What are the odds of Stranger Things?
My wifes favorite show, she has greenlighted a NIB purchase if that theme ever gets picked up and made.

Yeah, hoping for Stranger Things.

Come on, Stranger Things!!

Definitely no shortage of “Ass Facts” around here.

Looks more like Assless Chaps multiball.

Where did this Quicksilver/Led Zep mashup rumour originate? Ive only heard about it in this thread. Sounds interesting to me as long as its not Beatles pricing.

Always a laundry list of 1980s movies suggested for pin themes. One that I havent seen mentioned is E.T., seems like that would be fairly well suited to base a pin on what with the bicycle chase, phoning home, maybe collecting Reeses Pieces and so on.
Some kind of mech to make a playfield mounted E.T.s neck elongate would be kinda cool.

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Right! The teaser of the poster looked so cool, then when the whole poster was revealed it was really blah.

Lots of people sure do say “ I would buy (Theme XXX) sight unseen!” and “Take my money!” and “This title would be an insta- buy for me!” Because of this mindset, no matter what the next Stern is its:

A: probably going to have a price increase
B: certainly going to have incomplete code
C: likely going to suffer from quality control issues

None of these problems are ever going to go away with people consistently throwing large sums of money at a product they have never even actually seen or for that matter, a product that hasnt even been reviewed by any actual consumers. Whatever happened to demanding a proven quality product that has been adequately tested and performs properly out of the box?
If people were a bit more patient and didnt buy, say, all 400 LE models of a game before its even been released or reviewed maybe Stern would put a bit more effort into these games before putting them out.

Cross generational appeal with Stranger Things’ 1980s setting for sure.
Resonates with us old farts cause we were there and its popular with younger folks too, my kids are in their 20s and they like it. The 80s are hot right now! Would like to see this game become a reality.

I checked out my games after reading this and yeah, Iron Maiden feels a lot flimsier than even Ghostbusters from just a couple years earlier. Never really noticed but wow theres really a big difference in the weight and solid-ness (solidity?) between those two games. Maidens cabinet does feel pretty puny. I wonder if thats why I have so much trouble with scraping the inside of the Maiden cabinet every damn time I lift the playfield, perhaps the cabinet is sitting twisted slightly from being so lightweight.

Ill buy whatever comes out too for sure! Without seeing it or playing it! Take my money! Its a must-buy! Sight unseen!

Nevermind.

Probably already been mentioned but a Joker pin could be a good “bad guy“ pin possibility.

Im not that interested in a TMNT pin, but I cant say I would revile it.

That was the Three Stooges!
Edit- I stand corrected...never knew Abbot and Costello did that routine also. Funny stuff!

Still looking for a Futurama machine to be made. Seems like a no brainer.

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You dont know shit is what I think @wakky...heres what you said about Deadpool earlier in this thread....

I dont care how many times you go visit the Stern factory (where Im sure they are just THRILLED to see you), you are always talking out of your ass. Youve been wrong so many times in this thread alone its not even funny. Also, Bon Jovi sucks.

My avatar says it all, hope its cool!
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I thought that both of these games have a red DMD?

Certainly you must mean, “Gist of the poster’s post” (said in a know it all Comic Book Guy voice).

this is the part where I caught on that it was a joke

Turtles could be cool if it was in the style of the original Eastman/Laird comics, gritty and a little dark, the turtles drank beer and cursed occasionally. Bad guys got violently killed. It was pretty hardcore for a non-underground comic, actually.
Speaking just for myself, anything fashioned after the brightly colored pizza eating kid show turtles would be pretty lame and also really juvenile.

Seeing that Heavy Metal table is probably the most disappointed Ive ever been about a new release. Could have been epic, one of my all time favorite animated movies, instead its a cheap looking overpriced money grab.
Between that and these outrageously overpriced also cheap looking toppers Stern is putting out, not to mention the multiple malfunctions with Stranger Things, Im becoming a bit disgusted. They are pricing me right out of the hobby as the products themselves become flimsier and less reliable.

Double post.

Aw forget it.

Ok, that was pretty damn clever.

I think thats a really cool idea.

People can do whatever they want with their own money. Its really nobody else's business.
Negative comments about someones choice to purchase an expensive game, or any item for that matter, only come across as petty and jealous.

Yeah! With a soundtrack by Austrian Death Machine!

When it does come out looks like at least one will be “Going to California” lol.
Couldnt resist either.

In attract mode it would absolutely have to bellow out “GET OVER HERE!!”

Haha that “Killing for Religion” meme is clever and hilarious, Dave doesnt understand.
Totally down for a Megadeth pin!

You never know...
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Is the next game supposed to be a Brian Eddy design?

Hell yeah! Cool idea with the glasses/UV.
Needs to feature “Put ‘em on!” mode where you have make shots to beat up Frank and force him to wear the glasses. Then you would have to keep multiball going for the entire length of that fight scene, which is like, two days long.

+1 for Futurama.

Seems like Revenge of the Nerds would be a pretty successful theme around here.....

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I was really just kind of implying that things were getting a bit nerdy in here.....

Arrr it makes a guy yearn for the olden times when pinball machines were mostly found in smoky bars with simple themes about gambling, pool playing, boxing and the like. OK, so I did have an Xmen pro pinball for a while, but i was just experimenting! Oh yeah, and that one time with the Lord of the Rings....

Whoooooeeee a Justin Wilson pin would be wondermous, I Garontee!

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Ministry of Silly Walks multiball!

I think thats his Early Achievers serial number.

I think its funny that you only get one flipper on that upper playfield on the pro and two on the premium.

There was a Hee Haw pin back in the 70s…and did you know that there is actually a “Black Metal” hardcore band from Germany named Welk? Imagine if Stern has seen all this Welk talk and goes after that license…

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Its interesting to consider all the psychology involved in selling. Fomo, artificial scarcity, social proof, herd mentality. There are courses for sales forces to learn all these techniques and more. Went to read up on the Osborne effect and ended up learning a lot about mental manipulation to drive sales. Pinball companies use a lot of these methods!

Dear god no. Id rather have a pin based on the sound of the test of the emergency broadcasting system.

How bout a “They Live” pin using the UV from Stranger Things. Should be plenty of material in that movie for a pin. When you make the shots or what have you to “put on the glasses” the UV kicks on and you can read hidden messages and see the alien faces through whatever regular art is on the playfield and plastics.

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“Sharkanus” sounds like the title of a SciFi channel movie.

I dont remember reading about forced slavery in hotels in the 1960s and 1970s? Ive read a couple history books too.

Where in that post did I “call you out as a rascist”? What the hell are you talking about?

Oh yeah?

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Ok this is getting out of hand.

Didnt Stern send out a press release specifically stating that they weren't remaking Stranger Things? Said they couldnt get the license?

Speaking of old Ludwig Van, how bout a Clockwork Orange pin?

I thought you said you had to get back to work.

Now thats going full obscure. Used to watch that movie on The Movie Channel all the time. Hadnt thought about it in 40 years.

Nerds.

Green Day, Offspring, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam. For me, the grand slam of the shittiest bands of the 1990s, if not all eras of music. I loathe them all forever. I know they all get airplay because they come on the radio all the effing time but that only makes them suck even more.

Yeah your right about the Chili Peppers, they were from the 80s…it was in the 90s that they became more popular. Wow, they have sucked through 5 different decades at this point.

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Well they sucked in the 80s too.

As a kid I loved Night Gallery. Never happen but would make a cool companion for Twilight Zone.

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Im not quite clear on how coming out with a new different Metallica pinball machine would “ruin” the already existing older machine.

Exactly! All this talk of ruining the original and saying it wont be as good as the first game is ridiculous. You guys arent pinball Nostradomuses (Nostradomussesss?) seeing into the future before the game even comes out. It could be even better than the first game, and it damn sure isnt going to ruin the original or lessen it somehow. Do you like pinball? Then be happy that maybe it will be something new and different to play and enjoy.

You guys know about Here Come the Mummies? If not you have to check them out on youtube, you will not be disappointed. I would 100% buy a HCTM pin.

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Probably nobody.