fun games to try\" width=\"550\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plenty of fun games to try<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To end our coverage of EAG 2016 we have our customary video walk around the show, otherwise known as the Seventeen Minute Tour.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"560\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vAoY6EU1PGg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"TopPage\">(Note: An earlier version of this video tour was truncated. This is the full length version.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual EAG International amusement show began today at the usual venue of the Excel London in the East End of the city. Pinball pickings were likely to be slim, but there was still plenty to keep fans of the silver ball interested. 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