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"Oh, yes and this one will floor all your listeners. Mr. Keith Elwin has
designed a fourth model of James Bond and it's what we call the 60th-anniversary
edition. His game covers all of the actors that have played the role and all of the films
so I believe it's 25 films. His game spans the 25 films and his game is very different, I
think it's limited to 500 units and it's a single-level playfield like old school. It's got
reels in the back box. Yes, you heard me right, it's got reels in the back box.
Programmed by Mark Penacho who goes back to Williams Electronics days"
"The art on his game is all 25 films are represented with their film
posters on the sides of the game, on the playfield every actor that's played Bond,
Connery, Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby, of course, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore,
they’re all represented on the playfield. Then there's elements he's got villains from
each of the Bonds and he's got game features from each of the Bonds. His gadgets
and his weapons and stuff work differently than mine but he's basically picked a
representative device from each.
Like where I use the films he used the Bonds. He said, "I need a Roger thing, I need
a Daniel thing, I need a Sean thing. I need a George thing.""
"All cornerstones are based on the first 6 films"
This implies the 4th edition will pull from other bonds.
"We have music from a bunch of the different films. I wish I could have
highlighted a game as Goldfinger and I still hope, I wish no promises but if the
product is very successful maybe down the road there's some Goldfinger
implementation of some sort. I think it's one of the strongest films and so--"
"Lonnie, Mike, John Rotharmel who was the lead mechanical engineer. At the end
there, Tom Kopera jumped in on a bunch of stuff. Of course, Kevin and Greg, Steven
Martin, Justin Frait, all those guys, Jerry Thompson, Ken Hale, and then, Chuck
Ernst, and all of his animators, all those guys. They created environments, they
created animations. The animations that Chuck and his team created were so good
that the licensor said to me, "Which movie did this come from?" [laughs]"
George: Oh, yes and this one will floor all your listeners. Mr. Keith Elwin has designed a fourth model of James Bond and it's what we call the 60th-anniversary edition. His game covers all of the actors that have played the role and all of the films so I believe it's 25 films. His game spans the 25 films and his game is very different, I think it's limited to 500 units and it's a single-level playfield like old school. It's got reels in the back box. Yes, you heard me right, it's got reels in the back box. Programmed by Mark Penacho who goes back to Williams Electronics days.
One incredibly talented high technology guy that very impactful in everything he's touched at Stern since he's been with us. He raised his hand said, "I really want to do this." Owen did an amazing-- It's not what I did with Beatles where I took Sea Witch which and updated it and cleaned up the shots and all that stuff. It's not like that it's a from-scratch Keith Owen single-level playfield that is built around all standard pinball things. It's got spinners. One of the coolest thing it's got, is it's got a three-dimensional molded odd job hat in a spinner very similar to what we've done on a variety of games with a post.
Oakville, ON
Quoted from Medic:So Kaneda was right on 4th version
Yup - I guess so!
"pro is Dr. No, the premium is You Only Live Twice, the gameplay is consistent
across them. The playfield, by the way, features elements from each film.
One of the big playfield toys is the Bird One rocket base in You Only Live Twice, in
the volcano. You can hit the rocket. I came up with this floating rocket that you can
whack with the ball and it moves, does explosion effects, et cetera. It lends itself to a
great, big multiball, ninjas repelling down into the volcano, all hell breaking loose, got
to stop Bird One from launching. Auger sirens going off, [onomatopoeia] all the
drama of the scene. Of course, there's a DB5 and the ball launches out of the roof.
The ejector seat ejects the pinball if you will."
"Everybody gets an Aston Martin, a three-dimensional custom molded
for the game, custom designed for the game, not a toy off the shelf. Also, custom
molded for the game, two guys simulating the Sean Connery and another diver
locked in Mortal Combat underneath the playfield on the left side. You only see them
when we turn the lights on. Very similar to what I did with the Creature from the
Black Lagoon and Monster back then."
I'm actually kinda bummed at only 500 Elwin Editions. God I hope it's not too expensive, but it sounds loaded off the description...
Quoted from TreyBo69:I'm actually kinda bummed at only 500 Elwin Editions. God I hope it's not too expensive, but it sounds loaded off the description...
haha not expensive...
Quoted from PanzerKraken:haha not expensive...
I mean hopefully not more than 9k, but I know that's a pipe dream...
Quoted from TreyBo69:I mean hopefully not more than 9k, but I know that's a pipe dream...
Probably more like I hope not more than 19k
Quoted from Mrsiyufy:Probably more like I hope not more than 19k
The worst part is I know how many people are going to try to flip it as a super rare Elwin game for the Elwin diehard fans. Ugh... I just love single level designs
Has real E.M. reels for the score. (4th SLE)
Comes with a topper (4th SLE)
in line drop targets
3 drop targets
4 spinners
Couple saucers
Trapped newton ball
A dealer who I got my Elvira 40th from said there are 1000 le machines. No pricing yet but its Thunderball. Also ELWIN is doing the 60th Ann and is a retro playfield with lots of drops and spinners so they think like Beatles style. That is starting production in December. Not sure why they would make this up but looks like an Elwin in December. No I'm not blowing smoke this is legit info from a distributer. Unless they are reading pinside and getting rumors.
I think its funny how Stern has completely botched the release of this game, 15 days since this has been announced, one queen laid to rest 3 days ago and still nothing.
Quoted from pfinny:I think its funny how Stern has completely botched the release of this game, 15 days since this has been announced, one queen laid to rest 3 days ago and still nothing.
scroll up
Quoted from mtp78:Big Jump on Prem pricing. I think all these pinball companies will be pricing alot of us out on new games
Maybe they are going to start offering financing with the release of this title.
Quoted from pch3727:scroll up
plus go here... https://insider.sternpinball.com/exclusives/318 there is a 46 min podcast giving you all the deets.
Quoted from beltking:A dealer who I got my Elvira 40th from said there are 1000 le machines. No pricing yet but its Thunderball. Also ELWIN is doing the 60th Ann and is a retro playfield with lots of drops and spinners so they think like Beatles style. That is starting production in December. Not sure why they would make this up but looks like an Elwin in December. No I'm not blowing smoke this is legit info from a distributer. Unless they are reading pinside and getting rumors.
Sir you need to simply scroll up, all the details are there, are you just getting back from the future as your avatar suggests?
I wonder if they sell out of all LEs at launch with this higher MSRP and the tease of an even better SLE thats different.
Quoted from pfinny:I think its funny how Stern has completely botched the release of this game, 15 days since this has been announced, one queen laid to rest 3 days ago and still nothing.
Yes this reveal is a huge disaster clearly nobody is interested in this game any more.
On a side note: Stern pros remain far and away the best deal in NIB pinball in 2022. I doubt that will ever change.
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