I expect the line "TEASER: The license is an 80s movie many people have been craving!" will get the rumour mill churning

The Zombie Yeti thing has to be a tshirt or poster right?

I can't get over how bad of an theme idea that is. It shows zero knowledge of their demographic. Did they only want to sell a dozen games?

It's cool that they wanted to try something different. I like the lane switch on the ramp ala The Shadow. But I wouldn't trust their engineering to pull off the building mechs, it seems kinda simple, I think those piggie targets would be more annoying than fun, who knows if the canon would be fun the millionth time, etc.. The pops instead of slings (with ball guides) seem theme appropriate. But what a terrible theme... They should be glad they went bankrupt before being laughed out of the showroom.

You'd be better off just asking for donations than trying to charge $240 a year to hear rumors a hour before they hit pinside.

Have you been able to get more volunteers to help you?

If you need a break or need to reduce posting in general, people will understand. Don't stretch yourself too thin or let this project ruin your passion for pinball. This hobby isn't exactly full of new and exciting developments to warrant constant coverage anyways.

Don't make your hobby your job.

I sorta wanna know the price you put on spending time with your family vs running a website for strangers addicted to pinball...I hope it's a big number.

Get more people to help you

When will Stern realize the money to be made if they made a camping kit for new games. Play all day, sleep under it at night

Wasn't the whole B&T thing just some photoshop by Dead Flip? Just like how he did it with some other concept themes that Stern probably won't go after. He has a few friends at Stern and people really think he'd just leak years of planning for the lulz...come on guys.

Yeah but what is pinside's opinion really worth? It's mostly people who will buy whatever is new, people who will never buy new, people who will only be disappointed after building up a game in their head, etc. I mean sure, use it as a free data point, but know that the data is skewed because of the kinds of people who frequently post on pinside.

If I was Stern, I'd primarily gauge the opinion of distributors. They're the ones who have to sell what Stern is serving. They're the ones talking to people ready to buy. They know the market better than pinside.

Yeah and pinside was wrong about Maiden being a good theme. Elwin didn't seem to be into Maiden either, but he was able to graft it onto his design (Plus who knows what options Stern gave him to pick from)

It is a great game though. It's done well the past year while the pinheads get their fill. But in my experience, random people don't like it. Don't care for the theme, don't understand the rules, it's got some tough shots, not many obvious objectives to them, etc...

While I think you're right that there would be some confirmation bias, I would think the distributors also know the value of a diverse offering to have on their showfloor.

I guess it just really depends on the context of the location. Iron Maiden next to a Transformers and a Fish Tales gets its butt kicked in drop in a place that has done well with a variety of titles, from Batman 66 to Monster Bash to WWF Royal Rumble.

WWE was just a straight up game. The wrestlers people care about was on the most expensive version, and the affordable version was full of wrestlers that only kids care about. Just bad choices all around. And that's without getting into that dumb upper playfield.

I think JJP does a much better job with offering a diverse lineup in their lineup (which makes sense considering Jack was a distributor first)

I can't wait until the gossip and speculation as to why everything was fine last Friday, but oh shit cancel all current plans on Monday.

That game was designed by the same people as The Mafia?

Kudos on them for finishing a product even if it may not set the world on fire.

That sculpt does look very nice. It's interesting how the ramp is in pieces and uses what looks like a ramp flap to put the pieces together. Is it just part of the prototype design or can their ramps be partially disassembled? It's always a serious pain to get to a particular spot that requires taking off ramp assemblies.

Honestly, they spend an alarming amount of time making sure the game is easy to work on lol. The glass lift system, the printed components on the underside of the playfield, all the solderless connections they spoke of...

Yeah I sorta wondered if the shape was the reason, but thanks for chiming in and with some examples. I don't think I've owned or worked on a game with ramps like that (at least not that I noticed)