Quoted from Charlemagne1987:Ok...serious question that I’ve had for a while...why would Stern create merch with a shark on it if they weren’t intending to make a shark pin (Jaws, obviously)? It makes no sense. And it can’t simply be because they’re trying to screw with all the pinheads wanting a Jaws game.
Because Stern is an organization and not an entity. The merch department doesn't know the upcoming themes. They thought "whats cool that we could sell? Oh pinball people like skeletons and sharks."