They last called BM66 in 2019. Guess they saw demand for more. Good to see them making more since I've seen premiums sell for more than MSRP. Crap has gotten out of hand.

Matt Frank, the artist on the Ultraman pin, has a lot of Godzilla art on his webpage. He'd be a good pick as well.

Jack had nothing to do with Shrek. Dreamworks approached Stern asking then to do a Shrek pin. Gary has told this story a few times at expos. They didn't want to invest full R&D in a Shrek pin, so they reskinned Family Guy which wasn't selling well at the time. And it wasn't because they had playfields laying around. It's not like they sanded them down and had Shrek printed on them. They made more runs of Family Guy at later dates and another run of Shrek in 2010.

Candygram. I love that series of skits.

Stern has already had their yearly price bump. What do you mean a price bump in Sept?

That sux. I sold my AIQ pro with plans to add a small amount to it to get Keith's next pro.

I sure hope this large price increase thing is a rumor or meant for the next kapow title which would make more sense. Still Stern has had their annual increase and should leave it as is till next year.

Universal Studios is the defacto owner of King Kong today, so if Kong was part of a Stern Godzilla, they'd have an additional licensor to pay and please. This is why I believe the game will be based solely on Toho stuff not involving Kong or other studios.

Who is saying the next game will be a $500 increase? Are distributors saying this? I've enquired about (rumored) Godzilla and was not advised it will be more expensive than Mando.

If that's the case, where are the increase rumors coming from? In my opinion Stern "needs" to keep that Pro price under 6K to still be an attractive entry level price. "The Pin" isn't gonna cut it lol.

I guess I'm not up to speed on Godzilla rumors. So, there is supposed to be super cool mech in the premium/le that will increase them from 7700 to around 8200?

I could totally see an increase with BTTF, especially if Kapow. I just don't know why they would jack the price up on Godzilla, a regular release.

That's because people wanted Sean. That was THE first changing of the guard in the Bond series. Of course there would be backlash. People not going to see it simply because it wasn't Sean, etc.

Stern can fuck right off with that shit. That's almost $2K in price increases for the boutique titles since they became a thing. $9200 for a premium model? Ridiculous. I truly hope people will cancel orders or not order at all and make a stand.

Same here. T. Dalt for the win.

So, with Godzilla, forward, we will be forced to take this new kit even if we are using the game in a home and may not want it? Sacrificing half of the apron art for it, also? Guess the positive side would be, it looks like pros will have metal aprons again lol.

And you know Al would be all over the callouts. They would be great. Whacky, energetic, etc.

Yep, my late run Tron (decals with CLU translite) was $4400 shipped to my door. Still kick myself for selling it. Ugh.

The left outlane on almost all Borg games is a bitch. Whenever he uses that double inlane with metal divider, it screws you over so much.

Other popular terms: getting Borged or getting Avatared.

So, a tease today, or no tease?

Stern Army, meaning the paid version of Stern Insider?

I have Stern Insider. The basic free version.

Erik said everything on the 8th, so I believe no teaser on this one.

Looking at my TWD, the code name was Dinner Time. Spiderman's code name was Spiderm. Balls were dropped on that one lol.

Free shipping too, nice.

The Hemisphere also states it comes with Stern Insider Connected installed and free shipping. I do, however, doubt that it is actually in stock.

Jeez. I might break my pro only rule. Looks really interesting from the quick vid.

I believe Keith owns a ton of games. Not sure if they are all at his home. He had about 40 pins of his on loan to the Replay Foundation. I assume he got them back when they closed up shop.