The Hobbit

The Hobbit is a widebody pinball machine designed by Joe Balcer and released by Jersey Jack Pinball in March 2016. It is based on the series of films of the same name which are based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel The Hobbit. The Hobbit is Jersey Jack's second pinball machine and follow-up to The Wizard of Oz machine released in 2013.

Jersey Jack used a lot of the new technology introduced in The Wizard of Oz including a 27-inch LCD monitor mounted in the backbox. A large number of film clips are played on this monitor. A strip of white LED's are used to illuminate the top of the backglass. The playfield general illumination is much brighter than that used for The Wizard of Oz by using a new LED lighting system with higher-brightness LEDs.

The game has 3 flippers, including mid-field flipper on the right. Normal set-up includes a center-post between the flippers, but with the option to remove it for a more difficult game. The game is controlled by 2 buttons for the flippers, and the "ring button" located on the lockdown bar. There is a manual plunger to launch each new ball, but at other times an automatic plunger is used. A headphone jack is on the front of the machine.

The standard edition launched with a retail price of US$8,000, and the limited edition and Smaug limited edition at US$8,500. Jersey Jack produced a total of 4,000 units of The Hobbit.