Today is the day!!

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Now that Gary Stern's email's have been proven worthless, I have to go back to previous releases to guess when the next pin is out. As of Rush, they averaged 130 days between releases. The next Pin SHOULD have been 14 May, but they announced they were skipping that. 130 days after 14 May is 21 September. So.. based off of previous releases the next Stern pin should be theoretically released on or about... 21 September.

Can't wait to see what Stern's got in store for us!

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I heard Stern is so backed up due to the unprecedented demand of Insider Connected. They can't keep up enough to release a game right now

TS4 is and was not a disaster. Pinball should only be an investment for operators like me. I'll be putting mine on location this month. It's nice to hear actors voices doing Pinball call outs(not sound bits from the show or movie) like in TS4. T3 was the last one that I can remember. Which was not that many. Joe Katz is improving the code.

It was me who you speak of. And I posted that well before Godzilla was made, before LED Zeppelin was made that was my game predictions at the time… I’ve been pretty good. and yes Bond / JAWS/ BTTF is on it… along with Goonies. Posted over a year ago within this thread…The only comic book icon id change out would be Wonder Women for Venom. Also while I’d love a Goonies I’m not sure Stern would be on that I’d absolutely love it but I can see that title for sure going to Spooky.
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There was no delay in charging my credit card $40 to renew my Stern "Insider Connected All-Access" membership. A lot of good that does.

I need to go all the way back to Mandalorian to find one

I need to go all the way back to Mandalorian.

Never watched the show. Besides that a he is not a A list actor or actress. And not that many calls outs.

CE's available to buy even after folks are discounting 1k or more and LE's sitting unsold less than two months after release = a disaster for an IP like Toy Story. Market has spoken and it only reports the facts.

The delay on this next stern release is so disappointing. C'mon Stern - show us the goods.

Carl Weathers did the call outs .. all custom recorded and not taken from the show.. I guess we could say brothers of actors don't count too lol

Carl Weathers did call outs in Mandalorian.

It seems like these high priced IPs are a little risky with the extra licensing fees and sometimes insane expectations accompanying them.
Stern's strategy of skirting the full license by not including actual movie clips and other tricks seems like it kind of works from the public perception.

Is there a list of sales #s out there somewhere and maybe some guesses on how expensive licensing is?
I'd like to see how Toy Story, Beatles, and other high license fee games stack up to other games.

Yeah that would be some interesting information to know.. I doubt it is public knowledge but I could be wrong..

Over 100 TNA pins sold in the first 2 minutes... I am expecting a price hike from Stern this go around. I'm not hoping for one, but I'm expecting it.

Actor call outs aren't uncommon for Stern. It's just awful when they do it themselves so those stand out... ahem GotG.

Off the top of my head.

Carl Weathers - Mando
David Harbor - Stranger Things
Karl Urban - Star Trek
Adam West and Burt Ward - BM66
The Hound Actor - GOT

Wasn't TMNT voice all done by Stern employees? I think all those call outs are great, and I don't remember seeing promo for using the original actors from the TV show.

Earth Wind and Fire pin Confirmed.

(Hmmm. All kidding aside, that would be a theme and half)

Geddy and Alex did extensive callouts for Rush. One of the highlights on that excellent game.

Yeah, they do well at things more open. They don't have a great track record at hiring/finding actor sound a likes. I always liked the charm of BW sound a likes. For example all the ones in JM are pretty fun... It's gotta be a Gomez game.

David Harbour did the callouts for Stranger Things

It's funny you mention that. I played rush and I told a friend that the call out seems so amateurish and lame lol. That's when he told me Geddy and Alex had done some of them I was like oh OK.

Nolan North did Deadpool.

Nolan did a great job on Deadpool.

Deadpool is sort of a GotG vs Avengers, where GotG is movie based and Avengers is comic based, you can get away with the art style and non-movie actors. I honestly like Avengers since it's more timeless and won't feel dated over time. Deadpool is the same.

GotG you basically need Cleland mod to make the game complete. But even at that, there's so many movie quotes going on that it covers up a lot of the callouts and blends things, lots of fading in/out.

JP needs the movie mod too. The main callouts is fine, but the Richard Attenborough and Samuel Jackson sound-a-likes weren't that great. If there is a movie or TV based game, if they can get at least one of the more main characters to do call outs, I think that works out.

Pretty sure this is how I look watching this thread.

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With all the Stern excitement, I had to buy something. I got tired of waiting and bought a Getaway to restore. I wonder how many people are doing the same thing and is Stern losing sales by prolonging the next release with no communication.

Ernie Hudson absolutely crushed it in Ghostbusters

I doubt they are losing sales. Probably more people still buying a Godzilla, those who had a Godzilla were waiting for the next cornerstone anyway, those who were waiting on a legacy order on perpetual backorder will now buy a game instead of having 2+ sterns on order. I'm not worried about FOMO on a Stern if you can stand the lead times to get one after you play one on location to see if you actually like it. But it was a good idea for Stern to tackle the backlog. Some games were sitting at a year wait time for an old game while new games were skipping ahead.

It’s laughable when something is classified a disaster when not immediately selling out all stock… Did not realize that’s the measure of the market

Isn't it odd that Stern recently highlighted an interview with the Duffer brothers about Stranger Things? I guess maybe they just point out anything that mentions their pinball machines. Anyway, here is the link to the Stern August 2 update, and the interview on Collider (with an interesting part below):

https://sternpinball.com/2022/08/02/stern-of-the-union-address-august-2022/
https://collider.com/duffer-brothers-masterclass-stranger-things-pinball-machine/

Collider: For people that have not actually played the Stranger Things pinball, it's really good. It's just, it's hard to find. It's a limited edition. You know what I mean.

ROSS DUFFER: They did a terrific job with it. It's really great.

MATT DUFFER: I think there's a pinball version of IMDB, and I think called…Pinside.

MATT DUFFER: Pinside, yeah. And we're definitely at least in the top 30 or 25, or something. It's a good machine. It's a great machine and it keeps getting better. They keep updating it. I've learned so much about pinball, but they update it. They patch it. You can patch it like you patch video games. I mean, you know this. But I didn't know that.

ROSS DUFFER: It just keeps improving.

MATT DUFFER: Yeah, it just keeps improving. It's very hard to get the ball in the mouth of the Demogorgon though. I don't even try. Because you're going down right in the middle of the lane and I think it's just super dangerous. I just don't do it anymore, and I think that's the key to my success. I just stay clear the Demogorgon. I just let him roar at me and then go away.

Stern Star Trek (Karl Urban)
Batman 66 (Burt Ward; Adam West on SLE)
Elvira House of Horrors (Cassandra Peterson)

Forget not just selling out. Not selling at a discount either. Disaster.

JJP can claim great day one sell through numbers but as distributors sit on these CEs and people don't buy up JJPs LEs, the tune has significantly changed whether they want to admit it or not.

The market doesn't shill - it only reports the facts.

Ghostbusters, jjPotC, Stranger Things, Rick and Morty, and Mandalorian say "hi!"

Stern just tweeted the word 'pinball'

Pinside about to lose their minds

I bet someone left the account open and someone found out and as a joke just typed pinball to get everyone in a frenzy.

It's something trending with businesses on Twitter today I've seen a bunch of one word posts about their business.

Can someone tweet to Stern one word about how this delay makes me feel: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
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Speaking of Mary Poppins, I just heard about her new gig. Apparently, she’s moved to California and opened a fortune teller business, specializing in the prediction of bad breath. The sign out front? “Super California Mystic, Expert: Halitosis”

Have your upvote, now get the hell out of here.

And Bert the chimney sweep set up a shop across the street selling “Chim Chim Cher-ry” flavored toothpaste and mouthwash.

And a spoonful of sugar not only makes the medicine go down but it keeps your dentist happy

Oh yeah, back to pinball.....JAWS!!!!!

Or Rush, even if they aren't actors.... tons of amazing callouts though.

If Carl Weathers can do callouts then get Stallone and do that Rocky pinball while everyone is still alive.

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The “I didn’t hear no bell” on an outlane save would be worth it alone! And “one more round” on a ball save... I know those aren’t original callouts but shut up and take my money.

As a dentist you need this for your office…. Forgetting about crocodile dentist if you’re a JAWS fan get this one instead lol

As much as I want JAWS now I think they will try to capitalize on the 50th anniversary in 2025. I also think it will be a wide body. … cause you know you’re gonna need a bigger boat.

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As in go play the other 20 fucking new pinball machines you have losers Jesus lol.

Signed,
GS