If there's one thing SW taught me, it's that Pinside has an unbridled lust for magnets!!! Here's three big ones, baby!

Are you an old person railing against those young whipersnappers in their 30s, or a millennial complaining about those 30-something geezers?

That's gotta be Steve Ritchie!!!

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Man is that thing ugly!

"GOTG: For those of you who think AC/DC's Art Package is Too Subtle"

IronTallica!

Looks like fun as usual. My only completely unsubstantiated complaint is that like every Stern game of the last 10 years they put something in it that will take constant infuriating adjusting to keep from shooting balls straight down the middle.

That's what Stern does well, frankly. When they "think outside the box" you get messes like Ghostbusters, or the rules from Star Wars. I'm sure this will be another solid traditional pinball effort from Stern. People who want "innovation" can go with JJP product or roll the dice with the amateurs.

Iron Man. Same plastic ramps.

True! But I figured I'd just say it and nobody would notice I was off several degrees. Goddammit! I do like the way they hug the Groot head.

I'm always excited to play a new game and I don't really give a shit about "innovation" as it's almost always terrible. Stern has always done well reheating their leftovers.

I know nobody wants to hear it but licensing the music would be a nightmare - isn't the movie a greatest hits 80s playlist? The only hope would be a bunch of crappy cover versions and who got time for dat

Movie scores are cool. Love the music in Iron Man and don't really care that the rock songs are missing.

No pop/rock songs, just instrumental score from the films. Pretty much anybody could have told you this would be the case, it would be impossible for Stern to license pop/rock songs on any kind of a budget.

You guys play this silly Bill of Materials game every time a machine is announced.

We KNOW there isn't $3,000 worth of "stuff" in an LE that a pro doesn't have. Talk about missing the point.

The LE is for people who need the LE of everything and don't care that their accountant might point out they aren't exactly getting their "money's worth."

The Premium is for people who want the extra "stuff" but are willing to pay a bit less without the "limited" cache.

The Pro is for people who don't care about the extra "stuff" and want a new pinball machine for $5500. This formula has been in play for almost a decade at this point.

None of it is for anybody who really cares about "bill of material." If you want to get your "money's worth" build you own game, you won't waste a cent.

That's why they are going out of business and having trouble selling their LEs, clearly.

You must be new here.

Actual distributor price is always a good bit lower than msrp.

That actually looks pretty fuckin' cool. But unless you have a Lyman stance I still think they'll be a little annoying a-la the hammer on MET.

That’s cause the “issues” are way overstated stuff we way overplay to help us kill time during the work day and in between releases.

When an actual pin comes out people remember Pinball is fun and the endorphins kick back in.

Sorry sourpuss

PSA: it’s “jibe” not “jive.” Nobody ever gets this right!

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I live to give!

Beastmaster is all in on the "This food is horrible...and such small portions!" gambit with this game, no?

It wouldn't be "a few more months," unless you think they can just throw that stuff into the game in a week. Besides, Stern often releases a game 2 movies into a series, this is pretty common for them. Makes sense - you get a whole new round of interest whenever a new film comes out.

My god. He’s right!

Stern have been engaging in a sick, nefarious plot to offer more features for MORE MONEY.

And all this time. Right under our noses!!!!

Oh that’s funny...I was just thinking that the endless whiney Bitch act sucks.

But hey to each their own. People should keep complaining about games they are never going to buy and acting outraged that stern wants more money for more stuff.

I think the reason for that is pretty obvious: this reveal went pretty damn smoothly and the “dark night for stern” crowd was left with a bad case of blue balls. So...gotta Bitch about something, right?

I’d personally have stuck with the “where are the 70s hits?!” angle, instead of the spinner thing that pretty much nobody cares about. People don’t have emotional connections to spinners like they do with music so that gambit resonates a little more and the complaints seem a little more authentic.

People are still buying stern pros and the reaction to guardians has been excellent.

What is so hard to understand here?

If you want a game with spinners, but a premium. it’s still cheaper than an entry-level jjp.

We all keep missing each other’s points!!

Don’t even get me started on stern spinner build quality...

Why would you call it a table?

People do weird stuff sometimes!!!

Damn how disappointed are folks that these are apparently
Not leftover stock from WWE. And now some actual pop songs are getting used?

Blue balls for the dark night for stern crowd for sure.

I fuckin KNEW IT!!!

Dude, throw them a bone. If people really want to believe this, let em.

Even though it’s absolutely ridiculous.