I hope Deadpool is good because if the next two really are Munsters and Beatles

The "filler" game is Star Trek Vault.

Seriously - theme fail on those two. Zero chance I buy either of those...

I've been crossing my fingers that Stern doesn't choose either of those themes. When I was a kid Munesters was only on TV land and the Beatles played on the oldies station... SoI have zero interest in either.

You've summed up how I feel about superheroes in general. Loved them as a kid, but Hollywood and the mainstream has totally milked them dry, same with Star Wars. Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy...

Star Wars is clearly milking nostalgia imo.

DC hasn't put together a good movie since The Dark Knight trilogy save for Wonder Woman.

Marvel has done a great job for the most part of story telling combined with interconnected plot. Agreed it's getting a little long in the tooth, but they are almost always entertaining and make sense.

I was thrilled with Guardians because I just couldn't sit through another Spiderman/Superman origin story. New heroes (or antiheroes) welcomed!

Munsters, nah.
Beatles - watered down milk I think.

Deadpool...Deadpool...Deadpool.

Need a theme that offends people.

Well, maybe with the official announcement of Monster Bash Remake Stern will let Deadpool be known to secure sales?

I am with you, but in todays society were not allowed to do that anymore.

Have you not read o-dins posts for the last 6 years?

People are offended about everything these days so it shouldn't be too hard to find a offensive theme i wouldn't think?

Based partly on the other strongly rumored pin themes coming up and how they don’t play well with me nor at my loc, I’ve decided to go full price frivolous LE right out the gate! I’ve really enjoyed everything since BM66 (excluding AS...) so I’m not worried. Hey at least I’ll get pretty red/black armor.

I just hope the Stern DP isn't as annoying as the FX2 DP.

Too damn quiet. Certainly the reveal happens in Aug. We are finally in Aug. I’m drooling.

Not to be a dick, but its quiet because the theme and who’s designing the game just doesn’t excite many people. I hope that im wrong for the Deadpool fans sake, but i just have a bad feeling about this game and i highly doubt that we are going to see anything special. I thought the same thing about AS though and i was wrong, it turned out to be a good game. I like George Gomez as a person but im just not a fan of his games.

I would tend to think we see it in August. I guess.

I'm sure the game will be fine....

They do make some interesting layouts on the digital pinball platforms. But yeah he talks a little too much.

Look at the history of Stern press releases. Almost always follows Labor day.

There's also a saying in business, "you don't launch new product in August". No one is paying attention.

No to be a cunt but maybe everone is just done moaning about something we have no no info about.

Whole Deadpool "what will be the next game" thing lost a bit of momentum when it was kinda confirmed with the playfield photo (to wich everything has been said long ago), that's all imho. So only bad thing is we lost a "surprise" (but may still get a new one if the game has come a way...).

I couldn't wait for the new games. Waiting for Diablo 2 for instance.

But I realized, they should take thier time and get it right. I learned to enjoy what I have, and let them continue working.

I hate waiting.

I dont think peope are moaning or excited either one truthfully. There are under 400 posts here in a 6 month old thead, thats like nothing. I think two things happened here. #1, Iron Maiden has just blown everybody away and continues to do so, so i think most people’s dollars will still go there, #2 i just dont think people are excited about a Gomez design. I hope this game is a big hit so dont think im dogging it. I want all Stern games to be great.

Gomez love is just split between here and the Monster Bash Remake thread, and there's a lot of it.

I sense some moderator warnings about to be handed out

I do love me some MB for sure. Hes made some other good games also, LOTR, JM, Sopranos etc. i hope its good, i really do. I dont know why there isnt more DP hype really but for some reason it just doesnt seem to be there. Maybe once it reveals people will be more excited about it. Im looking forward to seeing it.

No kidding, I don't know why some idiots feel COMPELLED to spout their political opinions, either way.

If Stern is truly going to have 3 cornerstone titles this year, then the clock is ticking. There are only 5 months left in the year.

So an August reveal might just happen after all.

Even if they get this going in Aug, getting another cornerstone squeezed in before the end of the year will be extremely tight.

Chicago expo in October has been reveal for a new game for many years. Dead pool in aug and Munsters in October/expo would work! Make it so stern!

Edit: never mind altogether

Beatles is the Kapow game.

I could see that. I have zero interest in The Beatles but I'm certain it will be a cash cow.

I think that there is only one more game before and at Expo. If Deadpool in August then Munsters is pushed into 2019. Maybe they show the Beatles pin but sales for that is in Jan. I can’t see them releasing two more games in the next 3 months. I think that this is a case of Iron Maiden’s success and possibly other pins, looking at you BM66, will delay Stern new game rollout.

Early 2019 was the last I saw of it mentioned in another thread.

When was GOTG announced? Wasn’t that right at the end of the year to get them out for Xmas? Wasn’t that the whole reason some games shipped with no code and had to have SD cards sent out?

Might have my titles/releases mixed up but just remember in the back of my head a title released right at the end of a previous year.

I think everything is delayed as Iron Maiden sales are extremely strong and why bring a new title if you have a hit. Let the next game bake a little longer and come out with a game with complete code to be another hit. I am excited for the next title, but more excited that Stern is doing well and pinball is healthy with new companies making pins as well. It is all good for a hobby I have seen go through some hard times since I bought my first game in 1982.

Just seems too tight. That close together, they'll have serious line problems unless they're expecting one or the other not to sell enough to affect the line of the other.

I don't think anyone is pining for Stern to shove Munsters out the door with terrible code just to make this year. They've done that with Batman'66 (the most egregious example), Star Wars, and GotG and it didn't earn them any points with the buyers.

Star Wars was largely code complete at launch. LSD was added after, but that was the only core item missing. GOTG was a shitshow I agree at launch.

While I will give Dwight credit that he worked hard to get it up to snuff post-release, 0.83 is hardly code complete. Some inserts didn't even do anything at launch - that's not really close to code complete. It took almost half a year to get to "largely code complete". Of the 3 Batman'66 was the worst, GotG was second-worst, and Star Wars wasn't as bad as the first two, but still inexcusable at launch.

Deadpool....deadpool.....deadpool...

Agreed.

Halloween.