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Stern machines that are not TV/movies/bands

By nosro

8 years ago

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#1 8 years ago

OOO

Nothing magical about this list, but this was even more lopsided that I would have thought. Most of the non-TV/Movie/Band machines are pretty old. If you remove machines made on or before 2002, there are only two titles that have absolutely nothing to do with TV shows, movies or bands: Big Buck Hunter and Mustang.

Title with absolutely no TV/Movie/Band relationship (9 - 19%):
1999 Harley-Davidson
2000 Striker Xtreme
2000 Sharkey's Shootout
2001 High Roller Casino
2001 Monopoly
2002 Playboy
2002 RollerCoaster Tycoon
2010 Big Buck Hunter Pro
2014 Mustang

Titles with indirect or some TV/Movie/Band relationship (7 - 15%):
2001 NFL
2005 NASCAR
2005 Grand Prix
2006 World Poker Tour
2007 Dale Jr.
2009 NBA
2012 X-Men
2015 Wrestlemania

Titles that are purely TV/Movie/Band licenses (31 - 66%):
2001 Austin Powers
2003 The Simpsons Pinball Party
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003 The Lord of the Rings
2004 Elvis Gold
2004 Ripley's Believe It or Not!
2004 Elvis
2005 The Sopranos
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean
2007 Family Guy
2007 Spider-Man
2007 Wheel Of Fortune
2008 Shrek
2008 Indiana Jones
2008 Batman
2008 CSI
2009 24
2010 Batman
2010 Iron Man
2010 James Cameron’s Avatar
2011 Disney TRON Legacy
2011 The Rolling Stones
2011 Transformers
2012 AC/DC
2012 Metallica
2012 The Avengers
2012 Transformers The Pin
2013 Star Trek
2014 The Walking Dead
2015 KISS

#2 8 years ago

ECB

erak

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Grimsby, ON

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You missed South Park and KISS.

#3 8 years ago

JCD

WaddleJrJr

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Avon, OH

9y 91,900 2,738 22 20

Grand Prix is purely TV/Movie/Band? I thought it was an unlicensed version of Nascar for the European market.

#4 8 years ago

ECB

erak

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Grimsby, ON

15y 122K 3,749 5 86

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_motor_racing

Ever hear of formula 1.

#5 8 years ago

DEL

SealClubber

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14y 127K 11,060 246

Playboy has the Playboy channels.
And any mainstream sport is going to have some kind of TV coverage. Doesn't mean it is TV show related.

#6 8 years ago

KEN

Maken

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10y 79,550 1,302 54

Those are some pretty lame themes pre-2003. Seems like that year was a turning point. Thankfully.

#7 8 years ago

ABB

Aurich

Mods and Opinions

Torrance, CA

11y 144K 23,395 3

I wouldn't lump X-Men in with TV/Movie. It's licensed off the comic. There are films and TV shows off the comic too, but they all come from the same source.

As opposed to Walking Dead, which is based on the comic, but the pin is taken from the show, not the original source.

#8 8 years ago

DJH

Overphase

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12y 38,150 80

And the last Stern pinball game without a licensed theme was way back in 2001.

#9 8 years ago

OOO

nosro

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Novi, MI

11y 72,650 1,849

Quoted from Aurich:
I wouldn't lump X-Men in with TV/Movie. It's licensed off the comic.

Me neither. However, I put it into the "movie related" category because it's hard to ignore the fact that the title was made in the middle of a highly successful movie series, which is probably how most people have come to know X-men. If all the movies had flopped and not generated several sequels, I'm willing to bet that Stern would not have considered the X-men franchise.

It seems that some level of TV or movie success is needed for Stern to get interested in a license. In any case, this is all just for fun.

#10 8 years ago

ABB

Aurich

Mods and Opinions

Torrance, CA

11y 144K 23,395 3

OP
Quoted from nosro:
In any case, this is all just for fun.

No! This is serious business!

#11 8 years ago

JCD

WaddleJrJr

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Avon, OH

9y 91,900 2,738 22 20

Quoted from erak:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_motor_racing

Ever hear of formula 1.

Yeah but that's still just a general term. Stern didn't use a license for their Grand Prix pinball machine, did they?

#12 8 years ago

MDM

Black_Knight

Vertigo

Blue Ridge, GA

9y 115K 3,065 109 33

No they didn't. F1 licensing is one of the most guarded and expensive trademarks on the planet. I have not seen any Formula 1 marks on the machine and Bernie Ecclestone, who ran f1 for the past 30 years, would have crushed stern if they even got close to f1 imaging.

#13 8 years ago

DCT

pinmanguy

Inactive member

Melbourne

11y 45,400 1,538 24

Quoted from WaddleJrJr:
Grand Prix is purely TV/Movie/Band? I thought it was an unlicensed version of Nascar for the European market.

Isn't nascar racing for dummies?

#14 8 years ago

???

Circus_Animal

Inactive member

Unknown

9y 47,900 676 2 32

Quoted from pinmanguy:
Isn't Nascar racing for dummies?

It's racing for people who can't turn right. Like Derek Zoolander, but in reverse.

#15 8 years ago

SLM

Tigger64

Inactive member

Toronto, ON

8y 30,150 160 5

Quoted from erak:
You missed South Park and KISS.

I'd say South Park was Sega not Stern.

#16 8 years ago

GAB

gaberm1972

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Bettendorf, IA

9y 13,900 93

OP
Quoted from nosro:
Title with absolutely no TV/Movie/Band relationship (9 - 19%):
1999 Harley-Davidson
2000 Striker Xtreme
2000 Sharkey's Shootout
2001 High Roller Casino
2001 Monopoly
2002 Playboy
2002 Rollercoaster Tycoon
2010 Big Buck Hunter Pro
2014 Mustang

And out of the whole list, Striker, Sharkey's and High Roller are the only unlicensed, Stern original pins? Unless I am missing others. Where are the off the wall, original thought, out there wacky pins of yesterday.

Junkyard, Diner, Fish Tales and High Speed for just a few.

#17 8 years ago

JFH

jfh

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10y 161K 10,136

Quoted from gaberm1972:
And out of the whole list, Striker, Sharkey's and High Roller are the only unlicensed, Stern original pins? Unless I am missing others. Where are the off the wall, original thought, out there wacky pins of yesterday.
junkyard, Diner, Fish Tales and High Speed for just a few.

Gary has said quite often they aren't going to do non-licensed titles, so I'm not expecting to see anything original thought titles from Stern. And I'm not counting WNBJM because it's not really a Stern game (and its' also a licensed title).

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