Curious if JJP will produce only 1 at a time, just in case the interest isn’t there. “Alright boys break is over we’ve sold 1 more” Just the money invested in the initial production, R & D and parts. A complete gamble! Jack’s pockets are pretty deep…….

will the JJP seminar on expo tomorrow be transmitted live ?

How did it turn out?

Remember the general shocked silence followed by polite applause when Dialed In was revealed? We might be in for part 2 of that.

Honestly, after playing tna alot, i'm fairly certain pinball and modern pinball lightning is perfect for electronic music.
I think depeche mode would be awesome for pinball.

This theme isn't 1/1000th as bad as WOZ; the single most attacked theme of all time on Pinside.
Of course it sold just shit tons of machines and so many people here love it. Csnt predict the future.

I heard no, but recorded uploaded after.

No shit it’s hilarious and happens everytime

It may look awesome when fully revealed, but what we can see of it looks kind of garish. The "SUPERSTAR" on the topper seems like a really amateurish design element.

Also, is the shooter a STAR? Or is that just a background on the shooter plate? Because if it's a star you pull on to launch the ball, that looks painful. Lockdown bar button should have had the star button.

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Not sure on US prices but in UK WOZ was half GnR/Wonka pricing, now at JJP current prices it needs to be slam dunk themes to get us to open our wallets, especially now JJP aren't the only alternative to Stern. Elton is a market, slam dunk, probably not, but enough to keep JJP in business, I certainly hope so... but remember, if the pf has pooling it's your fault...

I wonder if there’s a disconnect with JJP reading the room but probably but that time they were all in. Just hoping all those grannies that are itching to establish the long awaited game room come out of the closet. Any guesses on how many will actually be sold worldwide? Will be interesting to see how this pans out.

At least the reveal will be a lot better produced. JJP has learned how to do a reveal video. That was a huge part of the problem with Dialed In's reveal.

No.

Pinball News is recording all the seminars and posting them at the end of each day. Apparently due to something about bad internet quality at the venue.

And a chance to edit in some canned applause on reveal.

Doubtful. He seems like a pachinko kinda guy.

well since the CE’s are all allocated to distributors we can only see by how fast it sells out on JJPs site tomorrow to have an idea on the popularity.

The pinball community is much bigger than pinside, so we’ll have to see the market response.

I doubt pinball news has the time to edit the seminars they're recording to sweeten them as just getting them recorded and uploaded is a pretty big job. But, there will be plenty of people in the room reporting and probably recording bits of it, too.

Not really.

It might take a bit of creative marketing on JJP’s part to reach beyond the pinside haters but with a 60 year career, 300+million albums sold and a fan base throughout the world eating up every one of his tours year after year this pin won’t go unnoticed. Do some research and when you find another long term artist with the record sales alone that you’d like to see a pin made of, your list is going to be really, really short.

You’re understating the pinside community. 474 Godzilla LEs are registered on pinside…and that’s just the people who took the time to register. Sure, it’s not everyone who plays pinball, but it’s very representative of the community that actually buys machines. The poll showing virtually zero interest in EJ is not insignificant to this games chances. I think some themes will draw a different demo of buyer because of the popularity of the IP, I seriously doubt this will be the one to do that. From what we have seen so far, you have to be really in to Elton John’s image to buy on theme alone.

so did Steve know it would be Elton John before or after he agreed to leave Stern?

Ah, right. Thankless, too. Forgot that one.

I hope they go bankrupt honestly… greedy how they jacked the prices, got rid of the basemodels and not to mention 3 bad themes in a row

I'd have thought in ye Olden Days of Jersey Jack, that someone like Billy Joel would suit their style in so many ways, more so than Elton John.

I'm always excited to see a new game, and especially a new JJP, but Micro, 12K base, and Elton John do not entice me.

Also, why go from a music game two games ago, skip, and now another...???

Swifties won't be spending 12K on a machine. At least the young one's. At least, I hope so, anyway....

LOL.

ACDC is moved by all?
And Iron Maiden is loved by all?
Kiss is loved by all?
Led Zeppelin is loved by all?
Rush is loved by all?
Venom is loved by all? (just tossed that one in for a non music theme)

I'm not saying anything pro/con for Elton John. Just pointing out that -- just because you dislike it doesn't mean everyone does.

Well this is just 1 example. I have another one: The Dutch pinball Club has 1400 members. I don’t see 1400 Dutchies here, just a few.

Then there are Ze Germans, a handful are active here.
For Europe: maybe a few percent is active on Pinside I’d say.
For the US market it may be different.

Then for this pin it may work that it attracts a lot of buyers that are Elton John fans, not necessarily pinball enthousiasts as well.

I would be more upset if a JJP/Elton John item WASN'T garish tbh

Was thinking the same thing.

An Elton John pin will be about as cool as this gif

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They have apparently made your dream art package, then.

(But it's not JUST garish...that SUPERSTAR thing looks just amateurish and wrong up there)

Ugh. Reading that summons a kick to the nuts AND a punch to the gut all at the same time! (Yet alone the ear trauma..!!). I don't even want to admit it might be true, when it most likely, might be true....

The game looks to have Elton’s face plastered all over it….you’d have to be really really into him to buy on theme alone. I just cannot imagine that many hard core Elton fans who aren’t into pinball buying a pin because they love Elton.

I don't know. This theory has been tested numerous times, and it has yet to actually happen.

Lol its not my dream by any means. I'm just saying, its what I would have expected! JJP and Elton both known for over their over the top ostentatious presentations. It would be weird if this was even slightly subdued. I can't even say that this is a good thing or a bad thing, just...the only thing that makes sense really

You mean...appreciate...that he's turning into Larry Bud Melman, right???

I agree, I think you must play pinball first and appreciating that attracks you to the hobby.

Bond 60th? Genuine question, do we have any data/rumors that a lot of Bond fans (I'd think there is a similar hardcore fan group as to EJ) may have bought the pin without being pinball enthusiasts?

Tech help ≠ quality. But I agree they are helpful. Just not the comments blaming owners for defective playfields.

Surprise - there are also Elton John slot machines, for a likely preview of the aesthetic

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Ah so the music is easily available, fantastic.

I'm kind of indifferent to the theme. I like Elton a lot, I like his music and everything. I understand that not every theme or pin is for me the same for pins I like. I just dropped cash on a Labyrinth for instance. Not everyone is going to want that. I think Elton will sell or do well on rotation in the field but personally I do agree its a strange theme for pinball specifically.

I know JJP and Steve will do a good job and JJP needs a winner. Not an interest to me, but my pin dollars are used for now anyways. Best of luck to JJP and future owners.

No pooling anymore the last two machines have been perfect.

You're not joking! His image on the upper left looks like the bottom left of the front of the game.

Also, I'd love a Big Star game. Market of 2 for sure!

Edit: Not really, but kind of a mashup of that and him at a piano.

I definitely agree with the idea this could be a blueprint, given the gold stars everywhere too.

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Pay attention Levi .At least he didn’t say good luck with sales.Haha

Bond 60th is still available from some distros from what I understand. Lots for sale on the secondary market. I don't think many Bond fans were ready to shell out 20k for a game besides Neil. Most of the ones just got bought by regular pinball people. Same with the "special edition" Kiss available from the kiss website, and numerous other examples. The fact is, most non pinheads aren't going to shell out these big bucks for a giant pinball machine to add to their collection. The only game I can think of that maybe pulled it off decently well was Supreme.

And sound package!

That's Ice Spice, she was the guest on Saturday Night Live this week, introduced by Taylor Swift. I believe she is considered the fastest rising pop-star in the world right now (as she was nobody a year ago). Check out this funny dunkin donuts ad she did with Ben Affleck...

also she's dating the black kid from stranger things...