didnt they license the aston martin for bond? that was probably much more expensive

Wick prices are the same as before. Don’t know le numbers yet but prob 1000 again

Stairway wouldn't have worked on a pinball machine. It's way too slow for the first 2/3rds. Only the last 3rd of the song is up tempo enough, and then why bother.

As for cars, I don't think it matters. He basically destroys all his cars in the movies. He has a Mustang, but then ends up driving the 70 Chevelle for half the first movie, then ends up with a newer charger. It's not really that one is iconic to the franchise.

Cool, can't wait to see the playfield, music, assets from John Wick franchise. Do we know who's playfield it is and who's on coding ?

Yeah that's a good point about him swapping cars. I was really just poking fun at the fact we have a 20 second clip and people are already mad.

Confirmed 1000 le again

True. The trolls are coming out of the woodwork lol

There will be 999 available since one will be in my house!!

Stairway to Heaven would be GOD AWEFUL in a pinball game

I love "Stairway to Heaven" so I wished that the song was there, exactly like "God of Thunder" in my KISS, or the original "Jurassic Park" Mercedes-Benz or that ford explorer instead of an invention in the Pinball…personally I just prefer to see something original there and not wishing for something in that spot all the time.

Lets not forget they didn't get the explorer or jeep license for Jurassic Park either. Not shocking they didn't license the car. Not a huge deal imo

They did in Bond!

That’s because it’s iconic. Who cares if it’s a Jeep in Jurassic park or what car Wick drives?

If they made a Bullet pin I would expect a 68 mustang though.

Live on the site gentlemen.

https://sternpinball.com/game/john-wick/

EDIT: Oops... spectacularly late.

When you're too cheap to pay for either of them, of course its comparable.

Did you happen to see any images of the machines?

The Mustang is a big part of the original movie definitely needs to be in there. I’m thinking a bash toy would be cool

Sounds like original music of the electronic variety.

Digging the bright white cabinets.

Stern has gone all out on the LE, apparently they teamed up with Reynolds Wrap for special limited edition foil decals. Wow!

Ha ha fair enough

Most likely another fun Stern title that might be fun to pick up in 6-12 months at a nice discount.

I too am excited for newer IP, and Wick. Have to play it a few times first, but up my alley...

Side note on LE edition machines.
I see no exclusivity anymore to stern builds other than a badge.
You can literally make a better premium version now far cheaper with powder coat so accessible, literally any graphics package you could dream up with a good graphics shop, including art blades, cabinet, and translite.
Premium + $600.00 you could outdo any LE ever built.
Numbered Badge? 1 of 1 now thats exclusive, and different.

Look again.

You literally cannot. Literally.

Did you forget about the mirrored backglass? Can't do that yourself. Absolutely superior to any Premium you can make and the reason Stern will keep making at least 1000 of every LE now. They will always sell, eventually, because a certain percentage that may not have been in the pinball game at launch will want that cool mirrored backglass. The LEs have a much higher margin, too, so even discounted, Stern makes more.

Here’s the thing about LEs…there’s no mandatory purchase on these.
Just buy a premium and add the extras. Will certainly save the buyer a few bucks.

However, there are still purchasers who simply want to purchase the fully loaded turn-key model. Issue now is the exorbitant pricing. Plus 1,000 is simply too many for a limited edition of anything.

I’ve been on Pinside many years and the obsession with Stern’s LEs is kinda crazy.
The premium offers the exact same pf & gameplay without the bling.

Stern makes bank on the LEs. No doubt prices are now seemingly too high on all editions.

Only way Stern ever reduces prices is if Dealers/Distributors stop ordering and maybe not even then. More likely they add in extras like speaker lights or a similar enhancement.

Here in Canada, there are now multiple Distributors who sell Stern pins so although the landscape has changed a bit, the MRSPs are still all the same.

Wick seems like a fairly fun theme but the crickets in this thread possibly indicates sell through may be mediocre.

Still looking forward to seeing the full release next week.

Last titles are from the 70s so they try and jump to cover their bases maybe?

I am almost positive that is the virtual pinball version of John Wick

In case anyone is curious, here is the link to the vpx download for the above picture, looks pretty fun.
https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/16522-john-wick-babayaga-pinball-edition/

Haha...few to many Standups for Stern these days

Is that VPin a reskin of Oktoberfest? It’s what it looked like at a glance

I think you're right?

JW VPIN (resized).png

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Is the third flipper placement no a standardize thing with sterns?

They've reskinned that reskin a lot of times. I think it was originally based on the movie It. And yes Oktoberfest is credited as the inspiration.

It's a really fun layout, that is lost in an Oktoberfest bad theme wrapper. Vpin does make it shine in a way it never had a chance to irl.

Yeah, actually you can. It may not be real mirror, but you can have mirror material printed on now. Not discounting that the LE will always sell, PT Barnum, and Soloman, said that best.
I'd take the larger monitor over the translite anyway. I do alot of different type builds, homebrews, rethemes, etc, and have access to great graphics guys.
I stick by my comment that I could outdo any LE with a premium and less money

Really curious to see how they utilize the WICK soundtrack music catalog for this game. I went through all the movies soundtrack assets and found a few good ones. Most of it is dark-goth like synth that tends to blend together.

I got my keen sense of hearing tuned out and found some gold nuggets mixed into some of the soundtracks. Hopefully Stern captures some of the good loops. If not-we always have Cleland to save us

Not exactly.
A little too close to blade runner by vangelis to truly call it original...... not subtle either. Music + video immediately recognizable as blade runner meets matrix.
Can you blame them? Two best titles imo so why be original.. blend them and cash out.

The one problem with buying a premium and adding a bunch of accessories is you then have a premium with $11k - $12k in it... You can add the nicer Stern armor, invisiglass, art blades, shooter rod, speakers, etc but at that point just spend another $1k and get an actual LE.

I have a Batman le coming in soon. First lcd stern game and they did it right with that le. Official awesome topper INCLUDED which you can’t buy. 240 limited run. They need to do a better topper for LE and then a standard for rest just like before and how jjp does it now. That’s how you sell 1000 le’s today.

But this would challenge the perception that Stern has a pricing advantage over JJP? And when it comes down to it the perception is free to them to continue on selling the accessories on their own. I also think they sell a lot of these to non-owners as well.

I’d argue the Jeep and Explorer are just as iconic to JP. Whenever I see a Jeep on the road with square headlights I think JP. There’s a reason why folks swap the mech on their games too.

Someone will definitely mod one in there somewhere

Exactly.

Ya plus resale of the prem with the mods . You prob get a quarter of the money back if you are lucky .

Got this from one of my dealers and passing it along for those interested in John Wick:

Location Pros shipping next week
LEs shipping end of May
Premiums shipping end of August / early September
Pros shipping mid-August

Seems like a big wait until Premiums and Pros ship but that's what I was sent.

Sounds like the strategy that originated around Bond of making the wait for Premiums and Pros so long that impatient people suck up and just get the LE to have it 3 months earlier. Doesn't always hold up and sometimes they ship earlier than announced on the Prem and home Pros.

I don't know what accessories/mods would add up to cost $1500 to $2500. premiums are $9500. 1200 or so if you did the 5 things you mentioned. That would only put it at $10.7k and the only thing missing would be the true back glass from a stock le stand point.

Wick is a cool theme...cant wait to play one
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