Bring it on! I am #3 on the RUSH LE list at Pirate Pinball in Benecia, California........ready to spend my 12K on what hopefully will be rated the #1 Pinball Machine of all time. If done right and with proper guidance from Rush fans and especially Rush band members/Hugh Syme, this pin could eclipse all other previously released rock pinball machines.

LOL you ACTUALLY think Les Claypool is better than Geddy Lee? Laughable......Les, who is a GREAT bassist, couldn't hold Geddy's jock strap. Did you know that Les' #1 influence is Rush and Geddy Lee? Did you know that on Primus' last tour which ended a month ago, their entire 2nd set was a RUSH album all the way through? Yes you know lol......just poking fun at you. Look at the two bands catalogs.......again laughable. The Primus pinball machine sold like 300 units lol.......and was a colossal failure. Not taking anything away from Primus, but they are not in the same league as Rush, few bands if any are.

My logic in this example is not flawed....... I did not say this is the rule......Rush is my all-time favorite band.....Dave era Halen is #2. Everyone is influenced by someone and in some cases yes, the influencer gets surpassed. Not in this scenario. I agree Eddie wipes the floor with Eric Clapton, but others would disagree.

Absolutely AWESOME!

I am relaxed, thanks.......hence the poking fun at you comment. Congrats on your taste in music!

Thanks man....Merry Christmas!! Again....that is YOUR translation....it sounds like you need to be told you are right...you are right! LOL talk about 8th grade........no time for people like you.

"Looking down from Olympus on a world of doubt and fear.............it's surface splintered into sorry (Pinball) Hemispheres".......would love to see them use 2112, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures as the artwork. Signals as well. THAT ERA PLEASE.........

LOL.....sorry you are not a RUSH fan.

Just watched it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT SONG SELECTION!!!!!!!!!!

I was told I am a shoe in for an LE as I am at the top of the list at Pirate Pinball.....WOWZERS! Thankful that most of the songs are from their older catalog. I love all RUSH, but the mid to late 80's (when I was a teenager) was my least favorite era. 1976-1982 and the last 2 albums were my favorites.....unreal!

Correct.....This is simply MORE validation that they are one of the elite bands of all time. Which they easily are.....After decades of not getting the credit they always deserved.

Yes, I know two others that are getting an LE as well......Stern knows this will sell tons of units......every larger city has at least 25K Rush fans as they sold out most if not all of their shows from 1977 through 2015. Dream Pin. I have a feeling this will be in the TOP 10 on the TOP 100 list on this site within a month. If they nail the gameplay, which based on the song selection they will, it will be one of the greatest PINS ever.....just like RUSH. hehe

Hoping for anything from 1976 through 1982 (2112 through Signals).

My apologies if I missed this.....my distributor said Stern is making 1000 LE's.

The price has yet to be mentioned. They said that usually 1/3 to 1/2 of the pins are for overseas. My hope is only 1/3 or 1/4...

Hoping it is the same, but it may be jacked up a bit ($500?) as COVID can always be blamed.

I saw them in March 1990 in Oakland and then paid $125 (a lot of money back then) for the June 27, 1990 show at Shoreline for Section 102 Row DD. It was unbelievable and helped me become obsessed with RUSH. That show actually has a pro shot, soundboard bootleg that is widely circulated. I was 20. I have seen them every tour after that and multiple shows on every tour. Would always pay the steep price to be dead center about 15-20 rows back.....just in front of the soundboard for optimal live sound quality.

Nice wall of ticket stubs! I was 22nd row dead center on July 23, 2015. What a show....they all were.....I saw the March 30th show, 1990. The soundtrack of my life. Rush is too complex for many, not this group. The amount of thought and care in every single song and every single part of their live performance goes UNMATCHED.

No.......I am a HUGE Dave era Halen nut but IMO every Halen album blows doors off of Eat 'em and Smile, except Diver Down. With that being said, Eat 'em was Dave's ONLY good solo album. I actually saw that tour and 5150 Tour at the Cow Palace and liked the Dave show way more simply because he was still kind of trying and they played more than half the show was Halen. 5150 is an awesome album, but it is Sammy.....who I like, but it is not really real Van Halen. Singing songs like When It's Love and other keyboardy cheese soft songs is not Van Halen.

Who said these won't sell LOL............the LE's are gone. Cannot wait.........

YYZ and Natural Science or The Necromancer

Time Machine will send you into the Black Hole and Cygnus will start playing!

The LE looks awesome! They all do.......send me my LE now!!!!

Pirate Pinball is sold out and I believe all 1000 LE have been spoken for. I tried to buy 2 from them and I was denied. Just put my 2K deposit down for the LE. BRING IT!!!!!!

That's funny.....same with me.

Mid February. I was told by my distributor I should have it delivered by the last week of February.

As a similar person who likes RUSH the best and VH as 2nd in my hierarchy, IMO Alex Van Halen is a very good drummer, probably Top 30-40 but not elite. Everybody Wants Some and Hot For Teacher are elite drumming songs....but most of his playing is just very good.......this takes nothing away from AVH, but Neil is far superior. VH is all Eddie for me (Dave was a great, great front man back in the day, but was only a decent singer). Mikey held the low end well but was no flashy bass player. Just solid...... When I listen to VH, it's for the guitar work, not the drumming (mostly) and the overall ability of the combined band.

I think the more people like RUSH and the more albums people know of, the more people will like the cabinet artwork and backglass artwork. People who do not follow RUSH will not understand much of it and wonder what it all means. Some will be into the pin enough to venture into their catalog a bit and might get it a little more after? I love all 3 backglasses and cabinets. They are all very different and very RUSH.....It's like they made these pins for the diehard fans. Kind of like what RUSH did on their final tour in 2015. Played Jacobs Ladder at every show after tour upon tour of hearing from the fans that they wanted to hear it and played ALL that old material in the 2nd set. Look at the last 8-9 songs before the encore (this changed slightly depending on what show you saw) Tom Sawyer, YYZ or Red Barchetta, The Camera Eye, The Spirit of Radio, Natural Science, Jacobs Ladder, Hemispheres Prelude, Cygnus X-1 (only instrumental and cut somewhat), Closer to the Heart, Xanadu (all of it) and 2112 (4 of 7 parts). WHAT AN ENDING!!!!!!! The encore was money as well. I got an LE, cannot wait.

Yes 100%. Unbelievable. LE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome

Hold Your Fire is my least favorite RUSH album, Show of HANDS DOWN............although the recording of Subdivisions on that live album is wicked. Low End coming out of the beginning music verse.

I was trying to think of where I've seen the Geddy face on the playfield before......that character almost is a doppelganger of Richard Ramirez, aka The Night Stalker. Serial killer in the 80's. I showed this to several people at work and they laughed and agreed. Google him with sunglasses.

Counterparts is simply awesome. They reverted back to a heavier sound. Guitar heavy, great lyrics, many songs about relationships of one kind or another. I actually really like Presto as well, kind of a transition album but the album that got me into Rush. I was not really thrilled with Roll The Bones the album, but the tour was Fantastic. Bravado is really the only song that I love from RTB. I was thankful that on Counterparts, they had gone back to a heavier sound. I can't believe that album and tour were 28 years ago.

I was 21 when RTB came out and was and always will be an 80's music guy in general. Dreamline and Bravado are my favs, and the album isn't "bad", it's just not one my favorites. None of their albums are bad, but albums like RTB and HYF are at the bottom of the list. Heresy, Bet Your Life and others are listenable, but not something I am longing to hear. Presto had Available Light, which is totally awesome, great ender. War Paint, Scars, Hand Over Fist, The Pass, which is one of their best songs period and Anagram, lots to like on Presto including the title track. LOL, my least fav songs on Presto are the first two. I worship RUSH, but there are songs that just do nothing for me, not many though. That's what is so awesome about RUSH, they have so many albums and eras that all speak to different people in different ways. I was too young to know and understand RUSH during my favorite era, 1976 through 1983.....and too young to see them live. Bummer.

Counterparts Tour was short and sweet. 4 months after coming off of 10 months of touring with RTB. Cool setlist. They played Animate, Double Agent, Cold Fire, Nobody's Hero, Leave That Thing Alone and Stick It Out. Would have loved to hear Cut To The Chase live as well. Everyday Glory is another killer ender for an album, even though it is slower. Great last minute of the song.

Yep.......and they did! I was sooooooooo happy they wanted to go back a bit to the power trio style.

I agree, except for their last album, Clockwork Angels. Stellar, but I still prefer 2112, AFTK, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals over that one. Snakes and Arrows was really good too, Vapor Trails and Test For Echo not so much.

I remember hearing Subdivisions (now my favorite RUSH song) on the radio when it came out and I was 12. I loved that song but was too young to really comprehend it fully and know who RUSH was. That era is unsurpassed.......

Headlong Flight IMO is the highlight of Clockwork Angels. It is heavy, melodic and just blows doors!

And live it rips even more! My favorite song going as far back since the release of Signals.

"They're coming to take me away haha, they're coming to take me away hoho hehe haha , to the happy home, where life is beautiful all the time. With trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who smile and twiddle their thumbs, they're coming to take me AWAY haha"!!! Loved Dr. Demento.

I LOVE Presto........I was "late" to Rush and got into them at 19 years old in late 1989 when A Show of Hands came out. Presto has such a great vibe and has many catchy tunes. First album released after becoming obsessed with them so it also has sentimental value. Everything after the first two songs is money. The Pass and Presto are such mellow songs that have such meaning. Anagram, Hand Over Fist, War Paint, Available Light, even Red Tide!!!! Can listen to it over and over all the way through, even accepting of Show Don't Tell and Chain Lightning lol.

Jesus, sub YYZ for The Big Money!

2-3 weeks........from distributor today. I live in California though so it may be sooner back east?