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The Princess Bride by JJP (speculation thread)

By Dantesmark

4 years ago


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    #47 4 years ago

    If you don't think this would be a great theme, you must be a single guy, who is over 60 or under 30, and just generally out of touch. The immense popularity of this movie with women alone would make this a great seller. Every married pinball collector would have the go ahead to buy. Plus many men, myself included, also put this as one of their favorite movies of all time. There is also enough content in the one movie to make two pins. It would be an auto-buy at my house. The theme song was our first dance at my wedding. How is this not a top 5 theme for themes that haven't been done? What is better? Harry Potter? Sure. Superman? Maybe. Jaws? Nah. What else? Nothing.

    #53 4 years ago
    Quoted from PanzerFreak:

    I understand the movie has a big following with those that grew up with it but it doesn't seem to have built a new audience with a younger generation. Other 80's movies like Back to the Future and Ghostbusters have done this but that's rare.
    Below is a video where college students are asked if they know certain 80's movies. 4/8 knew the movie by just the title whereas 8/8 knew Back to the Future and Karate Kid. With how much a pinball machine costs to produce, especially at the level JJP does, I think there wouldn't be enough sales to make it a profitable title.

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    Right, sorry. I forgot how important the college kid demographic is for buying pinball machines of 30 year old themes. Everyone loved the Twilight Zone I had in my dorm room.

    #55 4 years ago

    You can't come back from being dead. You can only come back from being mostly dead.

    #70 4 years ago
    Quoted from pipes:

    I’m 41, married with 2 kids and I think this theme would absolutely suck as a pin. I also love the movie.

    What themes would be better?

    #74 4 years ago
    Quoted from Dantesmark:

    You got me... lol
    Fun to speculate tho![quoted image]

    Asshole. You really got my hopes up. Now my day is ruined.

    #86 4 years ago
    Quoted from poppapin:

    Breaking Bad!!

    The best TV show ever (The Boys could threaten this) but not a good pinball theme.

    Quoted from JY64:

    Goonies, Goodfellas, The Matrix, Back to the Future, Predator so no it is not a top 5

    Goonies is right up there; I'll give you that. I would still put it lower than TPB but I think a good argument could be made for it. Back to the Future is a great theme but has already been made. A new game would be ok, however. I love the other movies you mentioned but all would be clearly inferior to The Princess Bride as pinball themes.

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