Next vault is lotr

Quite sure it's gotg with Borg ropp. Iron maiden isn't even close yet.

Get ready to be happy I think the pin will rock. Also Franchi on art I heard. He will make the game pop. Obviously Marvel will place restrictions so there will be some serious photoshopping I suspect but Franchi has a knack of making photoshop jobs look great.

Yeah I think Borg will knock this out of the park. He has such a talent for good theme integration.

Plus his pros aren't stripped to shit. Always good value with a Borg pro.

Pinball to me is about variety. Nothing wrong with a change up of having a 2nd lcd on the pf over a toy. If every other pin doesnt have it in a line up (and theres a good chance they wont) thrn i dont see the problem. SW just cant cop a break.
I have a sw pro coming soon and I'll be all over a gotg. Think variety. and dont get too hung up or jaded about what "should" be on a pin. Take each pin on its own merits. Sw does exaclty what i think it sets out to do. Jmho

Not saying they don't use awesome artists for their books/movies. A perfect example of Marvel's anal retentiveness with theme/art restrictions is Ironman. The letters couldn't be placed on the left/right target banks as they wouldn't allow the name to be split into IRON and MAN. To me that's pretty tight restriction. Just mho.

Also the mix of movie photoshop pf art and comic art on dmd on avengers is shit and doesn't meld. Probably also due to restriction/required usage.

An interesting point but maybe do some Stern back catalogue research before the ready, fire, aim comment. Believe it or not, not everything is Sterns fault artwise. With minimal restriction and interference we have examples of some awesome pinball art packages from them in recent times.

In answer to your question... yeah it is a good bet if the art sucks then it's marvel. But I believe Franchi will nail gotg if he's on it. We'll see soon enough.

I don't use it either. Doesn't interest me in the slightest to change my twd to it. And I've heard it. Not everyone has to like it. I think the stock does just fine.

Same with gotg. What I get is what I get and I'm not going to mess with it. Just don't see the need or the point. It may be argued that it makes the experience better. Sorry but doesn't for me. This pinbrowser stuff to me is a waste of time and effort.

Been saying it for a while. Gotg franchi Borg. No need to wait. There are some units already built. Glad it's Borg too. Won't be a stripped down pro as much. His pros are always worthy.

maiden is quite a ways off

Haven't heard that comment about SW before

I'm not your mother. You're an adult? I'm partly confident that you can find out everything for yourself right? If not then don't air sarcasm on other people's predictions from behind your keyboard. Or get more resourceful. You pick.

I'm not trying to be a smart arse but just answering the title question of the thread from a source to give some fellow pinheads a heads up. Bloody pinside. Someone starts a thread asking what the next game is. People try to answer the best they can and.... we'll we all know what usually happens.

That's the problem with some people on this forum. They spoil it for themselves really. In answer to your q I'm not 100% on the lead coder. Hence why I didn't blab out a speculator. I heard it's ropp but like I said not sure on the coder.

Borg Lyman is always the 1st choice. Ropp has done some good work with Borg though.

So there was no sarcasm in your original comment? Ok you keep telling yourself that

Changing the gb flipper angles stuffs around with the entire geometry of the game by the way. Just saying.

It is Munsters.... early Feb.

The Le is set to look like a coffin with red velvet below the side rails.

I personally won't be in on it as I'm not a fan of the old show so I may yet get a deadpool le instead.

I’ll take a Borg tmnt which is what is next over an elwin.

Jaws is my least fx3 pin to play... its just not a very compelling theme imo... a theme based on a great white Shark..... and?

I really dont see the attraction. Glad its not the next game.

Hmmmm???? na still a crap theme. i wish it was next though... would save me some money.

Im thinking its a Richie music pin... Franchi or DD for art... code? Cant hazard guess, maybe TS again to pair up with Richie for a 2nd crack. Hopefully not Lonnie.

I heard music pin but not zep. Pretty sure thats a false leak to throw people off the scent. Stern are the champions of it.

John_l SR isnt working on Led Zep. Think similar era just a different mega group.

Yeah i honestly dont think LZ would be as big a hit as some might think.

Led zeppelin was thrown out there to throw people off the scent. For the most part it worked.

you're going to be slightly disappointed then, or happy to save the coin. You are right with SR.

Kaneda calling it? It was called by a pinsider on here about 15 pages back... and it wasnt a guess. Why is it when he calls it its gospel?

Quicksilver makeover

Quicksilver make over like Beatles. No not jaws themed. No not speculation.

Get an EHOH... ?

It was posted on here that it was a quicksilver remake queen theme a lot longer than 23 hrs ago buddy. Bit on the slow side if you think this is breaking news

I wouldn't consider bk or elvira a reboot, more of a continuation in a series. Next chapter type pins. Glad they made em too, they are both awesome games.

The multiplier aspect makes the game. Controlling and shifting the shots, huge risk reward building it up, timing it right for 40x... all great stuff.

Who are these "many people " you have been given permission to speak on behalf of? Friends who personally comment to me about the game agree that its a game where once you understand the game and how to work the multipliers its addictive. The layout is SR butter. Btw it ain't hard to get a name up on one in the wild... I wouldn't be grandstanding your accomplishment so eagerly.

Next release will be a double release.

Makes some sense when you think about it. They have the production capacity and deep enough pockets to flood the market with a couple of music pins to poach a few gnr customers.

I will be a little cautious if its a sexton coded game. BKsor is a little disjointed and messy. He didn't exactly blow me away with his coding expertise thats for sure.

Yeah he may have learned from his 1st attempt. Possibly got more time on this title also.

I think it looks excellent... great use of colours etc. You need to rewind 9 or 10 yrs and have a look at all the photoshop crap that stern did for EVERY pin back in the day.

Anything star wars related will sell well and get played a lot. Out of the 3 pins noted to be on the way... bttf, Godzilla, and mando ill take mando easily. Not a fan of Godzilla and tbh I really dont care for bttf... the first movie was fine I guess. I acknowledge its a cultural classic but I've never been that into it.

Exactly...

Im sure those keen for their bttf themed pin will be happy soon enough but it is Mandolorian. I don't listen to kaneda so it makes no difference to me what he's fed. Excellent move by Stern btw. Just going on precedent not speculation with their releases paired with seasonal shows, they typically bring a game out 2 or 3 seasons in so the time line makes perfect sense.

I wonder if cara dune will feature in the game as Disney gave her the spear at the end of season 2. Surely the game would have been basically finished before that even happened.

Ooookay. I wasn't really bringing up the point of whether or not she should be in the game, but you obviously had to get that off your chest

Also the games art and inserts typically reflect code already laid down or future code to come. The code being fully cooked or not is irrelevant and doesn't usually change the already laid out inserts and art. If the character is removed from the game purely through code I'd wager there would be possible art or inserts that would also need scrubbing...

2018 called and wants its complaining back. Games these days all come with well cooked code... and if they dont it always matures. Its the nature of the current market. Case in point Elvira. Munsters is shallow... shallow doesn't mean bad.

Just played mando vr.... great game. Some nice assets i hope transfer over to the stern game. Also has Cara Dune on it which is nice to see so its a good bet she is on the stern release also.

Best ever aside from the lair shot which is completely broken... totally screws that game and the code is a one trick pony... get the right toppings to blow it up.

the games are tiered differently so cant compare, the jjp le is like a premium stern.

That layout looks total garbage.

A game about a shark.... wow prepare to be underwhelmed. The fx version isn't even that good. The movie hardly shows the shark until the end... that's the point. Its the mystery and suspense of what you don't see. The most memorable part about the original is the score and that would get as boring AF after a while in a pinball game. All the Jaws sequels are so bad I couldn't even be bothered commenting on them.

Venom, James bond are so much better themes for pinball.

The dmd to lcd conversions will never happen. Not a viable business option by any stretch. New IP additions license renewals revised translite art etc, callouts and code changes.... the list goes on. Lesson was learned with spiderman thinking money would be saved with production given the game was already designed etc. It just didn't work, and that was without lcd upgrade costs.

Another game with lcd treatment? We havent seen the 1st one yet and there is a good reason why $$$

Im a passive bttf fan... I think its overrated but admit its cultural relevance. The 1st film is fine, I mean I would leave it on in the background while I'm working or something. 2 and 3 suck arse and wouldn't even give them the time of day. Average at best imo. When it finally gets released it will be an easy pass for me.

I think gomez will marry the bond theme to pinball really well. He's always been my fav designer and its not even close for me. Nice change up from bands and marvel too with this theme. Great ip choice stern.