Haggis Pinball Goes Dark; Business Records Indicate Closure

As mentioned in last week's This Week in Pinball newsletter, I've been actively following this story, as have many others in the pinball community. My instinct was to wait for more official word (direct or indirect) from those involved, but it's never a good sign for a company when things like this take place within a short timeframe, as they have today.

Haggis Pinball Goes Dark

Tonight, it appears as if Haggis Pinball has gone dark. As of publishing, haggispinball.com has been made private, and major social media accounts for the company (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) are all also offline.

I was watching for something like this to happen on 8/2/2024, as that was when the haggispinball.com domain registration was scheduled to lapse, so this is happening faster than I thought it could.

As far as I know, owner Damian Hartin has not made further public comments following statements indicating financial trouble for his struggling pinball manufacturing company earlier (Celts, Fathom and Centaur remakes) this year.

Sad news for pinball and unfortunate for all involved if this is in fact the end for Haggis Pinball.

Update as of 9:30 PM:

Here's a screenshot from an Australian database of business records indicating that the last records filed for Haggis Pinball include:

• "Notification of Resolution Winding Up The Company"
• "Notice By External Administrator/controller-Appoint/cease"
• "Appointment of Liquidator (Creditors' Voluntary Winding Up"

Update as of 11:30 PM:

Statement of Resolution By Members

Additional Haggis Pinball links:

• ‍Update from Zach Meny and Flip N' Out Pinball on Centaur pre-orders.
• Recent video from Cary Hardy covering a lot of the recent specifics.
• Recent rumor shared by Kaneda's Pinball Podcast
• 2023 interview by Cary Hardy with Damian Hartin discussing Fathom production and Covid struggles

I'll update this article as I learn more.