The Walking Dead (Pro)
Stern, 2014Quoted from vid1900:http://www.thekisskruise.com/
If fans will pay $4,000 to go on a cruse ship with KISS, do you think they will pay $4,600 for a pinball machine?
... i would dprefer this cruise ..
http://www.motorheadcruise.com/
and i would prefer a motörhead pinball as well.. , far more interactive toys possible
Quoted from fatbeerdrinker:Add to that he is now the sole Jersey Jack distributer in Australia who has just made what seems to be a bold off-the-cuff comment about Stern's future plans... But who knows he maybe right but definitely take it with a grain of salt though.
One grain of salt taken.
Why all the gloom about pinball dying?
Seems to me the pinball collector demographic is getting YOUNGER, not older.
There were hardly any pinball collectors in their 20s and 30s ten years back. Now there are plenty.
Kiss and their fans are getting old, bloated, and dying off - not pinball fans.
I'm sure Jersey Jack/Stern values our opinion when it comes to reasearching new titles to come. I would think its just one of the many variables in determining what game(s) would be successful. Research must be done to select the most vital choice for the company and stake holders. You cant just throw ideas at the market and hope they stick. Zombies are popular right now! How many regualar views are there each week across the world?? Kiss is popular (willing to tour again, $$$ is there!). How many records sales and concert tickets sold?? Fans young and old wanting to see them again. Vintage Kiss machines still holding value! Bottom line for a company in business to make money: build what will sell. But for our case: build what will excite!
Quoted from TomGWI:Although I agree with the wife has to agree criteria, there are quite a few women that watch the Walking Dead. The show is a soap opera with zombies running around in it after all.
Sure, but there is a difference between liking to watch the show once a week and having a TWD pinball machine with zombie artwork in your livingroom 24/7.
Quoted from unigroove:Sure, but there is a difference between liking to watch the show once a week and having a TWD pinball machine with zombie artwork in your livingroom 24/7.
I'm sure the "wife factor" is about 5000th on the list of concern for the Stern marketing team.
Does anybody seriously think this is a consideration?
Quoted from CrazyLevi:I'm sure the "wife factor" is about 5000th on the list of concern for the Stern marketing team.
Does anybody seriously think this is a consideration?
Gary has mentioned this repeatedly in various seminars this is a huge factor.
Quoted from unigroove:Gary has mentioned this repeatedly in various seminars this is a huge factor.
So nobody believes anything Gary says, ever, except for this?
Honestly the only "wife friendly" theme that has come out in pinball in ages wasn't even made by Stern.
Like Vid said, why does it have to be one or the other? Why not do both, or all three for the purposes of making the Maiden folks happy too? We have something like 12-14 pin makers going right now and everything from Predator, to The Big Lebowski, to Alice in Wonderland on deck. Personally, I absolutely love the Walking Dead series on cable, but I'd prefer to see a Resident Evil pin for better toys and chicks on the back glass. Still, there appears to be enough folks to buy a s@#tload of Walking Dead pins, so Stern should have figured that out by now to make up for Mustang's crash and burn (if rumors are true). We've also got enough room for Game of Thrones down the road too. None of us can afford them all, so hopefully all of the popular titles under Pinside deliberation will get their day in the sun.
Quoted from taz:Stern should have figured that out by now to make up for Mustang's crash and burn (if rumors are true).
The distributors are selling Mustangs. It outsold X-Men, (not that that's saying much) so it's far from a bomb.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:So nobody believes anything Gary says, ever, except for this?
Gary told me face to face at a Mustang release party that they WOULD NOT ever be rerunning Iron Man, just would not make sense for them to do it. 
Quoted from bemmett:just would not make sense for them to do it.
Was probably true up until Mustang sales tanked and they needed SOMETHING on the line to keep the factory humming. Things change and I'm kinda glad they are nimble enough to set something like that up to weather minor storms like an unsuccessful title like Mustang.
As much as I like the Walking dead show. I'm not buying the damn game no matter what, because paying over 6k for a game, is way to much in my eyes. Let Stern milk someone else by giving them $4500 worth of product and charge them $7k to do it.
So I could give a crap either way. Make Kiss and it will be another Mustang for me, or Make TWD and i'll buy one 2 years from the release date for $4500-5500. Either way, I could care less.
Quoted from vid1900:The distributors are selling Mustangs. It outsold X-Men, (not that that's saying much) so it's far from a bomb.
I doubt Mustang outsold XMEN. There were 2 sets of XMEN LE models (300 each sold) and lots of PROs sold. Who told you this?
As much as I am a fan of Walking Dead, it's getting old.
The Strain on FX is the new cool comic-to-TV thing now. It's 3 episodes in and it's friggin' killer !!
Del Toro is a visionary genius !
Quoted from mnpinball:The Strain on FX is the new cool comic-to-TV thing now. It's 3 episodes in and it's friggin' killer !!
Del Toro is a visionary genius !
100% agree that show is fantastic!
Quoted from vid1900:I won't either.
KISS is the devil
Haha, I didn't mean to sound like a church mom. I just have always found the whole makeup and costume thing to be stupid and revolting looking. I can handle their music as long as I don't have to look at them. I still much prefer ACDC and Metallica in every possible way as a music theme.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:Either way, I could care less.
So you do care somewhat since you could care less then you currently do. Plus you cared enough to comment. Sorry I couldn't resist.
Quoted from bemmett:Gary told me face to face at a Mustang release party that they WOULD NOT ever be rerunning Iron Man, just would not make sense for them to do it.
This makes sense to Stern........$$$$$$$$$. 
Quoted from vid1900:The distributors are selling Mustangs. It outsold X-Men, (not that that's saying much) so it's far from a bomb.
That makes two bombs…...
Quoted from iceman44:That makes two bombs…...
My type of wise ass
Quoted from vid1900:The distributor.
Yeah distributors say a lot of things. Not all true. Especially when they are trying to hype a new release.
Quoted from The_Dude_Abides:Yeah distributors say a lot of things. Not all true. Especially when they are trying to hype a new release.
I get that.
This guy I've known 35 years and even attended his daughter's wedding.
He of course knows I don't run a route anymore. I'm un-hype-able, anyway.
Quoted from vid1900:I get that.
This guy I've known 35 years and even attended his daughter's wedding.
He of course knows I don't run a route anymore. I'm un-hype-able, anyway.
I still doubt the info but can respect why you don't. Did three runs of the XM Pros there has not been enough time nor demand for Mustang to do three runs of the pro model IMO. Really doesn't matter just some silly pinhead banter I guess.
Quoted from The_Dude_Abides:I still doubt the info but can respect why you don't. Did three runs of the XM Pros there has not been enough time nor demand for Mustang to do three runs of the pro model IMO. Really doesn't matter just some silly pinhead banter I guess.
I see what you are saying.
What the distributor is saying is that Mustang is outselling X-Men for the same amount of time on the market.
Yeah. It's ALL banter, but good fun. Speculation here is much more exciting than that boring old stock market anyway.
Quoted from The_Dude_Abides:So you do care somewhat since you could care less then you currently do. Plus you cared enough to comment. Sorry I couldn't resist.
Well i'd have to care a little in order to have the ability to care less. So if I said I could care less, meaning there is a lower point of caring I could go, and that would be the point of confirming it's Kiss.
Quoted from vid1900:I see what you are saying.
What the distributor is saying is that Mustang is outselling X-Men for the same amount of time on the market.
And that's nothing to brag about right there either..... 
Quoted from stretch2:And that's nothing to brag about right there either.....
Quoted from vid1900:The distributors are selling Mustangs. It outsold X-Men, (not that that's saying much) .
Quoted from TomGWI:Someone will pay if this is true.
If you read a few of OP's posts in this thread, the title was clearly either trolling or serious wishful thinking (probably a bit of both).
Post edited by fosaisu: typo
Quoted from mnpinball:As much as I am a fan of Walking Dead, it's getting old.
The Strain on FX is the new cool comic-to-TV thing now. It's 3 episodes in and it's friggin' killer !!
Del Toro is a visionary genius !
Since you guys talked about this and I remember one commercial. I am watching it now. Well part way through the first episode....it is getting good.
Quoted from northvibe:Since you guys talked about this and I remember one commercial. I am watching it now. Well part way through the first episode....it is getting good.
You ain't seen nothing yet ! 
Gene Simmons is an ignorant a-hole pure and simple. His latest comments telling young people to go kill themselves (if they have depression and want a way out) is pretty distasteful in light of recent happenings. As much as I like some of the music even though it's kinda basic, I'll have a hard time justifying spending money that will go to lining his pockets.
Rob
Quoted from Rob_G:Gene Simmons is an ignorant a-hole pure and simple. His latest comments telling young people to go kill themselves (if they have depression and want a way out) is pretty distasteful in light of recent happenings. As much as I like some of the music even though it's kinda basic, I'll have a hard time justifying spending money that will go to lining his pockets.
Rob
yeah....I'd play one but I wouldn't buy one.
Quoted from Ballypinball:So with Walking Dead being as risky as Mustang, Kiss pushed up the line.
When will it be out?
Does that also mean JPOP wasted his time making his game
Suck it!
image-506.jpgQuoted from Rob_G:Gene Simmons is an ignorant a-hole pure and simple. His latest comments telling young people to go kill themselves (if they have depression and want a way out) is pretty distasteful in light of recent happenings. As much as I like some of the music even though it's kinda basic, I'll have a hard time justifying spending money that will go to lining his pockets.
Rob
I could not justify giving this horrible human being one cent of my hard earned money, he is a oxygen thief.
Quoted from TomGWI:Suck it!
So it really is confirmed? I am a bit late/behind on all this.
Quoted from Jean-Luc-Picard:So it really is confirmed? I am a bit late/behind on all this.
If that is not proof I don't know what is. It came from the season 4 set that was released today. jediturtle posted it in another TWD forum.
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