What's the big deal of not having a coin door/coin mechs if these are being sold to home collectors?

In the video, you can hear a bell when the ball hits the spinner.....

Good point mentioning the difference between merchandise and memorabilia. This is Beatles merch.

And we've brought up before, in general the buyer is a pinhead who is ALSO a fan of that thing. Not a fan who then buys a pinball machine (hardly ever happens as we learned from KISS and Mustang).

Batman66 was catnip for pinheads because it was ALSO the Stern 30th anniversary game - a piece of pinball history. Throw in a year long celebration, meet and greet with Adam West himself, etc, it truly was a one-off.

I don't see that happening repeatedly.

Would've been cool if the record had three spinning discs.

Anyone know if this is the same mech from X-Men Prem/LE?

You can hear bells ind WHoa Nellie and Pabst Can Crusher also, but that's just an MP3 file, that's where I come from...

...for 50.000$, they could afford to assemble the real deal.

Gotcha. Yea. Space shuttle and Taxi had a real bell, and they were a lot less than $50,000.

This thing is not real memorabilia it's more of a cheesey "collectors plate" version of a pinball machine.

As a huge Beatles fan and pinball fan, this is a huge disappointment for me and I can’t see buying one. The video was shocking. Could they make the game seem any slower, less interesting or boring even? However, my wife saw the video and thought it looked cool and reminded me that for most “non pinball” people (the vast majority of Beatles fans?) a slow, simple, non intimidating game is probably what they’d enjoy. I’m sure these will do great on location, and will probably be fun. I hope I find one, because it’s not going in my house.

I actually really like the style, art and colors. Very bright and shiny and retro. Beautiful. Perfect for what they’re obviously going for. But this over a black and white Revolver approach? A psychedelic Sgt. Pepper, or a montage of all their looks and styles over the years? What a lost opportunity!

Limiting to 1,964 just seems silly and shows their intention. I mean, I guess the license has a deadline, so they need to sell them now. But if they could sell more, why not? Because they’re greedy freaking schemers thats why. It strikes me that this type of manipulation is exactly what a special license would NOT want, for the sake of their fans. But what do I know? I do think they’ll sell out, maybe not immediately, but definitely.

Someone posted the Rockband trailer. What an awesome piece of marketing, and a Beatles 101 primer for their music and evolution over the years. Beatles not good pinball music? Lol.

I'll probably be landing this so it will go up at some point.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Stern could give two shits about their competition. They have games scheduled years out now with a plan. The only thing they have done is borrowed ideas from their competitors. I played Big Labowski the other day and went to turn on the game under the cab only to find the power switch was in the head. I thought to myself-'Oh that's where Stern got the idea from'.

I think its odd if Stern is going for a retro game to include a backbox LCD. Why not reels like Whoa Nellie? Strange, strange release.

Any possibility the 5 songs we see on playfield are mode songs and there maybe several others to choose from on lcd screen with the start of each ball?

please reach out in advance/direct. Would be appreciated and I am guessing we can work something out.
(may also be able to check on my pricing for beatles to help you out like we have in the past?)

Ok, I cant read through 20 pages lol.

I watched the video...Looks like a 'whoa nellie' style pin. I'm a beatles fan but unless it is a <$4K pin I'm out. What is the pricing on it?

love the detail in this one. nice exposed wire.

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An optical spinner. Wild. Why'd they do that?

My guess is without the wire arm going into the playfield, the spinner is less likely to get stuck and need to have the arm re-bent. its crazy they didn't just put the hole and opto on the other side of the spinner though, to avoid snaking the wire over the top.

What you expect for 50k? And yea...Opto spinner.... Why not?

You have obviously not seen the new fad with robotic prostitutes, they are the new craze right now. Keep on trolling

I read his post with a non-literal interpretation. Almost like sarcasm. Perhaps not, though? Humm....

Both ends of an opto need power.

I like the game its more like a whoa nelly.
I hope the price is too.
That would be fair say's my wife, or its grab all the money you can.

I can't believe Stern used girly colors that remind me of my fading masculinity, instead of some macho art like, umm, Yellow Submarine.

$50k for a pinball machine. Well if I was super rich, obviously I'd want a toy that no mere mortal could afford and I'm pretty sure there are lots of multi millionaires who like pinball out there. It's not about the game or how it looks, its about the prestige of owning something rare and expensive.

Multi millionaire's waste vast amounts of money on junk, they probably earn it faster than they can spend it.

This is the kind of machine that would pop up in the background of a superstar musician's crib.

Python did want to have a "pelvic" button on Pinball Circus.

Back on topic, the layout looks fun to me. I look forward to picking one of these up in 10-20 years when the children of the Beatles fans who buy these are selling them at estate sales.

Maybe if songs aren't full length, it's because ball times will be super short?

Like on Seawitch???

Anyone care to share the link to the video?

Modes? This thing will have such shallow rules, it'll make Jetsons look like LOTR.

You just told us you want to fuck a pinball machine (congrats! You are like the 9000th guy to make this hilarious and witty statement about a game needing to fuck you to be worth the money) and I'm trolling?

For me if the game doesn't have a coin door.. it is no true arcade/coin op game So I would pass only because of that.

Damn, why did they go with the moptop era? I am a huge Beatle fan,.... give me the dirty, hippie Beatles.

That was 2 years before this when they played for German gangsters, drug addicts, and prostitutes.

That would be a pinball I would buy! Lennon with the toilet seat around his neck...

Damn. I guess I'll say goodbye *pun intended* to my dream of a trippy, Sgt. Pepper Beatles pin with all the bells and whistles of a modern title. The art direction in Beatles Rock Band is awesome; I was really hoping for something similar.

Just realized something. In the video it shows Diamond Edition 5 of 100.

Bet the first 4 goto Paul, Ringo and the widows. So only 96 left for us OH MY GAWD WHERE'S MUH CHECKBOOK?

Re early music, it actually fits pinball better than the later hippy stuff. And they can cue in screaming girls like the crowds in AC/DC to jack up the energy.

Still, what is the target market here? We've all agreed that pinball is gonna hit a wall when all the current collectors retire and move to Florida. This pin targets the retired people. Do they even buy stuff? Traditional marketing says no.

I think I’ll stick with the Franchi art

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Should spin better. Guessing it was cheaper than the wire and under-playfield switch and hardware.

Wow that definitely looks like a throwback pinball machine....similar to Whoa Nellie but in today's day and age does that appeal to pinball players? I mean damn I'm sure this machine won't be cheap but bang for buck there doesn't seem to be anything there on the playfield except drop targets a spinning disc and pop bumpers, a spinner and slingshots. How can they be ok with turning out a machine like this and truly match it up to what is in other pinball machines made these days. Yikes....I had some hopes for this because I am a Beatles fan but after seeing the playfield my reaction is OH HELL NO! They are INSANE!