Still hoping one day for a proper RUSH pin. There shouldn't be any shortage of art and mode ideas available based on the holy triumvirate.

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It's been a cool minute since we've had anything hockey related in the pinball world. Anyone else think Slap Shot would be a worthy title, or would a 1977 hockey movie theme be lost on today's consumers?

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How did Geddy and Alex fail to see the humor in naming their new libation "Moving Pitchers", "Hemisbeers", "The Camera Rye", "Entre Brew", Opportunity missed boys.

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Right on the money LOTR_breath

Stern would be remiss if they don't make Neil's Moving Pictures era drum kit the centerpiece of the playfield. The kit could be on a drum riser with ramps leading up to both kick drums which could be open in the front for locking a ball in each one for an eventual multiball mode. There could be a cool orbit shot from a 3rd flipper off to the side or something that goes underneath the riser as well. Just some thoughts.

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Ugh, I couldn't agree more. I can definitely respect the individual musical talent within the band as well as their contribution to modern music, but damn the Foos literally write the most vanilla, middle of the road songs out there. I'm not a hater, I can listen to their material and be completely content, but there isn't one song in their catalog that actually grabs me and pulls me in as a listener. Their songs are bland to me as well and lack any sort of flavor. As a drummer myself, I feel that Taylor Hawkins was a much more dynamic drummer when he was with Alanis Morissette, and I definitely liked Nate's playing in Sunny Day Real Estate a lot more than FF as well. Certainly they have enough songs, but I can't imagine Stern ever releasing a FF pin as there just isn't enough actual source material to theme a pin around.

Yikes, that Boy George pic is terrifying. Reminds me of ol girl in Total Recall.

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I just finished the final season of Netflix's Lost In Space. Episode 6 featured a scene with a song by..................... well let's just say it wasn't Kickstart My Heart or Shout At The Devil.

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It's impossible to quantify the best drummer of all time, it's pointless to even try. To do so just makes the people in the argument look stupid. Just like athletes, they all have to be judged by era as musicians and athletes both evolve at staggering paces on a yearly basis. Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Louie Bellson, Keith Moon, Billy Cobham, Tony Williams, John Bonham, all great and amazing drummers, but drummers like Dennis Chambers and Neil Peart took the foundation they laid, ran with it and created a name for themselves by taking all of those previous fundamentals to a new level. Rush is my favorite band and Peart is my favorite drummer, but I absoloutely recognize that even Neil's talent has been improved upon tenfold. There are guys out there like Mike Mangini, Bobby Jarzombek, Thomas Lang, Marco Minnemann, Matt Gartska, Alex Rudinger, and so many others in the extreme metal genre I haven't even bothered naming that leave all the previous mentioned names in the dust. There are drummers today doing things on a kit that the founding fathers would have NEVER thought possible. As a drummer myself, I find it much more productive and rewarding to discuss the amazing contributions all these names have provided for our listening pleasure rather than pit them against one another for the "best drummer ever" title, because in the end it's an absolutely pointless argument that will never have a clear cut winner.

Some athletes possibly, but only the current record holders can be considered. There are still those people out there who say Babe Ruth or Ted Williams is the best baseball player ever, Wayne Gretzky is the best hockey player ever, Dr J is the best basketball player ever, Johnny Unitas is the best QB ever, John McEnroe is the best tennis player ever, the list goes on and on. But then guys like Derek Jeter, Connor McDavid, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, Roger Federer, all came along and showed that the argument of being "the best" is never over. Not to argue, but like I said, I just feel musicians, athletes and even people in science will always evolve and shouldn't be judged, but there will always be judgement and comparison, which is why I feel "the best" at anything should be defined by eras. 20 years ago there were athletes who scored the most points in their given sport or might have had the quickest 100 yard dash where people thought those records would always stand, but we all know that is not the case. Eventually there might be some records that are so incredible that they cannot be broken, but who are we to say?

Hopefully we don't feel the wrench of hard realities.

You wouldn't believe how many so called Rush "fans" I have encountered in various forums that don't know the significance of the time displayed on Neil's kick drum head.

I know a lot of folks are chomping at the bit for a reveal of Rush, myself included. Does anyone think that Stern is gonna do a reveal the week between Christmas and New Years? Is Stern even working this week?