I tend to like the looks of the comic or graphic novel type themes over themes with photos of actors on them. That said I can’t think of many animated shows that haven’t been done and wouldn’t be obnoxious as pins… maybe “Spider-Man: Into the spider verse” would be cool. Some cool film themes might be Kong or Dune.

Big Trouble in Little China would probably also make a good pin with the camp and good toy/mech potential

I’m not sure I could envision a bond pin from any era… what would the put on the playfield? Even though I like the new movies best, the Roger Moore era seems to have the most going for it pin wise with camp, gadgets, and Jaws

A They Might Be Giants pin??

I’m surprised they haven’t tried decade/era themed pins… you could throw a bunch of nostalgic crap in there (toys/clips/someone recognizable for callouts) and license various songs for the music… easier than finding a single artist you can make a cohesive theme around I’d think.

i think the reason for distro’s requiring deposits is mainly to keep people from putting their names on everybody’s list and then not letting them know until payment is required that they’ve already purchased a machine somewhere else. Otherwise the distributor may end up ordering more machines than they could move based on inflated interest lists. I think most “deposits” are refundable, but unless stern prohibits it that would be up to the distributor.

Lol, my kids watched Adventure Time… what a weird show. Out of the stuff they liked I’d rather see Gravity Falls

Lol, I just remember my little brother had a “Stinkor” action figure. If they make He-Man they gotta put Stinkor in there

Me too, not sure I want another 80’s metal pin Iron Maiden is enough to cover that base . They Might Be Giants would make an excellent pin but probably too niche.

They would have to stick to the radio hits because from the albums I’ve heard there are no “deep cuts”, lol, radio hit or complete shit

I think it’s as important to use licenses that give full assets and a degree of flexibility as it is to get “dream theme” licenses. No one actually wants their dream theme made without the associated music, voices, art they expect (tailored to a modern pinball machine).

As much as I like the Mario games, I think the music/sound would grate on me in a modern pinball machine making it sound like an older pin. If they were looking at video games I would hope for something more like Warcraft (maybe old at this point), Fallout, Red Dead Redemption, etc.

Bill Murray sounded crazy in a really cool way in a great documentary I watched on a plane “The Bill Murray Stories”

But what if the worm doesn’t eat the ball…