Just a quick scan of my collection, and they are all fantastic machines - but not one of them is a movie pin. Artwork and themes are mostly original, and some of them are based on mythology or fantasy. This was very common for the 70's and 80's. The "movie pin" is a recent trend, brought about by lazy and unimaginative designers.
I'm not a commercial movie fan - I only like horror movies. By narrowing the market even further to cater for my tastes would be a huge mistake by any manufacturer. But by releasing ONLY movie pins, manufacturers are restricting themselves to movie goers. They need to widen the audience like they attempted with AC/DC. That was a "safe" title.
Whoever produces a non licensed pinball could change the dull and monotonous repetition we are seeing recently. How about looking at the themes and artwork of the 70's and 80's as inspiration ?
