Dead_Flip said today "The LE stream will be sooner than you think"...

I was thinking of what to choose between this, TWD or TNA and made my choice yesterday. Emailed my distro and deposited on a IMDN Premium. Can’t argue with the fun factor on this one. Great layout and amazing shots with excellent art. Complete package and what’s sure to be one of Sterns best ever.

Naaaa, I'm a pro kinda guy. Ummmm, unless it's Star Trek...or AC/DC...or MET....shit, I'm screwed.

My eyes/comprehension are failing me the older/higher I get.

Are there any moving interactive mechs & or sculpted toys?

The premium/LE playfield looks great! I’m really curious on how multiball works compared to the pro. Can you knock a ball out of the captive ball area and have multiball whenever or does it tie into normal two ball modes like Aces High and Mummy?? Is it for add-a-ball only in multiball?

I don’t want this game to be multiball all the time. It seems cool but it eventually gets old. I am also concerned about this game having really long ball times. I like games that kick your butt and have short ball times.

The sarcophagus moves. The passage at the top of the left ramp opens. The main ramp lifts up.

Certain games I’ve actually preferred the Pro (Aerosmith, GOT)... but Premie looks like the way to go here. Now if we can just see the art.

Also get to hit the newton ball to knock out other balls onto the playfield

I struggled to find that at first. Now I see it. I think. So it's like a Mick on a stick that moves 1 inch?

Ah, there's a diverter of some sort. I can see it now, thanks! So where does the ball go if diverted?

Is it like the bicycle girl ramp on TWD? What happens when the ramp is lifted?

That's cool. How do the balls lock there?

----------------------

Hey wait... is there a magnet by the pops/flasher?

So zero sculpted toys tho? Dang. What about that fella on the left?

No magnet.

Scoop under the lifting ramp.

Balls are diverted at the top of the left ramp to behind the backboard and they come out at that small ramp that leads to the sarcophagus. I believe you can lock 3 balls in the sarcophagus.

2 sculpted Eddies. Piece of Mind Eddie over the pops and Cyborg Eddie in the right ramp.

Tits

I need a video tho. My brain is just too underpowered to run Premium/LE simulations.

Thanks for the info guys.

79 you should come out for the party.

Would black trim look the best instead of the other Photoshop/current options? Sorry I can't Photoshop....

The function is very similar to the original Archer design, but instead of shooting under the ramp on the left, it just opens a portal and the ball diverts off the top of the left ramp into the sarcophagus on the right. So, watch the video here at the 0:57 mark. First you see what is now the sarcophagus moving on the right, then a shot under the ramp ending up in the sarcophagus:

Cross Examination might be closin shit down. 79 if you are unfamiliar well adios.

So none for Canada?? Or do we not count

LE/PRE aside, I keep thinking this is super strong pro package.
Im sure the mechs will be cool, but can’t go wrong to own one.
Art is a preference, impressive design meets code this time.

10 in canada i heard

I'm super confused now.

I'm sorta leaning towards agreeing with you. Time will tell.

Lol

Just lou talk smallD.

Now I'm paranoid

I think I'm getting the fear...

lol @ lou talk

All the other colors no one asked for:

Black
black (resized).jpg
Brown
brown (resized).jpg
Light Green
light-green (resized).jpg
Magenta
magenta (resized).jpg
Purple
periwinkle-blue (resized).jpg
Teal
teal (resized).jpg

Lol sorry any chance of changing the red trim on the back box too? And make the black the same as the coin door black... Sorry for being demanding

This is the most excited ive been for a stern pin my 4 years in the hobby. Love the unconventional layout and lots of interesting shots compared to most stern pins. Love the rules and how the song's are used. Love the neat features on the premium and the newton ball lock and the way u have to hit them out. This is what stern needed to get back in the drivers seat and i hope they keep up the good work. I gave up on them bc all the games felt the same and got stale quickly to me. Big thanks to keith for his design and all the work he put in to make stern great again. I have no issues with the current prices if new and fresh pinball is released. Now i just wish they wld do a theme i love with a great design like this and it will hit all categories for me. Also big thanks to stern for listening to the customers . All is good in the pinball world for me

They should have made it go through the back of the game like LOTR. Utilize the extra space since standard machine and not widebody.

No keep the LE in AZ. Please

I think the pro translite and cab art are better than the LE... Just my opinion... I totally would get a pro, but it's missing actual game features, which is why I am getting a premium.

Will IMDN have the crap leg brackets, or the good ones? I hear they went back to service rails, and added the handle on the back. This would seem like another logical step forward from a build perspective.

That would be great, but it's $20 and less than an hour to upgrade them to the Williams/Bally brackets if they're still using the crap ones.

Anyone wants an LE PM me

Not to worry, I’m still getting my LE. I just wanted RichieWrench to have an opportunity to contact my super secret source of another LE.

All these photoshop cabinet color mock ups make me feel like I'm in a skittles commercial. "Taste the Eddie, feel the Eddie"

Wow, I'm an idiot. I just realized these are only 22" wide. That seems really narrow. Growing up on wide-bodies, is this going to feel/look weird? (I guess this is why you don't buy sight unseen. My Pro will be here Friday and my adulation just turned to concern).

The print quality on the Pro translite is noticibly crappier than any pin I've seen recently. It's very noticible when not lit. Since we have Prems and LEs on the route I help with, maybe I'm just used to better translite quality overall. Dunno.

You'll be fine, and your arms will hurt less from nudging on long play sessions (I love me some Indy, but it's a big machine to manhandle for long games).

I am pretty sure it DOES go behind when diverted

I disagree, I think the quality is pretty damn good on mine. "Crappy" has never come to mind when looking at it from any perspective.

This game is pure fun, the longer ball times and bigger scoring help out too. Hard to believe a 1 rating. Pinball is suppose to be fun and why I like some of the more simple games too others dislike. If someone hates the music which is hard to to believe they can insert the instrumental versions of possible or create them.

I'm not talking about the layout, I'm talking about the pixel density and saturation. It seems off from what I'm used to seeing. Lit up it's fine, but it's more obvious unlit. Just an observation.

Absolutely no way this pin is a 1. Period. When you blow it up, especially, it's CRAZY fun.

Anyone else find it odd that Stern is not showing the Premium artwork? Are they trying to keep the LE orders in place?

Stern isn't officially showing *any* artwork yet. There are ongoing licensing restrictions. These pics were sent out to LE pre-order people because payment is due. They are juggling a few different overlapping problems.

Happens on every release....

Actually think its the opposite on this one concrete . Maybe its just that you're noticing it because there's universal praise.

He is a known JJP fanboy and stern hater/troll on here. His opinion/credibility is no better then Hilton’s when it comes to ratings. Also he has previously owned a cgc vacation america, that should tell you all you need to know.