Mustang (Pro)
Stern, 2014Quoted from gambit:Ok no new system this time either i guess.
Dont like the artwork. But then agian i'm no car fanatic. This is good for me since i got WOZ 2 weeks ago and get my STLE to day... i'm already broke
EXACTLY! We should be THRILLED we don't want every friggin' game released! Let the non-pin car nuts buy this game & give us a breather!
I did check the video again. Whats the main toy? Targets under the car?
Does the car do anything...?
Its a shame. A few pics and videos have been released but the quality is so poor of those that I can't tell what's really going on. There's no way many of you that are harshly trashing this game can really tell what's going on enough to do so. And this is a pro model. Who knows what an LE might have in store - if there even will be one.
Quoted from markmon:Its a shame. A few pics and videos have been released but the quality is so poor of those that I can't tell what's really going on. There's no way many of you that are harshly trashing this game can really tell what's going on enough to do so. And this is a pro model. Who knows what an LE might have in store - if there even will be one.
A lot of people want to hate everything new to make themselves feel better for not purchasing. It happens with every new game.
Quoted from ozno:This Mustang thing is just some Ford promotion deal. Trust me.
Stern press release:
http://www.sternpinball.com/Community/Blogs/news/stern-partners-with-ford-motor-company.aspx
from the press release:
The Mustang pinball machine, exclusive to Ford
I'm willing to bet it is a Ford promo and not a traditional release. If so we can untie our panties.
Looks to me like it has some nice shots, and great pop bumper action.
I hope to get to play one some day.
Chris
Yeah a promotional pin that will probably cost ford half the price stern gouges its loyal collectors with.
Quoted from frolic:I'm willing to bet it is a Ford promo and not a traditional release.
They said Saturday that the Ford dealers would get them first before the regular distributors.
So, it looks like you will be able to buy one from the normal channels.
Quoted from vid1900:They said Saturday that the Ford dealers would get them first before the regular distributors.
So, it looks like you will be able to buy one from the normal channels.
Ford dealers??
No sir I'm just hear to play pinball and will not be buying a car to day.
Got this in my inbox this morning as I was a Ford employee.
Retail $6800 Pro
My dealer cost shipping included $5295 before markup.
http://www.fordcollection.com/Product/1121442-00
$6800 is a "premium" price. there is no way the version at the show last week was a Premium. I guess we'll find out more soon.
Quoted from luvthatapex2:$6800 retail = $4500 USA
Yeah, but who wants to sit there for an hour while the salesperson goes back and forth with his manager trying to wear you down. 
"How's your credit? I reeeeeeealy want to see you own this game."
" What if I could get my manager to say $99 a month? We'd be done here, yes? You'd be the happiest man alive, yes? Lemme see what he says. (lowers voice) He can be a prick. But hey, it's the end of the month. Gotta pay the bills."
Quoted from markmon:And this is a pro model. Who knows what an LE might have in store - if there even will be one.
I'm guessing a shaker, LED's and a crossover ramp? 
The art package reminds me of some of the darker days of Stern. Interested to see where the code goes, it's too early for me to say the game is trash based on a few bad pictures and video.
Quoted from Chippewa-Pin:Cab artwork is less than inspiring. Couldn't they have at least put on one model from each decade?
I can't wait to see what the Premium and LE cab art is like, but something tells me a custom decal set for this table featuring a massive collection of cars would be amazing. The Internet is certainly not lacking for car art and photos to draw from.
I wonder if they'll skip making a premium and LE and use Mustang as a filler/specialty pin before an LCD comes out.
Quoted from Don1:I wonder how many games will run LCD only in Premium/LE before the Pro's start to get them.
Hopefully the switch to lcd will be for pro, le and premium simultaneously. No reason not to.
Gosh I hope Stern never replaces the backglass with an LCD. I don't want the extra cost associated. Plus it keeps JJP unique and I think that's awesome.
Stern does need to modernize the DMD and give us an LCD in that spot. Imagine every DMD animation being displayed instead in glorious LCD resolutions 
Heaven!
They should've hired Dirty Donnie. And used the fuel sound from Metallica. More chrome too.
Anyway I really look forward to playing it. And hammering the Avatar ramp.
Now way they will go LCD like JJ. Best you will see is a color DMD. Baby steps for Gary Stern. They can't even program the current systems fast enough. Imagine a new system!
Quoted from GravitaR:Mustang might be using "The Pin" platform reworked.
Nope, same SAM system with DMD. The next game will use the new boardset
Quoted from Av8:More chrome too
Vintage Mustangs do not have as much chrome as other cars of that time period. Then after 1974 most shiny trim was eliminated. The bright trim was replaced by black, as in most cars since. Chrome/Stainless on a Mustang Pin should be kept to a minimum.
Quoted from luvthatapex2:Nope, same SAM system with DMD. The next game will use the new boardset
How many times have we heard that? LOL!
Quoted from luvthatapex2:The next game will use the new boardset
Quoted from Pimp77:How many times have we heard that? LOL!
Or 'the next game will have LCD, it's confirmed '
Or 'the next game is TWD, it's confirmed'
Bah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...................
Quoted from gweempose:Yeah, but who wants to sit there for an hour while the salesperson goes back and forth with his manager trying to wear you down.
LOL-Coffee coming out of nose. The manager would come back to the table and draw the four square-"I tell you what we are going to do for you. We can get you to $38,000 for the $36,000 MSRP on the window and you will need the anti-theft etching, clear coat protector, destination charge oh and dealer handling. We can only give you $6000 less than what your trade in vehicle is worth at our wholesale auction. Good news is I can throw in a new Mustang Pinball for the low low price of $6800. What do you say-"Do we have a deal?-I will need your initials here"(;
Quoted from Don1:Imagine every DMD animation being displayed instead in glorious LCD resolutions Heaven!
Yeah, it would be like watching TV or playing a video game!
I'm more into pinball, though.
This layout might have some surprises but I cannot look at it without thinking car games by stern are pretty cookie cutter IMHO.
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=5093&picno=28601
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=5120&picno=29975
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=5292&picno=37362
My money is much better spent on other themes that have a little more uniqueness to offer.
Don't think I am going to like this pin. Sounds like the same announcer voice and car noises as Nascar and has a car toy in the center of the playfield also. (with a scoop underneath it?)
Note: designer is John Trudeau and that is an interviewer error in article.
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Edmunds, Ford Dealers First to Test-Drive 2015 Mustang. Pinball, That Is
02/04/2014 - By Bill Visnic
Just the Facts:
Ford and Chicago-based pinball machine maker Stern have collaborated on a pinball machine to commemorate this year's 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang pony car and the coming launch of the all-new 2015 Mustang.
The three-machine lineup includes a "professional" version that pays tribute to five decades of Mustangs, a premium model that focuses on the hallowed Boss variants of the Mustang and a limited-edition version, signed by the designer, that features the original 1965 Mustang and the new-generation 2015 Mustang.
The pro version of the Mustang pinball machine costs $4,995 and will be available in April.
MELROSE PARK, Illinois — Building up to this year's launch of the all-new 2015 Mustang — not to mention this year's 50th anniversary of the original Mustang's 1965 debut — Ford has licensed innumerable Mustang-related products, but the collaboration with Stern for the Mustang pinball machine will be hard to top for absolute entertainment value.
The first of the three-model Mustang pinball machines, the base "pro" model, will be unveiled for the media and the public at this week's 2014 Chicago Auto Show. The pro version goes on sale in April for $4,995.
Prior to the Mustang pinball machine's wide-scale launch, however, Edmunds wrangled a visit to Stern's design and manufacturing facility here for a look at how Ford and Stern developed the Mustang pinball game, as well as an exclusive first play of the machine.
It's the first play by the media, it should be noted, as Ford dealers at the recent North American Auto Dealers show in New Orleans beat everyone to the punch to be the first outside of Stern to play the Mustang pinball machine.
Some Ford dealers will use Mustang pinball to generate pre-launch interest in the coming 2015 Mustang. With pinball enjoying a hipster-fueled renaissance in many cities and metro areas, others are likely to place the machine in dealership lounges or waiting areas as a trendy time-passing alternative to the now-ubiquitous Wi-Fi access. Most of the new Mustang pinball machines eventually will end up in the dealer's home, says Jody Dankberg, Stern's director of marketing.
"Mustang-ness" is at the heart of Stern's new Mustang pinball machine. The dusky and moody Mustang art on the machine's cabinet was commissioned to none other than Camilo Pardo, designer of Ford's GT supercar.
George Gomez, the machine's designer and Stern's vice president of game development, owned a 1970 Mustang as his first car and currently has a 1969 Mach 1. "I'm restro-modding it," Gomez admits, saying that for someone with a degree in industrial design, he can't simply leave the car in stock form, much as he admires its basic shape.
All this immersion in the Mustang mythos has been skillfully executed in the three pinball-machine lineup. The professional model, the entry point in the line, features in the game play a significant Mustang from each of the car's five generations and five decades of production; the pro model is targeted mainly at arcades and other public locations. The midlevel premium model will be the "player's game" for genuine pinball aficionados, Gomez believes — and it just might be the machine to have for hard-core Mustang enthusiasts, too, what with the game's singular focus on Mustang Boss models throughout the years. At the top of the line will be the limited-edition, or LE model. It will be signed by Gomez and features the 1965 and 2015 Mustangs.
As with most of Stern's newer pinball machines, the premium and limited-edition versions of the Mustang pinball machine will have more sophisticated achievements and shots and deeper scoring rules. There also will be some cosmetic differences: both upper-level pinball machines get genuine chrome Mustang badges on the speaker grilles.
The games incorporate a mix of classic pinball play features and modern technology to let players go "racing" with some of the greatest Mustangs of all time and even build up a dream collection as they progress. Different interactive sections of the playfield and sequences of shots let players go drag racing, rallying, drifting and road racing.
In a brief stint playing the new Mustang pinball game, we found several rewarding ramp shots — something of a signature Stern feature — and envision long-lasting enjoyment in the drop-target feature that enables one to shift up and down through the gears. Other features in the game include allowing the player to modify his own Mustang with tuner parts from the Ford Racing catalog. Hitting 6th gear can bring as many as six balls into simultaneous play.
Mark Bentley, Ford's licensing manager for global branding, said Ford licenses thousands of Mustang-related products, but seems particularly excited about the release of the Mustang pinball machine.
"All the stars lined up for this deal to come together," Bentley said. "George Gomez is a Mustang nut and Stern saw the market potential" of bringing together automotive and pinball enthusiasts. Ford's talks with Stern regarding the Mustang pinball game date to 2012 and "we knew the Mustang development team would be pleased with this project — it was a great opportunity to leverage a cool licensed product."
While the Mustang pinball machine starts at $4,995 (if Stern's past pricing scale holds true), expect the Boss-focused premium and collector-bait LE versions to cost a couple thousand dollars more.
And it may not stop there. Lest Mustang fans think the legendary Shelby models slipped through the cracks, Gomez divulges that Stern is keenly interested in expanding the Mustang pinball line with a future Shelby-oriented version. "We just couldn't get a Shelby (business) deal done in time," Gomez laments.
Edmunds says: Stern's pinball machine might be the ultimate new piece of Mustang memorabilia .
Quoted from mnpinball:Note: designer is John Trudeau and that is an interviewer error in article.
Link to this article:
http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/edmunds-ford-dealers-first-to-test-drive-2015-mustang-pinball-that-is.html
Are we 100% sure that Trudeau is the designer? Stern hasn't officially announced anyone as the designer of the game, right? I guess lots of evidence strongly points toward JT.
Quoted from stevevt:Link to this article:
http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/edmunds-ford-dealers-first-to-test-drive-2015-mustang-pinball-that-is.html
Are we 100% sure that Trudeau is the designer? Stern hasn't officially announced anyone as the designer of the game, right? I guess lots of evidence strongly points toward JT.
I contacted Stern on it. Trudeau is the designer.
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