I really wanted this to be included in the book. I remember as a kid having a set of encyclopedia's and one of them had the peel away layers pages for the human body. It was really cool to see the nerves and muscles and bones and organs all on different layers. No way will they get another 50k in time, but I would pay extra for my copy to get those pages

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Stretch Goal #2: See how it’s made!

$100,000 - Did you know a modern Stern pinball machine has over 3,000 individual parts!?! Ever wonder how they go about packing so many great features and fun into a single title's playfield? At this funding level we will take you inside a pinball machine, adding translucent overlapping pages to reveal how a playfield is populated, layer by layer!

I backed the book .... 55 bucks for something cool about pinball. I just wish we could have made it to the layered pages, but oh well.

I don't mind a delay....what annoys me was they had plenty of communication prior to the deadline.....then boom! Nothing after that. I have about 20 Kickstarters backed and all of them give constant updates, even if its a quick status. At least the pinball card game came way early, so it makes up for this uber-late book.

Maybe if they threw in the clear pages that peel away layers of a pinball machine, that would make up for this huge delay (hint hint)

Since the book is delayed, I decided to back a few more things on Kickstarter to keep me busy

Card and dice games..... lots to choose from

I've backed 30+ Kickstarters ..... about 85% run behind schedule..... 100% (excluding this Stern book) give frequent and honest updates about progress (even when they are at fault for the delay). All they need to do is send us updates and explain how things are going. Radio silence implies issues that may jeopardize the project

You know what would smooth everything over with everyone...... adding the translucent overlapping pages of the insides of a pinball machine

I mean, those would look fantastic in the book

I was half kidding when I suggested it .... I knew you didn't hit the 100k milestone to make it happen. I remember as a kid I had a set of encyclopedia books (old school info) and there was a peel away body with all of the innards on each sheet (the muscle page was freaky). It's a cool feature, but not a deal breaker with the book.... I look forward to getting the book on my coffee table

I posted on July 18th on Kickstarter and there's been nothing since .... no traction there as well

Why not sell your spot and get $50 ... it works for the crazy TNA prices on Pinside

Don't you mean Pinball Magazine #8?

Stern will release a Tron VE with LE features for a pro price before this book gets finished (yes I am making fun of yet another Tron VE thread that has popped up)

You can't finish what hasn't been started

Stern already gave them tons of CD's with images and pictures .... that was last fall (1.5 yrs after they were supposed to finish the book). There's no way they needed pictures of any DMD era Stern game.

I say this half kidding ..... it would be nice for them to add the clear peel away parts pages as a token of "We're sorry....we had no clue how to make a book, we lied about everything, and are especially sorry for releasing the book 4.5 yrs late"

It amazes me that Kickstarter projects of complex games or electronics can be engineered, designed, prototyped, tested, produced, shipped on a slow ass boat from China, and sent to people in 1/2 the time that these "authors" can partially make a few pages of a book with every bit of information and pictures readily available to them to use.

>>We have a meeting with Stern to review pages next week.

That was in March. I wonder if Stern can confirm that they met with him?

>>but you haven't seen a pinball book like this before, we promise!

Well he didn't lie here Haven't seen a book like it yet

With all of this delay, none of the "newer" games will appear (GotG, SW, Aerosmith, BK3, Munsters, Deadpool, Beatles, and Iron Maiden)

I'd be happy with these games in the old format just to get them in the book LOL

That was my point ... so many games have come out and a simple picture book still has not

BINGO! This is exactly what its looking like

We want to make this book as jam-packed as we possibly can, but that means some of these layouts are taking twice as long!

It's because with many of these more recent machines we have SO much material and we are trying to squeeze as much as we can into the layouts!

Check out this layout for Simpson's Pinball Party, which has over 40 elements!

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They are right about squeezing in as much as possible on a page ...... damn

I don't think there's going to be much substance beyond 40 pictures per page layout

As of now, I'll take it as is...just to have something. Stories would be nice, but I don't want to wait until Black Knight 7 comes out

They should hand deliver each book to personally say sorry for the massive delay.

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Does COD still exist? That would be a good option for everyone so they don't have to pay for shipping up front and never see the book

I ended up getting almost every Stern flyer (most I had already, the rest I bought), put them in plastic sleeves, and made a three-ring binder with all the games. Also have a ton of Sega/DE/Bally/Williams/Gottlieb so its a Stern book plus others. Cost way less than this KS book and it's already on my table in the game room

Thank you! (and you... and you... and you...)
March 10, 2020

Hi everyone!

We’re nearing the end of the process and getting ready to finalize the book before it goes to print. To do so, we need one more thing from you (don’t worry, it’s not a big deal).

We need everyone’s name for the thank you section. Since there are so many of you generous backers, we’ll be pulling these from Kickstarter on Monday, March 16. Please make sure your name or username on Kickstarter is exactly how you’d like it to appear in the acknowledgements by Monday the 16th.

To view and update your name, sign on to Kickstarter and click on your Avatar in the upper right corner.

Select “Settings” from the menu.
Under settings, click on the “Edit profile” tab
Change your name in the “Name” feld
Click the blue “Save settings” button at the bottom of the screen
We’re almost there! Thank you so much for your support and patience while we work to bring you the definitive history of Stern Pinball.

Best,

Joe and Dameon, and the Paperflock team

Hugh Jass, I.P. Freely, Decan Yamouth, Won Hung Lo, and of course my favorite..... Jack Schitt

$12500 for my spot ... worth it as it's more rare than a Rick & Morty spot for $12k

Translation ..... early December

So if these are in our hands by Xmas, what will the official count of Stern games not appearing be? Star Wars, SW Comics, Deadpool, Iron Maiden, TMNT, Avengers, JP3, Guardians, Elvira HoH, Stranger, Beatles, Munsters, Heavy Metal, and BK:SoR ... am I missing any?

damn, that $23 domestic shipping stings for a book. I think my BK3 topper from Stern was cheaper to ship LOL

So I had just checked the media mail rate before posting, and he argues thats not the cost even 4 yrs ago. I made it 5lbs with large dimensions, way more than the book would be

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This book will be the Thunderbirds of pinball .... highly advertised, greatest ever, lots of hype, creator ends up being a jackass, finally delivers, product is crap, prices tank in the aftermarket

Had this book been delivered 3 yrs ago, I would have said "worth the 1 yr wait". However 4 yrs later, its just ho hum, not a wow factor. Overall its very nice and not cheaply made, but that 4 yr wait and lack of communication ruined it.

Here's what it looked like, from unopened box to showing off some pages

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Google maps says he's mailing these from a field LOL

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Are they shipping alphabetically by first name?

Does that mean they will ship you the book instead? Might be worth it to sell and recoup some of the money

Truth? LOL

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