Hand drawn art looks fantastic, 3d modeled buildings on the Premium/LE, tons of cool looking toys and shots. Best first impression I have ever gotten from a Stern reveal. An LCD would've knocked it out of the park. Hope it plays as good as it looks.

Correct.

I like how the topper is full width, I like the lights and interactivity, but it does look pretty cheesy otherwise. I think it is just the gray plastic that makes it look cheap/70's ish. Fake chrome the siren piece, (or better yet metal, but probably not in the budget), do a pebbled/textured surface on the bottom gray to take away the shiny there, maybe add a small Ecto1 license plate as an emblem in the middle?

That being said, the only negatives I took away from the stream was the topper (optional anyway) and the linearness of the scene modes. Hopefully there will be an option in the game settings to randomize the scene order. The pop bumper sound did get annoying, but they will either change it during code development or you could replace it with pinbrowser aftermarket.

All in all, really enjoyed it. Excited to play one in person.

Yeah, it is just okay at the moment, but it was a prototype machine with alpha code in it. I thought the music, sounds (most of them) and the modes that were shown looked fun. The players didn't get very deep into the game though, only a fraction of the modes were actually shown. Unfortunately the ones that were shown were shown multiple times as the "scenes" are in a fixed order. Hopefully that will change.

Quite possible, but in case linear was the plan all along I don't see how constructive feedback hurts. Seems like it is a concern for several people. Adding an option for linear/random before it gets released to a wider audience will give people fewer things to complain about.

The first run of Full Throttles were released months ago. iirc the Francisco guy wasn't even talking/moving yet in the initial code release.

The only problem I had with the video mode was the 50/50. I'd say increase it to three cards, or have it possibly be neither of the two cards to increase the risk of it. Otherwise I thought it was cool for what it was. You can get out at any time, so if you don't want to play it you can just cash in immediately.

Yes. In the "this flippin podcast" interview with Trudeau (a must listen imo for info about Ghostbusters, along with Coast2Coast's podcast with Jody) he talks about that is why the ramp is so steep on the LE/Premium. It had to be that high to guarantee the momentum on the downslope would come out from under the playfield consistently. He said they had a test running that tried it 300,000 times and failed to come out like 24 times or something like that.

That's one thing that is going to be interesting to see on the Premium/LE. The left ramp is steeper so it might be more difficult to make consistently.

I like pretty much everything I have seen of the game so far, but I don't like the looks of the LE either. I do like the backbox sides, but other than that, too much green for me. I never saw Slimer as the star of the movies, so having him so prominently on the sides of the cab just looks weird to me. I am kind of glad I don't like it, otherwise I probably would've dropped a lot of cash for one.

The usual sequence, at least for the last few releases seems to be: Pros, LEs, Premiums so Premiums do lag behind. The plus side of it is if the magnetic slings end up being a disaster on the LEs then you have plenty of time to bail on the Premium

Are they doing a complete armor set? I know they did for TWD, but didn't they only do the side armor for GoT?

As many as they can sell until the license runs out. And if demand they will renew the license and keep running them.

No, we pay more for pinball machines in Canada because the only distributor in Canada asks for ~500.00USD more for a pin than American distributor. No competition so prices suck.

Taxes are taxes. Some places pay more sales tax than others, it is the way it goes. Healthcare discussions and pros/cons of the Canadian system vs the US system has absolutely nothing to do with pinball so not even sure how it ended up in the discussion.

Yes, they mentioned "standard" "catch and hold" and "do crazy stuff" (can't remember what they really called it). There was no "dead" mode.

I like it because it isn't some professionally filmed, canned experience like a movie trailer or something. It is a bunch of guys having fun playing pinball. I also wouldn't want some video with some dude droning on "this is the second wizard mode, see how cool it is!!!", I like discovering stuff as I play as well.

Just so I understand, are you suggesting carrot flippers?

I checked. Doing that would cost $510 dollars, and you have to feed him.

It is high for sure. I really want one for my Premium, but don't know if I feel like ponying up the dough.

Don't know about absurd though, not completely out of line with what some other mods sell for. $250.00 for the Tron mini-arcade mod isn't cheap. $160-$200 for a Laseriffic topper. Not knocking either of these, I had the mini-arcade mod in my Tron and I loved it. Laseriffic toppers are nice. But compare the electronics, components, etc. of the GB topper to these and I can see where they came up with the amount.

IMO I think they should include the topper with the LE given the price difference between that and the Premium, and should have included the topper for TWDLE and GotLE as well.

How do you see the Tron mini arcade mod be $250.00? That's as much as an EM pinball machine, or an actual full size arcade game. How do you see a pinball machine costing $9500.00? That is more than some cars!!!!!!!

Comparing apples to apples (pinball mod to pinball mod in this case), the price on the GB topper does not seem out of line. Whether or not any pinball mod should cost as much as it does is a whole different conversation.

Only Stern/Dwight knows for sure I guess. But given how it has worked historically, there will be more updates. Just no timeline on when that I am aware of.

Usually new Sterns come with replacement slingshot plastics in case the existing ones break, as well as plastic key fobs. You don't really put them anywhere in the machine itself unless you have a plastic there that breaks, or you want to add the key fob to your keys.

I was thinking about the Scoleri brothers recently too. I wish the reward for completing them was better, or they stayed away during SFMB and weren't awarded from Tobin. For me as a mediocre player Scoleri is more frustration than fun as ball control is already difficult on the machine, so I find the risk/reward for them to be out of whack.

Bending wire was around the captive ball on early runs, newer ones ship with a fix in place, so wouldn't worry about that. As for clearcoat/ghosting issues, some are affected, others not. Supposedly newer runs don't have the issue, but Stern does have a replacement program it is ramping up on for people having the issue.

Any doubt or concern though, just wait. GBs will be run for at least another two years if it goes anything like Stern's other pins. Plenty of time to pick up a new one once you are 100% sure clearcoat issues are solved, or to find an HUO one where you can inspect yourself.

If you watch the video, Jody was talking about how it was almost Thanksgiving a couple of times, so probably within the last day or two.