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Stern Announces Star Wars Pinball

By NiftyLED

6 years ago


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Post #1883 Youtube link to IGN posted game release video Posted by FalconPunch (6 years ago)

Post #1911 Images of the Pro and Premium/LE Playfields Posted by Number41 (6 years ago)

Post #1914 feature matrix for Star Wars Posted by beatmaster (6 years ago)

Post #1919 Stern List Prices posted Posted by BillPinball (6 years ago)

Post #1931 Stern Press Photos of the game Posted by unigroove (6 years ago)

Post #1935 Stern Press photos of game Posted by unigroove (6 years ago)

Post #2024 freeze frame look at the death star lights Posted by tbanthony (6 years ago)

Post #2057 A quote on prices in US for Pro and Premiums Posted by Dr-Willy (6 years ago)

Post #2158 notes about game features and links to game play video Posted by Kiwipinhead (6 years ago)


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#26 6 years ago

It's T2 from another universe!

#52 6 years ago

LE surely is way to go?

Unlike Aero LE, this really has big features - hyper ramp and exploding death star.

LE will sell out.

#180 6 years ago

Real backglass on the LE?

#184 6 years ago
Quoted from unigroove:

Asked for hi-res pics. They will be released 6/6. The Pro sideart reminds me a bit of the Firepower backglass (or am I confusing it with Global Warfare?).

So, this was an accidental early leak?

#356 6 years ago
Quoted from Sinestro:

Definitive opinions....for looking at a few grainy photos.

Yup, difficult to even read the inserts....

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#1233 6 years ago

Despite all the comments about so so art, unfinished codes, qc issues etc, I just think when a video is released, the LE's will sell fast and perception will shift fast!

And as with every game, code will be the defining factor and who knows when we will know what that will like when it's polished and finished

#1664 6 years ago

Not long to the proper reveal

Wouldn't it be great if Stern 'showed' they care about code by releasing the long rumored KISS update

It would help allay concerns that some games just get abandoned.

#1770 6 years ago
Quoted from Pinhead1982:

Starwars pinball at ElectroCoin in London! Tomorrow...
I'm there!

http://www.electrocoin.com/open_day.php

Wow, wasn't expecting that!!!!!

#1776 6 years ago
Quoted from frolic:

Probably why the "release day" was scheduled June 6.
Problem is, unless the official Stern video assets are awesome (usually there's none), we're stuck with cell phone camera footage from a show once again as our first look at a new game.

Stern should get their video out today!

Pinside is going to explode later today

#1868 6 years ago
Quoted from Damonator:

No real backglass on the LE, but the matrix states:
Limited Edition includes all 3 original themed translites featuring hand-drawn art

That is a huge miss for the LE.

RZ has a real backglass.

Hyperdrive ramp does sound awesome though.

Do like the look of the LE.

#1967 6 years ago

Shame the pro doesn't have wireform ramps - just don't like the plastic ones on it at all.

I have a feeling the game is going to be an awesome player though.

#2406 6 years ago

Still early days, but once the dust settles and despite various disappointments, I suspect the immersion is going to be awesome and more people are going to want the game than they do now!

#2420 6 years ago

Will this end up being Stern's best seller - ever?

#2508 6 years ago

Pinballheaven video......

#3101 6 years ago

The QC and BOM sure seem better on DI than SW and it seems you get better value for money with DI.

But one has a guy with jeans on, holding a phone and the other has a guy with a light saber.........

#3151 6 years ago
Quoted from kermit24:

Lowest cost of goods? Maybe, but look at the underside of a Rob Zombie or a Jetsons playfield. Both of these cost more than a Stern pro and don't have equal mechs / features of a Stern Aerosmith or Star Wars. Not even close. I like Spooky a lot, and understand they don't have a the scale of Stern, but Stern is really the only game in town at that price point. 85+% market share.

Yeah but the powder coating on RZ is top quality.

And the real backglass is light years better than a Stern translite.

But AS Pro is the best value pin by a mile at the moment.

#3187 6 years ago
Quoted from TigerLaw:

Stern returned to a real backglass on AS? I had no idea. That's awesome. Will ST LE have a real backglass as well or just the mirrored ink translight?

No, you get 3 translites with the LE.

I do think Stern have got the size of the new screen right. Very crisp, sharp but still room for artwork.

And the newer Stern's are just a ton of fun to play.

I wish they hadn't dropped the ball on code updates though.

It might not be hurting them now but when times get tough, it will come back and bite them.

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#3949 6 years ago

No different to the 'where's the KISS code update ' thread

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#4690 6 years ago

Pro is going to kill it on location.

Despite all the issues Stern has ( QC and where are the code updates ) , they are by far still the number 1 game in town

3 weeks later
#6189 6 years ago
Quoted from DerRoland:

What you mean?
SW premium / LE manual first page:
"Each pinball machine has unique characteristics that make it a one-of-a-kind American made product. Each will have variations in appearance resulting from differences in the machine’s particular wood parts, individual printed art and mechanical assemblies. No playfield is perfectly flat and varies depending on the season. Game play willresult in playfield dimpling as the harder steel ball contacts the wood and coating; over time multiple dimples will blend to make them less noticeable. Normal plastic insert crazing (tiny stress cracks) and ghosting (small cloudy areas around insert edges) are often seen in pinball machines, due to a combination of plastic mold stress, pushing of inserts into purposely undersized holes, and heating and breaking of inserts’ plastic “skin” when the playfield field is sanded."
Discussion here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/hey-stern-are-you-serious/page/126#post-3889394

So, it's like playing the lottery - you might get a decent p/f or you might not. But, you are now going to be stuck with ghosting if you are unlucky.

More reason to WAIT, buy a HUO a year down the line and then you can check the QC and by then the code MAY be finished.

1 month later
#7097 6 years ago
Quoted from TimberOne:

Anyone notice how loud the fan is in the backbox? Mine kicks on even when the game is idle.
I am also getting the right flipper error. Is that legit or something with the code?

Going to replace my Spike fan with quieter - doesn't seem too difficult to do. Can't leave the game on in a row of pins when that thing kicks off!

1 month later
#7318 6 years ago

Now played LE and Pro.

Pretty shocked that I think pro looks better and plays better, smoother.

Going to wait for completed code and if finished and if polished, could see myself getting a pro.

Yes, it is toyless more or less but it was fast and fun, even though I really don't understand the code yet.

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