Dear American Pinball: I want to buy a Sherlock Holmes game.
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5 months later
Quoted from onemilemore:On the new pin front, I am considering letting TMNT go if LOV ends up being announced.
What does LOV stand for? It doesn’t look like an abbreviation for Sherlock Holmes so I’m scared.
All I know is video game licenses are very untapped. Resident Evil alone would do very well. I say base it on Resident Evil 2 so you can do a post launch patch with a Nemesis Resident Evil 3 mode.
2 weeks later
O.K. Here is the strategy… if it’s Sherlock Holmes and it looks fun I get that if it something else I just buy a new Houdini. Either way American Pinball stockholders will be happy.
This may turn out to be super good advice cause they could announce a price increase as well considering their games have more in them then most stern premiums and they are 9k now.
300 then to 500 is still a limited run. Not to mention we are still at the beginning now if in 2 years they release Ragnarok Edition that’s when I’m throwing the penalty flag.
Quoted from Happy81724:Who knows if they are done increasing it yet. If these 200 additional sell today then why not up it to 1000?
Why not indeed? Limited editions suck a lot of fun out of too many hobbies. Get F’ed LE worshippers and flippers!
Quoted from parsonsaj:I'd be even more excited if it's Sonic Spinball!
O.K. Yours is technically better because success seems to be driven by new games and licensing. I want American Pinball domination.
It is nuts. The discourse over gatekeeping SE buyers of Cactus Canyon from buying a topper later is nearly as big as this thread that’s years old.
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3 months later
I feel like American pinball is in a good spot, the majority of pinball fans I talk to have them on their radar. People are waiting on a theme that grabs them. I personally had 2 themes I liked out the gate with Houdini and Oktoberfest now I’m chomping at the bit for this new game.
Quoted from TreyBo69:I remember there was some scuttlebutt about a possible Sherlock Holmes pin by American Pinball. I saw that the few books by Conan Doyle that weren't already in the public domain go public domain at the start of next year. That makes Holmes a fully fair use character for anyone who wants a recognizable theme without the licensing costs or approvals process.
I hope this theme is still alive.
1 month later
American pinball makes other arcade games that can keep the business up, but it would be nice to get their new original game soon.
2 weeks later
Hopefully after they go public at TPF American Pinball take it to the Midwest Gaming Classic the very next weekend. 
Foo Fighters looks great and the team made Jack look like a million bucks so that’s awesome. I’m still hear for some Galactic Tank Force.
1 week later
If we are gonna talk all this strategy and we don’t have the numbers… I have been wondering why they don’t cut Houdini, Oktoberfest, and Hot Wheels from this evergreen spot. Then maybe launch 2 games this year if they can.
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3 months later
Makes me nostalgic for when things didn’t need to be a license to get people’s attention. You went to Frontier Land not Star Wars Land back then.
Now you got people trying to defend Scooby-Doo like it’s not a childish theme. First off IT IS, second and more importantly why is that a bad thing? You all really suck for not buying Houdini and Oktoberfest is what I’m really trying to say here.
Talking about licensing always makes me wonder how many are just being held onto or the relationship left kinda half negotiated? Like what could AP realistically get that isn’t on Stern or JJPs radar that is still viable for a strong game for them? A comic book version of Batman is notably absent for example.
A music pin is the best option. Or do a music label and get a best of kinda vibe going and build basically an original theme around it.
I wish I was in on some of the T whatever happened at American pinball with all the shake ups. All I know is they started strong with Houdini and Oktoberfest.
Quoted from Ballderdash:Right around December 2020 perhaps?
Lmao I know Fix is killing our favorite pinball company but did he also hit and run your dog?
4 weeks later
A lot of people are not gonna like this but the correct answer is Taylor Swift or Lady GaGa music pin with a build that targets location play.
2 weeks later
It is always sad that people in general would rather watch Darth Vader dance to Michael Jackson in Disney World. If you crave and value originality P3 systems and American Pinball are it.
2 months later
It’s very excited to hear they are not giving up the good fight on original themes. The theme will need a strong direction, Houdini and Oktoberfest for example did feel fun and like something solid. GTF feels like the thought process was random = comedy, comedy = genius.
1 month later
If it’s possible for them to make GTF a budget friendly title that would be awesome. 7k being the goal 6,500 would be amazing. I just don’t know how much room there is to play with price, so this is easy for me to say/daydream.
1 week later
I will always mourn the what ifs of that Sherlock Holmes game from years ago but I’m actually interested in Food Truck.
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