About two days ago, Orbit Games (an arcade machine manufacturer that owns the longer-standing American Pinball) announced that they would be making an officially-licensed “Showbiz Prize Place” claw machine starting next year. Quoting their Facebook post from yesterday:
We are excited to introduce our new machine
SHOWBIZ PRIZE PLACE Claw machine.In partnership with Creative Engineering we are bringing back The Rock-afire Explosion Band with 6 collectable plushes.
Back monitor plays a rotation of original Rock-afire animatronic shows with music attracting & entertaining guests.
Adults have nostalgia for these animatronic bands of the past & with recent entertainment revamps like Five Nights At Freddy’s™it shows kids love them too.
Shipping early 2026…contact your dealer today to reserve yours.
The American Pinball storefront has it on sale for $2,999, with the following extra selling points:
- All metal frame construction
- High Quality Powder Coat Finish
- Special Shatter Proof Viewing Windows
- Recessed LED Lights
- Adjustable strength claw and meter included
- “Play ’til you win” selectable
- Dual optical prize detection system
- 63" x 31.5" x 31.5" 250LBS
Orbit Games’ Rockafire page indicates they also plan to sell boxes of 50 or 100 plushies (the same ones that’ve been on Creative Engineering’s own online store for quite a while now) for use as prizes. They cap it off by advertising a “very limited stock” of 3-stage Rockafire animatronics for a minimum of $200,000. “Serious inquiries only!!!”
