Surprised at the negativity considering Pinball Circus is what most people often ask for: Original unlicensed theme & something totally unique. Maybe we've just hit collective burn-out or something....I feel like a year or two ago, people would be like "HOLY SHIT, they're FINALLY making Pinball Circus! Sign me up!"

Mark me "interested"...of course I want to hear about the production gameplan & pricing first.

Sounds great & progress is looking great so far.

Is there an possibility for a colorized display? It can't be done (so far) on CV due to how it's mounted...is there anything about the mounting of the display in Pinball Circus that would prevent a bigger LCD from being used?

Not all collectors are selfish elitists who need bragging rights for their wooden box. Most collectors actually play and enjoy their games and don't mind if their neighbor can get one too.

How am I a hypocrite? If you're talking about Stern games - I wanted certain extra features or art packages. LE and Premiums are production models. They offer them for sale and I chose to buy the one I wanted.

Premiums are unlimited and have the features of LEs. I'm all for premiums. I wouldn't deny anyone an opportunity to buy a new fully featured Stern.

In any case Stern's Premium/Pro/LE model has nothing to do with this conversation. These guys are doing an amazing thing by making Python's dream game a reality. To look down on the project for not setting a limited number from the getgo is just something I can't understand. When it's all said and done, this game will be "collectible"...it's a niche product for the pinheads...it's not going to be a huge mass market seller like a Stern game.

No, you and I want entirely different things. You want an item to covet. I want a game to play. You're the guy who has BBB and then tells people it sucks! You have it "just to have it". If I had a BBB I'd play it until it was splinters and dust!

Your'e so completely wrong. Every Stern game is a production model! I'm not buying Stern prototypes. I have an AC/DC Premium that I'm perfectly happy with. I don't need an LE to have an LE. Stern makes these different models so you can buy on a budget or pay more for the full experience...I buy a game for the full experience, not to have something "different".

LOL...why do people want these guys to not build as many as people want to buy? That's so selfish to tell someone how to run their business for the sake of feeling "special".

You know NOTHING about me. NOTHING. Why would I want a prototype!? I don't have any prototypes. If this thing gets to a full production, I'm interested in buying one because I think it's a cool game and I wanna play the crap out of it. You can have the prototypes to stare at.

This is so beyond off topic now. No more cliché Stern rants.

Back to Pinball Circus, please!

Just curious - and I guess this goes for all games, not just this one. Once a wireform is created, how is it mass produced so that every piece is bent and shaped correctly? Is a mold made? I've always wondered.

Because it's stupid. They're big giant f*cking games. Play them. If you buy these big cumbersome games and don't play them...you make zero sense as a person and should immediately seek therapy. You might as well collect useless things like baseball cards and stamps, not intricate playable pieces of machinery.

I don't have the LE. I have a Premium. Mass produced, no limit. Stern games aren't something you buy to be different....there are thousands of Premiums. There's no forced exclusivity - Stern markets different models for different customers and their needs.

That's fine....but I wouldn't insult a company and their product if they chose not to. Forcing a limit is a marketing gimmick - there's no guarantee of collectibility. I have more respect for a game that doesn't have an artificial limit - that means the maker has enough confidence in the product to sell as many as there is demand for. If it becomes a collectible later down the road, so be it. Collectibles are rarely predicted to be collectible.

Once again, wrong. I didn't want something "different". Stern offered 3 variations. Pro, Premium and LE. I chose Premium because the LE was sold out and I wanted the full version, not the economy model...not because it had any kind of brag factor. There are probably more Premiums than Pros, anyway...I have the most common version. You could just as easily say someone bought the Pro to be "different"...that still doesn't make it true.

I guess that's the only thing I can agree with you on...we both want Pinball Circus, right?

-You want Pinball Circus to stare at and never play....and you don't want any one else to have it so that you may brag about yours and its value.

-I want Pinball Circus to play thousands of times with friends and family.

....and now that there's no way you can possibly have anything else to say about this...BACK TO PINBALL CIRCUS! WooooOOOOooOOoo!!!!!

Just walk in. No one checks badges for seminars.

I was interested a few years ago when I played their proto at expo but I kinda don't care any more. Still be cool to see it finished, but like you - no promises. No pre-order, that's for sure.