The Beatles pin will be upon us soon enough. This is a Ka-Pow / Stern Pinball title set to release this December 2018 for Holiday sales. This pin will be the follow up pin to Batman 66 also brought to us by the great Ka-Pow / Stern Pinball. The Beatles is arguably by far the most groundbreaking, influential musical group ever. Hit after hit this band has pumped out some great music. This pin is also alleged it will have a very rare super LE version similar to batman 66 as well. This very rare Beatles Super LE is alleged to only have 30 made. Beatles fans from around the world will make this a very hard version of the game to acquire. On a Happy note there will be more LE's and plenty of Premiums to go around. This title is a tough one to gauge. Most people I have spoken to tell me this pin is a must have for their collection. Undoubtedly this pin has a huge library of songs to choose from. Here is a list of songs from the band.

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The following is a A-Z list of all songs by Beatles:

1822!
A Day In The Life.
A Hard Day's Night.
A Little Rhyme.
A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues.
A Taste Of Honey.
Across The Universe.
Act Naturally.
Ain't She Sweet.
All I've Got To Do.
All My Loving.
All Things Must Pass.
All Together Now.
All You Need Is Love.
And I Love Her.
And Your Bird Can Sing.
Anna (go To Him)
Another Girl.
Any Time At All.
Ask Me Why.
Baby It's You.
Baby's In Black.
Baby, You're A Rich Man.
Back In The U.s.s.r.
Bad Boy.
Beatle Greetings.
Because.
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
Besame Mucho.
Birthday.
Blackbird.
Blue Jay Way.
Boys.
Can't Buy Me Love.
Carol.
Carry That Weight.
Chains.
Clarabella.
Come And Get It.
Come Together.
Crinsk Dee Night.
Cry Baby Cry.
Crying, Waiting, Hoping.
Day Tripper.
Dear Prudence.
Dear Wack!
Devil In Her Heart.
Dig A Pony.
Dig It.
Dizzy Miss Lizzy.
Do You Want To Know A Secret.
Doctor Robert.
Don't Bother Me.
Don't Ever Change.
Don't Let Me Down.
Don't Pass Me By.
Drive My Car.
Eight Days A Week.
Eleanor Rigby.
Every Little Thing.
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey.
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby.
Fixing A Hole.
For No One.
For You Blue.
Free As A Bird.
From Fluff To You.
From Me To You.
From Us To You.
Get Back.
Getting Better.
Girl.
Glad All Over.
Glass Onion.
Golden Slumbers.
Good Day Sunshine.
Good Morning, Good Morning.
Good Night.
Got To Get You Into My Life.
Hallelujah, I Love Her So.
Happiness Is A Warm Gun.
Have A Banana!
Hello Little Girl.
Hello, Goodbye.
Help!
Helter Skelter.
Her Majesty.
Here Comes The Sun.
Here, There And Everywhere.
Hey Bulldog.
Hey Jude.
Hold Me Tight.
Honey Don't.
Honey Pie.
How Do You Do It.
I Am The Walrus.
I Call Your Name.
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party.
I Feel Fine.
I Forgot To Remember To Forget.
I Got A Woman.
I Got To Find My Baby.
I Just Don't Understand.
I Me Mine.
I Need You.
I Saw Her Standing There.
I Should Have Known Better.
I Wanna Be Your Man.
I Want To Hold Your Hand.
I Want To Tell You.
I Want You (she's So Heavy)
I Will.
I'll Be Back.
I'll Be On My Way.
I'll Cry Instead.
I'll Follow The Sun.
I'll Get You.
I'm A Loser.
I'm Down
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (over You)
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You.
I'm Looking Through You.
I'm Only Sleeping
I'm So Tired

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So what are your thoughts? Are you IN or OUT? What would you like to see done with a Beatles Pinball machine? It has been noted that designers and programmers look to pinside for ideas from the community. Let's give our ideas and suggestions to assist in making another great pinball machine.

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This title can go either way for me. It has been rumored it will be more of a nostalgic throwback game. I hope they have a mix of old and new. It's great to have a classic feel but I really need some modern innovation in my pins. Especially the ones that cost north of 8K.

"allegedly" Yes classic style single level pin. However there is to be different trim levels as most distributors are already preparing for this. To the best of my knowledge there is a super le and the other versions are just different trim packages. Perhaps not better or worse then one another however just different art styles. Again things change all the time for a multitude of reasons. Time will tell. This thread is merely here to post thoughts and ideas on this title.

You have serious problems. All you do is follow anything I do On pinside and downvote.

Monster Bash announcement last year I believe you downvoted that one as well. Turns out it was right. as far as the 2 games in 1. I guess that did not pan out. Perhaps it was something they were attempting to do and decided to scrap the idea. As soon as it was stated different the name of the thread changed. I don't post what is in my head. Trust me you do not want to know what I'm thinking about you right now. Lets all be positive. This thread was supposed to benefit the community. If you cant contribute then why are you here? For some reason whatever I post bothers you. Look at every thread I made and most posts you downvote everything. You must have allot of free time on your hands. Please do not highjack this thread Its not fair to the others in the community.

Munsters.

Again if you have a problem with me then PM me. Pinside is not your personal playground.

That's what is great about different themed pinball machines. Some love it some hate it. Its just nice to know there is a big enough selection for everyone.

Fantastic Idea! Great Show. perfect demographic for pinball.

Not sure why. The Munsters is allegedly a Stern only title dropping in October. The Beatles is Ka-Pow / Stern. Perhaps Ka-Pow was hoping to get some of that Holiday sales. Just an idea. Who knows? Very possible it does get pushed to January. However that is a bad move if you are only making money on The Beatles pinball. Usually people are broke after the Holidays. Guaranteed that would slow sales of any pin that would come out so early first quarter.

Well played sir.

I think the community is aware that The Beatles is the next Ka-Pow Stern title. Will it come out in December or first or second quarter of 2019 is the only real speculation.

There is a group of friends in this thread that is clearly here to distract from the positive intentions of this thread.

Hard to say to be out on theme alone. I have seen recent titles surprise me because of good code and gameplay. Never say never.

Not big on the whole pinside points thing so that does not bother me. What does bother me is people teaming up to disrupt people who are trying to enjoy pinside. Please if you have anything to say to me off topic or disruptive send me a PM. My intentions with this thread was to discuss what the community would like to see in a Beatles pinball machine. Nothing else!

Christopher franchi is on art.

Yes.

It would seem crazy to me to spend that much money on the license and not do something speacil with the layout.

Classic style with a modern touch sounds like TNA. License is strong for Beatles so there definitely will be a mark up for that. However I like the Beatles but it was not from my era. They have to make it special for me to buy one. Collectors of Beatles memorabilia will buy for a giant piece to add to their collection. But players such as myself will demand a good playing experience. Code and shots are crucial for someone who is a pinball enthusiast. My opinion is they should not follow Batman 66 pricing on this one. Unless they give us the experience you deserve for paying that price.

I hate it when I hear the words I'm out before we know what it is. Time will tell. Price & Layout have not been confirmed and we all know that makes or breaks a pin. Stern has been asked to confirm the extremely high price rumor. Let's see if they respond. Stern has been getting alot better recently. I doubt they will be taking a step backwards with all of the progress they have been making. It would be cool if stern offers a limited edition record just like deadpool LE. It would make alot more sense with this title.

I wonder if it will be a successful as JJPOTC spinning disc.

christopher franchi

I think as more videos and pictures become available people will warm up to it. I was with a true Beatles fan today and showed them the teaser video. They absolutely loved the game. I think if you have a more modern collection this would be a nice change given you have the money and the space. Looks like this game has a few really cool features. Music and sounds seem to be great as well. Granted this pin will not be for everybody. However the true Beatles fans will be all over this thing. Stern will not have a problem moving this limited amount of machines. Price rumors are all over the place. I do hear a lot that the Gold edition will be 5999.00 If this is correct then they will sell the heck out of these games. Price is a huge motivator. Buyers have lots of choices in today's world. Time will tell.

Good Luck Stern Tough crowd over here.

I heard 7 licensed songs.

Not sure. I will inquire.

It will be one of the largest pieces of Beatles memorabilia people can buy. Original licensed songs and artwork. Modern touch on a 60's 70's classic game. Again not saying this is for everyone however they will sell out for many reasons. This game does not fit my particular playing style. I will buy one for a family member who is a huge Beatles fan. When I showed them the video they picked out all of the cool nostalgic things even down to the first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. This is all way before my time but I can respect others throwbacks to their younger years. Pinball is supposed to be light hearted and fun. When a manufacturer makes a pinball machine with a theme you can relate to usually the experience is alot more fun for that person. I hope whoever buys these pins have a blast playing them and it brings back great memories.

Christopher Franchi is a Beast!
Probably the best pinball artist of all time.
Licensors can be very difficult for an artist to work with but time and time again he continues to knock it out of the park. Anyone remember the Munsters pics. Can't wait

Like I said Tough crowd.

Seawitch 2.0

Agreed. But let's see what the actual price is on these things. I think stern was sticker shocked a little when the standard edition Monster bash was 5,999.00 when it has a five in front of it that's too close to stern Pro's pricing.

It going to be a tough one if it does not have a coin door.

Stern I hope you are not thinking no coin door. How will us amusement operators make our 50,000 back?

People people you are expecting way too much for 50K.

No coin door = Zizzle Pinball

We were all young once and needed the money.

Spoke with an extremely reliable source.
This game will have a coin door.
One small victory fellas.

Also hearing 7500 for gold. Other models are still TBD

I got reamed when I said December release. I could not even count all of the down votes. Turns out I was pretty accurate.

Deadpool is originall. Love it or hate it it's original.

I was informed all three models will be coin operated. Could this be an old rendering?

Game looks great with that art package. Christopher Franchi is amazing! I will be welcoming that game to my collection very soon. It wont be long now.

Everybody Love Everybody

Cut back on the hate gentlemen. It looks like a fun game. Will it be priced too high? Maybe. But most new pins are priced too high anyways. Even the people talking bad about this pin would not pass up the opportunity to play it if they saw it out in the wild. Take a breath people.
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Yes it will! This has been addressed by so many distributors. Unless stern is lying they will have fully operational coin doors.

Is it Nov 6th yet?

Excited to see this game in real time. I think the teaser video was great for non pinball players. I want to see this thing opened up and see what she can really do. Should be this week.

It's the best of the 60s 70s and today.
Stern FM Radio

On the production line now.

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So much typing in this thread.

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There will be a few Beatles pinball machines at the Orlando IAAPA show this Nov13-16 in the Orlando Convention Center.

Stern booth will have 2
Player One Amusements will have one as well.

7,995.00 plus freight.

Game play looks very good. Definitely not a slow game. Animations I agree are the best stern has done to date. Great choice of colors and fonts. This game is way better then people's first reaction. Stern should have presented this game the right way from the beginning and it would have been better received.

Zero

Software is at 1.04

Yes happened to me as well. Had to go into pictures and jump to post.
Must be a Beatles Frenzy!

From what I can see it is a great integration of REAL ASSETS. That is getting harder and harder to achieve in pinball nowadays. Animations look fantastic. Code is sitting at 1.04 so whoever's buying is getting a nearly completed game. The overwhelming majority of people who have played this title have said the following. Fast fun game with lots of flow. Spinning record grabs the ball very well. The playfield look is great and the animations on the LCD are incredible. This might just turn out to be a huge success for the Stern / Kapow team.

Spinning disc is everything you would hope for from a spinning disc. Looks amazing with great interaction with the ball.

Only bummer is it is only one not 3

Whenever I throw a party at my house my kids invite there friends. Every 30 mins I have to walk through the game room and clear all of the active games. Every pin says ball 2 player 4.
Very frustrating

To Each His Own. One has a right to one's personal preferences.

In Icemans defense stern did a horrible job showing this pin off in the trailer. This game is the exact opposite of what we saw back then. That in combination with outrageous pricing speculation I think he had every right to say he was out. He said he was wrong once he saw more of the game. Can't ask for much more then that. This just goes to show all of us again let's not be so quick to say I'm out!

Beatle's might not be for everyone but it's definitely making it's way to my collection.

I started this thread 83 days ago. I recieved 50 downvotes. Not sure why there is so much hate on pinside. Here we are 2,653 posts later and this pin has sure changed the public's perception. Pinball is supposed to be fun! Remember?

Yes it has. Guardians is proof thanks to @cleland. He needs to work his magic on the R rated version of Deadpool. Swapping some songs on Beatles would not be a problem for a man of his talents.

Golds only @ 10k each from the Beatles store. Probably should contact a stern distributor for a better deal. Coin Taker is always a great choice.

Any topper suggestions yet?

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Pictures or it's not true.

Watch "The Beatles Pinball Game Play: IAAPA 2018" on YouTube

No. The topper is not available at time of shipping. The topper will be an additional purchase for all 3 models. I know you really don't get much for 30K anymore. lol

Some games are being shipped this week. Stern is amazing at getting product out the door. The holidays always tends to slow the production and shipping process. "It won't be Long Now"

When it was at the show Stern had two next to one another. They were not in a line up with older titles. I did see the picture next to a ghostbusters pro and there seemed to be a difference but from what i'm told in person it is not that shocking in a Stern lineup. The pin is the exact same size cabinet body and head as every other stern. Apparently the leg bolts are at a different position so it sits slightly lower in height. Topper would help this issue. Game looks amazing in person. Plays, feels and looks outstanding!

Would you settle for one out of two?

Cant wait for more people to play this game. It will be very well received. Stern does a great job making pins but they are lacking in the Grand reveal department.

Wow!!!! That is an amazing promo video. Well done!!!

Great looking game!

Congratulations!

Seawitch will earn more then Beatles?

I get that pins are very location specific. And it only takes a few customers to fall in love with a game for it to be profitable to the operator. However none of my locations would choose a seawitch over a Beatles. Most people out there enjoy the look, feel and sounds of new technology.

We operate completely different types of locations. I'm glad it works for you but in my venues it could not be further from the truth. My pins earn 150-800 per week. Most are in new Family Entertainment Centers on Card swipe system charging 1.00 to 2.50 per swipe. When you have a new arcade and you put in something like a seawitch it just does not play well. Now if you are in a Bar location known for pinball perhaps that is a different scenario. Just my opinion. I'm going Beatles All day long over seawitch.

Christmas Story leg lamp is Fantastic!!!!

"Fra-gee-lay" It must be Italian!

Lol ......

It's all I think of when someone uses that word.

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Value is and has always been subjective. There's alot of stuff I think is not worth anything that is extremely valuable to some people. Why must people think their views should be everyones.

To say anything will last forever in a collection is a little far fetched. Is the game fun? Absolutely! Great music of course. It's just refreshing to play. Rules are good and pretty straight forward. Its nice because it does not feel like any other modern pinball we have all purchased in the last 10 years. It feels good to mix it up a little and play this game in a home line up. Fast & Fun !!!
Stern did a great job with this "Modern Classic"

Pinstadiums are great for me as well. We get there are some people who do not care for them. No reason to downvote someone for stating their honest opinion. Congratulations on your new game. It looks fantastic!!

I have an idea where a platinum and a Diamond my be if someone is intrested.

Licensed interactive topper images from stern.

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This game is extremely fun. Very addictive. So happy it's in my line up. Iconic theme and great game play. Hard not to smile when playing this game.

First run of Golds were 700 and they sold out completely. They are now in the second phase of production. They have been on the assembly line all week. I like most people would have liked for the Beatles to be priced lower. As a consumer I would like ALL pinball machines to be priced lower. However if it was themed an unlicensed theme this pin would not be half as desirable. I love the music, sound effects, call outs, animations and art package. Bottom line is theme helps sales tremendously. The Beatles license is very expensive. I would encourage people to not overlook this game. I was shocked on how much I enjoy it.

I do not care about sales just voicing my honest opinion. I hope you guys find one for 6,500 on the used market because it really is a great title to own. I love my game and it will not leave my collection anytime soon. Sometimes people can voice their opinion without any hidden agendas. I know that is a crazy concept.

She seems happy.

Also she makes that pinball machine look huge!

Another great review from the SDTM team. Beatles is a fantastic game. People really need to give it a chance. Great work Zach and Greg for your commitment to this industry.

Thank you
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