It has so much potential, the hobby needs cool stuff like this. ZY would kill it on the artwork. Stern I know your reading, we want "Big Trouble In Little China"!!! Look at all the battle modes and the porkchop express multibal! with CB radio callouts from Jack Burton. Online play, you can pick up your cabinent mounted CB and b.s. with other players from around the world. Alright the last one was a stretch, but it is a badass theme.

Not saying the movie is my top favorite, there are movies that I like way better that would be horrible themes. But the artwork if done right, would be so colorful and beautiful. The plot would be great, you would battle several mystical enemies, save the girl.... No shooter rod, it should be Jack Burtons tec-9! Put the pork chop express on top, code needs to light it up, beep the air horn and some CB callouts. This will be pure 80s adventure - action - nostalgia. "If done right" would be very magical. Pay attention Stern, we dont want Godzilla or Harry Potter or Avatar. We want some more 80s magic similar to GB, BTTF, Beetlejuice, Die Hard Pt.1. The people have spoken, lets get on this please. Most people I know that grew up in the 80s and 90s and are new to pinball like me want to go down memory lane and have the money to blow on this crap. I would never invite my buddies over to drink and play Harry Potter, c'mon man.

According to you? I just see it as a little too dorky. If you are into it, great. I am happy for anyone that has the privilege of seeing their dream theme created. Im sure I would have fun playing it, just not excited about the theme. As long as it shoots well who cares its just an overpriced box with lights, bells and balls for grown adults that act like damn kids. Im one of them lol.

He mister familyarcade, lets face it we are all pretty screwed up on here. We are talking about toys, oversized overpriced toys for nerdy adults. If you dont like people speculating or giving ideas for a next stern pin on a next stern pin thread then go troll somewhere else.

There is enough room in the hobby for everyone to have their themes, most of mine stem from when I grew up, part of the magic while playing is that it brings me back. Thats why enjoy older machines so much, thats why I enjoy machines like GB, DM, LW3, Turtles...

Hell yeah! BTTF! Its our Density.

Magical.

Yeah he does have poor taste. The pin would be greater than the movie if stern ups their game.

Id take that over Harry Potter.

Yes it is. Kaneda said it was.

Bumblebee tuna fish? Ace ventura pin! I solved it.

This is genius. Love the video.

Garbage Pail Kids vs. MADBALLS! Could this ever happen, the art is pretty cool, nostalgia is there.

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The only music pin I want to see is a Weird Al Yankovich.

Im not sure how the artwork, toys or mechs would look like but the music and sound effects would be a blast. It would definitely be interesting.

I dont want serious music in a pin, I want funny shit. I want to laugh before I cry when the ball drains

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So Stern: self proclaimed "Lifestyle brand"

According to wikipedia: A lifestyle brand is a brand that attempts to embody the values, aspirations, interests, attitudes, or opinions of a group or a culture for marketing purposes.[1] Lifestyle brands seek to inspire, guide, and motivate people, with the goal of their products contributing to the definition of the consumer's way of life. As such, they are closely associated with the advertising and other promotions used to gain mind share in their target market.[2] They often operate from an ideology, hoping to attract a relatively high number of people and ultimately become a recognised social phenomenon.

When has stern given the pinsiders what they have asked for lately? Did we ask for LZ? Hell no. Did we ask for Turtles, no but it is still pretty cool. Did we ask for Star wars to be better?... Have we been asking for Godzilla? No. James Bond? No. This thread represents years of requests from the fans that have been denied. So if you are going to "embody the values, aspirations, interests, attitudes, or opinions of a group or a culture" start giving us what we want, not what you or your designers want. This is your target market here not Netflix or Disney. Start caring more about your true fans, pinball people. We keep your doors open Stern.

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Hey im not the one calling them a lifestyle brand. Lol

Well their customer base in on Pinside. They are only selling because options are so limited and people break down and buy this crap. Its not what you want, it's what they give you. Cheap crap. It gets cheaper quality and more expensive every release. Copy and paste on a pre designed layout. No sculpted anything, no decent mechs anymore. A blimp. Look at GnR and how much of a masterpiece it is. My old ass DM is built way better than any new stern. It wont change, they need to start taking notes from JJP and Spooky. You can accept crap and you will keep getting crapped on. I know they read this stuff and they know competitors are stepping up the pinball game, hopefully they do the same. Pinball can be so much better people, and it should be for the price. Quit making excuses for them, it doesnt' help the hobby. Instead push for better results, make them earn the lifestyle brand crap they say they are.

I will tell you what the community wants:
1.Higher quality sculpted toys.
2.Cheaper priced, higher quality toppers, the kind that are not always sold out
3.Playfields that dont pool or chip with inserts that don't ghost.
4. UV kits as a standard.

Themes:
1. Big Trouble in Little China
2. Beetlejuice
3. BTTF ( hopefully they make it )
4. Akira
5. Die Hard pt.1

Just to name a few, for sure 1-3.

People that are buying new 6-15k dollar machines are already screwed up in the head enough and addicted enough to this hobby to not be on here. I value your opinion as a fellow pimsider but respectfully disagree.

Sign me up! This title would be a good chance for Stern to up their game. I really want to like stern better, their games are fun. Just would like a little more bang for the buck.

I'm hoping that the leaker who told Kaneda this info was describing the backglass and said there is a man and a delorean and Keneda mistook it for mandalorian. Who is with me?

Ghostbusters is probably one of the best art packages I have ever seen. I don't see Batman or Beatles even coming close. ZY in my IMO is unmatched and is a artistic genius. But this is my opinion, nobody is right or wrong. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

Lets get on with the ManDelorean!

Ill agree to that.

Lets go with mandon't

The man, the myth, the legend! Thanks for all of your hard work, my family loves our Tutles because of how beautiful your artwork is. Keep doing cool stuff, hopefully we will see the rest of that Bill and Teds artwork someday, and hopefully in pinball form.

#metoo

Even Spaceballs

Upper playfeild should be modeled after the top of the nakatomi plaza, an elevator will bring the ball to the top where there is a helicopter bash toy similar to the slimer mech (explosions and lights go crazy when you hit it.). Air duct ramp with metal popping sounds coming from the speakers when ball is inside it. Lets build this damn thing! Christmas 2022 release.

Neither are their toppers. If I made something that sucked, i wouldnt make a whole lot of them either.

NECA should make the topper, at least they know how to make some cool detailed stuff, not a flat plastic panel with a couple lights.

Just leaked, the toy package for BTTF, this was hand picked by Gary.

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Great point! Yeah lets not put stern out of business. I would hate to see a documentary 30 years from now of people digging up stern E.T. pinball machines out of the desert.