Said this to a buddy last night and I'll say it here:

I know everyone loves Elwin (guilty as charged) and wants him on everything and Gomez is allegedly not designing anymore. But man, the Deadpool team should be on another pin stat. It's just so fun and has a ton of personality - really great theme integration and zaniness in one frenetic package. Would love to see another comedic pin come from the same crew.

I am curious. Out of your current 10, which of your games do you feel were targeted to your age demo? I could be wrong, but it seems to me only 2 or 3. For the ones that weren't, I wonder why they were compelling enough for you to buy?

From Hamilton and hate Pearl Jam? Dang. Maybe you just hate the pin idea. They have played some great shows there.

Rick and Morty, Simpsons, Hot Wheels, Avenger's, Ghostbusters, Metallica.

Being born in 84, I grew up with hot wheels, ghostbusters, simpsons and metallica.

Metallica has wider appeal age wise, but they were huge in the 90's... Heck at woodstock 99, they killed it.

I own twilight zone based on how good it is, I have never watched the Twilight zone.

Same goes for Elvira, game play only as I know zero of her other than what's been done pin wise.

I think attack from mars & revenge from mars are themes without an age group. Almost like the maybe upcoming RAZA which I clowned around with putting a deposit on, but couldn't care to lose money.

In the past few years multiple pins have come out for multiple age groups. I'm not going to get pin specific, but you guys are on crack!

I was born in 84 and consider Twilight Zone to be one of the all time great TV shows still to this day.

As far as 'Next Stern Pin' goes, I'd love to see some good nunsploitation theme like Malabimba, more the more traditional classic, Killer Nun!

How about a good revenge thriller like Ms. 45 or They Call Her One Eye, or I Spit on Your Grave or Lady Snowblood? Or an all time classic like Death Wish?

Bronson deserves a pinball machine, I dont care how old or young your money is.

Im 38 and i only count 1 game not aimed at my age (Elvira).
Cartoons, scifi, comics. Fun for nerds of all ages. This is a great lineup btw.

Nope. Sorry but Eddy Vedder makes my want to rip my ears off. Mumbly mouthed wino is overated in my books but i also cant stand Aerosmith and they got a pin so...

Before all that I’d like a THEY LIVE and an ARMY OF DARKNESS pin. MS 45 would be pretty cool but I think a grindhouse pin that has like 10-15 classic grind films in it would be even better. Similar to how EHOH utilizes all its B movies...each mode is a flick

Here's My "Take my Money Now!" Wishlist in no particular order except BTTF wins it all...I just turned 48 for reference

Music Pins:

Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Cage the Elephant, Queen, Weezer

Movie Pins:

BTTF, Superman, Christmas Vacation, Jaws, Matrix, Die Hard, Mandalorian, Top Gun

Video Game Pins:

Call of Duty, Halo, Mario, Half Life, Doom, Need for Speed

Hahaha

Wow, this is my exact list for pins I never want to see haha.

I honestly don't get the Back to the Future and have no interest. Here come the down votes.

Just turned 48 and agree with many of your movie picks.
Superman would be preferred if it was the ones we grew up with.

Nah that's cool, it's a time and age thing...I was 13 in 1985, Spielberg, Fox, the 80's...nostalgia overload, it's really my favorite movie of all time, but my wife and kids give me eye rolls

Oh yeah, original Richard Donner Superman or nothing

We're the same age. I liked the first movie, but the rest were meh. Jaws and Black Sabbath interest me and those are about the same time period. Sabbath being a little older, but they're my favorite band. I do like the ideas of pins that are current. I'm just tired of all the Avenger / Super Hero games, even tho they play great.

I'm always completely baffled that pod-casters aren't asking every Stern employee "When is Tanio's next game?, Tanio is doing another game, right?". Dwight, Rick, and Sexton have all had at least two games come out since Deadpool. I want to see what Tanio does next!

+1 for just turned 48 and I can totally live with that lineup

He helped out with other games since then, but yeah, I'm very interested to know what his next game is. Really impressed with the way his code works and his dedication to polish. He's the anti-Lonnie.

Any chance you have a link to this interview?

Your post raises a question on my end. If you are working in a design team and you got a set of licenses in front of you where you can pick from, is a site like this helping you with deciding on which theme you want to work next? So, are we somehow influencing the choice of the desingteam?

If so: team, I challenge you to give the more than iconic movie "Back To The Future" the gem it needs. The DE implementation was crap, as DE was well known for. There is a broad fanbase for this movie and even on location the DE version is getting a lot of attention (but left after 1 or 2 balls because it's a complete turd).

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The best rock band for a music pin still has not been made. Queen to me is my dream pin. Great high energy songs. Additionally their music is a great fit for a pin due to the imagery and themes their songs could bring to a pin. You can almost picture what a Queen pin could look like when listening to their music

Hammer to fall
Don’t stop me now
Tie your mother down
Fat bottom girls
Bicycle race
Radio ga ga
Etc

Problem is, there are so many songs that would work well with a pin, ultimately you will be disappointed because songs will be left out.

My second music theme pin is Beastie Boys. Another group whose songs could easily be converted into some great images and themes for a Pin. Just not sure what appeal the Beastie Boys would have to the pinball community.

Late to the party finally got some time to dive into IQ Premium. Damn I'm impressed. A mix of everything, Deadpool, Elwin & lots of fun Cirqus Voltaire/Theater of Magic vibes. I hoped for Elwin does Deadpool and definitely got it. Can't wait to dive in some more. I purposely ignored all reviews and video content until busting it open btw, made for a great fun experience.

What's common concensus on the game? Do I read back? Do I care? lol...back to playing...

You just gotta go back one page......

Foo Fighters.

25 year back catalog - still huge today.

Imagine Dave Grohl doing all the call outs - he has so much passion for every project - it would be awesome!

And Keith to complete the dream team

This could have been cool with the Queen sound track and Connery call outs would be awesome !

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Loved Highlander back in the 80’s. For some reason, watching the acting now is a chore.

As a kid playing games based off movies T2 or Lw3, what a blast... it was great, but now I play those games and they transport me back to that time of my life.. Those games are nostalgic to me now.... It is really estrange, the sounds, the callouts, lots of memories....I stand in front of those machines and it all comes back. I love it.

Anyway, I think a BTTF game would be incredible. Get Elwin to design it, make it super fast! get the ball to get to a certain speed in order to time travel...
WHHHHAT!!!!! I would take a loan to buy it. lol

I'll say it again... DLR Van Halen and Foo Fighters! Kick ass music, huge catalogues... I'd buy either in a heart beat no matter what I had to sell to get em!

Blasphemy.

I hope I ride the pinball wave where it takes me soon......

John Wick - Ironman 2.0
Dredd - Karl Urban custom callouts
SAW - traps as physical ball locks/mechs
Fast & Furious - give Ritchie a monster licence and let him go out with a bang!
BTTF - all time classic!!

That’s pretty much it for themes I’d love to see, I’m 35 so classics like BTTF grab my attention but I’d love to see newer films and not just blockbusters, films with cult followings like Dredd would be awesome!

Films:
Godzilla
Clockwork Orange
They Live
Army of Darkness
Beetlejuice
Akira
Forbidden Zone
Labyrinth
Legend

Shows:
Bobs Burgers
Adventure Time
Archer

Games:
Magic: The Gathering
Dungeons and Dragons
Operation (lock bar zaps you when you miss timed shots)

Video games:
Legend of Zelda
Tomb Raider
Resident Evil

I see a lot of people complaining they want a younger generation themed pinball? I'm 37 and honestly enjoy most of the New Stens coming out. I'm more about the way the games play and the entertainment factor than theme. I honestly wasn't much of an Iron Maiden fan untill I played the pinball. I was hooked and it's now my favorite pinball ever made, I even tracked down a limited Edition and traded my premium plus cash for it. I own pretty much all of sterns newer lineup aside from the Beatles. It seems like they have a pretty good handle on whats going to sell well, and be popular. If they do come out with an original themed machine, I would hope Keith Elwin is on on it because it could be a pinball themed about standing in line at the DMV and I have faith he would kill it! I'm still holding out for a new Back to the Future. (I guess I'm in the old man category now also)? Haha

That's how you fix the flipper gap

Addams family but the TV show version.

#metoo I would buy every version if they made it.

cookie monster should get his own game.

Some themes that would interest me and I could see doing well.
Films
John Wick
Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Predator
BTTF
Beetlejuice
Jaws
Planet Of The Apes
Blade Runner

Bands
Black Sabbath
Motley Crue
Beastie Boys
Megadeth
Motorhead
Queen
Van Halen

Comic
Punisher
Ghost Rider

Oh yeah predator forgot about that one!

But I think that would be a smart move on PinballBrothers part, follow up Alien2.0 with Predator, talk about making easy money!!

Second this one, BTTF all the way!

Why hasn't Braveheart made anyone's list?

If you want a theme to really showcase sound and light - Jean Michel Jarre would be the one to go with.

Still holding out hopes for a BTTF remake utilizing all 3 films, video clips, music. I love that Justin taunts the player on Rick and Morty, would love to see Thomas Wilson do callouts as Biff taunting the player "Way to drain, butthead!" Would love to see a Tron Vault too.. but we'll prob get a Spongebob Squarepants pin next instead. lol

Dream themes for me:

Music:
The Chemical Brothers (tons of perfect songs and lots of theme possibilities)
Radiohead (my favorite band, but I am the first to agree their music may not be suitable for pinball)
The Grateful Dead (while I can appreciate their music, it's the fact my wife would agree to one immediately, I can also envision an excellent art package)
Pink Floyd
Daft Punk

Movies:
Anything Tarantino, but ideally Pulp Fiction
True Lies (still an all-time favorite)
Scarface
A Clockwork Orange
The Fifth Element

If Black Knight, JP, Start Wars, and Elvira can all be redone I'd love to see a new Dirty Harry Pinball. Give Clint some love while we still have him!! Or even something based on the westerns he rocked!

I am turning 50 on the 17th of this month and there is a lot of great movies, shows, bands I got to see in my 5 decades of life. I just watched John Carpenters The Thing and forgot how great that movie was as is the original. Would it make a great pin, I don’t know but leaning towards it would be ok.

There’s a lot of things I love that I would love to see as a pin. I love EHOH and put a deposit down for one but not a huge fan of hers, but the pin is great and the theme is still a draw for me. I love cheesy horror and sci fi movies, and plus it’s Elvira.

Dead Pool is a great game and the character is after my time because I grew up a DC fan.

I am really looking forward to Godzilla and any upcoming Stern announcements.

I think Queen would be a home run and would do better than Led Zeppelin. I love Led Zeppelin but Queen has a huge fan base and are more popular in my opinion. And I have to admit Queen is a better band. Freddie was a brilliant songwriter and one of the greatest voices ever.

Any Queen song from there hits would be amazing. Give Bohemian Rhapsody a JJP light show and throw in a We Will Rock You multiball I am in.

With modern pins having a killer soundtrack and sound effects is a huge plus for me. That’s one of the reasons BKSOR hooked me in. Great art, sounds, and music plus was great fun for me.

I would also love a Motley Crue pin based on their first five Lps Too Fast For Love, Shout At the Devil, Theatre of Pain, Girls, Girls, Girls, and Dr Feelgood.

Theatre is Pain or Dr Feelgood would be a cool looking cabinet with the LP cover on the backglass or a Shout At The Devil all in black with red trim and put their faces on the side (I know Kiss was done like that twice) like it was on the cassette and have the pentagram on the backglass with Motley Crue in red letters or do poster art or album covers on the cabinet like GnR.

Any song would kick a$$ from the first five Lps. Take two from each and I would be happy. Here’s my picks for ten Crue songs

Too Fast For Love
Public Enemy #1
Shout At the Devil
Ten Seconds To Love
Smokin in the Boys Room
Louder Than Hell
Sumthin' for Nuthin
Girls Girls Girls
Kick Start My Heart
Same Ol' Situation

This would be freaking sick and would love to see this happen but doubt it.

We can all dream.

Haha. Scanning this first paragraph instead of reading carefully, I initially thought a music pin for "The Carpenters" was on your wishlist. I rejected that idea could possibly be right and more carefully re-read what you actually wrote, which made more sense.

So, launch the ball as the game plays "We've Only Just Begun" and hear "Top of the World" when you beat the wizard mode?

Could be a tall order to better the first attempt, the original is a fantastic game, it’s just unfortunate it’s massively underrated and overlooked.

Then plays "Superstar" when you fail the wizard mode for a melancholy fail-lap mode:

Seriously, though, listening to some of their songs again just now, Karen Carpenter had a ridiculously pure tone and unbelievable pitch control. I guess the overwhelming volume of sad songs she put out should have been a clue that she wasn't well, but then again, there's Morrissey, and he's still here...