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Pinball machines that were new when today's themes were.

By o-din

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    Let's have a fun thread here. It's no secret that for the most part pinball today is making it's money and staying on life support milking licensed themes from the past.

    So lets get into the way back machine and see what pinball machines were fresh when today's licensed themes were.

    I'll start this off with Ghostbusters. The year was 1984 and and Space Shuttle was raking in the dough at the local arcades.

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    Hobbit- a classic novel from the year 1937

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    Kiss- a band that formed in 1973

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    X-Men #1 (September 1963).

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    Wizard of Oz. Film was released in 1939. IPDB has over 55 flipperless pins listed released in 1939.

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    Star Wars - May 25, 1977

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    Alien 1979

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    Game of Thrones-1996

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    Star Trek, The Original Series, debut was Sept 1966. Again there were many pins released that year.
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    Quoted from Darcy:

    Star Trek, The Original Series, debut was Sept 1966. Again there were many pins released that year.

    Indeed. Including this gem from Bally.

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    !981, the year that gave us Metallica.
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    Aerosmith? 1971

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    Spiderman- 1962!

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    Tron - July 9, 1982

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    Nascar -1948

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    Congo was formed in 1885. No pins were made that year

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    Is that SM backglass really hung up without a frame next to Catacomb?
    That is what I noticed.

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    The Walking Dead, issue #1 published 2003.

    Pinball of the year:

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    Rob Zombie's (white zombie) first release, Gods on Voodoo Moon. 1985.

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    Quoted from o-din:

    Game of Thrones-1996

    The Big Bang is about as far back in the past as you can go for a theme

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    Predator- 1987

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    Whoa Nellie...actually, pinball wasn't around when boobs first became popular.

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    Quoted from o-din:

    Game of Thrones-1996

    You could easily convince me that is George RR Martin playing the BBB.

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    Quoted from EvanDickson:

    You could easily convince me that is George RR Martin playing the BBB.

    had the exact same reaction to that photo.

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    1964-

    Williams releases River Boat, Bally does Mad World, and Gottlieb, it's non licensed homage to Bonanza.

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    1971

    My self and most other kids in the neighborhood were flocking to the theaters to see Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Unbeknownst to many of us at the time, Bally was releasing their dinosaur themed game.
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    Speaking of dinosaurs, in the summer of 1993 Steven Spielberg's latest blockbuster Jurassic Park was knocking them dead at the box office. Two months prior to the movie's release, Data East released it's Jurassic Park pinball machine. Imagine that, a pinball machine getting released before the movie it was themed after.

    However, it is quite refreshing that with the new Jurassic Park game, modern pinball has finally made it back to the 90s again.
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