Has anyone heard about when the prems are expected to get on the line? Yeah I’m really ,really psyched to 1)visually lay eyes on it 2)hear the full audio package with a little upgrade 3)watch this story play out on the screen 4)get a fast/flowy upper playfield at home ,I really miss having one (WOZ,Family Guy) 5)start studying the rules like I should’ve when I still had a chance and most of all I really need to FLIP DA FOO !

Rumor is sometime in late April/May, with a 2nd run in July or August, I was hoping to move my order up to first run until all of a sudden I started having switch matrix issues on the Flash I was about to sell

So I was just watching the live stream of the LE. At the start of the every game you have to listen to that annoying horn/alarm? It got really really old fast. I get that the van hears an alarm to leave the building, but that is the last thing I want to hear every time I start my pinball game or have to hear in the background of someone else playing Foo Fighters. Music is awesome of course =)

Awesome. Thank you! Premium definitely seems the way to go.

When did this happen? All I've ever heard is earl/mid April.

Source?

Agreed. Premium on order and my first NIB

LEs won't be done until early April. Location Pros aren't even supposed to be on the line until next Friday at the earliest, last I heard. So Prem's starting around the middle of April sounds about right.

Watched the whole LE and the whole Pro stream and wasnt annoyed by the horn. i think it is nice as a element for "you're out, next player please".

Its i amazing how many people bitch about a pin before anybody has one.
Killjoy!!

I guess we are "FOOL" Fighters to be spending this much money on a pinball machine Funny how it looks like an "L" in the design.

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You should check the GTF thread …

I think there are plenty of more foolish options to spend this much money on right now. Foos gonna be a winner.

Several games coming out now are fantastic efforts but seems a lot of the vitriol boils down to frustration with pinball pricing as usual.

While watching the stream I noticed a difference animation-wise, when people drained while doing a mode, instead of it completing the animation and going to next ball, it freezes the animation with a 'To be continued' on it! Which means when you complete the city that you get that finishing animation. That's a really nice touch that I don't believe were in the reveal streams.

Took 2nd at the SXSW tournament last night and got a translite and stern sign! The game is a ton of fun to shoot, excited to go back today to play it some more.

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I watched a bit of jd FF stream and IE playing GF last night, FF is hands down the better game as far as I'm concerned.

I like this translite is it a pro or custom from Stern ?

Thats the pro translite

Those JJP running lights just look awful--on stream seem too bright, take away from theme and look like hardware store led strip lighting add on.

I'm in on Premium, but hope to get Stern's EL although I hope looks better, yes realize may be awhile to get EL, but in no rush.

Overall with recent pin options 110% happy with FF choice!!

And you got this info from what concrete source?

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The JJP lights look fine from the player position. The overhead camera catches them differently.

Time for some Tide Pods!!!

Pros are on the line right now, source: SXSW party

I forgot to mention, all the games played perfectly last night, there was one stuck ball, and jack came over and confirmed it was already a spot adjusted for production to prevent the stucky. But nothing catastrophic. Before the tourney there was one pro model that accidently had the spinner and overlord optos swapped, so ripping the spinner got you into all my life MB and cranked out tons of jackpots.... So now I have a 3 billion high score on my insider connected account lol

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Sold out in record time... all of them, according to this fun little article from Business Wire:

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stern Pinball, Inc. is celebrating the success of its newest cornerstone game release after a blockbuster opening week. Foo Fighters pinball machines sold out in record time, with all 1,000 Limited Edition machines selling out in minutes. The entire initial production run of both Pro Edition and Premium Edition games have also sold out in just a few days. With nearly 2 million video views and 3 million impressions of the announcement across social media channels, Foo Fighters pinball machines instantly became one of the hottest, most in-demand pinball machines in company history.

But a second run is coming.

Well played Stern!

Well done. Looks like a blast for all last night.

I still have a few spots remaining in the first (April run) of FF Premium if anyone is still looking.

972-488-9622

FYI we also have a few discounted FF Pro Model Texas Pinball Festival Demo games available as well. These must be picked up at the conclusion of the show (no shipping).

Heard same from my dist

Seems to be hyperbole when comparing one to the other.

Just ordered this for Foos arrival. https://a.co/d/6rI7p47

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Anyone know if it true or false that Dave Grohl may do call outs for the game?

I think it's a possibility...

I think the topper for this game, given the insider news about collectable toys plugging into the topper, and Seth Davis' background with Disney Infinity, I think this may be the launch title for DLC... As in.. buy character to activate DG call outs... I'm not rooting for this, but it would make sense given the demand and popularity from a business standpoint

Well, if the Stern crew at SXSW and this is the most recent news:

I'm gonna hope for that. Obviously, I'm going with 2nd hand account with my quote above. Either way, April is April. Maybe distributors are being cautious. Mine said early to mid. Long as we get them April, that'll go by in the blink of an eye.

A pinmason.

I've had both (RUSH LE, and GnR/TS4) and hotrails are better than expression lights in the real world. From the player's perspective hotrails do not look obnoxious at all and have better lighting effects and coverage than expression lights. Looking forward to the expression lights in Foo LE, but I don't think that opinion will change.

Typical marketing-speak. Stern considers sold to distributors sold. So even if distributors still have available inventory now or incoming, Stern doesn't, so they're "sold out."

Overseas Pros? I heard domestic Pros were next friday, but maybe that has changed.

No idea on that one

ended up redrawing and cleaned up the FOZO UFO - rev 2, has resin insert behind the vents
FO = Foo Fighters
ZO = Zombie Yeti

Working on flying straight and banking mounting so you can install tilting to one side and lighting

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This game is old news.

Wake me up when they release a version where the entire cabinet looks like a tour van.

Spooky really missed the boat when they didn't make the head of Scooby Doo look like the Mystery Machine front end, with speaker lights for headlights, the screen in the tire position, and the translite where the window is.

I am curious how all you Foo Hypers are holding up at this point.

How has the hype survived 2 weeks and 78 other pinball machines being teased or revealed?

How’s the enthusiasm? Are we weaker in numbers? Has the foo hype train withstood this unprecedented assault?

Still looking forward to comparing the Pro to the LE in person. Also, very interested to see if the expression lighting experience is better than the somewhat basic RUSH LE Expression light show.

I’m still full on the hype train and excited for it to arrive. I am suprisingly less hyped about Pulp Fiction than Foo considering I find Pulp Fiction as a theme a lot more interesting than Foo Fighters as a theme.

I actually like the Rush expression lighting show more than Zeppelins?

We are hoping to track the new album late this year, east coast small tour next year

I'm too busy playing bond
Edit: sold that turd

Hype has just grown for me. I still think this is the best game that has been released and I’m glad I have a first run Premium locked in.

What new game looks better than Foo Fighters? None of them.

I was very excited about foo fighters. Still am! But now I feel I must at least wait and evaluate pulp fiction before pulling the trigger. Wish the releases were more spread out. At least I have no interest whatsoever in Jjp godfather as a theme.