I wonder what the good licenses were that Stern weenies turned down that Steve mentioned?
BARBIE
My wife's idea, but with a lot of stupid ideas, there's some truth / sanity to it. Getting kids interested is one of the many hurdles pinball faces and truthly pins are geared towards the male audience right now.
The gaming industry has attracted a new generation of gamers with pink-nintendo DS's, sims, pet-games, and guitar hero, etc.
Not saying "Barbie" is the solution, but trying to attract the younger generation is the problem - and "Barbie" is one bran storming idea to build on.
Normally I would buy that theory because it's about as good as some they chose, but with Gary's penny pinching mentality the lure of being able to glue an off the shelf doll in the centre of the field as the single toy, leads me to believe they didn't get this license.
I've been assuming this was a license passed on since John Borg's topcast interview. He said they were planning a pin based on a popular video game franchise last fall (when Halo 3 hype was at its peak). It would have RAKED in the cash, and I'd probably own one too. I seriously don't know why they missed the boat on that one, but I can totally see a guy like Gary just not 'get it' and balk at the high license fee.
I can just imagine playing a pin with the music and sound effects from that game, it would be epic.
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-The Getaway: High Speed II!! -Spider-Man -F-14 Tomcat -Guns N' Roses -Lord of the Rings -Twilight Zone
-Medieval Madness! -Indiana Jones (Williams) -Star Trek: The Next Generation -Champion Pub -Terminator 3 -Congo -Johnny Mnemonic -Tales of the Arabian Nights
Own Magic, Star Gazer, Batman Forever, STTNG, Mystery Castle (project)
Gone Fairy, Secret Service, Meteor x3, Title Fight, Eight Ball Deluxe, Bone Busters Inc., Seawitch, Starship Troopers, Strange Science, Arena, Hook, Pin*Bot x2, Time Warp, Motordome, Robocop, Black hole, Jurassic Park , Wipe-Out, Pinball Pro: Challenger I, Swords of Fury, Stargate, Party Zone
Steve's been posting and answering in the thread...
my favorite:
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Gary demanded stuff, never in the form of suggestion. He demanded at a staff that I take out Doc Ock "out of respect for him" screamed 3 inches from my face. Everyone left the room.
I can just see Steve getting out his mic of his pocket saying " whaaat?"
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I think that would've been a great theme.. it'd go well next to a Bad Cats 
, Wipe-Out, Pinball Pro: Challenger I, Swords of Fury, Stargate, Party Zone
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