I can’t see how these machines would be a million dollar pinball license and also not be outrageously priced.

I am probably one of the loonies who would pay $4000 for a brand new sea witch from Stern in 2018. I wouldn’t want a Beatles retheme with an LCD; the reason I want seawitch is because it’s an original theme and design from the 70s. It captures what pinball was at that time and adding animations and modern sound effects ruins it for me. I’m fine with the mpu and mechs and lighting under the hood being updated but otherwise it’s pretty much perfect for what it is.

I know some % of beatles hardcore fans would push 10K or even 20K for a Beatles pin but not if there’s several thousand of them made. I just don’t see how this game makes money with a million dollar license fee.

I guess I considered 50,000 for a pinball machine to be outrageously priced? I feel like a 50K pinball machine marketed exclusively to wealthy collectors while the same game minus a plaque sells for 7K is the top of the bubble that pinside loves to talk about. There are what, 7 kingpins and I think the last one sold for 50K, but shit that’s pinball history (and actually a great shooting game).

For a 50K game rumored without a coin door? I just think it’s stretching the possibilities there.

But I guess they sold 80 super LEs at 15K, which at 10k profit apiece would be 800K, so maybe not? Goddamn it. Am I the only sane person left? Has this hobby gone bananas? Where do people get this money?!?

When Elvis came out, the pinball collector base was way smaller.

I think they didn't show at Expo because there's no approved video work yet. The last screen that shows "It Won't Be Long" looks like it might be a screen from the LCD. The game will have an LCD, it just isn't shown in this teaser.

My first thought was, yikes, not for me. But I'm a purist. Part of what makes Seawitch a great game is the context in which it was made, and playing it brings you back to that basic gameplay.

But hey now Stern has ordered tons of drop mechs and other parts, maybe it means a Seawitch vault could happen. Probably not, but I can dream.

That’s always been a good game; it just had bad timing as far as when it was released; and subsequently they’re hard to find. Scoring could be tweaked but it’s a solid layout and fun/challenging.

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.