We just received the Gold Sample for Black Hole Mini Pinball – our final review before mass production.
Since Black Hole isn’t fully playable at this scale, this one is really about recreating the look and feel of the original machine – the lighting, sounds, score animation, cabinet details, and overall presence.
The Gold Sample does that really well. Insert a coin and it adds a credit, start a game and it runs through a pre-recorded gameplay sequence with synchronized audio and animated scoring. The shooter can launch a small ball up the lane, and the cabinet has real metal legs and adjustable levelers.
We shot a short video to show it off. It’s less of a walk-through than our Golden Tee or Crystal Castles videos and more a look at some of our favorite details and features.
The lighting is probably our favorite part. Between the playfield, backbox, displays, and Neon Vapor black-light underlighting, it has a ton of presence – especially sitting next to the rest of the RepliCade lineup.
We did catch a few things for the factory to clean up before production. Most notably, the pop bumpers were missing their LED underlighting, plus a few smaller fit-and-finish items.
Overall, though, we’re extremely happy with where it landed.
Our current target schedule is:
* Mass production – September-October 2026
* Goods arrive at NWT HQ – November 2026
* Presale shipments begin – Before Christmas 2026
Stay tuned for more updates as we have them!
– New Wave Toys
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This looks really amazing and can’t wait until mine arrives. I wish it could play, but maybe that will be a future project. But it is impressive. Nice work.
Looks great! Glad I pre-ordered one. :)
Looks Incredible!
I pre-ordered this originally for my Mother who loved pinball. She passed away peacefully last year & I’ve kept my pre-order as a show of support for NWT (It’s been tough times for a variety of reasons!). I’ve become more of a pinhead lately & this will be a treasured piece of art along with my other NWT cabs. I’m going set this up as a memorial to my Mother & Shilo. (Fingers crossed for a 1/6 scale Shilo figure next year – the first one goes to his Mother!) I’m glad to see NWT moving through the backlog & look forward to what NWT brings out next year! (A Centuri Phoenix Cab would be quite the metaphor!) – A NWT Fan & Arcade Junkie – Rob C.
It’s so beautiful 😭 Finally getting an update on this was greatly appreciated ❤️
Looking great, thanks for the update! Been waiting (and waiting…) a long time for this to materialize, thanks for all of your work and effort in spite of all the numerous setbacks. Keep the regular updates coming please (remember, bad news is better than no news).
Finally, I’m still blown away, as are a lot of others, the amount of work and detail that has gone into this, and no playable feature /at all/. Some flipper movement, even if not perfect, would be miles better than basically what amounts to a prop. “Hey, neat mini arcade, let me play Missle Command and Centepede and Asteroids and … – oh fun!!! Let me try the Black Hole pin now — wait, what, it doesn’t play?!”
Keep up the great work guys!
These are looking really amazing.
Thank you for carrying the ball foreword for Shilo by completing his legacy of mini arcade machines.
N.W.T.’s is a great little company that has always seen their products & projects to the finish line every time.
You are doing a great job. Thank you for continuing that excellence.