Both great themes, but based on how Stern does things now, I have little faith Stranger Things can be done well. Real assets & real actors doing custom callouts...or bad CG recreations & horrible fake voices? A big part of ST’s appeal is the 80’s nostalgia. The music & brands are part of the show, and pretty unlikely we’ll see those aspects in the pin.

Rick & Morty will be legitimately true to the license, integrated properly. This will be so great to see compared to fakes like Jurassic Park.

Most people are watching shows on streaming services. Both shows are huge, but most Rick & Morty viewing is on the Adult Swim app & Hulu.

It’s literally Stern’s next game, by Brian Eddy.

That’s an ignorant and baseless claim.

Here’s a fact: MOST PEOPLE can’t afford pinball machines. Period.

Here’s the thing...just the raw numbers of popularity don’t always translate to pinball machine sales. When Gary licensed Wheel of Fortune, it was because it was the most syndicated, most watched show on Earth. CSI & 24 were mega hits. Rolling Stones & Aerosmith are huge in music. AVENGERS lol. None of these hits in their respective media translated to huge pinball sales. Popularity isn’t a guarantee of desire to buy a pinball machine.

For the record I’m talking about home sales. I think both will do equally stellar on location.

Your bubble of experience and those you know isn’t the world. R&M spans all demographics. Spooky will sell out instantly.

Spooky’s only making 750. So, I’ll bet Stranger Things. Lol.

If Stern was making both? R&M. Pinball buyers love HUMOR. Humor is rare when most licensed games are based on serious/action subject matter or music. R&M is one of the funniest shows on TV, and having it’s main funny voice guy doing custom callouts is going to be amazing.

Again, you total underestimate the show’s popularity with the pinball buying demographic.

Family Guy sold 2500, which was respectable at that point of pinball when games like 24 and CSI were barely cracking 500 units sold. Iron Man only sold about 1000 & was considered a flop before pinball got big.

Look at the R&M thread & the excitement. It’s not 20 year olds yelling “take my money”. I’m 43. I’m buying one. I have tons of 40-something friends who are ultra excited and buying one. Anyway, don’t worry about it. Spooky will sell them all, you won’t have to worry about stocking them.

Again, most HUMANS are not pinball buyers. Pinball stats aren’t relevant to the overall stats of society. There are millennials who are millionaires from being on YouTube & Twitch. Those specific ones will buy a R&M pinball. Pinball “thrives” on an ultra tiny group of buyers. That’s all it needs. More than 750 R&M fans who can afford it exist.

Same. I normally wouldn’t, but this is how much I trust Scott & the team.

Viewers doesn’t always translate into pinball buyers. See my earlier post about Wheel of Fortune & CSI.

Ultra passionate fans = pinball buyers.

Which Lord?

Would it feel dated at this point, so far after it’s been cancelled...or do you think its passionate fanbase still exists?

Stranger Things is huge...one of Netflix’s biggest shows. It spans demographics. Kids & adults like it. It’s kinda of like a supernatural Goonies - and takes place in the 80s. Adults like the nostalgia & kids these days are really into the pop culture of the 80s.