I asked one dealer near my place. The parts manager knew that there will be a lot of 50 Anniversary stuff available including the pinball machine. The day we got the info on Pinside is the same day he recieved an E mail from Ford of Canada. So the sales team may not know about the pinball machine, the owner maybe? There might even be an Anniversary Edition Mustang.

I hope they put one in the waiting room of every Ford dealership.

Yeah, there's no way the salespeople at a dealership would know anything about the pin, totally wrong tree to bark up. Probably directly from the owner or possibly a parts manager.

I'm holding out for a Subaru Outback pin

Haha, right. As we just learned, "all 3000 of them"? Somehow I don't think Stern is prepared to have 3000 demo machines.

No one goes to a dealership to play pinball. Unless you already know about it, in which case you're not the target market anyways. A flyer and an ad in a catalog is probably the best you could hope for. Maybe a couple cool dealerships would put one out for a test drive weekend event or something.

I meant the service area/waiting room. Other than wifi and cable news there's not much to do while you wait.

I am still very good friends with the Ford dealer I worked at for many years in my local town. I informed the manager there as he is very interested in pinball machines though me. Being a Mustang pin he wants to know more as details are out and most likely will buy one, as well as the owner who has deep pockets and his own retro garage to resemble a '50s-60's throwback.

That does not surprise me really. Ford has many cross promotional products. While pinball is a huge part of our lives it is just a blip on the radar for ford IMHO. If you asked the dealer about the new Ford matchbox cars, he would likely have no clue as well. Of course a pinball machine is a more impressive item, more people will see and own the toy cars, as well as other items.

PEN (straight out of Ford country)

I mean if the dealerships wanted to buy them that would be cool, could make it the best selling Stern since TSPP.

I can't remember the last time I actually waited at a dealership or a service shop to get something done... all of the dealerships and service shops around here provide transportation to/from home or the office.

I dunno, my BMW dealership will give me a loaner car, or drive me anywhere, and I've still had reasons to hang around there watching TV for a bit before.

Something to do, while the salesmen pretends to debate the sale price with the manager.

I'm a car dealer (not Ford), but I'm confident that few dealers will want a pinball machine in their dealerships and Ford will not pay for the machines to be there. Auto manufacturers do a lot of licensing deals and most of it doesn't relate to the dealerships. Bottom line for dealers; will having a mustang pinball machine in the building sell more cars? No. I think it would be a nice touch but I don't think many dealerships will buy one.

Lets be honest. Ford dealerships have no interest in this. They make thousands on the sale of a car, they could care less about some change in a dust collector in the corner.

If your local Ford dealer has one of these in their showroom. You might find the Anniversary Pinball Machine on the floor, when the pin is available in April.2011 022-570.JPG

Nothing really. This dealer here has this Running Horse sign up in their showroom. The sign is around 5 feet long. Most dealers just put up posters. Some will install large murals of Ford vehicles. I had never seen such a large 3D sign like this before. They sell a lot of Mustangs at this dealership.

I think it would be funny for Ford dealers to do this and try to get warranty repairs on the pinball game. It would make up for all the crap I had to deal with trying to get them to do any warranty work on my GT500.

We have a 2008 GT 500 on the show room floor under 10 miles on it....not for sale.
Also have Jack Roushs 2013 stage 3 personal car #000 also not for sale.
Seems some owners just like to collect and display...maybe a pinball is in our future?

I'd go into a Ford dealership to play pinball , and if they happen to sell me a car while I'm there playing pinball I guess it couldn't hurt having a mustang pin at Ford dealerships But I don't really see it happening , It would be cool though .The guy that runs the Ford dealership near me might be into it , Pinballs came up when I bought a car from him , Everything was looking good for the car I ended up buying but I told him I got my measuring tape here and If I can't fit a pinball machine in this car I'm not buying it .

A friend of mine works for Ford and he said he heard that certain dealerships ( highest selling #'s ) would have one in the showroom, then he said his dealership was not getting one..bummer.

My girlfriend and I really want the Honda Civic 42nd Anniversary pin.

(Joking aside, I can't wait to see what the first new Trudeau design in well over a decade looks like.)

I could imagine it it bring very cool. A Shelby color scheme with chrome would be really bad ass!

A Subaru pin would be awesome! A wrx rally mode with a jump, a lesbian wizard mode with the Forester, douchebag STI mode, I'm ALL IN!!

If they made a Subaru pin I'd get an annoying "Native" topper for mine

Hopefully there's a Cliff bar Multiball

Get Real, no-one but us diehards give a shit about pinball nowadays.

I think the Mustang pin will sell "fast n furious" and you can quote me

Sigh. Good to wish for.

I'll be thrilled if my Ford dealer just ponies up the $5 or $6 to provide non-sucking coffee.... not holding my breath for pinball

As a Mustang fan, and owner ('11 5.0), I'm anxious to play this game once it comes out though... not sold on buying one however.

Our dealership has gone to the single shot cups for customers....employees have to buy their own coffee lol....times have changed. Eight years ago we had a Starbucks which cost us 6-700 a month, we would spend 350 on hot chocolate alone.

Im not trying to bust balls, but who is going to service these machines.
You know the dealerships will barely know how to turn them on.
These will be the worlds most beat up pinball machines.

They won't get beat up sitting in the corner unplayed and usually off.

When I take delivery of this Mustang Pin at my local Ford dealer. I hope they do not try to sell me an extended warranty, paint shield or rustproofing.

Scotchguard fabric protection. Even if leather!

I know its been a while for this thread, but I am wondering, now that Mustang is out, has anyone seen one of these pins at a Ford dealership?

Wrong................lol

Did they have it on free play? Did it look out of place?
2 Ford dealers in my area did not have one.
I mentioned this before, but who is going to service these machines. Ford auto techs?

if they really wanted to get parents/kids to enjoy going to the dealership they would just remake cuis'n usa to be a ford driving game. Link 2 together and put them on free play or tokens you get from the parts counter. Kids would actually want to go the dealer and wait if they could play the game.

The Ford dealer should just work with a local Op, then it can get serviced. I need to swing into Benna in superior, they are the bigger Ford, Roush dealer in the area.

I'm a former vehicle mechanic and servicing pins was a natural progression for me as I entered the hobby, so I suspect most good mechanics at a Ford dealership could service the pins with a little online research on flipper rebuilding, etc.