I'm not sure how people can support this from Stern. It's really mind boggling and truly shows why we sometimes get bent over in this industry.

I get all of the points made for the folks that support this HOWEVER what absolutely kills this for me is the price. Are we forgetting how much this game is going for? They can creatively make this is as simple and retro cool as they want but for folks to support them taking this mega franchise, essentially rebranding an older game so they can quickly move on this and then sell it as an absolutely ridiculous price is unbelievable.

How about we take our money and support companies like Spooky, AP or even JJP that are innovating with original IP's - taking a gamble but moving this hobby into a better place as opposed to rewarding a simple cash grab. Hell even CGC who is taking games not reachable by many, improving them and then selling them at a great price is something to create a supportive thread for.

I like Stern a lot. I've never been one of these haters that says stern is junk, etc. To say so would be ignorant b/c they literally kept this industry alive. On the flip side - to reward them with nonsense like this is just too much. If I could downvote this thread twice I would. We shouldn't be celebrating a strategy like this.

Read my message again and then read your reply to me and if what you said still makes sense, well you're officially earned your name.

I never said Stern was monsters. I love stern for exactly the tables you mentioned. I DON"T love this strategy and we shouldn't be supporting it. They know people are diehard Beatles fans and will blindly buy what they're selling. Maybe not people like you and I but believe me - they are out there and I think Stern should be responsible enough to design something that warrants this price OR keep it simple/rehash and price accordingly.

They are taking advantage of these folks, bending them over and I don't like it. Yes these folks should say no so it's not all stern's doing but again - they are a well established company and they don't need cash ins like this. I for one will not support it and I certainly don't believe we need a supportive thread for this crap.

More like, "A classic Stern update with a modern JJP price and then some?"

"More please" to that Levi?

Hell no would be my answer. I hope this thing crashes and burns. NOT b/c of the idea - but the pricing. If they released with a classic stern price - sure!

Hallucinations are folks thinking this could be 5k or less. Even 7500k would be a surprise although a good one - still too high IMO. This is a super limited edition built out of their Ka-Pow relationship which is def targeted to insane pricing. Google beatles pinball and you'll see multiple articles about how expensive this will be.

Look - I understand you're trying to ignore the pricing on this and looking at the fact this is cool b/c it's a rerelease. I get that. It's just poisoned upon arrival due to it's pricing. Period.

In the event stern surprises everyone and drops the price - sweet! However this topic is created based on the pricing being high and it's ignoring it which I don't agree with.

Yes - IMO it would be. I'm not sure anyone on this entire website thinks Beatles is going to sell at 5800.

haha - yes, pinside does love the carguement. Staying with that - it's like getting a 1991 Hyundai accent with no power steering or AC yet being charged 100k for it.

As for ignoring what doesn't exist - if you think the price on this game is going to be low, it would be the definition of ignorant. We're reacting based on what we've been told which is this game is not going to be cheap. In fact this thread assumes that as people are defending the game WITH a high price tag.

I don't know - will there even be a pro model? I thought this type of release is 1 model only.

No issue if this game comes in below 6k but from what we've heard thus far, it's like saying no issue if MBr LE comes in at 4k.

OK - they're still only releasing the amount I thought (less than 2000) so this thing is going to be through the roof. If they hit pro at normal pricing, as mentioned before, I wouldn't have an issue.

Lets hope this article is wrong - expensive machine ever! haha

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-pinball/

Hopefully the build quality will be like a TnA and have that incredible DEFAULT sound quality

It's incredible how divided people are on this topic.....

Man you guys are drinking the Stern Kool aid. It's unbelievable. Not only is this post over the top for protecting stems obvious cash grab but you're talking to Aurich who is truly an original artist that has basically resurrected the garbage art that is the shadow let alone his great work on Alien and countless other projects.

I'm a guy that has no art talent what so ever so troll away on me but have some damn respect to someone that actually moved this pinball industry forward instead of defending the cheap and lazy.

On that note I'm going to thank aurich again for his amazing Shadow work.

The entire game is lazy including the art. Cmon you have to admit this. Otherwise the crazy train has officially left with Levi as the conductor.

CrazyLevi - Alien art is atrocious? Whaaaaaaaaaaaat? Ok you might not like it but atrocious? Oh man the crazy runs deep.

Anyway I do understand that this thread is self admittingly ignoring price/common sense and wants nothing but positive comments so I'll respect that but F any manufacturer that cash grabs like this. It's a slap in the face to their consumer. Everyone makes mistakes so I'm still a Stern supporter but they failed on this one.

Get ready for it

I'm happy to hear that Stern hasn't released the pricing which would make me even more angry!

Kidding..... I'm happy that this will make the news and bring additional attention to the industry.