I love the Beach Boys and would love to see Stern do a re-theme with the Beatles machine. It would be a perfect re-theme with Beach Boys of 1964. I am sure the licensing would be reasonable compared to the Beatles and Stern could pass those savings down to the customer? At a reasonable price point, I would be all over a Beach Boys pinball re-theme for 1964 using Beatles layout.
What you say?
What amazes me is how acceptable the Beatles as a Seawitch reboot is as a new game. Does Stern really lack that much creativity that they cannot design a new single level game? Scott Danesi did it, Team Pinball did it, and now there is Tokyo Drift out there. That is not to mention all the home brew and VPX original games out there. 8K for a single level re-skin and this is felt to be good for pinball?
Quoted from Crile1:What amazes me is how acceptable the Beatles as a Seawitch reboot is as a new game
I thought the same thing, and then I got a chance to play it. It is simplistic-yet fun. The magnet,spinning disc, and altered layout make it feel like a hybrid(mix of classic with modern elements).
I have no issue with being simple and single level. That's why I love my EM and Tomcat. But it is the laziness of Stern along with a high price. The Beatles, arguably the greatest band in history, deserved and original layout.
Quoted from Crile1:What amazes me is how acceptable the Beatles as a Seawitch reboot is as a new game. Does Stern really lack that much creativity that they cannot design a new single level game? Scott Danesi did it, Team Pinball did it, and now there is Tokyo Drift out there. That is not to mention all the home brew and VPX original games out there. 8K for a single level re-skin and this is felt to be good for pinball?
Agree. People can say how much fun Beatles is (I'm sure it is) but there's no way I would pay $8k for it. The value just isn't there in my opinion.
The equivalent would be Stern doing Munsters and using a Beatles playfield design for it yet still charging $8k. Would people rather have Seawitch Munsters or what Stern actually came out with? I think everyone would pick option #2.
If Beatles was $5000-$5500 I would buy one today. I was told the reason for high pricing was because of the high licensing cost. The Beach Boys licensing should be way cheaper compared to Beatles.
Wow-No love for the 'Boys' ?
Meanwhile everyone in the geriatric ward are eating up Munsters-what gives?
I basically want a cheaper version of this game. I really enjoyed the Beatles music playing-it had me tapping my toes, the same would go for Beach Boys- love their tunes-they are timeless.
Quoted from Crile1:I have no issue with being simple and single level. That's why I love my EM and Tomcat. But it is the laziness of Stern along with a high price. The Beatles, arguably the greatest band in history, deserved and original layout.
I don't think its laziness, I think its....Lets try to recoupe some of our money back that we lost to have to pay this ridiculous licensing. beatles shit is outrageous, just ask Michael Jackson...…….oh, nevermind.
Quoted from Gryszzz:Wonder what Odin thinks?
Odin would approve, being from Southern California-Beach Boys is in his blood.
Seems like everyone is still soured by the whole Beatles debacle, I do think people should have an opportunity to purchase this design without breaking the bank. C'mon Stern make it so
Stern will not compete against themselves, and Beatles will probably take some time to sell out with all the distributors. I know my idea is probably a pipe dream, but it would be cool to have a Beach Boys pinball machine. Wishful thoughts I guess.
Do you people realize that as much work went into designing the Beatles playfield as coming up with a "new" design? I mean, judging from the poorly-thought out statements I see I can assume not.
Do you think they just pulled the CAD file out of storage? Or scanned in a Seawitch?
No. The Cad file was lost. And hadn't been invented in 1979. And significant changes were made in geometry.
Trust me, nobody is more tired of this moronic argument than I. But I'll still pop in once a month out of habit.
Also, why are you calling the only pinball company that releases 5 games a year "lazy?"
That don't make no sense.
Quoted from Gryszzz:Fuckin thread derailers Jesus fuck let's have a 1964 Beach Boys too
Amen Brother!
Beach Boys are old but their music is timeless and the majority of today's music is not timeless and is crap compared to the older generations music. I suggested Beach Boys because I feel it would fit the older style Seawitch(Beatles)layout well. Bring on Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, etc.-all with a kickass original modern design, but having a $4k Beach Boys pinball using modified Seawitch also sounds cool to me.
Quoted from Gryszzz:WWODD
I might have to get a stickers made up for this one-bring back O-din!
WWOD.pngQuoted from Gryszzz:Fuckin thread derailers Jesus fuck let's have a 1964 Beach Boys too.
I would prefer the game simply focus on the true star of the BEach Boys:
Mike Love. Lots and lots of Mike Love.
Like Ali except Mike Love.
Question for all the naysayers....What current band of today-would make for a good pinball machine theme? Just curious
I think Beach Boys would be great but I don't support reskins in any form with my money. It seems Stern will always do whatever takes to make a buck with the least amount of work. Yeah I get it, that's what a business is supposed to do. But from my experience, that's not always the case and certainly not something you want to be known for.
Quoted from kklank:I think Beach Boys would be great but I don't support reskins in any form with my money
I think a lot of people would like to purchase the Beatles if it was reasonably priced-but it is not. I usually do not care for re-hashed crap either-but to me this is an exception. Actually-I kinda want to re-theme Iron Maiden as well(cough-love the layout-can't stand the music)
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