Game of Thrones gets my vote. Not because I have any intel of use to anyone but just because I want it to come out first!!

I do hope they do GOT first so I can save a few more $ to buy a spidey...

When is the Its Sunny game going to be announced?

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Would buy....and also hoping GoT takes the crown of LOTR so I have to buy one less game.

There will be two locally then because I plan to buy a pro.

Does anyone have an idea of when Stern will make an announcement about what game will come out next? I want to get my first NIB and if its GOT or Spiderman VE it will be an instant buy.

According to pinside a year ago, it was LOTR and they were damned sure of it.

No one that usually posts dependable info on Pinside indicated it was coming. Only speculation and desire for it to happen. There is very dependable info shared here you just need to know who to pay attention to.

It sucks that people spout nonsense with utter confidence. Nobody would fault someone for hoping for a VE or pushing for a theme they love. Just say that's the case instead of making stuff up and claiming to have an inside source.

The next Stern game is expected to be announced end of August/early September.

According to what distributors have heard, GOT is supposed to come first, followed by SM VE.

Either way, we'll know soon enough when the official announcement is made.

Nobody knows. Not one person called WWE correctly.

Seems like there is going to be a WHOLE lot of newly minted pinball machines coming onto the scene on top of what's already been delivered in the last year.

From Stern we got Mustang, TWD, WWE and KISS, now two more upcoming this year. Throw in TH, TBL, Heighway's pins, JJP#3 and Rob Zombie from the others.

I hope it never stops but it sure feels like the market can't keep absorbing all these new pins, especially of the $9k variety.

The rest of this year should be really interesting!

WWE was a sneaky one! Someone mentioned Stern on the WWE license page and shortly after, it was announced.

My fear too...

Doing another run of iron man vault , then new artwork spiderman........take it to the bank ! IMO

Hobbit is not threatening coming out in 2015. Game #3 would be about 3 years away at best. Three years is 9-12 Stern games away. Overall, I do agree that a lot of games are coming out. I hope the companies make it.

They do know. Talk to your distributor. Do you have a distributor? Have you bought enough games off your distributor to have a good relationship with them?

I have one pin. Only distributor I know sells weed. Just saying NOBODY called WWE, where was the distributor info then?

You right about WWE because it was an insane choice, also we did call MMR, TWD and IMVE correctly so all in all the Pinside batting average isn't that bad.

Isn't it more fun being surprised?

Still surprised. Just earlier.

TBL has been alarmingly quiet since the fiasco some months ago. What's up with that pin?

There has to be half a dozen other swing and misses though, right? Were Angry Birds and Muppets serious guesses? Avengers was going to have an LCD and didn't Kiss get predicted before AC/DC even came out? I think that one was just a wild-ass guess that came true due to the success of AC/DC and Metallica.

Jurassic World is my bet. Hoping for Ghostbusters in the mix also.

I am expecting SMVE sooner and actually hope that is the case as I dont have any money now and would like either of the other 2 themes.

SM VE is definitely coming soon.

Hope so, I've got the money sitting around for one if the game proves to be cooler than the original.

Haven't heard a peep on that one either. Just a list of people that are on pre order.

What's gonna be interesting is if people will pay up for TH and the price increase after all this time? The pin looks amazing and the code will be Keefer phenomenal as usual.

Must be a whole other world out there outside of Pinside, full of people ready to buy TH at those prices. At least Jack thinks so, maybe he's right. Plenty of Pinside people as well.

I would be surprised if they announce a VE next based on Expo timing. Stern has historically announced a new, high priority license the month before Expo and then watched as Marco then showcased those pins at Expo. Just not enough time for a VE and a new game before then. If I was Stern there would be no way I'd miss out on the Expo venue to show case a newly licensed game...

I have ZERO interest in any VE games Stern can come up with. I get the fact they are doing it to keep the line busy and I assume its easy money, not having to create new code and all, but how many people can there really be lining up to buy the VE's?

How did IM VE do? Pump em out, the more the merrier i guess, but it seems most people, if they wanted the original would already have it.

New lighting, that's great, but there is WAY too many great NEW titles coming out to go backwards imho.

Agreed, having the game there > announcing the game.

Easiest way to know this is ask the distributors of their NIB inventory. Im guessing they are all gone. Not sure how many more they ran. ~400-500~maybe?

Edit----They run Spiderman again and I bet you get the same result, all distributors will sell that out in a short period of time.

That certainly is a unique experience Tiger. Opening up a brand new NIB, with complete code.

I did buy my AC/DC premium NIB, a year after release, with complete code. Yes it felt great! Might as well call it a VE at that stage too right?

I doubt there are any left, except maybe in private hands, like the couple of Tron LEs that showed up for sale years later still NIB.

I'm holding out for an X-Men VE. The code on that should be awesome.

400-500 sounds about right Flanker. I don't think those sales are on top of what they would sell of the upcoming new titles, most of those SM VE's will cannibalize upcoming sales.

Unless there are infinite dollars out there.

F it, meant to edit my original post.

Yep, lots of new ballers out there. I do hope they announce Spidey very soon, itching to buy something specific.

Man, I am running out of these mythical "dollars" you speak of. TH and Alien on order, Kiss prem coming, plus a TSPP and LOTRLE picked up in the last month. Can I afford GoT? No. Maybe it will be blow-you-away amazing, but I'm thinking it will HAVE to be to get my money at the moment. It probably will be, , and so will SMVE...

In America, we just print more, they are everywhere these days, blowing around with the wind on every street.

Back in the olden days (last millennium) pinball machines were played on location because no one had them in their house. If more games are coming out than people can afford, maybe they'll be forced to climb out of their basements to find all these amazing new games on location somewhere?

I've never seen a Pinside poll this close with the four choices essentially evenly split at 23-27%. Guess that either means that none of us really have a clue or only 25% are in the club.

My gut and two sources still say GOT is next. Maybe the new game will have finished code...maybe not.

I originally got into the hobby with a list of games I wanted to tick off. Now that list is 99% complete and some new release games added along the way, I'm running out of space and it takes longer to save cash due to the prices rising with every release.

Hoping that Game of Thrones surpasses the wow factor of Lord of the Rings and blows everyone away. Had a look at a LOTR in a pub today (couldn't play because the balls were stuck in the sword lock) and wow, that game has some ramps and toys.

With so many great new games coming out, what is everyone doing? Selling off parts of the "old" collection or keep accumulating?

As I've said before, asking my "keepers" some pretty hard questions. And I'm finding that a lot of them don't have the right answers. Selling the old. Probably turning over 60-70% of the collection in the next year. But then, I'm a turner overer.