My inside contact tells me their is NO new band pinball title allocated for 2013 at all. Metallica is simply a rumor of hope versus fact i am told.
A KISS machine wont be profitable to Stern at $3,000 a machine in licence fees IMO. I wish they did one, but it wont ever happen with these figures, no matter how many they sell, the figures just cant add up, not with those licence fees, and its a risk to Stern to even try unless the fee comes down to something reasonable....Gene Simmons i ilke, but his ego is too big and thinking that placing a silly amount per machine will make the machines more collectable wont transpire into sales for Stern. Money is just too hard to come by these days.
The KISS army is huge yes, but will they buy a pinball that someone wants 9 or 10 grand for.....pinball fans who are KISS fans equals yes, but it doesnt mean KISS fans who have never bought a pinball before ever will rush out n get one.......
Shame Gene Simmons doesnt make the fee reasonable so thousands of machines could get sold at reasonable prices versus no machines ever....
I remember being an Ace Frehly fan when I was aboy 8 or 10, and I went to the drive in movies to see the KISS movie, all great memories...A new Stern KISS machine would be awesome.....hope someday they can make a great one with all this new technology...imagine a LCD with movie clips or the jukebox like AC/DC, all very very cool. 
Its a rumour thats been put onto a forum and like most forum statements it will be 90% speculative and not to be taken as gospel.... it has less substance than an email from Gomez
