When does the first Terminator movie get its own pin? Give it some Tech Noir aesthetic, the original soundtrack, and 80s Schwarzenegger lines from the movie. Gameplay be damned, I'd still love it no matter what! T2 and T3 got pins, it's T1's turn!

Anyone know when the next announcement is coming?

Teaser? Release date? August is only a few days away.

The owner of a company doesn’t dress up in a Doc Brown costume unless he’s totally committed to a franchise. I think Gary has a soft spot for BTTF. Has anyone seen Gary dressed up like Homer or as Hammond from Jurassic Park? I like these odds.

So much yes! One of my all time favourite shows. Hilarious quotable lines over the years. Would love a Venture Bros pinball, but it will never happen.

Id chalk it up to having white hair myself.

From memory someone did an Iron Maiden Code replacement ...... Disco Maiden or something??? Had a few Abba tracks I think..... NeilMcRae ??

Yep one of my absolute favorite shows on adult swim!

Motorhead or Van HALEN would be cool but probably never happen and Black Sabbath would sell

Very cool, enjoyed. Here is a local band out here in Arizona plays old school game songs and performed a few times at pinball shows. Minibosses doing Castlevania 2 love it.

Make an updated TFTC using Metallica. Gary u love it and mentioned it in interview.

They won't because of the damn license. I own a TFTC and the show and pin have significance for me personally, so I would welcome it as well.

However, that's why the show was never rebooted. We got Creepshow instead. The Cryptkeeper is HBO and they don't want anyone to have it. If you get bored, look it up as it is interesting, but still doesn't look good for us.

That would be badass though.

Yes that’s my second pin I have owned, sold it awhile back and looking for my next. Love the show, Just thought Or always called Metallica the updated version of TFTC. Keep debating between Maiden, Metallica, Elvira or else as next game for a one pin collection.

I just watched the interview.

My take is that Gary has confirmed to me they have BTTF.

Listen to the interview... Gary never talks down his back catalog.

Why would he diss an old Stern title? It's not his style.

He was having fun with the interviewer, pretending it's an old, dated title, knowing they are going to remake it.

Only time will tell, but that is my analysis!

They are all still current money grabbers, with new movies and merchandise, Elvira maybe the exception and Batman is still current although the pin relates to 66 Batman.

When was the last JAWS, BTTF movie, hardly current popular culture

Gi joe !!!!! LOVE....

A USA armed forces pinball...pass

Back to the Future is an evergreen licence and is still as popular as ever .

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I believe you mean the "discovery" section of 2112. such a shame that the movie really chopped / cut up some of the best parts of the book, the use of the ultraman power-up changed to gundam due to licensing issues, etc...

Okay, let's picture the next game being Back to the Future.

Staying in the realm of realism, what features would you like it to have? I can't really picture an upper or lower playfield unless you maybe theme it to the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance guitar solo mode or something.

Maybe a neat gravity defying ramp or feature in the same vein as Avengers? This would replicate the hoverboard scene in part 2 or Marty's skateboard skills in general. There's no way this isn't a trilogy pin. Biff's Pleasure Paradise has got to be a lit building and not just featured on the translite. Perhaps a flux capacitor toy that lights up when hit X number of times or better yet on the playfield itself? Gotta have a Delorean feature; perhaps a gullwing door scoop/lock? Have it lift slightly, tires turn, maybe a slight tilt or rotation before it goes back to resting position.

I know some people despise them but I really think this should be a widebody. Have a light feature somewhere that either replicates lightning strikes or flame trails (or both, of course.) I think BTTF 3 would best be represented with a train toy or feature.

And of course, the elephant in the room in regards to the license: Crispin Glover. From what I understand they never ever want to do business with him again, will we even see George McFly in the game? If so, will he be a lookalike?

In the realm of realism?

How about a nice Tesla generator that shoots the ball with a bolt of lightning when hitting the ball through the accelerator on the jackpot loopty loop.

Sorry, "realm of realism" is a silly phrase spoken by a famous author, he's been a great friend of mine for years.

Why just a bolt of lighting? Let's shoot for the moon, can we have a real flame feature? How about a box full of old bomb parts?

Love these ideas. I think a flux capacitor under the playfield like CFTBL or TBL would be cool. I had originally pictured a 3 ball locking flux capacitor where the balls form the 3 corners of the “Y” and then activate a time circuit multiball to travel to a new mode. I like the gullwing door idea too like TMNT van.

Expression lighting up the rails would be perfect for 88mph strobe flashes and fire trails when traveling through time.

An enchantment under the sea hurry-up would be cool having to get George and Lorraine to fall in love before Marty’s picture fades!

Other ideas in the hype thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bttf2-hype-great-scott

That flux capacitor lock idea is fantastic.

I dont want to set us up for failure because I have so many ideas for this pin that my expectations might exceed reality. I would pay $15k+ for a machine that incorporates all the mechs and cool stuff. I want it packed and priced accordingly, not thin and cheap. Do it, and do it right Gary!

TS4 was thin and expensive... a losing combination. DE BTTF was thin and affordable... fine but underwhelming. Go big or go home, the fans want a show piece. This will be the last go around for the age group on the BTTF nostalgia train. We want maximum ROI.

Thanks. Time circuit display for time traveling modes is easily done on the TV screen. A physical flux capacitor (toy/mech) is a must!

there is no pinball experience worth 15K, I don't care how loaded it is.

Artwork comes in many forms. I would view a packed BTTF pin as both entertainment and a piece of art (if done right). I’m sure I’m not the only one that gets joy from just looking at my machines.

well...this is the problem of this hobby. This is not an art piece.
It is an amusement machine that is meant to be played by drunk-ish greasy finger munching chips/chicken wings people in a bar. It is designed to eat your dollars, give you enough ROI to eventually be thrown out to be replaced for a new game, and not be admired like a Mona Lisa.

At 15K very few locations will be interested in having one as it wil take a long while to get 15000 plays on one to start making money.

As a collector myself, I am also not interested in a 15K machine. No machine out there is worth that and I do not admire the machines, I played them. In fact, I find the playfield art of most machine to be particularly ugly, and last, I really never admire the art on the PF, as a matter of fact, I often ignore it. I am just happy it is not a blank.

ymmv

Kinda wondering as its known and just said by Gary.
They do 3 cornerstone pins and one kapow from Joe per year but this year we losing a cornerstone as was stated so that leaves a kapow ? Do you guys think that:

Jaws is a big enough license for kapow, me nope
Venom is a big enough license for kapow, me nope
James bond/ based like dr who with all the bonds is big enough license for Kapow, me yep
Bttf is big enough for Kapow, me yep
or
Lets say AP said Gary does not have the sonic license and maybe its Joe from Kapow and does FU to all other pinball manufactures and gets gary to make it lol

Hey! I resent that comment! Lol Just because we played together and you saw me munching on chicken wings doesn't mean I was drunk-ish! Thou, admittedly, those wings were mighty tasty!

This.

There are machines I absolutely love yet will never likely own due to the price people keep asking. Pinball was and is expensive enough, let's not give Stern (or anyone else for that matter) any ideas, this shit is getting too expensive. I saw someone asking $2,500 for a RAVEN a few months ago.

Chicken wings and pinball sounds good but not near my machines,lol

lol. Drunk-ish people can play some mean pinball. Takes the edge off.
This is why we will never make it to the olympics competitively. We won't pass the doping tests. lol

I think thats where putting initials for high scores came from,so we remember what happened

Yeah, there are so many things wrong with his post... it's pretty cringey.

It's all good, the food at this location must stay on the other side. Beer can come through, thou!

There is literally a BTTF musical being performed in London right now and it is coming to New York soon: https://www.backtothefuturemusical.com

There is so much BTTF merchandise that there is a website dedicated to only that: https://backtothefuture.store

Akedo has made 4 different pairs of BTTF shoes in the last 2 years: https://us.zavvi.com/elysium.search?search=akedo+future

There are events every year for BTTF stuff, including a signing event with some actors coming up in August: https://www.backtothefuture.com/events/2022/09/19/comic-fortress

If nobody was buying this stuff, they wouldn't be making 25th/30th/35th anniversary Blu-Ray sets, etc.

Back to topic, my short list hasn't moved! I haven't seen anything for a while that got me hyped! Come on people!

Probably one of those:
Venom
BTTF
Jaws

You never know:
James Bond
True Lies
Indiana Jones
John Wick

Using this doll, show me where the bad man hurt you...

True Lies? You people have lost your mind.

It seems like for one week every month, this thread is hijacked and turns into the back to the future hype thread. If you want to talk BTTF hype, that's the better thread.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bttf2-hype-great-scott

I provided the link in post 29174. This still is a stern speculation thread and new information from a recent interview sparked the BTTF conversation. It’s relevant.

Their ravenous desire is bound by neither thread nor logic until such day that Gary Stern bestows upon them a Christopher Lloyd & Huey Lewis game.

Just imagine if the LE cabinet is a massive side view of a Delorean in silver foil, with brushed stainless armor. Pandemonium.

now im in,thanks

Only if the glass opens sideways on a gullwing hinge. Lol.

Just the playfield. Would make easy access to things. From both sides though, like the hood of a 59’-51’ Buick.

BBQ gullwings!! Yum!

If this pin tries to lure me into hitting on my mom then no deal.