Yep. Gotta love Stern. The only pin manufacturer who we can speculate about how many titles they are going to cram into one year.

I have zero inside info on this, but this makes perfect sense.

Jack has strongly implied that he has the license for SW

Heh. Why are you assuming that I give it any weight at all?

I was simply reporting what he said.

Why not JJP? Did you miss the 4 year wait part?

I haven't pre-ordered a pin since STLE.

I think I'm cured.

Sorry, but you are arguing semantics and using your own definition of "pre-order."

When I put money down on STLE, it was long before any pictures were released or that Star Trek was even officially announced by Stern. I didn't get my STLE anywhere close to a month after putting money down with my distributor. It was more like 5 months. Obviously never played it either.

If that isn't a pre-order, I don't know what is.

They are both pre-orders. They are just different kind of pre-orders, with one being more risky than the other.

One is practically a crowdfunding type of pre-order.

lol

Ironic how you try to clarify your earlier post and make it just as confusing!

Back to back Ritchie games *then* Thrones? If Thrones is Ritchie, the way you phrase your post means that there are *three* Ritchie pins coming out in a row. Or are you saying GoT isn't Ritchie?

A vault edition could mean that's the Ritchie pin, followed by GoT (which is Ritchie?) so that would be "Ritchie games back to back". Adding "then Thrones or vice versa" really confuses what you are trying to say.

I have my doubts that GoT will have an LCD screen for the simple reason that I think we would have heard more rumors/leaks of this actually happening.

If GoT does have an LCD, Stern did a damn good job of keeping it under wraps.

There were leaks on that one. There are threads where people said WWE was the next pin. It never gained traction, because not many people gave a crap.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=foxy+lady

I'm curious about the differences that there will be between the Premium and LE versions.

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I had forgot you said anything from your first post. Then you said it again and I remembered.

It wouldn't be two in a row since GoT and SMVE will come between them at a minimum.

Boy those ratings are more screwed up than ever. LOTR LE is sitting in the Top 10 right along with the normal version. So LOTR is in the Top 10 twice.

VEs already out there? There's only one.

Did I miss a release?

Exactly.

I *do* want an LCD. But I am certainly not going to make a decision to buy or not buy GoT based on whether it has an LCD screen! You don't play the LCD screen any more than you play the playfield or cabinet art. Yes, it can add to the visual enjoyment overall, but that's a small percentage of the overall enjoyment of the pin, with the majority coming from how it shoots, rules, call outs, sounds, and music, as well as theme integration.

TWD has some of the best dots I have ever seen. There is definitely a part of me that will miss the creativity that goes into creating those types of displays when they are replaced with the LCD.

Like Ben said in another thread:

Like I said, I want an LCD screen. But I will still buy GoT without one if I like what I see

Not sure if that means I'm "ok with it" or not under your definition

Frankly I prefer what I see on my TWDs DMD over what I've seen on Heighways LCD on Full Throttle

That's crazy! I have a RS here right now (baby sitting it) with a color dmd in it no less, and I think the dots on TWD blow it away.

Who did you hear that from?

Anyone on this forum? Because I definitely don't recall reading that from any reliable source. In fact I specifically held off ordering TWD because I knew code wouldn't be very far along for several months.

If you can tell us who said this, we would know not to put any faith in what they say.

Best damn dots in any pin I've ever owned.

I'm sure we are talking about two different things. He is looking for photorealism, which is why he wants an LCD. I'm talking about the creativity of the dots themselves, and the way they fit the theme, and often make me laugh.

Couldn't agree more.

Liking the dots on IM and Tron better than TWD and ST is plain bonkers.

IM is one of my favorite pins ever. The dots are horrifyingly bad.

I am not sure when the announcement will take place, but I am sure that GoT will be made by Stern (even if it isn't the next announced title).

Like you said, history shows that Stern tends to announce a title within a few days of Labor day.

Thank God!

Can't argue with that.

Interesting point. I don't think there is much added cost to the pro though. It's the development that is costly, so once that's done for the Premium/LE there would be much to do/change for the pro (I would think).

The LCD screen itself probably won't cost much more than the DMD.

Stern announced TWD a week after Labor Day last year, so what you say makes sense.

In this case, though, it's definitely a rumor.

Well I'm not necessarily the one selling it.

This isn't one that I'm going to vouch for, let's put it that way. But at the same time, there are definitely rumors about this happening.

Well the list is actually longer than that if you want it to be. For example, Jaws. Some rumors have more validity than others, depending on the source. I never considered any of the above to be a serious possibility except possibly Hunger Games. Besides, most of those rumors weren't rumors at all, but were merely peoples guesses based on stupid shit Stern would post on their facebook page. That's called speculation, not rumor. Jimmy Hendrix rumors are not the result of anything posted on Stern's FB page.

Would you call Game of Thrones a rumor?

Thank you! Exactly my point. Some rumors are more valid than others.

As far as I know, you are confusing it with something else. I have never seen any confirmation of a GoT license to Stern.

That said, I am confident that GoT is coming.

It can't take itself seriously when the OP basically says "I know Stern's next pin and you don't, neener neener!"