Stern Pinball

Pinball is one of the great American past times. I've talked about pinball extensively here for years. Right now I have no plans to stop the fun while I help flatten the curve while staying at home. And Stern Pinball has no plans to stop the fun either! Earlier I spoke with Zach Sharpe from […]

Elvira and pinball go hand in hand. In fact, the famous horror host has had three to date! Her first, Elvira and the Party Monsters was released by Midway Games in October of 1989. The second, Elvira Scared Stiff, dropped September of 1996 — and also from Midway. For her next machine, Stern Pinball has […]

Stern Pinball is ready to take players into The Upside Down with their new Stranger Things pinball machine. Pinball fans across the internet have been speculating as to what Stern's newest machine is going to be, and finally we have our answer. Experience the terrifying forces in Hawkins, Indiana that turn this small town "upside […]

No, it's not the plot of a mini-series written by Cullen Bunn! Deadpool is getting his own pinball machine, courtesy of Stern Pinball, and as revealed in a press release Wednesday. A press release contains the finer details on this potentially life-changing (for someone) event: Stern Pinball, Inc., a global lifestyle brand based on the […]

Stern is the gold standard when it comes to pinball machines. I've played their machines for a long time, as has our own Baltimore Lauren. We held our inaugural Pinball Mania on their Star Wars machine at SDCC this past July. Someday I hope to own one in my home, but alas, I do not […]

As all of you know, I'm really into pinball. I play it, I own machines, I accept challenges from people who don't play it as much as I do — you know, the usual. For the past few months, Jeremy Conrad and I have been going back and forth trash talking about who the better […]

Check out SDCC cosplay from Thursday and Friday here and here. By Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con, it was impossible to really move around the con. Taking pictures was insanely hard. San Diego became a sea of bodies by Saturday afternoon, and this sea did not relent even by the time the show ended Sunday […]

  After last week's leaks of the new Star Wars Pinball from Stern, Stern has finally given us a better look at their newest, and possibly coolest, machines! In a recent press release, Stern had the following to say.. "ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – June 6, 2017 – Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's oldest and largest producer of arcade-quality pinball machines, proudly […]

Stern has finally unveiled their newest pinball machine, and I'm actually pretty excited for it. Steve Ritchie's Star Wars Pinball will be released later this year. Currently there's only a video showing the machine off on the Star Wars Facebook page, and we have some screencaps from that to give you a good look while […]

This past weekend I got to spend time in Chicago for C2E2, but Chicago has a deeper meaning to me. If you've been following my posts, then you'll know that Chicago is the birthplace of pinball! So after my weekend at C2E2, I hopped in a car and went over to the Stern Facility in […]

If you're American, or are just aware of pop culture, you've heard of Family Guy. The Seth McFarlane show hit airwaves in 1999, and is currently one of the longest running sitcoms in American history. So it only makes sense that Stern would make a family guy pinball, which came out in 2007. The game […]

According to the Stern website, their anti-reflection glass is supposed to block out any kind of reflection (mostly from the head of the machine) and it blocks 99% of UV rays. I don't really need help protecting my machines from UV rays since I tend to not put them outside nor do I place them […]

Everyone seems to love HBO's Game of Thrones, based on the books by George R.R. Martin. So Stern decided to cash in on this popularity and released their GoT pin back in 2015. The playfield was designed by pinball master Steve Ritchie (AC/DC, Spider-Man), and comes in pro, LE, and premium editions. There are differences to […]

Comics and pinball have been in bed with each other since the 70's. The original Superman, Hulk and Spider-Man machines prove that. So it's no surprise that X-Men would get the pinball treatment. Created by Stern and designed by John Borg in 2012, X-Men offers both a pro and two types of LE: Magneto and […]

As we are all aware, Stern is currently top dog in the world of modern Pinball. With games such as Ghostbusters, Tron, and Spider-Man, it's no surprise. Since 2006 Stern has dominated Pinball, but Stern didn't start in 2006. Their history goes back a little further. Sam Stern started with pinball in the 1930's as […]

  It's safe to say I'm not the biggest fan of The Walking Dead. I read the first graphic novel and I've seen a handful of episodes, but it never really grabbed me. All that aside I did play this machine with an open mind. Stern released the machine in 2014 with a pro, LE […]

In the landscape of pinball, there are dozens of manufacturers. At this point in time we don't have that many (Stern being top dog currently) but back in pinballs (illegal) heyday we had a good selection of companies. One of which was Williams. In 1943 Harry Williams started Williams Manufacturing. His first seven products were […]

TRON was the first modern machine we ever had in my house. I've been lucky enough to play a number of variations of the game, and I honestly think this is one of Stern's finer machines. Created in 2011, there are 4 editions of the machine as well as a limited edition. Each edition comes […]

Aerosmith are a classic rock band that almost everyone with a pulse has heard about, so it only makes sense that Stern would release a machine based off of them. Like I've said before, pinball and rock and roll go hand in hand. Released to the world earlier this year in both premium and limited […]