Stern announces new KISS pinball

[Brunswick Brawler]

That last release of photos seem to show that Gene's head is not in a fixed position.

You will see that today's photos show Gene's upper teeth above the wire form ramp, yet in older photos that some of you are using as your profile picture, the teeth are well back from the ramp.

A photo of the assembly line work has a cloth under Gene's tongue. Its shows that the tongue is almost on the playfield.  Very different to earlier photos that show the tongue about 3cm above the playfield.

Conclusion:  Surely Gene's head take a bow when launching the balls.


STOP PRESS:
That said, the shot of gene's teeth shows the tongue way above the playfield.  How would the balls exist if the ramp is almost in Gene's mouth?  So what is an photo angle illusion and what is real?  The true powers of this daemon head will be revealed in time!

Stay tuned folks for our next episode:

 "Does the daemon take a bow, and if so, does he choke on the silver bullets?"

[Strangeways]

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[Toads]

That last release of photos seem to show that Gene's head is not in a fixed position.

You will see that today's photos show Gene's upper teeth above the wire form ramp, yet in older photos that some of you are using as your profile picture, the teeth are well back from the ramp.

A photo of the assembly line work has a cloth under Gene's tongue. Its shows that the tongue is almost on the playfield.  Very different to earlier photos that show the tongue about 3cm above the playfield.

Conclusion:  Surely Gene's head take a bow when launching the balls.


STOP PRESS:
That said, the shot of gene's teeth shows the tongue way above the playfield.  How would the balls exist if the ramp is almost in Gene's mouth?  So what is an photo angle illusion and what is real?  The true powers of this daemon head will be revealed in time!

Stay tuned folks for our next episode:

 "Does the daemon take a bow, and if so, does he choke on the silver bullets?"

The older photos are a LE.
The photos today are the PRO.
The mech is different.
The pro only has a virtual lock in there.
The prem and LE spits them out his mouth.
Hence the different angle your seeing.

[andypinboy]

The big reveal everyone is waiting for! How do the balls exit Gene's mouth?? Still looking forward to the Pro video anyway, but really hanging for the big one. What do people think about the trough in front of the 4 bumpers? What's the guess here?

[Brunswick Brawler]

The older photos are a LE.
The photos today are the PRO.
The mech is different.
The pro only has a virtual lock in there.
The prem and LE spits them out his mouth.
Hence the different angle your seeing.

But the shot with the tongue nearly touching the playfield can't be a normal arrangement, as it would stop the ball from entering the spinning disk area.  There is always a possibility that Gene's head hadn't been fully mounted when that photo was taken.

[swinks]

going off the comment on Sterns Facebook I reckon a video will be out tomorrow morning......

[MrMaloo]

I think the photos of the "tongue" are a bit deceiving because of the angle they are taken from .


If you look at the following photo , although it is hard to tell because of the sheet across the playfield , you will see that the tip of the tongue comes past the Lite Lock inserts which you can just see the tip of above the sheet :

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/18/7cac92317127cfdde15234bb338307f9.jpg


Then if you look at this image and take note of the Lite Lock inserts you'll see that the tip of the tongue must end around the middle of the Demon artwork/insert . Looks as though there is plenty of room under the tongue to get the ball past .

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/18/173e850b34712c6c523aaa1ddeda7d2b.jpg

The first photo above is taken from an almost straight down perspective which throws it out a little I think .

[Caveoftreasures]

Looking forward to the video.

Can't wait to see the AMD launch party.

I am assuming the USA Stern Dealers are going to have HUGE
KISS launch parties with people bringing along Kiss shirts n stuff to get into the mood.
Should be some great photos in the months ahead.

[swinks]

they have posted 3 kiss pinball videos being tested but all on facebook and don't know how to extract

the colour changing pop bumpers looks cool, but nothing showing the head movement as yet more about switch testing and hearing some of the kiss music

[GORGAR 1]

Here's the factory video :)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/35138159505/permalink/10152943804194506/

[andypinboy]

Wow - thanks Gorgar1. What a playfield   Best Stern p/f ever in terms of artwork - hand drawn true artistry & looks great with the inserts lit.. With Pro set for end-June delivery to Oz I think they'll be pumping through production of the Pros next week. Prem not delivered until Sept  

[swinks]

gameplay video definitely out today

[GORGAR 1]

Pro gets color changing inserts and pops :) Is it just me or does the clear coat look nice and thick?

[swinks]

Pro gets color changing inserts and pops :) Is it just me or does the clear coat look nice and thick?

the CC does look good

[Strangeways]

they have posted 3 kiss pinball videos being tested but all on facebook and don't know how to extract

the colour changing pop bumpers looks cool, but nothing showing the head movement as yet more about switch testing and hearing some of the kiss music

Visually - stunning. what an awesome art package. I hope it plays as good as it looks.

Sounds - Would be great to know what the guys are saying, but I don't understand Spanish or Mexican. The songs - "Deuce" is clearly the re recorded and over produced tribute band version which you can tell sounds terrible. Can't wait to upgrade these lame versions to the original versions.