Next month.

Yeah end of September for show at Expo.

Does it really matter? Who has 7k for stock or 10k for LE, and being in Canada add another couple of K for exchange rate.

Yikes!

Let's enjoy the current one for a while...

Ouf I ear ya

Im pretty sure TWD was announced August last year.

Stern is on a small run of duds for me, so I'm looking forward to the next announcement.

Yeah even if it is a really cool pin I won't get it because of the exchange rate. I would have to sell my entire collection just to get it

What are the odds the theme of the next one will actually be "current" ?

I've been told short run of met premium and another small batch of iron man ve then new game in the next month or so

Game of Thrones is current. So is Jurassic World if that pans out. Ghostbusters? Sort of.

5 years into the series would make that very current by todays pinball standards.

Jaws, Ghosterbusters for old school would be cool and would love a Fast n Furious

it has been a few days since a new VE thread popped up so lets just discuss it here

So any rumors on when we can expect an LCD!

Why ? Ughhhh.

Get acquainted with the characters quickly!

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I really don't care when they announce the next title. Or what it will be.

Why?

Because I'm still waiting for them to finish the last 4-5 titles.

Everybody knows it's Muppets then Angry Birds.

I wonder what percentage of pinball people watch Game of Thrones, just curious how popular it is in this culture.

I thought it was my little pony?

The hillbiily doing the callouts will never die!

From what I've heard from reliable sources, the next title will be announced by September, and the order of new titles will supposedly be Game Of Thrones (Dwight Sullivan leading the code), then Spider-Man VE (rumored to sell at the Premium price point with comic art, unique armor, & revised Wizard Mode code), then Jurassic World by Trudeau by early 2016.

I heard a rumor that Ozzy was to have a cameo in the new Ghostbusters.

This is the first I heard of Jurassic World. Not very interested though. Extremely interested in Game of Thrones because I love the show. I wonder if they will worry about spoilers.

Supposedly GoT is LCD screen, Jurassic World is standard DMD. Which sounds weird right? Who wants a game that goes backwards after that? Unless GoT has sticker shock and JW is cheaper or something.

The more I think about it... I really kinda see another company picking up JAWS and that's IF it even happens. I'd love Stern to do this title but I'm not positive they would. Heighway, or JJP IMO would be a more likely candidate to proceed with JAWS... ya never know, hopefully someone produces it. Personally I've never seen GOT, and seems to be the general consensus that it's coming soon as a pin...but everyone certainly has their dream pin. Lots of Iron Maiden talk... yet not available, again Jaws had lots of buzz and committed buyers but still no pin. I think that Jaws out of majority of the rumored pins would hold up more overtime in terms of the theme.

Stern (or whoever) if they made a Jaws pin it would be an instant classic.

Ultimately I'm surprised you don't really see that much people talking about another new Star Wars pin coming, being EP 7 is somewhat around the corner. Although it's been rumored that JJP has acquired the license.

I would really love for them to make a revamped Back To The Future Pin, and release it on Oct. 21st 2015.

So, we're in the "when's the next announcement?" phase of the cycle again, eh?

Wonder if we'll work in some more "where's the code" before the inevitable "zOMG they announced ___; Sell all ur A-list games and buy buy buy!"

Wha? That WOULD be weird.

I was thinking that Stern has been ramping up the prices in order to lay a foundation for the future (Spike, new factory, LCD) so when the LCD stuff ships it's at most an average bump in cost.

I understand that the BOM is a little higher and they've got extra headcount because of the new motion graphics guys, but I'm not expecting a big cost increase unless this thing is absolutely loaded to the gills in terms of licensed assets and physical mechs.

Hoping I'm not wrong about the price. Also hoping they don't shit the bed with the theme like they did with TWD.

I was thinking today how the only time I played the Avengers was at Joe's Playground in NH. Everytime I would launch, two balls would come out and when I drained one, the flippers went dead till the other ball drained. This happened for all three balls. I thought that was normal till my friend played and it didn't do it for him. Maybe they can put that in the new code for Avengers.

Although it wouldn't surprise me if they did something like that, just to say, "JJP are not the only ones who can pull this off". I remember thinking, "Wow" after seeing the Star Trek light show and then thinking, "I guess WOZ is not that special after all"......only to be highly disappointed when Mustang came out.

One more reason it would make more sense for JW to come out now/soon and GoT to come out winter/spring.

Not that making sense ever had much to do with it.

Listening to Jacks seminar at ReplayFX, I got the impression that they did not get that license.

Right on, he was quite negative about the idea.

Game of Thrones is HUGE. The world wide popularity is at an all time high. This to me is the best, most current theme available right now. Sort of like Harry Potter would have been five years ago...

You're right that GoT is more popular than ever, but it is still a shadow of the popularity of Jurassic World. JW broke $1 billion at the box office in two weeks. GoT finales have viewerships of 8 million (to compare, assume each GoT finale viewer bought a $8 movie ticket, which is $64 million).

You could make a compelling argument that being an ongoing series GoT is more likely to have sustaining interest than a one-off film. But when you consider the record-breaking success of JW that was a huge 14 year gap from the previous entry in the series also proves that JP is about as evergreen an IP as they come.

Yes, I am a bit hyped for this release. I was pumped for a Walking Dead release, but it left me feeling a bit flat (until I played one) when it was unveiled. The same goes for KISS. I'm imagining Game of Thrones as a full color LCD Lord of the Rings (and The Hobbit) killer all rolled into one.

As for Jurassic World....I see big box office dollars, but don't care for the theme at all. I saw the movie at the cinema and now it has passed. I've watched the entire seasons of Game of Thrones over the years and still enjoy it to this day.

I bet there is an announcement of the next game around Lanor Day.

How sweet will it be to see some of this on your GOT?

Sounds like whatever titles are coming up they will be costly.

Insert video of Kevin Arnold's dad grumbling about death and taxes....Ahhh a full color LCD Wonder Years pin. Somebody make a note of this.

You are right, constant price rises....reaching insanity point.

And yes, Centreflank, an Always Sunny pin.

Should just re-theme something into a Sunny. What would be a good candidate? Something no one wants to play.....

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Quarter gave you a thumbs down but only because you said "small" run of duds.

Motley Crue to be announced shortly?...only heard classic rock band was coming soon, but Motley Crue makes some sense with this being their last tour ever...

Back to back music pins is very unlikely.

Sorry but no way it'll be JP. Feel free to quote me.

Yeah, we'll probably have to wait at least six months for REO Speedwagon.