Quoted from pmWolf:You can hate the new Ghostbusters movie all you want...but without it, the Ghostbusters pinball would have never happened.
Pete
Absolute nonsense. Patently untrue.
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Quoted from accidental:My assumptions was the same as pmWolf, that the only reason GB is happening is because of the new movie. The timing is obvious and fits the well-worn Stern licensing pattern.
But I'm willing to believe it is total coincidence if you've got a good argument/evidence for that position?
This game was licensed before the female reboot was even a thing. I created a thread back in early 2014 when Stern posted pics of Gary in the Ecto-1 as a licensing convention. It's been in the works since then.
Quoted from paul_8788:In one of the many video interviews/podcasts (cannot remember which one), it was mentioned that Ghostbusters was one that was on the wishlist for a while, but Gary didn't want to do it until it was more current (waiting on a sequel or some new movie). So the reboot probably had at least something to do with it getting made now.
Nope.
Quoted from paul_8788:Listen to Coast to Coast pinball, episode 220, from about 4 mins in. Jody clearly mentions they had thought about doing Ghostbusters for years but were hesitant due to the age of the license, with Gary wanting to know when new movies came out. Mentioned Gary sitting in the Ecto-1, which was before they decided to do a Ghostbusters pin. Shortly after that they met with Sony, had a nice long sit down, and then decided to do Ghostbusters. Jody mentions how they wanted to release the pin right in the midst of the marketing for the new movie.
So, Jody never comes right out and says the reboot is why they decided to do the pin, but it doen't take a giant leap in logic to figure the new movie had a lot to do with the pin coming out right now rather than a year ago, 5 years ago. They've had the option to do it for a long time.
Pin was licensed when Gary was at that licensing convention and that picture of him in the Ecto-1 was taken. That occurred before the Female Ghostbusters was conceived or greenlit. If Stern believed later that releasing it with a new movie helps, I'm sure they were horrified when the backlash started against the new movie. More than twice as many dis-likes as likes on the official trailer on YouTube. Never seen that happen before. So, count their lucky stars this is being released before the new movie tarnished the brand.
Quoted from pmWolf:And, again...all available data shows that Stern has never, in its entire history, released a title that had an "aged" license and no current IP to go along with it.
I'm not saying I have all the answers, but it strikes me as odd that the other side in this discussion is so *aggressive* in their comments...and I can't quite figure that out. Is the argument that the GB pinball machine and the new Ghostbusters movie are completely unrelated, and their appearance together is pure coincidence?
I get having a different point of view...but shouting down the other side, particularly on this issue? I don't get it. What's the benefit? I feel like I'm missing something...like there's an "angle" that I'm out of the loop on.
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What are you missing? That you're wrong?
You know how much nonsense has been posted about this pin over the last 5 months? How posters "insisted" this was going to be about the new movie, or that some models would features the characters from the new movie on the backglass. Or how there was no way the pin was going to be announced in the spring...but in the summer to better "align" and take advantage of hype surrounding the new movie?
Some of us are exhausted at correcting the misinformation about this pin, so excuse me if we seem "aggressive" as you say.
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