So yea, that's a cool idea. And that's what separates the men from the boys. A lot of the haters in this thread, and even supporters, want toys and gimmicks. But SR has been in this hobby long enough to know gimmicks only go so far. Typically speaking, one trick ponies get old quick in a home collection. It's why he's the king of flow; because flow, speed, code, and gameplay trump gimmicks, art, toys, etc...

Action, speed, flow, fun, code, theme, etc... are what pinheads want which is what Steve Ritchie thrives on. Toys, gimmicks, art, one trick ponies are what the kiddies want. Can't please everyone; want high quality gameplay with kick ass rulesets - buy Steve ritchie. Want toys and gimmicks - buy Borg. Want unique designs - buy Trudeau.

Can't wait to see this pin in action, LCD use, sounds, hi results pics/video, etc...and see a majority of the hate do a 180 just as it did wit acdc, ST, GOT.

Keep calm, ritchie is at the helm...and the force is strong with this one.

I like the look of the premium the best . Hope I get a chance to play one soon .

All ready on to possible Mods!
The MF looks the same as these are going on the Playfield

Got X-wings, bombers etc coming.

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I'm thinking that the 7 "x" arrow inserts will be RGB across all models and that the premium / LE may have the inserts above those (7 more) be RGB as well.

I'm thinking we can chew gum and walk at the same time and the fact that it's the other current release as people try and decide where people want to spend their $$

Looks like they're using the same model from the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures board game. Not that it's a bad thing. Because that series does look really good. But seems Stern wasn't the ones who "sculpted" it.

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You can get loads of ships

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These are coming, will see if I can get some LEDs into them..

Do new games have a thing that can piggy backed to supply power to Mods?

if you look at the whitewood that would make sense ,
but we will see...

but i think for SR´s "recent" game style we need at least "1 RGB" per shot

The Star Wars miniatures are GREAT models right out of the box. I have a ton of them. The game is a blast to play. There's definitely a lot you could do with them for mods, but they might be pricey unless you can score them used. Wouldn't be hard to add in stuff like X-Wings, Y-Wings, B-Wings, A-Wings, all sorts of TIEs, Millenium Falcon (for the pro), the Slave I, transport ships, etc.. It's all there. Just don't go too far overboard...

I also wouldn't get too hung up on the game not being fully RGB. Ghostbusters only has a handful of RGB inserts, and it's one of my favorite light shows in modern pinball.

Those kiddies sound pretty smart as toys, gimmicks, great art, one trick ponies, mini playfields, etc are what creates value and helps to justify these crazy prices. All of those items can help create a unique world under glass...2 regular ramps and orbits can only do so much.

Which is an evolution of Black Knight & BK2000

Think I'm just gonna wait and buy one of the LE's that RadJoe sends back.

Ive been waiting for this release since I found out about it. I posted a while back that I won a NIB pro of my choice from a charity, wife is a huge star wars nut and I really want her to get into pinball so she will allow me to have a collection and go to events with me so I told her we would get this one. I don't even mind the art, it just seems like EVERYTHING that makes this machine interesting is axed from the Pro model. The only thing that could save this for me is force magnets or something... I know pros are often missing features but it never seemed like so much before

Haha yep...lot of the same elements.

I mean this certain(t)ly bothers me much less than the Kiss/AS similarities.

Even 30 years latter, the best looking Starwars pinball backglass is still Sonic's.

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swing and a miss.

As one of the resident art critics, I thought I would chime into such an epic thread.

I sense a lot of hate in this thread.

Don't give in to hate...that leads to the dark side of the force.

Does anyone know how the rails on STLE lite up? was that EL paper or LEDs set into a routed grove in the cabinet?

The ACDC similarities are a double edge sword for people like me who enjoy playing ACDC and its layout but wouldn't own it due to the theme/band, this is great as ACDC is one of Steve's best games, for others that have ACDC the similarities suck, but I think they are going to play so different and have such different rules it will hopefully be a win win for both camps.

It's really stupid that in 2017 we have single color LEDs in this game. Every model should be all RGBs on the playfield. RGBs LEDs are cheap and so are the boards to control them. Additionally, I think Stern has a lack of creativity around what can be done with RGBs to create atmosphere and to use color with rule integration.

Am I the only one to get that Stern is releasing SWT VE?

There's no Dark Side anymore...only the blinding LED side.

You'll see.

When you have all 6 of your SW games next to each other, there are only 2 that don't look like a lunchbox:

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The cabinet has holes through it with red leds.

Stern to Steve again : " don't put nothing on the playfield , the idiots will do it themselves , but maybe thrown one toy on the highly priced ones otherwise it may look too obvious " !

Cachinggggg!!

Anyone looking to move their GB Pro for this game let me know, i got cash.

I think the word you are looking for is 'fan layout' - beyond that, those aren't that similar (well they are both blue too)

I know a lot of people are down on this game, but I am ecstatic and can't wait to get my LE.

I just hope, like a lot of you, that this is the pin that brings back the golden age of pinball. When you couldn't walk 5 ft in any direction without bumping into a pin.
7-11's, laundromats, theaters, barber shops, every nook and cranny. I hope we see this pro everywhere. Party like it's 1977 peoples!

Not hate...disappointment.

i am realy optimistic, but i don´t have the money for a nib anyway, so i don´t realy have to think about it... but i still do

Well if you like it go buy it, that aplies to any game .

Oh god no hahahaha!!!
It is an acdc pro!?
Oh oh...just pissed myself...wait gotta go change...be right back...

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Yeah for the phaser fire that runs up the side rails, but how is the Enterprise lit? EL or LED strips in a routed groove? Curious if anyone has ever taken their side rails off to look.

I was anticipating similar artwork to that of this Star Wars Puzzle... in Simpsons Pinball Party Style where you have a vast amount of characters throughout it's run.

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Also be good to know if the inserts are white with RGB inserts or coloured inserts like in the badly shopped playfield images.

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In less than 24 hours there are 940 (now 941) posts in a thread about a new pin release, I'm thinking that has to be a record. It doesn't matter whether the posts are positive or negative, it shows how much interest there is in this pin. I bet once people see the full reveal it turns out to be pretty good and Stern sells a ton of these.

LEDs. They're driven by a board I inadvertently blew up while shopping the game . I plugged the damn wiring harness into the board the wrong way and one of the shift registers got a little bulge in it . I got lucky actually ... the LED boards are all OK ... they're just locked on all the time when driven by the broken board.

I must have repaired well over 100 machines ... this was the first time I ever did that (I also failed to label the connectors since I was "in a hurry ... 'in a hurry' and 'pinball repair don't mix ). At least I can repair it and not pay frigging $50 for a damn board with two SN7400HC series chips and some connectors .

They also say something is crap, then practically step on each others dicks in the rush to throw $7000 at it.

"Its stripped down, ugly as a monkeys ass, has half finished rules and the playfield starts self destructing after 100 plays! Sign me up for a Super LE and $750 worth of Hallmark Christmas ornaments to hot glue on it!"

This one is going to be cheaper for them because most of them already have their dolls to glue on them from childhood.

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I think it has more to do with the theme, than actual interest in the pin. The theme surrounds probably the most influential, most groundbreaking(for it's time), most long-standingly popular, most legendary, and of course most profitable(which is why Disney bought it) pieces of Intellectual Property in the past 50 years. Few could argue that there is a movie franchise with anywhere near as a diverse and incredibly huge, incredibly devoted fan-base as Star Wars. I think it's like number three on the list of things most recognized on Planet Earth, across language and cultural borders(behind Coca-Cola and something else, if my memory serves me). Star Wars also has the broadest scope and most likely has the largest amount of toys, books, games, comics, memorabilia, and licensed products for any movie franchise, let alone any kind of IP in general.

Just about everyone here has some sort of connection to Star Wars. Whether it be in their childhood memories or a recent discovery, it's a huge part of the American pop culture fabric. Which means, to a certain extent, everyone has a vested interest and therefore their own idea as to what they'd like to see in this new pin.

That's why the topic is so popular.

Jury's out until I play one with somewhat complete code. Perhaps at the inaugural GSPF?

LEAK

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+i credit my friend

I am disappointed in the art and apparent lack of innovative interactive elements and overall theme integration. Still, if it plays and is coded as well as AC/DC it will be a massive success at the end of the day. Either way, I have little doubt that Iwill end up with a premium. I really need a pin to complement my 1983 Atari classic vid.

I just wish they would gone with a menacing Star Destroyer on the cabinet.

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It's still possible ... I thought I read a few pages back that each side of the cabinet will be different across all models.

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