and your not getting kids to buy it, you are getting arcades to buy it because it will be actually be a money maker. isnt that how most of you guys got into pinball????
yer thats right they are built for home use now, boring titles build for old guys. lol.
they arent built for those suffering teenage angst lol,
ps just debating passionately no offense intended lol
You are absolutely right. Kids won't be interested, including teenagers. But the Bally 1978 KISS was released when most of us were early teens, it is part of our formative years before we discovered girls. So what are teenagers interested in - Certainly NOT hanging out at arcades. They have their faces buried in their mobile devices. Maybe if there was an "Apple Pinball" they might have an interest for 5 minutes.
Pinball themes HAVE to be movie or music related. The only way Stern can tap into the current trends is to align with a movie theme. But people get sick of them. So every few pins, it has to be a band pin. Those bands have to come from our teenage years - 1973 to 1980. Rolling Stones, KISS, Dolly Parton and Ted Nugent. All 70's icons. They failed with the Rolling Stones remake, won't go near Dolly Parton or Ted Nugent again. Logically, they should be looking at Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, KISS or Pink Floyd. Thats what we grew up with and we have the coin to pay for it. All "Hard Rock" titles, but I can't see an Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Spice Girls or Abba pin working.
Stern is all about making money. The titles and themes will be aimed at the home market, especially after the monstrous success of AC/DC. Logically, they can't go wrong with KISS. It will be a much bigger seller than AC/DC, and it will hurt the value of the Bally 1978 machine. Having said that, the KISS fans I've spoken to over the weekend would not hesitate to have a 1978 next to the 2013 version. The ONLY problem that Stern will have - Will they feature the original members, or the current line up in the artwork. This will be a bigger division than the AC/DC Angus head VS lower playfield.
Yes, I will be buying at least 3 2013 KISS machines.
