![]() ![]() ![]() Nowadays it's unlikely for a pinball creator to make a machine not based on a licensed product. Over the years, the drop in widespread pinball sales lead to a shift in what sort of machines were created. ![]() Now we create 250 to 350 machines a day."ĭankberg called the creation of hand-made pinball tables a "fascinating symphony of talent." "When I walked into the factory five years ago it was dead silence. Things have grown drastically since then. "We came in about five years ago, near the end of 2009, with a group of venture capitalists to help turn the company around along with some of the founders. "We are in the middle of a pinball renaissance right now," he said. The Walking Dead pinball is one of six machines Stern Pinball has planned through 2015, Dankberg said. It won't include any voice work from the actors, he added. ![]() "It will feature familiar scenes and familiar characters from the show," Dankberg said. John Borg, the machine designer and technician behind classic pinballs like Star Wars, Guns N' Roses and Twister, is doing the design for the table and Lyman Sheats, a programmer whose work includes Tommy Pinball Wizard, Medieval Madness and AC/DC, is in charge of programming. "It's going to be a really fantastic looking and playing game.ĭankberg said the tiny toys on the table were created with the help of Gregory Nicotero, a special effects creator whose work has appeared in The Walking Dead, Predators and the original Day of the Dead. "A giant crossbow comes out of the front of the machine, it literally slides out, and you can fire pinballs anywhere on the field," said Jody Dankberg, Stern's director of marketing and licensing. Most impressive though is the way players will shoot the ball in the limited edition version. The limited edition version of the machine, which sells for $8,595, will also include tiny toys based on designs from the show, like a bicycle girl and a fish tank with an illuminated zombie head. Youtube pinball wizard pro#The pro version of the game, which sells for $5,995, includes zombie bash toys and some familiar locations, like Cell Block C. The machine will be based on the AMC television show and feature a playfield based on the overarching struggle of a group of survivors pitted against a world turned zombie. They've got a big North American tour lined up, which they are calling the "Electronic Mind Monsters Reader 2012" tour, as well as a record release show April 7 in Brooklyn.Ġ4-07 Brooklyn, NY - Living Bread (album release show) 05-03 Boston, MA – Blue Triangle 05-04 Montreal, Quebec – Il Motore 05-05 Toronto, Ontario – Polyhaus 05-06 Detroit, MI – PJ’s Lager House 05-07 Chicago, IL – The Bottom Lounge 05-08 Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center 05-11 Seattle, WA – Seattle Tavern 05-12 Portland, OR – YU Contemporary 05-14 San Francisco, CA – The Lab 05-15 Los Angeles, CA – Eagle Rock Center for Arts 05-18 Austin, TX – Red 7 05-19 Dallas, TX – Sons of Hermann Hall 05-20 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks 05-22 Atlanta, GA – 529 05-23 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 05-24 Washington, D.C.The Walking Dead television show is getting a pinball machine, Stern Pinball told Polygon today. and April 9 everywhere else via Ribbon Music. The single's typically Black Dice-ian artwork is above. Impossible, the upcoming LP by New York experimental mainstays Black Dice. ![]()
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