Pros don’t have neat mechs. You’ll want a Prem.

Everything?

LOL you don’t even know what the features are yet.

LOL, ok....but nah.

I get that not everyone follows everything - but for real, were you never a kid? How can you not know Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, etc? Marvel characters have been around for decades in various forms of media.

I’ve never watched a football game in my life - but I’m aware of what it is. I can sing the Super Bowl Shuffle lol. Some things are just “in the air”, even if you don’t care about them.

If it turns out to be a great game, you’ll flip positions. The drama doesn’t matter. It’ll either be cool/fun or not.

Once again, it’s a game, not a full series box set. There’s more than enough content, action, quests, characters and story in the existing seasons to create a pinball ruleset & modes for a game that will last 5-10 minutes.

Code/rules come very late in a game’s production. You can make any rules and content once a physical design is done...usually inserts are vague enough to go along with any rules you want to create. The game will have both seasons worth of content/story.

He's wrong.

If you love the original Trilogy, ignoring Mando is truly your loss. I bet you'd really enjoy it. Give it a go.

Don't project your experience onto others...Mando is huge, fans of old school SW love it. Kids love it. Families are enjoy it together.

I don't care for SW at all, and I enjoy Mandalorian. It's just fun and well done....and the music sticks in your head!

No shame in chilling out, seeing how it is, and getting a Premium (or Pro) after the reveal and hype dies down.

In.

It's literally the only way they keep the factory moving & stay in business.

LE guarantees they can build & sell 500-800 machines at a way higher profit margin before anyone even has a chance to play it. If the LE model didn't exist, people would just wait and see. LE allows them to immediately profit on the project. If they only sold the LEs and no one bought the Prem/Pro...they'd be fine...but then if people like the game and Prems/Pros continue to sell for years, that's just gravy.

Brian Eddy.

Popular show vs. Star Wars. Two different beasts entirely. People like Stranger Things (the show), but don't feel compelled to buy merch to commemorate their enjoyment of it...Star Wars, though? Millions of fans screaming "TAKE MY MONEY"

Mando's good. We could do something stupid like SWTM, but it's only 1 less letter than Mando, so why bother.

Zero relation or similarity. Zen does a lot of their own versions of the same themes real pinball makers use. Marvel, Star Wars, Jurassic, Alien, Family Guy. Zen's always suck. There's no back and forth between their silly video games and real pinball.

Aw, poor Blobba Fatt

Yes, we've known forever & it's been stated many times. Brian Eddy.

Actually it’s the opposite. This theme would sell huge even if Jpop’s Starbucks cup was coding it. Most buyers, especially in this new bonkers market, have no idea who designers & programmers are. They don’t care. They see shiny new game with theme they want. Sold.

I get blind buying the LE, since you risk missing out...but why not wait on Pro/Prem? See it or play it first. No rush.

Bill gotta eat.

Cult classic? It’s a perfect film, highly mainstream & widely beloved.

Ugh, hate it. Won’t fit this theme either. The player will be Mando, you’ll be hunting his bounties, protecting the child, etc.

It happened 4 months ago....at this point, it's kinda on you.

They did.

A Pro?! C’mon, do a Prem at least for that charity cash!

Most are 500. Avatar was 250. Rolling Stones was 350. Tron 400. Some were split between two variations. AC/DC had 200 LTBR & 300 BIB. Avengers had 250 Hulk & 250 “Blue”.

Look up any LE game on IPDB to see the numbers.

Literally anything produced with a designated number of units is limited.

Normally 500 is the "magic FOMO" number to get people to buy something they might not even want THAT bad....but in this case - with the crazy frothing market the way it is & the love for this theme, I think they could even get away with doing 1000 LEs. If the goal of LEs is to get 500 guaranteed sales, I think they'd still get that EASY, day 1, even if they did 1000...and I think the rest would easily sell within a month, maybe less. That's just this title & moment in time...I don't think they could get away with it on every LE in the future.

Every pinball "LE" is fabricated FOMO...that's the point. Marketing = people spending extra money without playing the game...it's kept Stern in business. I'm fine with waiting to see how I feel about it & then just getting a Premium if it's awesome. Everyone wins.

Also, JJP's "Limited" is different than Sterns. JJP is more like "Limited to...". If a JJP LE is 5000, they're just saying "at most we'll make 5000 & then we're done". They might not even get that high, but they're just letting you know what the maximum machines of the run will be....and of course we know that if they do sell through that number, they can go ahead and make a variant & sell whatever number of those they feel like.

So, if all 5000 GnRs sell through...would not shock me if they did a "1000 Slash LE Encore Editions" or some shit.

Tables have 4 legs & sometimes have food on top.

LOL, it's a Pro...that's the point. Cheaper & has all the goodies taken out.

Buy a Premium if you want the full experience.

What does an X-men character have to do with Mando?

Bros before Pros.

This has been misinterpreted. No drop ramp.

Have you ever seen a magnet toy that wasn’t a big core? There’s no magnet in his hand.

Touché....but from Stern?

Aside from lots of blinky blinky, what exactly is in GNR that upped the game?

Pros R 4 Hoes

He’s on the art package. Hopefully on the LCD/in modes as well.

You’ll see tomorrow.

...but how are you gonna look at yourself and say “I’m an awesome dude who paid a flipper distro $14k!!” without a mirrored backglass?

Alrighty, but only cuz you love Bill Burr so much.

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How many times do I have to tell you, it’s a pinball machine, not a complete show. LOTR has 7 modes for 9 hours or movie. It’s pinball.

That being said, the mode inserts don’t have text on them. So there might be more modes, but you only have to do 5 from a stockpile of more to get to that mini wiz mode.

Turn on Diz+. She's still in the show. Literally exists.

That's the Turtle Blimp (tm) Glider (tm), bro

I don’t think “stationary” means what you think it does. Smaug is an animated character. He turns, his mouth can open to various programmable degrees & is synched to his speech, and his eyes & mouth can light up with various effects. There’s nothing stationary about it.

Delicious. I hope he has to sell it for MSRP lol

Can anyone think of a game that has a large plastic crossover? I’m drawing a blank.

These either have interesting cohesive concepts for the plastic or the plastic is more near the back. This one seems really weird, being close to the player & a really long path to the inlane/flipper.

Thanks for having us over to play!

I had a really good first impression of it. I haven’t generally been into Dwight’s games, but I think this one really balances approachability & depth really well. Shots, flow and combos felt really nice - although there are a few things that I hope can be dialed in, like some fast shots that bounce a bit on the exit rather than a predictable path to the flipper. The shots that lead the ball to exit down the middle are a bit obnoxious, as it was 90% STDM. Feels like there should be an Avatar spring somewhere there to keep that from happening.

The moving Mando head playfield is really cool. The shifting gravity & physics keep you on your toes, and it’s really addicting to keep trying to get it back up there to complete Encounters. The multiball that uses the upper playfield is awesome.

Another unexpected feature was the ability to control the Grogu magnet with the flippers & the choreographed shaker FX. Really feels like the machine is being controlled by The Force.

Sound & music are incredible. Custom callouts are great. I feel like it could still use some more voice clips from the show, but in some places that’s definitely used well. I was in a Darth Chicken mode, and every time you made shots, he was saying stuff in that very distinctive voice.

LE is gorgeous. The armor is super smooth and feels great. The mirrored backglass is one of the best I’ve seen. So much mirroring instead of just a few bits or lines. Congrats to you LE peeps getting your games right now. Enjoy!