lady ga ga damit lady ga..........

Main reason I think that would be awesome is the wife loved the books and probably wouldn't mind having the pin. the idea of a HP pin is really growing on me.

LMFAO!

Pink Floyd and Harry Potter would be incredible themes. You could do multiple machines with each.

I agree, Steve should do what Steve does best. BK3K!!! It would be the new MM to say the least, what a home run hit! Steve.....build it and they will come!!!

Would be great!

Could Stern really do a BK3K? I mean I know williams isn't exactly in business.. I spose someone still owns the name and could license it?

I for one would sell blood to own something like that. I'm still trying to find a decently priced bk2k.

I am still hoping AC/DC is in the works...!

Williams is still in business and still owns the rights.

http://www.wms.com/Games/Video/GPlus/Pages/BlackKnight.aspx

They have also made a Funhouse, Attack/Revenge from Mars, Star Trek and others.

@jonnyo: I forgot they still make the slots. Funny they're still using the same themes.

AC/DC is next and confirmed. Pro ships in Jan the LE shortly after a month + or so.
Lots of drop targets on this one
The LE will have a lower playfield beneath the main. This will be a first on a Stern.

Link please!!

AC/DC is next and confirmed. Pro ships in Jan the LE shortly after a month + or so.
Lots of drop targets on this one
The LE will have a lower playfield beneath the main. This will be a first on a Stern.

Were are you getting your info from??Does'nt sound right

i cant find any info on this either.

I messaged Steve Ritchie on Facebook and he confirmed that this is the next game. His exact words were "What do you think?, The answer is YES and it ROCKS"

Old news We know that already...What about this lower playfield info?

Hells Bells intro music.... TREVOR TIME!!!!!!

Love it,Should be the most rockin pin to come our way!!
Most seem to Love them or Hate them. (AC/DC)

So this guy just came in to post this B.S. and leaves..Pffff!!

I don't know something tells me it's a RS converted to ACDC.
Nothing fancy I don't think.

Hi PinMike,
He appears to be a new member that is racking up some karma points,what's wrong with that?All are welcome here.
Did I miss something?

He's been here since 2004

That Quick Profile feature sure is cool!!

We have known for ages that AC-DC is the next pin! A dealer in Australia was told months ago and then told to deny

And the LE is going to have a lower playfield. Not heard about the drop targets but that would be excellent.

The lower playfield was completely obvious in the screenshot they had in that Transformers video that some people grabbed awhile back. At least it was to me.

Oh this reminds me, someone owes me $50. Sweet.

AC/DC is an awful idea. might as well give poison their own. they were always 2nd fiddle to van halen with roth. they just weren't innovative enough. and now the 80's bands including VH, my fav, are just nostalgia acts. metallica or u2 would be the only choices for music because they remain relevant to the contemporary music scene. they probably tried to get led zep or the beatles but they wouldn't sellout. Rock themes are bad. rock is not even the dominant music genre out there.

Terrible idea.....but "you shook me all night long" with a shaker motor.....

Zep will be next in the near future from Stern. Kiss from JJP.

If that under-playfield feature is true, the LE will make the Pro look pretty pointless. It'd be nice to see one of those again, but the theme doesn't do much for me.

Approaching troll status.

AC/DC has sold 200 million albums.
Van Halen sold 80 million.
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So no doubt, VH will always be second fiddle to AC/DC.
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Roth always wanted to be a clone of BOA's Jim Dandy. The high kicks, half spoken lyrics, the clothes. Big Jim Dandy had better hair though...

I would never buy Metallica nor put a quarter in the machine on location. F them. Their music is decent but they are major A holes. Not a big fan of rock and roll pins but did enjoy GNR last I played it and Tommy. AC/DC and/or another Kiss pinball machine might have a chance. But I want pinball to take me on a journey or adventure.....going on tour, please. Meh.

I'd want a Highlander pin with Queen as the music - "Born to be Kings". Because there can be only one.

If you REALLY want to hate Metallica, try and sit through their documentary "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster".

Don't watch it if you like the band, as you will absolutely hate them afterwards.

What a bunch of crying little girls they are...

How many albums did Rolling Stones sell! And it's a stinker......the gameplay better be awesome, just sayin

195 million

Funny Vid! You know it's one 250 million for RS and while AC/DC hit 200, one album, Back in Black, a great one, accounted for 50 million.....

Still, RS a total stinker pin....

The AC/DC must be for all the overseas wankers......

That has got to be Jesse James Dupree's dad .

Jim

Maybe things changed since I talked to the "man" at expo, but that was the word 2 months ago.
Maybe I should have put in a disclaimer:no eta of game in que and info current 2 months ago but subject to change.

I can't imagine why anyone would consider producing another KISS pin. Not this far out from their relevancy.

Kiss has a instantly recognized branding that lends itself to pinball. They are a living comic book. They merchandise themselves on everything from Lava Lamps to Coffins.

What would a Bad Company, Foghat, Oasis, Foreigner or Coldplay, pinball machine look like? Great bands, but what do the members look like? What are their names? You would probably have to look it up.

Kiss, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden (think Eddie), Elvis, The Misfits...all bands that would work great in a pinball theme appealing to 50 year old males.

True. In 1978. Not today. They weren't ever really even a good band, if we are being totally honest here. I would venture to say that easily 95% of college students today couldn't name you a single KIsS song - definitely not if you took away Rock & Roll All Night. I just don't see that KISS is even marginally relevant anymore, and can't imagine JJP being able to sell even a run of 1000 LEs.

...even to 50 year old guys....

I remember being so excited hearing that The Who had a Tommy pinball game finally coming out.

Imagine my disappointment when I went down to the distributor only to find a big yellow packman with none of the great imagery from the band or the movie. I'll give the design credit that it was the first kinda gay themed broadway game I'd seen. It was ahead of its time, really. Had it come out today with a Moulin Rouge or Wicked theme, it could have saved pinball.

College kids are not playing or buying $7000 pinball machines.

Anytime I'm in Ann Arbor I hit up Pinball Pete's on campus. Kids are shooting pool or playing air hockey.

Never a single kid on Tron LE, Iron Man, Elvis, RS, TOM, AFM, G&R, or NASCAR, ever.

Point taken. I wasn't really making the reference in terms of target demographic for a home use pinball machine. It was more a statement of KISS' relevancy in pop culture at current. Maybe there are enough KISS fans that would buy another, more expensive pinball machine. I just have my doubts. I also doubt that Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper or the Misfits could sell enough machines today to make it a viable option. Elvis and AC/DC are both top-ten all-time grossing artists, with worldwide appeal and music that will survive modern pop culture fickleness. KISS is identifiable for being the band that wore cool makeup and had huge pyrotechnics on stage, and spawned a reality show and a midget band that are now more popular than the original band. They certainly aren't seeing Love Gun being passed down through the generations.

Some hate AC/DC but they are the minority! The 2010 Black Ice tour ended up being the most successful by AC/DC, grossing roughly $441.1 million, making it the third highest-grossing concert tour of all-time.

That says a lot about a 40 year old band .

Jim

Kiss fans still sell out Kiss cruses ($3000 per person 4 day cruse with Kiss), over 500 Kiss coffins @ $5000 (now they have a new 2and run @ $4000 each), $300 wall murals.... SOMEBODY is buying this crap.

I just said they had the "look" to be a pinball machine theme, they certainly will never have Kiss' fan base.

I'd buy a Maiden pin and a Ramones pin in a heartbeat.
Or a Alice Cooper/Rob Zombie Gruesome Twosome pin.

I had tickets to see them in Oct 2009 in Vegas. Brian Johnson got sick and they rescheduled it for Apr 2010--but I had to deploy to Afghanistan and missed it! I sure hope they have another tour left in them! I may just have to settle for the upcoming pin...!