Sure, spend your money on a girl with a wrench and a kiddy figure with lightning bolts then.

Lol, now games are so red that they cannot be played.

Play them on our record players.....

Something I listen to in my skinny jeans while combing my beard and chatting with friends about the top ipa beer releases.

My initial thoughts are that the art is busy but looks outstanding. ZY is doing some great things at stern. Layout is fanish but definitely has some new elements or at least some stuff that hasn't been done is a long time. I really like all of the drop targets and the unique ramp feed. I really like that it is comic book based and that stern just completely did their own thing with it. The only negative is there are no real interactive toys on this game. Some people will hate that but I'm not a 90's B/W person and am more worried about the shots and code then toys. We sort of saw the same thing with IMDN which feels more like a modern version of a classic 1980's game and I like that Deadpool is sort of headed that same direction with all of the drop targets. Looks like a blast to play to me.

I hope they implement 3 lock bar buttons that randomly change which one is lit that you can use to change a multiplier that can max out at 500x just to piss everyone off that still whines about the SW multiplayer.

There is literally another thread that you are active in were Stern just muscled Spooky around.

Stern has continued to see growth each year so those sales are part of pinball growing. You act like they have lost 20 million in sales. The pinball market has grown a ton and stern is growing with it. I doubt they could have made that many extra games to fill the demand anyway. JJP and CGC have struggled consistently in being able to deliver a new product. Every upcoming release is going to be different with JJP but it's just the same old debacle. CGC is definitely improving but still nothing near sterns level. Spooky is operating at a tiny scale and while they might steal a few sales they can't make enough games to compete with stern. Dutch is dead, Heighway is dead, Thunderbirds might as well be dead, and you have American Pinball making a few games but not getting rave reviews either and they certainly are not selling like hotcakes.

Stern utterly dominates the pinball maket, it's not even close.

That makes no sense. Why sit on a game and delay all of your development money and time. Is it better to have 1 awesome option of a game for people to buy or is it better to have 2-6 options. If someone is looking to buy a pinball machine they are going to buy a pinball machine. The more options of great games stern gives a buyer the more likely they are to hit on a theme the person wants and it greatly increases their chance of selling a game.

The market is substantially larger. Stern is selling more games then ever so other manufacturers are not really having the affect on stern that you think they are. The only thing that they have really done is show stern that they can charge a lot more and make even higher profits. So much so that they have a new factory, more employees, new coders, new designers, etc. Everything you are claiming is in direct opposition of what we are seeing at stern which is a massive growth period.

How in the world have you been in pinball so long, owned so many games, have games on route, but you do not have a go to distributor? Everyone I know that has bought very many games has a distributor that they use and trust to get them a solid price on every purchase. It's as simple as shooting them a text at that point. If prices go up they tell you that stern raised prices and that it's across the board.

This is not buying insurance. It's adults buying toys that none of us need. I also don't have to check around. Prices are hinted at or flat out posted online constantly so you pretty much always know if you are getting the right price or not. Your distro knows this also and if they value you as a customer they are not going to risk losing your business to screw you out of $100 on one sale. I have friends that use different people and we all know what we are paying and our distros know that we are not stupid.

On the contrary if you are someone that is not loyal and is always shopping round and seldom buying games from the same distro you seem more likely to get the standard (not a good customer) quote.

Had a moment to go back and look at the game some more last night. It's interesting that they used the same ramp twice but it is used in such a different way that it doesn't matter. That ramp on BM66 also shoots great so that is a good sign that they will be fast ramps. I initially thought the bobble head was pretty cheesy but that it was OK since the rest of the game looks really good. The more I look at it the more I like the bobble head though. Yes it's cheap and silly but for some reason it makes me smile. It just brings the light hearted silliness of Deadpool to the game. I think hitting the drops them making Deadpool jiggle is going to be pretty darn fun.

It's also great to see another really good looking pro. I'm a sucker for the 2 way gates but you really are not giving up much on the pro on this one.

Depending on when you bought your IMDN it looks like there is about $100-$200 difference in most prices that I have seen.

I'll have to play it to see. I like games with lots of drop targets so I think not having them might be a decent draw back. The pro is definitely going to play a lot faster without them. For some reason I like Tron pro without the drops better then the LE. On the other hand I think ACDC without them is missing something and is almost too screaming fast at times. So it really just depends on the game and how they are implemented.

It's pretty crazy how quickly stern can pump out a new game and how easily they can switch from game to game with very little down time. Even more amazing when you look at how every other company struggles to get a new title rolling.

No one is confusing the reveal with production. They do tours all the time and you cant hide 1000 pros very easily. Compared to the competition they are a well oiled behemoth.

Half of DC is nothing but Marvel rip offs. Both have numerous blatant rip off characters. It's not Marvels fault that they took a DC character and made them better.

I've been a big DC guy my whole life. It is what it is.

You could pick any character from either and make a case the other one ripped them off based on a character made later on. They both do it constantly. Marvel has just been more successful at it for the most part.

You add them up an 125% of them are all copies of each other. I mathed.

Superman sucks!! One of the worst heroes ever created.

There has been tons of stealing on both sides. Acting like that isn't true is silly. There are tons of examples for DC stealing from Marvel and for Marvel stealing from DC.

Marvels stand out more because in each case they pretty much made it better. Most of DC's were straight up flops that went away. I like things about both worlds and I enjoy reading and watching both. If you want to believe that DC doesn't steal from Marvel keep on living in your bubble. No need to try to make any of this nonsense personal...……..

Superman does indeed suck, the whole idea of a hero that cannot be defeated kind of ruins the plot from the very beginning. Lots of bad comics and decades of bad movies to back that up. I try to tolerate him with anything Justice League related only so I can enjoy some of the other characters.

In a lot of ways that does sum up many of the key differences in Marvel and DC even though there is a ton of overlap. One is substantially more relatable and that is largely what has built it's current success. I prefer to enjoy both rather then picking a side though.

Calm down super squirrel, they have a million different heroes so we all have something that appeals to us. I do enjoy a good hero dies comic. It happens pretty frequently though so it's not nearly as rare as you make it sound.

Looking forward to seeing this game shoot tomorrow so we have something to actually talk about.

Sorry man, but I have read them. Very well written. Couldn't overcome my dislike of superman though.

Complaints about the stream start at 4:25, complaints about the playfield start at 4:30:01, I'm surprised with peoples current attention span that someone is not already angry and trying to sell their LE spot. If most people determine the game looks good then the 12K LE resales will start. This in turn starts the "your a flipping SOB" mob. Then people get their games and the circle of life start fresh.

Because people think the world revolves around them. Most seem to think stern specifically designed deadpool just for them.

Doesn't it work both ways? If you don't like his comments and find that they make you dumber and that you are insulted by them, why in the world are you reading them?

Boom!