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shinynick

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*** UPDATE - We will have our first Pokemon Pro location game in the Nitro Toronto Store in the woodbine mall - come check it out Saturday March 14 noon-7pm!

*** UPDATE - We have a few extra Pro and Premiums available in the first wave shipping in April!

We are taking orders for Pokemon LE Premium and Pro. Lots of demand for this title already.

I can take orders for Ontario only - contact [email protected] if you're not sure which office to buy from.

The reveal should be next week!

Our Ontario allocation for Pokemon LE is all spoken for - contact me to get on waitlist.

Pokémon - Stern Pinball

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meegis

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pinballjah said:
I wish they would tailor to the male 30-50 age population. Pokemon, Gremlins, Harry Potter. How about some sex, drugs and rock and roll :)
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You realize pokemon is celebrating 30 years this year.

Most pinball players are often niche hobbbyists and the ones who can afford to drop coins in or purchase a game for home are exactly in the nostalgia camp for pokemon.

Add to that how crazy popular it has become over the years and you have a mony maker for public setting (if they do it right).

30 - 50 age population means pokemon was childhood (0-14 years old) for 70+% of this group
 
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Pokemon - 1996 (30 years old)
Gremlins - 1984 (42 years old)
Harry Potter - 2001 (25 years old)

Lets call the target 10 year olds on avergage and it becomes, 40, 52 and 35


Sex, drugs and rock and roll usually screams 70s, but if you want to be super specific, 1977. That is 50 years ago next year. Add 10-15 years (likely more as it was more teen as opposed to kids) and you're sitting in the 60-80 year olds camp


Simple math.
 
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I’m guessing it’s for the grown-ass adults that think playing Pokemon-Go is cool. I actually know one but they can’t afford pinball machines. Curious to see how well it really does, once the FOMO assholes are done with the speculative buying of the LEs For profit reselling. It’s easy to build up fake hype to sell the LE games. Hope the speculators get stuck with their games lol.

mid 50s here and no interest whatsoever in Pokemon.
 
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40 here.

Been waiting for a real Pokemon pinball machine ever since I played Pokemon pinball on Gameboy Colour back in 1999. Sold my Deadpool last year and have been waiting patiently for this game to replace it.
 
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I can tell you that the orders and requests that we’ve gotten for Pokémon LE have been a lot, and almost all of them have been Pokémon collectors and they’re not buying this machine for their kids. “I’ll just sell a few cards to pay for this machine” is what I’ve heard from more than a couple people.

Welcome to pinball! ;)
 
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I’m hearing that demand is high from other distributors as well for all trim levels. All the LEs (750) will be built and shipped first. If you’re thinking about a premium or a pro and you want to get in on the first shipping batches of those I would not wait too long after the reveal!
 
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Based on Stern's history, and this being a home run theme for many, there's a high probability of disappointment.

Stern's approach seems to be that they put their talent and efforts on B titles, and they expect the hot themes to sell themselves.

Star Wars is the perfect example of that, and then look at the titles that Elwin works on.

I'm hoping Pokemon will be fun, but the rumor mill says otherwise.

Personally, my money now stays in the bank until I play these games. Gone are the days of buying game blindly. Way too many Stern duds to justify that now.
 
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Damien said:
Based on Stern's history, and this being a home run theme for many, there's a high probability of disappointment.

Stern's approach seems to be that they put their talent and efforts on B titles, and they expect the hot themes to sell themselves.

Star Wars is the perfect example of that, and then look at the titles that Elwin works on.

I'm hoping Pokemon will be fun, but the rumor mill says otherwise.

Personally, my money now stays in the bank until I play these games. Gone are the days of buying game blindly. Way too many Stern duds to justify that now.
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Too many duds from ALL companies. I learned my lesson with a blind purchase from a JJP title. Never again.
 
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Smokezz said:
Too many duds from ALL companies. I learned my lesson with a blind purchase from a JJP title. Never again.
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I have to disagree to a certain point on this. JJP didn't get lazy with Harry Potter, nor did Spooky with Evil Dead. Dune and Winchester also look pretty solid, but I haven't player them yet, so I'll reserve comments.

I just really think Stern has lost touch with the pinball community. Aside from Elwin games, I can't name you the last Stern that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Everyone likes something different obviously, but that's just my take on it.
 
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