I'd have to say that if "anyone" is in touch with Stern, then I'd LOVE the orange trim rather than the red for the LE. honestly, for the $ we are paying, they could throw in both ?
Ace's image is clear throughout the game, and KISS had A LOT to do with the artwork. Peter only looks like Peter on the side art and the pop bumper cap that bears the classic image. The translite and playfield look a lot more like Eric, but that does not spoil it for me. This game hinged on the the artwork - and using the original line up as the main focus was what had my wallet emptied. If Peter and Ace were not the main focus with Gene and Paul, I'd have passed. Stern were not stupid in the this case. Original line up = BIG Seller. Tribute band line up = massive flop.
Could it be possible that Stern did their homework and checked out the KISS merchandise that sells ? Always the original line up. Every show I've been to since the Reunion - T-Shirts are always gone before the show. Then the tribute line up started touring and the merchandise was mixed artwork from both eras. The original T-shirts sold well before the show, and there were always boxes of the tribute line up that no one was buying. Last show I went to, the original stuff was all gone and rather then buy the tribute T-Shirt, I bought the opening act's T-shirt (Motley Crue) and they are just about the worst live band I've seen (I've seen well over 50 international acts).
The more I see of the game, the more I count the sleeps..
You would think KISS's starting position would have been to push the current band line up. I expect that Stern barged hard and offered to do the original band or nothing, noting the above reasons.
"The game is on the playfield". Good code or not, a good playfield can carry weak code. Good code cannot carry a weak playfield. KISS 2015 pinball is on fire!
(We shouldn't be calling it KISS 2015. This will be KISS 2015-2017.)
