Stern needs a Futurama pinball

Is that show even still on?

I watched a few episodes of the first season and that was enough.

#3 5 years ago

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InfiniteLives

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futurama would be best with a bunch of cool, new, innovative toys and subways/tubes transporting the ball

#4 5 years ago

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I think Futurama would lend itself extremely well to a pin, but I don't think it's as marketable as some people think it is. The Simpsons was a smash hit for around 15 years when they got a pinball. The Simpsons had multiple characters and phrases enter the cultural zeitgeist. Futurama could barely stay on the air...

It seems more like a boutique pinball maker theme than a Stern cornerstone theme.

#5 5 years ago

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chad

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Future Rama would make a goid game. Funny , adult humour and Matt Groening (both Simpsons)

#6 5 years ago

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optic

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Quoted from InfiniteLives:
futurama would be best with a bunch of cool, new, innovative toys and subways/tubes transporting the ball

100% agree this would look amazing!!!!

Quoted from TreyBo69:
The Simpsons had multiple characters and phrases enter the cultural zeitgeist. Futurama could barely stay on the air...

Futurama is a Matt Groening creation just as deep as Simpsons. Let's not forget Family Guy also got cancel and could barely stay on the air. Futurama/ Family Guy came around that weird time in mainstream adult TV.

Also, the Family Guy subreddit only has r/familyguy 226,605 subscribers. So one could make the argument Futurama has a more loyal following.

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#7 5 years ago

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Quoted from optic:
Futurama is a Matt Groening creation just as deep as Simpsons. Let's not forget Family Guy also got cancel and could barely stay on the air. Futurama/ Family Guy came around that weird time in mainstream adult TV.

Let's not forget that ever since X-files went off the air, Fox has filled up Sunday nights with all kinds of animated crap, some worse than others, trying to match the popularity of the Simpsons, and most stayed on way too long.

King of the Hill was probably the best of the bunch. IMO.

#8 5 years ago

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Maken

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One of the best themes left unproduced, for sure.

#9 5 years ago

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CrazyLevi

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Great show!

Sadly for the most part everything they put out after the initial run wasn’t so hot.

Probably too stale and niche to elbow out any of the other million more deserving licenses.

#10 5 years ago

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OP
Quoted from optic:
100% agree this would look amazing!!!!

Futurama is a Matt Groening creation just as deep as Simpsons. Let's not forget Family Guy also got cancel and could barely stay on the air. Futurama/ Family Guy came around that weird time in mainstream adult TV.
Also, the Family Guy subreddit only has r/familyguy 226,605 subscribers. So one could make the argument Futurama has a more loyal following.

And Family Guy had to be rethemed into something else to recover the costs of developing the layout/mechs. Family Guy wasn't some smash hit for Stern

(Don't get me wrong either, I'd love for a Futurama pin. I just don't think it's a smart business move)

#11 5 years ago

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gutz

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Quoted from TreyBo69:
The Simpsons was a smash hit for around 15 years when they got a pinball.

Wow, the Simpsons started in 1975

#12 5 years ago

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Quoted from gutz:
Wow, the Simpsons started in 1975

I know you're talking about DE, but even then the Simpsons was a hit new show. (It was also Data East at peak "put any license we can afford onto a machine")

#13 5 years ago

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VividPsychosis

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No, JJP or Deeproot does.

#14 5 years ago

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optic

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Quoted from VividPsychosis:
No, JJP or Deeproot does.

Would say JJP but we already know the next 3 games. And most of us may be dead before they get those 3 out the door.

As for Deeproot... I'll take the show stance on that one. Wish them the best and I'm hoping they can deliver

#15 5 years ago

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lordloss

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Stern actually had the option, but went with TSPP. After they made that decision, futurama got cancelled.

#16 5 years ago

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Navy_AT1

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Quoted from gutz:
Wow, the Simpsons started in 1975

No... Simpsons started in December of 1989....

#17 5 years ago

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o-din

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Quoted from Navy_AT1:
No... Simpsons started in December of 1989....

Try April of 1987.

#18 5 years ago

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Quoted from o-din:
Try April of 1987.

Are you referring to when the shorts started on The Tracy Ulman show or the full Simpson’s show? Because the first full episode was December 17th 1989. Try again

#19 5 years ago

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o-din

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Quoted from Navy_AT1:
Try again

April 1987 when the Simpsons first started on the Tracey Ulman show.

#20 5 years ago

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Sweet.. than we are both correct. ( I was referring to the full show ) I don’t consider the Tracy ulman shorts as the start myself. But to steer this back on topic I too think Futurama would lend itself to be a great license for a pin... lots of stuff to pull from.

6 months later

#21 4 years ago

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this futurama virtual table is pretty decent:
http://www.pinsimdb.org/pinball/table-24458-futurama

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#22 2 years ago

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medic0000

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Futurama is BACK!!! 20 Episodes ordered by Hulu! Make this pin a reality!!! Take my money, please!

#23 2 years ago

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It has to happen….if it doesn’t happen it’ll be the biggest missed opportunity in pinball history. If they do decide to do it, the worrisome part of it will be…will they do it justice??? There’s so much material they can use from the show, I don’t if they’ll leave something out fans would be looking for. Once thing is for sure they need “death by snu snu” and some “real velour” (Zapp Brannigan)

#24 2 years ago

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100%

#25 2 years ago

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toyotaboy

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Quoted from Ivanhoe:
It has to happen….if it doesn’t happen it’ll be the biggest missed opportunity in pinball history. If they do decide to do it, the worrisome part of it will be…will they do it justice??? There’s so much material they can use from the show, I don’t if they’ll leave something out fans would be looking for. Once thing is for sure they need “death by snu snu” and some “real velour” (Zapp Brannigan)

you could say the same thing about the simpsons, but it got made twice. There should be madison cube garden somewhere on there.

#26 2 years ago

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BradyScribbles

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It’s made for pinball:

#27 2 years ago

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titanpenguin

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I’ll make my own futurama pinball, but with black Jack and hookers!

#28 2 years ago

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Quoted from Ivanhoe:
I don’t if they’ll leave something out fans would be looking for.

Something like using an impersonator for Bender's callouts?

#29 2 years ago

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I've always believed that Futurama need a pin, and that there are more than enough fans to support it. And those that still route pins would find it a huge money maker due to instant recognizability and appeal, much like South Park. (Only better, if they don't make it suck.) Just think of all the possibilities with toys, callouts, episode references, etc... Not to mention the great graphic opportunities and potential light show. But it should be built by Stern, in order to make sure that there are enough units built, and at a reasonable (???) price point, rather than the limited edition boutique, "place your order now, oops too late" expensive approach.

#30 2 years ago

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CrazyLevi

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Quoted from Pinball-Hunter:
rather than the limited edition boutique, "place your order now, oops too late" expensive approach.

You left out "sell your pre-order spot at a $1500 loss months later when the game still isn't made and everybody has moved on."

#31 2 years ago

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Topper would be easy. Just re-use TWD fish tank and replace with the dead president's/celebrities.

#32 2 years ago

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Quoted from medic0000:
Futurama is BACK!!! 20 Episodes ordered by Hulu! Make this pin a reality!!! Take my money, please!

Eh, with no John DiMagio? Hard Pass.
https://collider.com/futurama-revival-bender-voice-john-dimaggio-not-returning-explained/

#33 2 years ago

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Quoted from girloveswaffles:
Eh, with no John DiMagio? Hard Pass.
https://collider.com/futurama-revival-bender-voice-john-dimaggio-not-returning-explained/

I can’t even believe the revival would be greenlit without Bender… they’re really starting out with a massive uphill battle seemingly. I’m less likely to try it. I was a casual fan of the first 4 seasons or whatever it was. It would 100% absolutely make for a perfect pin- especially with bender and other cast callouts.

#34 2 years ago

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Quoted from ATLpb:
I can’t even believe the revival would be greenlit without Bender… they’re really starting out with a massive uphill battle seemingly. I’m less likely to try it. I was a casual fan of the first 4 seasons or whatever it was. It would 100% absolutely make for a perfect pin- especially with bender and other cast callouts.

I mean, what next, no Billy West, who does more voices on the show than anyone else (Fry, Farnsworth, Zapp Branigan, and so on) or Maybe no Maurice LeMarch (Kiff, Mordo, Nixon, The Headless body of Agnew)?

#35 2 years ago

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#36 2 years ago

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https://deadline.com/2022/03/john-dimaggio-return-futurama-revival-hulu-bendergate-1234968435/

#37 2 years ago

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I was just thinking the other day about what pin would make a great Futurama retheme. Attack from mars could easily be changed to Futurama. The main spaceship could be the omicronian spaceship. One of the smaller ones could be when bender was turned into a ufo at Roswell. So many possibilities

#38 2 years ago

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Quoted from girloveswaffles:
https://deadline.com/2022/03/john-dimaggio-return-futurama-revival-hulu-bendergate-1234968435/

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#39 2 years ago

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Quoted from Brh5073:
I was just thinking the other day about what pin would make a great Futurama retheme. Attack from mars could easily be changed to Futurama. The main spaceship could be the omicronian spaceship. One of the smaller ones could be when bender was turned into a ufo at Roswell. So many possibilities

I would probably retheme a less valuable game, something like MM or Monster Bash.

#40 2 years ago

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Quoted from NEW-B:
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He' always said that, but it usually wasn't.

I always wanted to see an episode where Farnsworth enters a room and says that and then everyone immediately runs screaming in terror.

#41 2 years ago

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Quoted from CrazyLevi:
I would probably retheme a less valuable game, something like MM or Monster Bash.

I wouldn't actually retheme one but if they wanted to go cheaper on production they can use most of the design from AFM

#42 2 years ago

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Copy paste and add your ideas!

Features that would be cool:
1) A robot hell playfield below (like Munsters and others)
2) A mini game on the screen like the space invaders spoof where Fry fights the Omicronians
3) A playfield Bender toy that spins around and says "bite my shiny metal ass"
4) An onscreen game that has kill bots shooting and you assume the role Zap Brannigan sending wave after wave of men and you have to hits enough targets to reach the kill limit of the kill bots

#43 2 years ago

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This is the pin I want more than any other. The possibilities are endless

#44 2 years ago

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Brh5073

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Robot hell, old new York or sewer mutants. While we all know bender is great there are other aspects other than robots.

#45 2 years ago

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