Personally I feel that 1980 is the best year in pinball history, with so many cool original themes, artwork, electronic sounds, features & gameplay. There's just something really special about this period of pinball, that I think many new players are missing out on. This era was made for multiplayer group play, with adult themes that belong in a baracade. Pick any Stern/Bally/Williams game from 1980... they're all so fricking cool.

TNA has really opened the door to this era of pinball, and I think it all depends how that pin is embraced in 2018. If it really takes off & sells a ton at that price, then companies should really look into producing more games with the early 80's retro feel. I think we just need to give it time.

As far as your original question, it's going to take a $5K+ selling price reproduce the Stern classics (which it probably will), then I'd have to say no. If it's going to cost that much, then I would rather manufacturers design new throwback pins (like TNA) with adult themes, new tech, hardware, and features. The good thing is that the code won't be that difficult to create. It just has to be easy to learn & hard to master.

If I want a game from 1980, it will most likely be cheaper to find one & restore.

IDK, I just don't see it ever happening at Stern, and if it somehow did, they would charge as much as they could for a classic reproduction.

Now if Spooky wanted to focus on a retro-80's line, that would make more sense. They have the experience now with producing TNA. They could also make a basic new retro pin at a lower cost, if they removed the LCD & the RGB lighting. Focus on hiring a great artist for an original adult theme, but with killer sounds & standard LED lighting effects & score displays. If TNA is a hit, I hope they consider testing those waters. I don't see any other manufacturer out there that would.

I would argue that scoring 2M+ on Flash Gordon is far more thrilling than anything experienced on SW.

To each their own. I say bring on the retro classics!