You’ve let the cat out of the bag now Ben!
Thanks for the confirmation it’s clearly this Haha

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They're obviously remaking Pinball Circus

Let's rephrase this question because everyone in this thread has guessed the next title. Has anyone actually guessed correctly?

Just trying to close any loopholes here

Haunted House Remake?

That's not the worst guess I've heard. I'm not sure I need to own a Pinball Circus, but it certainly would be different.

Eating some Frankenberry crispies for breakfast, contemplating the next Spooky theme. Only a few mentioned are strong enough and popular enough to work.

Beetlejuice
Scooby Doo
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Pee Wee’s Big Adventures
Halloween
Scary Movie
Goonies
Zombieland Adventures

I’ll add a few more ...

Archer
Simpsons (again)
South Park (again)
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You left out Evil Dead which is both strong kung fu and probably more popular than some of those.

I’ve kind of been hoping that Stern would do The Simpsons: treehouse of horror as a TSPP vault. But I would pumped if Spooky did it instead, PERFECT PERFECT THEME.

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Man that would graphic and awesome!

Linda Blair on the bed could be the bash toy.... and every time you hit it her body could pop up and she would scream Motherrr or make it stop!

Would be an easy toy to make. Her body would just have to be on metal post like the toy on the Led Zeppelin pin.

Spooky probably isn’t the pin company for you then. There’s plenty of other family friend themes out there.

Not sure I agree, they made other pins before... They do seem to be aiming towards a different segment, foul language and maybe somewhat violent. but maybe they are not in the next pin, if they are or are not, I could not care less either way.
I just think their pins look nice and different, if I like one they make I will buy it.

thats being done by deeproot pinball

Until Rick and Morty. Which I think exceeds it.

I ain't sayin' SHIT!

Hmm...so it has poop in it. Must be Southpark.

This one sentence will be combed for secret meanings and clues until June haha.

Update: I decoded it. See below.

DBZ confirmed

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Goonies confirmed! Ben “ain’t sayin SHIT” but The Goonies say it about 100 times in the film. That’s a clear reference if you ask me. CGC / Ben Heck / Spooky collab. It’s next. Would explain why CGC has been so quiet.

“Stacked” as in Robert. Spooky’s new pin theme unsolved mystery solved.

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What other pins are you referring to? I guess TNA is family friendly but other than that they are all horror or filled with foul language (Rick and Morty).

I think they made the Jetsons? but maybe I am wrong... I can live with Rick and Morty if the adult content can be switched on/off when she is around, I certainly do not want to expose my 4 year old to that kind of stuff just yet... you get the idea.

It's Spaceballs!

They produced Jetsons and Dominos on a contract basis, but other than assembling them, those games were actually created by someone else.

Haha belly laughs over here. I want Chunk and the gang to have their own pinball. Fingers crossed one day...”Goonies Never Say Die”

You actually solved this before your edit! (combed)

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I immediately thought of those spaceballs dudes combing the desert where they say “We ain’t found SHIT”... I’m going to say YES the theme was guessed within this thread. I’m going to say these are the front runners from the thread:

Beetlejuice
Goonies
Scooby Doo
Evil Dead
Spaceballs

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Could be Goonies though look at this stack of Ice Cream

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Goonies is far more popular than Spaceballs and fits the brand better.

Gonna leave this here. Mystery Science Theater 3000.....

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I wish Ben would stop steeling ideas from Deeproot.

I would love that but it would be too similar to EHOH as they would use most of the same films: manos hands of fate, eegah, teenagers from outer space etc etc. I actually put little mst3k figures hidden IN my EHOH before I sold it haha

Derproot is never going to make Goonies. They probably sat on the license so long it expired. They can’t even get their first game out.

What a shame if they have this locked in and another pinball company can't make this awesome theme into a pin...

Deeproot with Goonies License= TOAB

It makes infinitely more sense as a theme vs... Well everything else in their pitch deck. Machine Age? Baby Yeti? NOBODY WANTS THIS CRAP.

Alright- I’ll add to the pipe dream. I’ve been thinking about Dr. Frightener’s theories... let’s say that they got Bela’s likeness for a reason. Can’t imagine spending money on just a fan club item. So outside of a Universal Monsters pin (which I would love) - what license does that leave you with? Plan 9 From Outer Space? Ed Wood? But neither of those are mainstream. It’s horror, or so we’ve been told. Charlie is wearing the Famous Monsters with Frankenstein shirt...

There’s no way in hell this is the theme- but I would be overjoyed if it was: In Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein, the boys work as freight delivery guys (stacked and loaded?) for the railway station. They have to deliver Dracula’s coffin and the body of the Frankenstein monster to a house of horror’s museum. The Wolfman tries to stop Drac’s nefarious plans.

Now I doubt it. But that would be amazing.

Hey Ben, some of us want “Baby Yogurt”....
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Theme selection process needs more mojo.

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I don’t think I’ve heard this mentioned yet; but, I really think Castlevania would be an interesting pinball theme. Hits on the nostalgic side. On point for spooky style/brand, isn’t Nintendo…it’s Konami so I’d be curious if licensing is better odds. Lot of potential.

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How about Contra? The music alone would kick ass.

Yo Ben... how about the person who guesses the new title first wins a new machine. This thread would go from 19 pages to 119 pages overnight.

Just give us something, did the new theme get mentioned already. Just say because that will send the site into a frenzy guessing over and over again which one it is. You know only like 200 options have been listed. C’mon. LOL

Personnaly, i would only go and buy to games which theme is a mix of horror and humor.
Then i think Zombieland, shaun of the Dead, tucker&dale, from Dusk till dawn, grindhouse are in the same league.
Goonie is different, more familiar like Scooby Doo but i prefer cartoon for this last one. Both are great for me.

The only serious horror/zombie theme i would buy is 28 days/months later

Must be spaceballs!! If it is I am i !!

It's Back To The Future!

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My dream theme would be fnaf!

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It has to be. Because every adult I’ve met doesn’t like one of the most popular horror games. And call it shit.

I'm not gonna read this whole thread just to see if it's been mentioned! And I wouldn't even if I did

It's not Goonies. God damn Goonies. Does that theme have any appeal outside Gen X? Yeah I know we're the ones buying pins but a zoomer at a bar is gonna be like "Goonies? Like, what the eff is that? Totes not on fleek"

I mean Pinside willed Munsters into existence by typing it one zillion times. (See also Iron Maiden) So I dunno. Wait for Deep poop to fold and maybe somebody else will grab it? Won't be Stern though.

Fnaf would bring teens into pinball. It doesn’t have to be spooky. I would take any company to make a five nights at freddys pin. I’m already thinking of making one myself (in vpx first of coarse).

It came out around the same time as Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Pee-Wee...just like those 80s movies, Goonies made an impact that was iconic - and it’s been kept alive by parents showing it to their kids.

Not sure it would work as a pin tho - most of the dialog is characters talking over each other like an Altman movie.

Am I asking too much for a Strokes pin?