A new vault is interesting, Stranger Things makes sense to me due to how much in demand they are but so do some of the other options. Just have to wait and see, and same thing with the new cornerstone. Maybe it's Venom, maybe not. And even if we do guess the theme the more important thing is seeing what the playfield looks like and whatever other information they will reveal.

This is my impression too. Early version had poor code which led to bad early reviews and not enough preorders. By the time the game got really good and people wanted them, only a small run was made which is why the prices are so high. With the show still going I feel like it would be easy for Stern to do another run of these and sell them out. There was also some backlash over UV not being included. So make a vault edition, make UV standard, maybe tweak the Premium TK ball lock a bit, and you're in the money.

Maybe people are right and a vault is unlikely but I feel Stranger Things would be a great candidate for it considering the demand for them. If 2nd hand Premiums are routinely going for 12.5k I'm sure Stern would like a piece of that action.

This would be awesome if it happened, the art could be improved a lot and a better sculpted Well Walker too.

So based on history - if they announce the new cornerstone at Texas Pinball in March, when would the first ones be rolling off the line for delivery?

I'm currently looking for my NEXT pin, not the one after that, so I guess the Stern announcement in March may not be immediately relevant after all.

I really like Elvira, it’s a very smooth layout and quite different from Godzilla. I’ve thought about buying one but they’re a bit pricy and I’m only so-so on the theme. Not that I don’t like Elvira, but I prefer Scared Stiff for being a little more edgy. Try to find one to play if you can, I think you’ll like it.

I have a Godzilla Premium and have played Elvira only a few times but I really liked it. It shoots very smooth, but is a more conventional layout than Godzilla. It stayed on my short list for quite a while until I finally decided that at the price I'd rather look for two Pro costed machines and that I didn't really like the theme enough. It's not necessarily Elvira that I didn't like, it just didn't seem like the callouts and video were quite want I wanted - I actually like Scared Stiff more in that respect. The new game doesn't seem tongue-in-cheek enough or something.

I'm in the same boat as you that I don't like the rock band pins which seem to be a high percentage of new releases these days, but there are a lot of older Sterns to look at. I'm considering getting a Turtles Pro if the right machine shows up at a good price. Also take a look at some of the Bally/Williams games from 1993-1998, there are a lot of really good machines from that time and they'll all be very different from Godzilla.

I thought Star Wars wasn’t that big a hit, guess I was mistaken.

Higher new prices just drive me towards HUO pins instead. So they’re getting less profit out of guys like me that might otherwise bought an Elvira, etc…

Making more vaults of popular older titles sounds good to me, as long as the prices aren’t raised.

But then you get people complaining their games are “devalued”…

I'm just hoping they do another run of Stranger Things Premium as Gomez hinted at - preferably with an updated TK lock mechanism and the UV playfield pre-installed. Also I'm not sure when such a thing might be able to fit into the production schedule if it DID happen.

An updated TRON and Stranger Things are both on my wishlist.

This is one reason why I don't want to order any new games from Stern. It takes forever, the cost goes up, can't get parts if you need them, the initial code will be trash (possibly for a long time), and you don't have any opportunity to try the machine out or read/watch good reviews about it before deciding to buy. Even if a reviewer has an early access machine or you can play it at a pinball show it will still be the crappy incomplete code so it's not going to be a valid impression of the final product.

I wish somehow enough people would refuse to buy with this model so that Stern would have to change their ways.

Thanks for the updated schedule.

Shoot "Collect Your Own Feces" 4 times to light "Grow Potatoes Multiball"! Not sure on that one... It was a cool movie, but I'm not sure the pace is right.

Same here, I’m hoping they will be revealing it at Texas Pinball coming up.

For anime, I’m glad I’m not the only one old enough to remember Vampire Hunter but I don’t think enough people do to make it viable. They’d probably have to make it Dragonball Z or something. I’m more of a Patlabor guy myself.

So presumably in 2 weeks we'll find out what the new March release is when it goes on the line? Or do they typically reveal it a bit ahead of time?

People pay for the original Indy because it's a better game.