Disagree......a Top Gear Pin would be huge. It's an iconic show.....and will be for a very long time.

A one of (Titanic) does not have the staying power of a franchise....i.e. Star Wars, LOTR, Harry Potter, Fast & Furious. Not to mention the theme (or demographic that appeals to) does not lend itself to the "pinball world".....FF certainly does.

derek u have 2 TOM?

Wizard of Oz?

Imagine a fast furious pinball made by Steve Ritchie ....full of fast ramps , good shots , great flow , great sound effect of cars . This theme can become the next Ac dc , and can easily bring more new people into this hobby .

What would licensing be like on it? I know very little about licensing, but from the TBL/Kahlua issue, it seems that Stern would have to get all of the car brands to allow their use in the game too. F&F is about the cars as much as it is the plot.

I would personally rather see either a generic drift pin or a generic supercar pin from Steve Ritchie. I don't see the need to use a license on it, but that would contradict Stern's desire to always do licenses now.

FWIW, I love discussing this with you guys. My boss always tells me that anything I write needs to be passed through a "dick check", because they come off sounding rude or angry. I'm anything but.

Well personally I think it was a bad choice (theme) for a pinball machine. Don't particularly care for the game play on it either but I do realize and can appreciate that many love it. Others have mentioned Muppet's and I think that sucks as a pinball theme also.

I thought it was a joke.

I personally don't care for the theme either.

As far as earnings go though, I think WoZ is doing pretty well on route. Even though both of us don't like the theme. I seem to remember some magazine photo that showed it up on the list for pins.

Oh, and... Muppets! I'd have to play it to know if I would buy it, but it sure would be easier to justify to myself if I'm convinced the wife and kids will love it too, lol.

The first rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club.

"Let's make soap"

Will a shop vac work? I've got plenty of fat.

This got weird quick....

You want a pinball machine, I'll give it to you!

If you were to believe that a F&F machine would sell you would believe that a "Die Hard" would sell. They are the same type of theme and continuation.

I would buy it, that being said, the ticket sales are due to a highly ethic population.......Off the charts. I think people believe very few of them play pinball.........and they would be correct.

Most of the world is ethnically diverse. What statistics did you have that puts the fan base of this particular series "off the charts?"

Wrong and research proves it wrong, plain and simple.

Actually, you agree with me with your response, more cars on the road.... Plus I never said anything about Japanese cars or shows, clearly you haven't watched any recent "FF" movies because its "dis-jointed" all across the other brands/styles you have listed.

I can already imagine the translight for this one !

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You misread it. It sounded a little racist at first glance, true, but if you look again he said "ethic". So he's just saying that people of good character with high moral principles dig this film, that's all.

Yes theme is important but the reality for at least most pinheads is the layout and whether it is fun? I like the Walking Dead theme but I did not care for the layout with pop bumpers taking up most of the action. I like WWE as a theme but I did not care for the ring and how much time it took up with the ball play. If Stern can deliver a game with a great layout that has polished code and is fun, then it will sell. Innovation is key and pinheads want something different other than another cookie-cutter layout.

I had a thought that it would be cool if Stern incorporated the DMD to be LCD and had an awesome video mode where you race through the streets and control left to right steering with the flipper buttons to avoid obstacles and finish mode.

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Quote from Diesel "This will win best picture. There is nothing that will ever come close to the power of this thing"

The only person who cares about Vin Diesel is himself

...and of the highly ethical characters, "very few of them play pinball"

Well we already know what kind of people play pinball:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/drifters-and-homosexuals-hang-out-in-pinball-parlors

Looks like there will be a Furious 8. I take back my statements that it F7 will be the final.

"Furious 8: Movie to Arrive in Theaters on April 14, 2017, Actor Vin Diesel Says
Diesel made the announcement at Universal’s CinemaCon panel on Thursday. “Furious 7″ is the seventh-highest grossing film of all time, earning $1.15 billion at the worldwide box office."

Hard to believe there isn't a Fast and Furious pinball machine or even much talk about it. One of the highest grossing movie franchises of all time and with the coming release of Fate of the Furious, it looks to get even bigger. I could see owning one if it was done right.

Because the franchise is so big, the licensing is cost prohibitive, and the franchise protections would mean a mountain of red tape. The pin would cost 20 grand, and we aren't quite there yet......maybe xmas.

Well, there are already pinball machines themed after some of the other big grossing franchises like Marvel, Star Wars, Batman, LOTR etc...

It's pinballs chance to get back into the 21st century with a franchise born in that century.

With Star Wars coming I think the franchise is too big and cost prohibitive is out the window, if Stern feel they can sell sufficient numbers no licence is too big.

I liked this movie series but they should have stopped with the last one. I think this series is about to jump the shark with a final money grab.

I hope they do and are not getting all their licensing ideas from pinside.

Ironic this thread was rejuvenated as I have been tinkering with the idea of doing a re-theme for a while and I just recently started thinking of doing a F&F Stern re-theme, ideas for modes and rules as well as trying to decide what Stern I would re-thene if I went ahead with it. Would be good to know before I start anything serious if Stern have the licence.

and the movies are friggin god-awful.
i couldnt sit thru the last one i took my kids to see. glad i was in one of those new theatres with the big red seats. took a nice nap!

What movies do you like then? I saw Fast 5 for the first time last week and it was awesome. I have seen several of the others and have liked them too including the first one upon release

I have a hard time sitting thru the long drawn out fairy tale movies they have themed pinball machines after, and I find playing those games to be just as boring. Not to mention some of the bands that have their own game now. Nothing exciting about them at all.

Fast and Furious would be awesome!!!

Edit: Decided not to argue my point.....must be getting old....lol

Well, then instead of moving forward into the 21st century with box office record breaking action licenses involving fast cars, it looks like the next racing theme may be one they already have a licensing relationship with.

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Everyone knows a crappy movie always equals a crappy pin, like The Shadow, Demolition Man, Tron.....

you mean driving an exotic car from one skyscraper to another is so realistic.
i guess you can do that on a pinball.
yeah it might be good.

I gotta go with you on this one. Tacky movies, tacky theme for a pinball, and I doubt it would sell in big numbers. Car themes always flop for Stern and FF is a franchise for kids who aren't buying pinball machines.

Better as a virtual pin to duplicate all the CGI fake stunts.

FF sucks balls and is for 12 year olds.

If they really wanted to give auto-mayhem a shot they missed the boat with Fury Road. I'd just love to have a crappy ball and hear "MEDIOCRE!"

Would love a Fast and Furious pin

Cmon Levi like the F&F didn't inspire you to pimp your ride

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Everyone has their dirty little secret movies they love, but don't want to admit. The Fast and the Furious movies are my dirty little secret, but I don't mind letting the secret out. I love these movies, even Tokyo Drift. Car pins are tough though, but the FF franchise has a lot to offer for creative shots. Although I do admit the theme may not be very popular among the Pinside crowd.

High Speed- 17,080 units made

HS2 Getaway- 13,259 units made

Who cares! I'm sure most that play or own pinball machines have nothing to do with this place and it's members narrow focus of themes.

It's a billion dollar franchise now don't be ashamed Fast & Furious is no longer a dirty secret it's full blown mainstream now, blockbusters are rarely thought driven pieces of cinema, the best blockbusters just let you sit back and forget about the normal day to day things and just put a smile on your face for a few hours.

The money the franchise has earned at the box office suggests that the movies are putting smiles on a lot of people's faces, I don't think pinside members not watching f&f7 was too much of a worry for Universal's 1.5billion take the box office

Plus it's about time themes stretched further than what we want on pinside after all we need new players, people that are not pinheads coming into the hobby to keep pinball alive and licences like F&F could be the ticket to do just that I know several non pinheads that would jump on a F&F pin for their body shops/garages as well as their homes.

Meh. Just get Kapow to retheme a Mustang as FnF and re-price it at 10k ... at least they'd sell another couple hundred of them.

No way John F&F deserves a much more elaborate and crazy layout than Mustang