Love me some TSPP, as long as they promise to never remake that horrid game FamilyGuy, Im in!!!!!!

I was about to type the same thing.

I thought POTC outsold TSPP...

That'd be awesome and clear coated cabinet so that art don't fade!

I really wish Stern would provide us with some hard data on production numbers, it honestly just looks like a poorly run company... I hope their accountants process their tax records better than whomever is in charge of the production line.

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True statement. Which is why I did not care for the cabinet artwork. Great idea executed poorly.

I've seen bad fad on TSPP

I am ready for another simpsons pin.... I would be ok with an entirely new game as well....lets see a widebody Simpsons game.... there is so much material to pull from... heck, maybe JJ could get the rights, Keith could add to the rules.

If they did a remake...
I agree with above... improved sound would be # 1 on my list.... and less clunky flippers (that machine is loud when you flip). I would like to see a different homer toy.... the giant head isnt bad, but there has got to be something better we could do there.

I saw an interview with Jack where he was hyping up Keith and said that they had sold 10k TSPPs.

They have something similar in toy stores you might be able to repurpose

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Love it unless they price it at $9k, aka twice what a HUO goes for. I wonder if they could even build a TSPP for the 'normal' Premium price now. Make it $6200 and we're talking.

Bring it on!

I made a comment on Stern's Facebook page the other day. I used "Stern Classics Collection" and said that it would be nice to see Stern do limited re-runs of their most popular machines. TSPP and Family Guy for instance. I think these games would still sell out today if Stern did another run of them. If companies are re-making games like Medieval Madness now, why can't Stern do another run on popular games if they could get the license again? Even if they change the translite like they did Tron? More money coming in, no development cost and the code is already finished.

I used "Stern Classics Collection", but someone jumped on me and said that Stern Classics are games from the 80s. Of course, the machines could be badged as something else.

Cheers!
Adam.

Stern neo classical era ?

Haha....or;

Stern Players Collection
Stern Masters Collection
Stern Collectors Edition
Stern Anniversary Edition
Stern Gold Edition

You guys get the idea....they've done numerous TSPP re-runs before, so why not one more time? It seems people want to pay for that minty fresh game that they really love. The same goes for Family Guy. Maybe it didn't sell well back in the day (I've been told that only 20 made it to Australia), but the show is far more popular today and it is extremely hard to get secondhand in any condition over here right now.

Cheers!
Adam.

Yea, just like MMR.. lol

The first thing to fix in TSPP is the audio which is horrendous. The second would be the flippers..they are so loud, sound like someone swinging an aluminum baseball bat against a metal pole. (funny because every flipper is metal on metal but no flippers are as loud/annoying as TSPP)

Man, I got a HUO TSPP and it lasted under a month. Probably played it 60 times or so and i wanted to blow my brains out.

I like the idea of animated eyes.

On the flippers I agree, those things are loud. Still love the game though. I've thought about adding some sound deadening foam inside to see if it would help.

I have no idea why it is either would be interested to know. LOTR, Sopranos, T3 doesnt have it. Curious if Monopoly does as that game was before TSPP. I have never noticed it on Monopoly but I have never played that game in a home environment.

Well it does fire 5 flippers constantly. That's gotta increase the volume.

Janin does sell a board that keeps the upper PF flippers from firing if no balls are up there. Wonder how much sound that cuts.

Even in this world of inflated prices you can still find nice tspp machines for around 3500. The economics aren't there. Plus there would probably be a really ugly backglass

You could powder coat the metal yellow, put in a new sub and some LEDs and you'd nearly be at what stern are doing with le machines for a fraction of the cost. I actually like what they did with the artwork on the cabinet and play field so see no reason for decals.

Then there are the world of Simpsons toys out there that allow some fun modding - kinda what Jersey jack are doing with the 75th woz edition but without the price tag.

You could also nudge colour dmd to hurry up and produce a colour version rom for TSPP - remind them how popular it is I think this would be better than LCD

I'd imagine all that would be a fraction of the cost of a re-run or anniversary edition and most of it you could do yourself.

I dont hear flippers anywhere near as loud on WOZ.

and overshadow ACDC?!?

IIRC WOZ doesn't fire the extra flippers unless you're actually on the mini playfields (only played a couple times, owners let me know if I'm wrong). TSPP fires all of them every time, even if you're not up in the couch area.

Woz does the same

As much as I would love to see this happen, I'd rather have Stern complete the codes for many of their incomplete games, like WOF and X-men.

I'm probably the only one who feels that despite the deep ruleset the theme is implemented very poorly in TSPP. Aside the poor audio quality there were so much more fun tie-ins thinkable for this theme, which I think would have made it much more of a classic than it is now (to me). If Stern would get full access to all episodes audio and manage to put fun and humor in the game, I'm interested. Just a rerun? Meh...

OT , what about a proper remake of Popeye or South Park??

My biggest problem with the game is that when you successfully complete a mode, the sound that plays is the same as when you fail. All they had to do was put in a Homer WA-HOO! or literally anything else.

I'm not so sure how many people would line up to pay 7 to 8k for this when a nice original example could be had in the under 5k range.

I agree with ya Greg....er....I mean Rarehero. Tee Hee. However, I would rather see Stern make another Simpsons related theme pinball. I ALWAYS wanted to see a Treehouse of Horror Pinball made. Can you imagine the possibilities? Pinball and comedy/horror themes (EATPM, SS, MB, TAF, etc) always walked hand in hand and I think a TOH would be a fantastic title for Stern to follow up with the TSPP. BTW, whatzup with you dropping out of Youtube land with your gameroom vids?? From an adoring fan!

Pretty sure that was meant as a joke.

The thread below has estimates based on multiple sources, including (http://www.ipsnd.net/):

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/do-we-have-any-sales-data-production-number-of-stern-pins/page/2#postbox

From what I am told ACDC LE is now a collectors item of limited numbers that is going up in value, while you can still purchase a premium model new.

I actually think the audio is pretty amazing. Can't see how they could improve the variety much given the cost to get voice actors on board. I guess mr burns would be nice on a re-issue.

I think the fact they got the Simpsons team on board really made them pull out all the stops at the time.

Nice shooting Dude!