Makes a lot of sense a Jack Danger pin is heavy on story/animation as he used to do that pre-pinball

Probably what George meant when he said this game would be in a different direction (a music pin with a heavy emphasis on story)

I'd guess pro based off the apron design

it kinda looks like there is a jump in the wireform in front of the right ramp?

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Also I guess no expression lights? Thought they might have showed up on all of their music pins. Don't see the cut on the cabinet (for the pro model at least)

TMNT....Scooby Doo...now Foo Fighters

What a time for vans in pinball! Watch Haggis announce Skateball Van Edition this year

Upper playfield hype

shatz target in the inlane

It looks like Jack Danger studied a lot of Gottlieb games. Kicking targets and shatz targets

I think Jack crushed it. I didn't have high expectations, but I'm seeing a lot of new ideas and reusing great old ideas. Great job.

Barbwire?

Looks like the LE has the expression lightning included

So maybe Rush owners can order some too!

Sounds like a stuck ball waiting to happen

Pfft, that jerk trying to talk to his hundreds of followers about being nice to one another. Where does he get the nerve!

Now we're going full pinside... Only took about 90 minutes

The nice thing about the expression lights is that they route the cabinet walls so the LEDs stay in place, unlike pin stadiums which typically have to be removed each time you need to service the game. The pro isn't routed...so custom standoffs or another solution would be needed (if the pro code supports EL)

Stop flexing, Muscles

I'm hearing no expression light support for the pro...

Speculating that they spent the money on the playfield and not to route and plug the cabinet walls. It is what it is

Well there you go...he spent his money on what's in the game and not on the optional accessory

Munsters had 4 SKUs

After seeing Bond 60th, I was wondering if the next cornerstone would have inline drops with a trip coil. With Foo Fighters having the kicking target, now I'm going to wonder if that shows up on another game soon

I see the latching ball lock from Avatar and Rolling Stone that made it's return for Rush is on FF.

I like that the upper playfield loop has a diverter that stops you from looping up there all day like BKSOR premium

And a dozen ball traps

HIT THE TAG BUTTON

I also thought of that one...it also has the fun little spot to park a ball. Underrated upper playfield

Small interview/article

https://www.inverse.com/tech/exclusive-foo-fighters-stern-pinball-machine

I know you're joking, but I would call it a mech (just like I'd call Benson posts a mech)

It's doing something unique instead of just acting as a diverter/barrier.

Also looks like there won't be any expression lights for the pro, only premium addon and it comes with the LE

I don’t see it? It looks like a flat metal ball guide that could always (maybe) save the ball? Not a coded outlane ball mech.

If we’re just listing ways to save outlane drains, there are countless other idea to have physical means to save outlane drains.

It's amusing when industry terms like "butyrate" end up in marketing pitches

Butyrate being an early form of plastic used for pinball plastics a long time ago, and the name stuck while the plastic changed.

Sounds better than flat piece of plastic I suppose

Woot a game reveal at SXSW!

It kinda reminds me of the Colossal target on Deadpool being pointed away from the flippers (or Roadshows magic left standup)...

It seems like it's mostly for extra chaos? It's basically a slingshot where the arm and switch are combined into one unit. Gottlieb would substitute slingshots for these kicking targets on some games.

I imagine a secret skill shot is going to be soft plunging onto the kicker?

If you ignore all the stuff that makes them different, then you'd realize they're actually pretty similar

I think AIQ rules aren't that complicated though intimidating (and maybe people worry too much about stuff like gem placement), but I think the bigger issue with that game was always more it lacking a lot of personality.

The sounds, callouts, display animations, etc... are all pretty weak relative to other Spike 2 titles. It has a real sterile feel to it. It doesn't do a good job of getting you hyped up for pinball or helping explain what's going on.

Rush is more approachable although the GUI is a bit cluttered and intimidating at first. Better callouts too, Canadian Dad jokes and all

Legends of Valhalla is pop free. Halloween/Ultraman no pop. Scooby Doo no pop. I think Cosmic Cart Racing is pop free? Probably some other games

Agreed. Pops are great. Pop clusters tend to be boring... A shot through a pop cluster, common on Elwin games, is pretty fun. But pop clusters over lanes with lane change

Or pop clusters like Eight Ball Deluxe where there is no safety around the cluster

I love Hot Tip for having a single center pop that actually helps the player take out the adjacent drops. It can help as much as hurt

the deadpost is at least very unique

some of the shot geometry is pretty unique as well

I can't think of a game that used the latching ball lock with a magnet behind it? But that's more about rearranging existing mechs in new ways.

What is this, Poo Fighters?

I wonder if they'd sell the deadpost as an official addon accessory for the pro ala UV light kit or EL kits. The hole is there and the ball guide is already there.

I think you'd have to have it be an updown post or you'd eventually have stuck ball issues. Not a big deal for home collectors, deal breaker for ops.

Holy fuckbeans Marco

https://www.pinballlife.com/stern-bumper-up-post-assembly.html

I can see them not wanting to over intimidate with too many choices and keeping some songs more special by only playing in certain modes. It seems like they got the ones most would want to select. Or generic "licensure reasons" is why

Maybe down the line they can let you pick more?

The idea of Stern releasing action figures which add callouts is giving me strong Nintendo Amiibo vibes. I don't think it's happening, but it is an interesting idea. Plus if they put a NFC reader in the game they could do Apple/Google Pay and credit card transactions for operators. (I wonder if Stern IC would ever be expanded to include a payment system for location credits)

The nice thing about Nintendo Amiibos were they were incredibly easy to write the Amiibo data to cheap blank NFC cards if you didn't care about the collectible figure but wanted what it unlocks in games.

But that was a fluke. Karl Urban happened to be into pinball and said he'd do it for an LE after the game was shipping.

Deadpool only has like 5 major battles/quests, then a few side scoring features and a few sub wizard modes in additional to a final wizard mode. Most people are happy with the amount of content in that game. (I think because the major modes play and sound so different). I imagine it will be a lot like Deadpool in terms of amount of content...

I’ve only watched a few minutes and love it. Going to avoid more streams so I can learn it by playing. Time to figure out how long the waitlists are…

that actually works out as my birthday is in the first week of September

more like Poo Fighters with all the shit slinging going on

Jack Danger was able to load the playfield so much by cutting the tilt bob from his bill of materials

I love how the van looks like the Blues Mobile

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Let me present page 3

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/dragon-s-lair-prototype-etpinball-/page/3

I think Stern did all that stuff and the Foo Fighters/Dave were just cool to work with?

JD was a graphic designer doing stuff for movies and such before pinball. Not surprising he brought that talent to his pinball design.

Please explain in car

That pinball pricing bubble will pop any day now fellas. I can feel it in my wishbones.

I don't think there are any servo motors in Foo Fighters?

Did you have time to film cool stuff of you developing the game to possibly make a slick making of video?

Wire your own post in, load premium code, profit? YOLO

Expression Lights (in theory)

YOLO baby

The upper playfield doesn’t have much going on. The game will just think you’re not using that flipper. Does the magnet do much besides flick the ball around for visual appeal? The truck on the left stopping the ball is a slightly bigger change, but I bet you the hole for the uppost is still there. Get creative

But I think the easy thing would be disable the left ball save, then add an uppost with a player controlled button hard wired on the cabinet. All skill

I'm sure you can just disable left outlane ball saves on the pro and the mavericks of the world can add a player controlled uppost and cabinet button with minimal fuss.

Pinball Map occasionally publishes most popular games on location and Star Wars crushes it

There are probably so many Star Wars sitting in homes without any other pins, shoved into a corner with the other typical "gameroom" stuff that only occasionally gets used after the first month.

I always assumed a mix of tradition and Euro coin slots needing to be changed out a lot more due to the different coins (especially in the past). Only one mech to change out instead of two.

The only good reason I've heard American games have two slots is to have a redundancy if one slot gets jammed up. Maybe this is more prone on American coin mechs? Kids will shove a stack of pennies and dimes into a game. Idk if you can shove in multiple Euros at once and jam it up like you can with American coins.