Hey, fairly new to pinball and I've been wondering, where do these 'rumors' come from? I feel like the rumors I've seen in my short time in the hobby have all essentially been fact, new Jurassic Park (well, Jurassic World was the rumor) and new Elvira were more or less official before they were actually announced, and I feel a similar acceptance of TMNT coming soon. Just wondering what the source is and where you guys see this news, as I only ever hear of stuff secondhand in these forums and never know the validity.

Would love Led Zeppelin though, one of few dad-rock bands I'm a big fan of and would go perfect next to my LOTR + Hobbit... That's why I'm asking, don't want to get my hopes too far up.

Hahahah that's why I ask. In all my other hobbies I immediately dismiss rumors, but the couple I've seen come true in pinball make me wonder where they're coming from, and if there's a way to tell if they (Led Zeppelin in particular) have any merit.

This is the kind of thinking that kills companies/industries. Ask Harley Davidson how only appealing to the boomers (that represented their primary market for the last 40 years or whatever) is going now.

Pinball could definitely use some more games aimed at the young blood, without fresh customers the hobby will eventually die. The big disconnect here is location players vs home buyers. I'm 26 and own a couple games, and usually play on location 2 or 3 nights a week. I'd say most of the guys actually pumping quarters into games at my local spots are in their 30's. I think Stern has things figured out pretty well though, if they reserve the old-man-only themes (like Elvira + '64 Beatles) for premium/LE pricing, and keep putting out killer pro games (like Deadpool and Jurassic Park) that appeal to a wider audience on location. I just think they could be reaching even further with the 'young' themes.

Also a Daft Punk pin really needs to happen. We've had dozens of classic rock themes, I don't see any reason why Daft Punk would be off the table (and pinball would fit the aesthetic of RAM very well). That'd be a day-1 preorder for me.

Yeah different scales for sure, but Daft Punk is pretty widely known and would attract a different customer than another Guns n Roses, Kiss, etc. Should we have a pin based on the show "Friends" cause it has a huge fan base? Purely going off numbers isn't a great way to choose the next theme IMO. Daft Punk's just a dream theme for me that I think would translate really well to a pin.

They've definitely got dedicated fans and have sold millions of albums, not on the scale of a classic rock band (though time + the fact people actually bought albums in the past always skew #'s) but still a very popular band with a large following. I was trying to think of something neutral enough for everyone to agree on, cause it needs to be something that interests the ~40 y/o crowd purchasing home machines along with location players. That's a hard line to walk and obviously the Pinside crowd disagrees with my choice

Okay, I've learned my lesson and now realize numbers are what makes a good pinball theme. Obviously Stern should be snapping up the rights to Gone With The Wind, the best selling movie of all time. Oooh yeah Clark Gable will get the kids lining up.

Correct, that's why I said I think they've got this figured out, but they could still use more themes aimed at a younger audience. You cut off the first part of my sentence.

This all makes sense. But as a counterpoint; they made a Munsters machine (and a cornerstone model at that). Maybe I'm wrong but I feel like that sets the bar pretty low.

With the LCD's on games now I think any big popular comedy from the 90's into 2000's would print money, both on location + home sales. I'm not a huge Wil Ferrell movie but something like Old School/Anchorman/Talladega Nights would have some incredible call out material and would get a lot of attention in a bar or arcade I'd think.

Don't get my hopes up.

this is my big question, if games have already shipped they're putting a ton of faith in these guys' self control

Oh damn... I knew Heavy Metal was a magazine/brand outside of the movie but that's a big disappointment if it's not movie art/assets Could still be a cool pin though, definitely an interesting one for a contract job.

So I've been kinda out of the loop, but Zombie Yeti teased Bill + Ted artwork a while back, right? And Stern's supposedly making an announcement tomorrow, the day the new Bill + Ted movie comes out?

Is there any reason people aren't thinking it might be this? Just surprised I've seen Queen + Avengers get more traction.

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Damn, was afraid that was the case. Thanks for the info

Judgement day is upon you, BallPin. By 5 pm PST you'll either be known as our new-Kaneda, or a fraud. There is no option between.

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I'm laughing at everyone getting mad at BallPin, he's literally the only reason this thread had discussion for the last few days. Thanks for the leak man, didn't give any big spoilers away and got the community talking/hyped. Excited to see what JJP gives us next month (since you said it WON'T be GNR as promised by K-man over and over).

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What'd I miss, did Keith confirm he's working on it or something?

This is a 5 year old piece of ZY work. For more info see here:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/25906945/Officially-Licensed-MARVEL-Hulk-ART-Print

Just swinging by this thread, but wow, forgot it's been 9 months since Rush was released... may just be my city but I don't see many of them around so it still feels very fresh to me (love that game).

What are the rumors lately? Still Eddy/Venom, Elwin/Jaws, Gomez/Bond, BTTF, nothing associated with Jack so people are speculating MOTU?

man a King Gizzard game would kick so much ass, even more so if they made original music for it.

I'm out of the loop, but when/where did they say August?

remember when it was literally a puzzle though

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I'd bet money they didn't, but really hope they licensed an actual Bond car of some type for this. The cars were what made 007 movies for me as a kid. Regardless of era/assets/details/etc, excited to see what Gomez did with this one (assuming he's on lead). Until then: