(Topic ID: 9066)
Madera, CA
Based on toys YES, based on movies... NO
Why do licenses have to be on the movie franchises, and not the original material. Most cases the original licenses are way more popular than the movie that is trying to capture the original material.
Actors will date any pin, while iconic figures would make it timeless.
Just on the movies coming out Avengers >>>>>>GI Joe. It will make at least 3 times the money.
Although we've had plenty of superhero pins lately, I have to go with Avengers too. The IM, Thor, Captain America, and Hulk movies all seemed like hits to me and have made tons of cash, plus there's so much potential with each of the Avenger team members, much less the entire team. I read somewhere that GI Joe's recent movie didn't do well, so I think it would be better to kick the can down the road a little on that theme, at least until a sequel. Also, I'd bet that SM, BDK, & IM have sold more units than most other pin themes of the same period. I know they're certainly not easy to find at a good price in the secondary market. Avengers Assemble! Or, Stern....Assemble an Avengers!
Well it appears the sources leaked and it is indeed 100% X-Men pinball after AC/DC 
Glad because it's a stronger theme over Avengers. Iron Man fills that void for me.
Wolverine, Cyclopes, Magneto, Professor Xavier, Nightcrawler, Rouge, Mistique, The Beast, Colossus, Gambit, Storm and many more ! This will be a great title.
What I know is it has 2 1/2 ramps and 3 flippers.
X-Men does make more sense than Avengers I guess - loads of movies and characters and probably more movies to follow.
My two cents..x-men makes no sense because there wont be another movie for at least another 2 year. GI Joe really isn't a big franchise. Avengers makes tons of sense. Prior history with Marvel, considered one of the biggest movies if summer 2k12. Its a slam dunk.
Quoted from mnpinball:How about Ghost Rider
How about not 
Quoted from NimblePin:Actors will date any pin, while iconic figures would make it timeless.
That is why I passed on TF...
I would have loved a G1 TF machine!
Now who's up for some Robotech/Macross?!?Roy Fokker was such a badass!
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I have always thought a F14 would make a great Macross conversion.
Quoted from NimblePin:Actors will date any pin, while iconic figures would make it timeless.
That is why I passed on TF...
I would have loved a G1 TF machine!
Now who's up for some Robotech/Macross?!?Roy Fokker was such a badass!
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?? There is not one human character on TF artwork. Stern did this title justice.
Quoted from NimblePin:Actors will date any pin, while iconic figures would make it timeless.
That is why I passed on TF...
I would have loved a G1 TF machine!
Now who's up for some Robotech/Macross?!?Roy Fokker was such a badass!
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Heck yeah! Macross would be cool. Also agree with your first statement. I think the Avengers pin would be way cooler without the actors from the film on it.
3 months later
Movie was okay, don't think the second one will be.
Hopefully the pin will be cool. Wish these things would be closer to the original source material.
People would identify the pin based on the logo alone, and would probably have longer legs as the movie hype will die shortly on this, while the original theme is iconic.
Go Joe!
Why would there need to be a new X-Men movie for that to work. I think even without a new movie that would be the best seller.
Edit: I think you were probably joking with the Lego theme, but look at how popular the video games have been. Pick a theme like Pirates, Knights, Star Wars...It could work.
Quoted from mnpinball:Here we are revisiting the GI Joe thread. Clues on Stern facebook. S
Stern picks movies that are block busters which Gi Joe is not so never going to happen
Quoted from pinball_customs:How 'bout Voltron?
+1, but would never happen since there are no movies.
Quoted from mnpinball:Rumor is Avengers. BUT what if ?
With the success of Transformers and Hasbro, maybe it's GI Joe
2nd movie this spring and the Rock and Bruce Willis starring in what
looks like a blockbuster.
I'd rather see GI Joe than another super hero pin.
Transformers was a success? I still see people trying to dump their LE's and hear that Stern has not sold out of the split LE's yet. Not sure i'd call that a success after looking at the demand for Tron & how those LE's have gone crazy.
Quoted from SealClubber:I could care less about which theme it is as long as it plays well.
Well said. 2 1/2 ramps and 3 flippers sounds exciting. Who gives a crap if its avengers or xmen. It's pinball. It's not like those characters you guys list are actually in the game. It's a ball and some plastic with lights.
Quoted from kwiKimart:smassa said:Not sure i'd call that a success after looking at the demand for Tron & how those LE's have gone crazy.
+1 I've seen a few TF's on Craigslist already. CRAIGSLIST!
I think he referred to the movie. But I'd argue that Transformers is a success. It's a decent game. The fact that people don't keep their pins forever doesn't mean they suck. I've sold attack from mars in the past and I recently sold monster bash. Does that mean those suck?
Quoted from SealClubber:I could care less about which theme it is as long as it plays well.
Yep!
Quoted from Shoot_Again:Avengers +10
GI JOE +9 after toys
GI JOE -3 after movies
Voltron +7
Ghost rider I will pay them not to make it.my own ranking system =-)
+1
Quoted from markmon:kwiKimart said:smassa said:Not sure i'd call that a success after looking at the demand for Tron & how those LE's have gone crazy.
+1 I've seen a few TF's on Craigslist already. CRAIGSLIST!
I think he referred to the movie. But I'd argue that Transformers is a success. It's a decent game. The fact that people don't keep their pins forever doesn't mean they suck. I've sold Attack from Mars in the past and I recently sold Monster Bash. Does that mean those suck?
Did you sell them without ever opening the box? Ive seen 4 or 5 guys do that in the last month alone. And all were for less then they paid.
Markmon it means you suck for not selling me MB =-) joke
Quoted from tron1969:I Think a great theme would be Dragon's Lair
That's a great idea...just like the video game.....insert quarters, watch a quick video....dont understand what to do next....ball drains....GAME OVER!
I must have spent $20 on that stupid game as a kid and never got past the first cartoon!!! 
Quoted from SealClubber:I could care less about which theme it is as long as it plays well.
I used to be that way when NIB pins were 3500 or less. Now that they are the price of a nice used car, gameplay and theme better be dead on for me to even strangely consider dropping that kind of coin on one machine.
Quoted from JDub1006:dont understand what to do next....ball drains....GAME OVER!
You just described every non-pinhead that comes to my house and plays pinball. The only part you left out was- Gives me strange look as to why I have more than one of them, and goes to wait in line to play the Daytona Twin.
I find that adults like playing pinball at my place, but their kids are a whole different story. Everytime a group with kids depart I always have to go to the games they were on and finish them out because they get bored and quit mid-game with a ball in the shooter lane.
Quoted from mnpinball:I'd rather see GI Joe than another super hero pin.
I like you Jason. I hope lightening doesn't strike you though for saying that. 
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