Which game is it that will have Gomez design in it? He had mentioned in one of the podcasts that a new title next year would have his design influences.

No, he said something else is coming. Deadpool was already out.

Some here were thinking it would be Beatles.

Is it Seawitch or not? A modified Seawitch layout by Gomez?

From what I can see in the low quality pictures, it does not appear that there will be much in terms of interactive toys besides the lift ramp/bash toy (TWD).

Did Stern decide to put all the toys in the attic after the release of Aerosmith/GOTG?

I believe it is just where they cut the decals for the legs to attach and not wrinkle.

I am guessing that is the Pro Munsters cabinet because of the black rails that are not lollipop, but could also be Premiums without having more info.

Sort of.... most believe the Dialed In layout is really good but would be much more appealing with a more exciting theme or at least a more exciting integration of the existing theme. It appears sales could have been much better with a homerun theme.

It is the excitement part of my statement that was key. The callouts and fanfare are not energetic enough to bring the theme of multiple disasters happening out to the player. When playing and a disaster starts the game spits out some callouts that don’t match the terror and shock that would be there if those disasters were actually occurring.

I have not seen too many people criticize the layout. You slap the star wars theme on that layout and people would rank it in the top 10 if the rules and sound were good.

Dude, the game is in the Pinside top 10 and has been for a long time now despite the theme being an acquired taste.

Standard time sucks. The majority of Americans want to live in daylight savings time year round. It is standard time that shortens the days even more by resorting back to the old-fashioned standard time. I am sure that seasonal depression issues are greatly exacerbated by the hour falling back.

They may need to cut back on the theme song music intro playing so often. It will get grating quickly.

I like how when you hit Spot (under the ramp) it is like dropping the trap door on him to contain him.

A lot of us are on both a the same time.

Good point. The LE/Premium will rise or fall on whether the lower playfield is fun/rewarding to play.

Good luck on that.

I think it is safe to say that "lite" is a term accepted specifically to pinball which likely has origins from poor grammar school training in the early days of pinball machines having light.

Perhaps this is the origin of the term being improperly used in pinball (1935, light up game Tick 'A' Lite):

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No worries. My OCD did start kicking in pretty fierce on the improper word use though. One that has always blown my mind is when people use lightning when they mean lighting.

You mean X-Men is a mirrored TRON layout. Tron came out a year before X-Men.

The thing that I found a little troubling from the stream last night was when Borg was playing he often was not trapping/controlling the ball but still had long ball times even while often hitting the ball on the fly.

That is likely why they are suggesting no ball save.

The explanation of the rules by Dwight was nice though.

The Williams Collection came before Pinball Arcade. They were both Farsight Studios though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Hall_of_Fame:_The_Williams_Collection

Stern is also probably selling about twice as many games a year now as compared to 2011 (before ACDC). I would guess from around 4000 back then to 8000 or 9000 now.

I would not be surprised if Lyman is on Superman 78 with Eddy.

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One thing they do suggest is to use a thread count sheet that is not quite as dense so the air can go through the sheet a little better.