I'm sure someone has already mentioned this, but I'll make my prediction for Stern's 2024 pinball machine: The Matrix.

Why in 2024? It will be the 25th anniversary of the movie, the theme would be awesome, and they could do some very clever magnet effects of Neo being "The One" and blocking pinballs and zipping them around the playfield.

I know someone modded a Johnny Mnemonic to the Matrix theme, but an official proper one I think would be awesome.

Other than that I'm with a lot of other people on the TMNT pinball machine. The 30th anniversary of the first movie is coming up.

I believe if Williams/Bally had survived a few more years until 2002 or 2003, we probably would have seen an awesome Matrix pinball machine. Let's hope the modern manufacturers will make one!

I'm surprised Stern hasn't looked at doing a video game based pin in recent years.

I would think Mario Bros, Zelda, Pokémon would all be solid choices that would sell like crazy. Maybe licensing is an issue or tougher to secure?

There's also Halo or Call of Duty, but older pinheads may not like those.

Since dad rock pins won't be dying out anytime soon, I may as well suggest pins that could be possible:

Queen
Judas Priest
The Police
Journey

Any one of those I'd be pumped to see as a pin.

I second a MJ pin! If Michael Jackson were still alive today, it wouldn't surprise me if he pushed for wanting a pinball machine made.

Here's the tougher guess...what will be Stern's next Non-licensed pin? Will there even be another non-licensed pin after BKSOR? And I don't mean a re-theme like Heavy Metal, but an actual full on brand new machine that is non-licensed.

That does irk me a little bit too, haha. I guess I'm in the minority about this, but I purely think about what band would compliment a pinball machine best rather than thinking, "I gotta have my favorite band have a pin!"

Like I think Journey would translate very well to a pinball machine. I like Journey's music, but I'm not a super fan of them and I didn't grow up with them. But between their unique sound and very colorful album art it seems like a no brainer for a pinball machine design.

And I know, you can say that for 100 other bands. I just personally think Journey has a particular aesthetic that compliments the flashiness of pinball very well.

Some of their album covers even look like a pinball is being depicted in them!

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Maaaan, I would love a Daft Punk pin. Just how freaking cool would it be to have both of the duo's robot helmets on the playfield lighting up?

It would probably remind people a lot of Pinbot, which could be a good thing! Activate the nostalgia for them!

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Even though I know Stern would never do this, it would be funny if they made an alternate translite or LE version featuring a female Venom. That was the best part of the movie version was seeing She-Venom.

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I wonder how long it will be before an anime pin is made. Dad rockers probably dislike anime too much for Stern to take the risk, but maybe an older anime like Speed Racer could be appealing.

Pokemon would be the safest anime/video game pin that would attract non pinball fans in droves. That would be an instant buy machine for me.

Anime popularity has surged in the past decade, but the "normie" crowd still has a stigma against it. Crunchyroll (an anime streaming service) has generated millions in revenue, so it's likely only a matter of time before an anime pin is made.

Not to mention stern could potentially integrate their insider connect to allow people to "trade" pokemon between machines. How crazy would that be?