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Quoted from DRDAVE:The really cool stuff they made was back in the late 70's early 80's. Too bad they don't consider those titles important enough to mention.
Yup...No love.....STERN JUNK!!!! 
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Quoted from Captain_Kirk:Different company. Already dismissed this.
No I have actually had discussion with corporate about this....
Quoted from Captain_Kirk:So have I. They are two separate companies. The current Stern Pinball does own the IP of Stern Electronics, but they are separate companies. I believe this is where your confusion is coming from.
Stern Electronics was created out of the ashes of Chicago Coin in the late 70's, which had gone bankrupt. Gary and his father Sam, bought up the assets of Chicago Coin and created Stern Electronics, which folded in 1984.
Gary Stern created a company called Pinstar that sold Bally conversions kits. Then, in 1986, with funding from Data East, he opened a new Pinball company. This was sold to Sega for a few years, and then Gary bough the company outright in 1999 and renamed it Stern Pinball. It is this company, Data East/Sega/Stern Pinball, that is celebrating it's 30th anniversary.
Yea, I think I know some about The classic stern to Pinstar activity.... 
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