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Sorry, but all these neverending rock-theme-releases are really bothering me. If it should be a music-theme, how about Michael Jackson... with the "Billy Jean" Baseline and a strong shaker to "beat it". These tons of hits in one pinball machine would be a "thriller". Could be a nice atmosphere and really heroic to become the "King of Pop" within 3 balls. And no, I am not a MJ fanboy. The license could become a problem anyway. Who actually owns all the rights and for how much money would they be available? Probably not affordable. 
What a pity. 
OK... then at least GOTG 
Nah, I'll take old rock themes everytime. Gimme, Iron Maiden, slayer, Zeppelin, Crue, Van Halen, Beatles.....whatever. music makes for great pinball.
Quoted from O-from-DO:Sorry, but all these neverending rock-theme-releases are really bothering me. If it should be a music-theme, how about Michael Jackson... with the "Billy Jean" Baseline and a strong shaker to "beat it". These tons of hits in one pinball machine would be a "thriller". Could be a nice atmosphere and really heroic to become the "King of Pop" within 3 balls. And no, I am not a MJ fanboy. The license could become a problem anyway. Who actually owns all the rights and for how much money would they be available? Probably not affordable. What a pity. OK... then at least GOTG
You're joking right?
Quoted from Oneangrymo:If we are doing music, might as well get a Michael Jackson.. or better yet Weird Al! Eat it man
If it's Michael Jackson I only have one thing to say.
Beat it, beat it, I don't even want to see it, just beat it!!!!!!!!!!!
Quoted from O-from-DO:Sorry, but all these neverending rock-theme-releases are really bothering me. If it should be a music-theme, how about Michael Jackson... with the "Billy Jean" Baseline and a strong shaker to "beat it". These tons of hits in one pinball machine would be a "thriller". Could be a nice atmosphere and really heroic to become the "King of Pop" within 3 balls. And no, I am not a MJ fanboy. The license could become a problem anyway. Who actually owns all the rights and for how much money would they be available? Probably not affordable. What a pity. OK... then at least GOTG
The Netflix Stranger Things 2 trailer is an excellent use of Thriller. Top notch. MJ Pin? Maybe, but throw in bizarro modes with Weird Al doing the same songs and you'd have a deal.
1 week later
The next stern pin will be just a bare piece of 1/4 inch plywood for a PF with one flipper with a cardboard box for a cab with a rip already in the corner. Decals will be replaced with spray paint on the side. The price will be increased by $1000. That will be the LE. The Pro will not have a flipper. It will come without glass and you can push the ball to the top and it will roll back down.
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Quoted from gregh43:How about Stern put out a Virtual Pinball of all their pinball games from from past to present.
way cool
I guess that is what Stern Pinball Arcade is supposed to be (sort of) - But currently we only have a handful of games, with Ghostbusters promised as "coming soon" for many many months now. Star Trek does play pretty good on it.
Quoted from PinMonk:Japan is pissed.
But hopefully DreamWorks puts it to the big screen !
Not the next, but with the up coming Stargate reboot trilogy. Can we expect a new Stargate pin in the future.
Quoted from ahdelarge:It's been a while since we've had a new Tron VE thread. Must be one soon? How 'bout Iron Man?
:-p
Yeah man - where the hell is that TRON VE? 
Quoted from Goronic:Yeah man - where the hell is that TRON VE?
Did someone say Tron VE
I wonder if Zen Studios recent announcement of the Universal license to do ET, Jaws, and Back to the Future will hurt chances of Jaws being a reality for Stern.
On the other hand, Zen had a Star Wars release and Stern still came through with Star Wars.
Quoted from Raegor:The Beetles
I bet that code would have a lot of bugs. Just sayin'. 
QUESTION: "What Will Be The "NEXT STERN PINBALL" machine???"
ANSWER: Whatever Gary Stern and Jody Dankberg decide it will be - us Pinsiders literally have no input...
How about Live PD? Lots of different elements they could put in there. The show has really taken off, and they could even have High Speed type gameplay in some respects. Have a pistol grip handle ala Williams IJ or LW, except that the pistol grip rotates- the player can 'aim' the gun which will aim a gunsight in certain video modes, like police weapons training or gunfights vs. bad guys. There could be:
* Field sobriety test video mode- a guy hobbles across the screen and you have to move the pistol grip left or right to help him keep his balance, keep him from tipping over
* Chase modes- foot chase or in vehicles. Maybe even a video mode where you have to steer and perform the infamous PIT maneuver on a fleeing suspect
* Drug shakedowns: "I swear on everything that is sacred, officer, there is no weed in this car!" followed seconds later by the officer finding a great big bag of weed. Or coke/meth/heroin. There could be a special bin or pouch on the backbox that would be filled with baking soda and to simulate a coke bust an accordion-like mech would 'puff' out a cloud of the baking soda onto the player and playfield glass
Quoted from rammstein99:How about Live PD?
Great theme, I would buy one. Perps' images to be licensed on backglass for authenticity. Wouldn't mind swimming around that environment to administer justice!
Quoted from rammstein99:How about Live PD? Lots of different elements they could put in there. The show has really taken off, and they could even have High Speed type gameplay in some respects. Have a pistol grip handle ala Williams IJ or LW, except that the pistol grip rotates- the player can 'aim' the gun which will aim a gunsight in certain video modes, like police weapons training or gunfights vs. bad guys. There could be:
* Field sobriety test video mode- a guy hobbles across the screen and you have to move the pistol grip left or right to help him keep his balance, keep him from tipping over
* Chase modes- foot chase or in vehicles. Maybe even a video mode where you have to steer and perform the infamous PIT maneuver on a fleeing suspect
* Drug shakedowns: "I swear on everything that is sacred, officer, there is no weed in this car!" followed seconds later by the officer finding a great big bag of weed. Or coke/meth/heroin. There could be a special bin or pouch on the backbox that would be filled with baking soda and to simulate a coke bust an accordion-like mech would 'puff' out a cloud of the baking soda onto the player and playfield glass
Live Pd sounds great.
Quoted from docquest:Whatever.the game is looks like Batman66 artist Chris Franchi did the art for it. He will be doing a seminar at Expo this year with Greg Feres. He says he will hopefully be revealing his new Stern game art at expo.
Let the speculation begin.
Wonder if they did Elivra 3 together?
Quoted from J85M:Wonder if they did Elivra 3 together?
I f—king hope not. Elvira damn well better be Freres doing his thing.
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I'm leery about sterns quality control. They have always been awesome to me in tech support but badly ghosting playfields and spiting cabinets are a bit much. I need to watch and see if thing get better. My earlier stern builds are super fun and solid quality. no complaints there. I'm gonna take my chances on my first jjp.
Quoted from Strummy:I'm leery about sterns quality control. They have always been awesome to me in tech support but badly ghosting playfields and spiting cabinets are a bit much. I need to watch and see if thing get better. My earlier stern builds are super fun and solid quality. no complaints there. I'm gonna take my chances on my first jjp.
If you take a closer look at all the threads from all the machines and manufacturers, you will see that all the manufacturers are having the same or similar issues.
Quoted from pinballaddicted:If you take a closer look at all the threads from all the machines and manufacturers, you will see that all the manufacturers are having the same or similar issues.
How and how fast they handle the issues is what sets them apart.
Quoted from Aurich:I f—king hope not. Elvira damn well better be Freres doing his thing.
I couldn't up vote your comment enough so sending hugs and kisses! 
It has to be Feres and only Feres!
Quoted from pinballaddicted:If you take a closer look at all the threads from all the machines and manufacturers, you will see that all the manufacturers are having the same or similar issues.
Yeah you are right. But Stern seems to have slightly more issues. Maybe I should get a b/w classic or just wait. That dialed in looks pretty dam fun and I have yet to have a jjp! From what I have read about their support, it sounds good if necessary. Please correct me if I'm wrong
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