Seriously.... Hendrix Pin could be amazing... seems like the family will sell any two notes he ever recorded so maybe license wouldn’t be an issue?

Machine Gun Pop Bumpers
Voodoo Chile (slight return) ramp with diverter to Belly Button Window lock behind the playfield
6 was 9 spinners
Spanish Castle Magic play area
Crosstown Traffic Multi-ball
3rd Stone from the Sun Multi-ball or add-a-ball
Woodstock mini-wizard with ‘guitar-hero’ like video mode where you play Star Spangled Banner

Throw in some killer lights and a NSFW translite like original Electric Ladyland album

I could go on and on...yes please...

I’m guessing this is close...

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Fun, I’ll add my Rush ticket, 2nd show, I don’t think I kept my first show ticket…I am really wanting this to be a great pin…

How about those tickets prices…

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I wish.. No. In Colorado you are sure to meet 250,000 people who were at the show that only held 9,000 people.

Well, there is plenty of humor if you look at propaganda from the time or something like Hogans Heros. However it would never fly in the US anymore, and that gets to another core issue…hard to imagine how it has any kind of global appeal given the different experiences of different countries, and most wars have winners and losers. For example, I can’t imagine a euro built pin themed on an Afghanistan war that mocks the US pullout even slightly would do well here…

I do love WWII and military themed movies and content.

Right, forgot how many Nazi’s were at Iwo Jima and Midway It is an interesting frame to the discussion though.

Kiss can’t sell merch with their true logo in Germany, and I don’t believe much Nazi imagery is acceptable either. So what does the pin art package look like? If you’re from Eastern Europe perhaps you don’t think WWII started or ended well for your country. The Pacific theater had little connection to Nazis and has it’s own regional memories/history. Atomic multi-ball anyone? Probably not…

Pinball companies say they want global customers and seem to actively try to sell half of their LE’s outside of North America and probably half of their total production if possible. I’m not from Europe/Asia/Australia so their opinions are much more meaningful than mine on WWII global appeal.

However, I stand by my comment. A WWII pin, even Nazi themed, seems very US-centric and wouldn’t be able to leverage much of the humor or propaganda from the era. I’m also empathetic enough to recognize other parts of the world might have very different reactions to WWII, even a Nazi hunt.

So on topic for me…I’d like a Bond pin from any era, Escape From New York for my wife, and anything Elwin designs please.

Not sure why I’m replying, I should value my clean downvote record more than you implying my lack of imagination…

But here it goes. I’ve played WWII games going way back. From the board game Squad Leader to recent Call of Duty iterations, et al. I’ve understood and enjoyed them all.

You imagine how a ‘hex strategy’ pinball game plays, I’ll imagine what a company selling products around the world thinks those people want with newly liberated Nazi art opportunities and how their countries get to see and play pinball to revisit history as Nazi/Axis allies…

To stay on topic, I also really want a LOTR vault release. That’s now more ‘next Stern pins’ than I have room for, or my wife would let me have…and ALL the headspace I have for WWII discussions.

You should put a spoiler alert on that post... we won’t see that until later today.

Of course... I’m up watching the Tour De France mountain stages at 4am local. Also, anyone who ‘wants’ the information will have it immediately. I saw who won 3-5 minutes after my post...

I just made a short comment 4 minutes after you posted, in consideration of others who might not be like me, or not expecting a sporting news update on a ‘Next Stern Pin’ thread. That’s why it’s called a spoiler alert...

Tennis pin interesting idea, me I’d like to see a Beastie Boys pin happen.