Stern announces new KISS pinball

[swinks]

 coming.... hope it is a good solid game video, Jared has definitely picked it up on the Stern FB

[swinks]

new video - game play
https://www.facebook.com/sternpinball/videos/10153290535594244/

cool game, plays fast and the ball just rolls out of the mouth not shoot out and the head is fixed, ramps are nice, sounds is great, star child arena area looks to be a tough shot to make

I want a pro.....

[oldskool1969]

Watch everyone whinge! wheres the sound?
Looks fast and cool!

[GORGAR 1]

That looks and plays nice cool flow :) YES you can change songs throughout game I hated that about Metallica. I watched it in car with stereo loud so the game needs a sub :)

[swinks]

Watch everyone whinge! wheres the sound?
Looks fast and cool!

the sound works, noticed I had to stop and then start the facebook video for the sound to come in, borg's games always have a bit of speed. I wonder even though the premiums and le's have the love gun levitating ball which slows the game play but gets the ball into the star child area...

stern also posted this

Stern Pinball
Some of you might care to know the following.
This was the first game ever played on a assembled machine from our factory. The machine was not on legs but was rather on one of our assembly carts. The game had no adjustments whatsoever so things like the speed in which the ball shoots out of the mouth are not necessarily reflective of what the final version will be. This video was simply intended to show how the ball moves around the playfield and how some of the shots can be hit.
Certainly you can expect more high definition gameplay videos as the days and weeks go on. Thank you for your interest.

[andypinboy]

  Outstanding. Great flow & looks like a hell of a fun game. Ball rolling out looks cool & also gentle enough to not cause p/f probs. Early days still but I think they have really cracked it this time. The video also confirms how nice the clear coat is. I have been reticent with respect to buying Stern in the past, enjoying the games, but feeling they could do more for their customers. Maybe, just maybe, this time they've brought the whole package up to meet their price point. I cannot wait to get mine.

[Caveoftreasures]

Looks great.

[Strangeways]

Absolutely thrilled.

I NEVER thought I'd buy a NIB Stern - came close with Iron Man and VERY close with TWD LE. This game has me completely stunned with anticipation. Look at the clearcoat - on a PRO no less ?

[Caveoftreasures]

The clear coat on Sterns have been very good for a long time.

I can speak for the following titles for which the factory clear coat appears to be very thick and shiny on

ACDC
X Men
Star Trek
Mustang
The Walking Dead

After plenty of games with new balls, I cant/haven't yet seen any ball swirl marks at all.
It would be good if Stern released a video of their playfields being manufactured but I guess that is a trade secret they want to keep secret.

I can't see why they would have changed the clear coat process just for KISS but given Stern are great at keeping manufacturing secrets, I guess we will never know.

A friend has a Avatar, Big Buck Hunter and a Transformers and the clear on those are also excellent.
Maybe as the years go past, the products companies like Stern are using are just getting better with technology.
The video of KISS definately makes the Playfield art look amazing.

If the Aussie dollar was the same as ACDC, I wonder would KISS outsell ACDC in Australia ?

[spacejam0]

If the Aussie dollar was the same as ACDC, I wonder would KISS outsell ACDC in Australia ?


An interesting question. Aussie dollar aside I'm a much bigger AC/DC fan than Kiss fan but I would much prefer a Kiss machine. Might be that I prefer the look or that I grew up playing Kiss and one day hope to own a Bally version I'm not sure.
On a quick side note what an awesome looking play field this new Kiss has...wow IMHO this is Sterns best looker to date.

[swinks]

working spinning disc and chute video here.

on this link people who don't have facebook can still view (if I selected the right on)

https://www.facebook.com/sternpinball/videos

[Cow Corner]

Pretty underwhelming, couple of cool ramp shots but that looks like it. Will have to wait and see what it is really like if and when the code gets done.
Is Gene a dribbler or a spitter, the ball on multiball just dribbles out of his mouth. Maybe that is the way he likes it?
 

[GORGAR 1]

working spinning disc and chute video here.

on this link people who don't have facebook can still view (if I selected the right on)

https://www.facebook.com/sternpinball/videos

So the ball either goes under Gene and the disc spits it back out under Gene or if a different insert is lit it'll go up to Genes head and exit via his tongue? Am I correct?

[Strangeways]

The clear on the test pinball that we have all seen in the Stern videos is definitely much better than recent efforts.

TWD LE in my showroom has had 100 plays. It has that many craters, it looks like the surface of the moon. In fact, Greg ordered a second playfield for the game to have clearcoated properly. This was a constant issue he had with the quality of the clearcoat on all late model sterns. Almost half his LE's have spare playfields for exactly the same reason. Stern have definitely made a change with the clearcoat quality we all see in the video.

[swinks]

working spinning disc and chute video here.

on this link people who don't have facebook can still view (if I selected the right on)

https://www.facebook.com/sternpinball/videos

So the ball either goes under Gene and the disc spits it back out under Gene or if a different insert is lit it'll go up to Genes head and exit via his tongue? Am I correct?

possibly or a bit of luck to make it to the vuk out of the spin or straight across the spinner.