Congrats! You own a pinball company... what do you build?

[Sparky]

Just for fun, I was debating what were great potential themes that were never made in pinball. So imagine this... you decide to start up a pinball company. You have to build 3 pins to start off:

1- a music theme

2- a licensed theme

3- free reign... pick a theme. Licensed or not. Original or not.

So... what would you build? Just a fun little discussion.

GO!

[Sparky]

My pics:

1- Van Halen (I had originally chosen ZZ Top but Heisenberg gave that great option)

2- I know... this will piss off a few... but I still say... Predator

3- I would REALLY like to see a PROPER sequel to a classic pin (I was not a fan of a single-level Black Knight pin). So... my pic would be FIREPOWER 3. Runner up? High Speed 3.

[shovelhed]

1) The Grateful Dead (this is gonna happen!)

2) Blade Runner

#) Smokey and the Bandit

[HPR Pinball]

I would re-do Alien, my next NIB if Stern take the franchise and make a fantastic game

Black Sabbath, oh no, another NIB if Stern bla bla bla

A dragons themes, rpg style, a great adventure, 3level playfield, tons of toys and table flow even better than SR!! (It's a retirement project)

[frosken]

1- Debating between Rammstein and Prodigy... RAMMSTEIN!!! it's gonna be a LOUD machine!
2- The Matrix (now that a new Matrix is coming soon)
3- NHL-hockey themed machine...although a Sequel (tri-quel?) to Centaur could be a great idea too...

[World_of_Warships]

Damn, Rammstein is a good one, so is Blade Runner..!

Sorry for my picks, I can almost hear your keyboards cringing:

1- Daft Punk
2- James Bond
3- Hellraiser

[aerostarz]

1. Foo Fighters or Loverboy.. Led Zep but its already done
2. Star Trek Voyager
3. Mission Impossible "all Tom Cruise movies combined"

[Fifty]

1- Queen

2- My Hero Academia

3- Banzai Run Sequel

[cait001]

1 - Wu-Tang Clan
2 - Mad Max Fury Road
3 - Metroid

[dr.nybble]

1- a music theme

I like that Iron Maiden is not a "band" pinball but more story-driven. I think Judas Priest could do something similar so going to go with JP.

2- a licensed theme

Blade Runner

3- free reign... pick a theme. Licensed or not. Original or not.

Conan the Barbarian OR Cthulhu mythos

[Honey Badger]

1. Motörhead
2. Friday The 13th
3. Blackwater 500

[Pinball Junkie]

1. SRV (I'm actually really tired of music pins and I like music...)
2. Predator (There is already a new improved Alien in the works...)
3. A better Waterworld revisited or another awesome funny and fun to play pin like Elvira HOH

[TwilightZone]

1. Matrix. Absolutely love the first movie.
2. Tron. Yes, another Tron but even better. Imagine what could be done with the full colour display now!
3. Nintendo theme like Super Smash Bros. Extremely popular with kids. Great license for old gamers, too.

[mrmikeman]

1. Rush
2. Labyrinth
3. Bad Cats II. Make it fun this time.

[cait001]

2. Tron. Yes, another Tron but even better. Imagine what could be done with the full colour display now!

I hope they start doing "2.0 Vaults" or something like that, re-releases with an LCD screen. So many great Sterns could be re-sold 15-20 years after they came out. (LOTR of course)

(I also hope companies like CGC start developing 2.0 code for the machines they do. They've already redone the platforms, so imagine Attack From Mars with contemporary Lyman-quality code?
People that own re-releases of the 1990s classic would trip over themselves to pay $400 for an entirely new codeset for MMr, AFMr, MBr, etc.)

[Francis]

1. Ozzy Osbourne / Black Sabbath
2. Mad Max Fury Road.
3. Taxi 2 (Remake of Williams Taxi)

[Sparky]

2. Predator (There is already a new improved Alien in the works...)

OOOhhhhh... You have me very curious now.

[Sparky]

1- Queen

2- My Hero Academia

2 great suggestions. My daughter Emma is a My Hero Academia nut. I got out of manga stuff after Akira in 88. LOL

[Mrhide]

2- My Hero Academia

My daughter Emma is a My Hero Academia nut. I got out of manga stuff after Akira in 88. LOL

never heard of it

[World_of_Warships]

2. Tron. Yes, another Tron but even better. Imagine what could be done with the full colour display now!

Now, that one would get me excited! What's better than my Tron, a second one to put next to it, of course!! I can imagine full color display, projections (like on Stranger Things), magnetic ramps, EL wires all over, extended Daft Punk music from the complete album that just dropped.. when can I order from Sparky Pinball?

[Sparky]

2. Tron. Yes, another Tron but even better. Imagine what could be done with the full colour display now!

Now, that one would get me excited! What's better than my Tron, a second one to put next to it, of course!! I can imagine full color display, projections (like on Stranger Things), magnetic ramps, EL wires all over, extended Daft Punk music from the complete album that just dropped.. when can I order from Sparky Pinball?

Let me get my Lotto Max win first. LOL

[uberhare]

You would pick a licensed theme with a massive nerd following to generate sales.

[steamfitter]

1.Kid Rock
2.The three stooges
3.Black Hole lost in space

[Fifty]

never heard of it

It's okay to be out of touch. It has never heard of you either.

[Pinball Junkie]

2. Predator (There is already a new improved Alien in the works...)

OOOhhhhh... You have me very curious now.

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