{"id":27719,"date":"2023-02-28T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T16:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=27719"},"modified":"2023-02-28T19:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T19:23:26","slug":"stern-announces-foo-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2023\/02\/28\/stern-announces-foo-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"STERN ANNOUNCES FOO FIGHTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stern Pinball have today formally announced their new Foo Fighters<\/em> cornerstone release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed by Jack Danger with art by Jeremy Packer (a.k.a. Zombie Yeti), there are the familiar Pro, Premium and Limited Edition versions available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pro model was previewed in an e-mail sent out by the band earlier today in which they gave details of their upcoming tour dates.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The left side of the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The front of the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The right of the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The playfield from the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Pro playfield includes three flippers, with the third being on the upper right to shoot ramps, loops and the drop targets.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The playfield from the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The bottom of the playfield includes some unusual design features.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The flipper area on the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The lower left of the Pro’s playfield with an inlane standup target<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The lower right of the Pro’s playfield with another standup target in the inlane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Foobot progress inserts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The central Overlord feature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The ball lock under the Overlord<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"A<\/a>
A three-bank of drop targets with a single standup target behind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The captive ball area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The left wireform travels behind a back panel Area 51 plastic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The top of the right ramp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The right ramp entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The top of the range with all the bells and whistles is the Limited Edition which is restricted to a maximum of 1,000 units.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The left of the Limited Edition model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The front of the Limited Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The right of the Limited Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Limited Edition adds a fourth flipper – a mini one on the upper mini-playfield in the top left.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Limited Edition’s playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Limited Edition also adds inner cabinet artwork, ‘Overlord Green’ metalwork and foil cabinet art.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Limited Edition numbered plaque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The instructions on the bottom apron and decal signed by Jack Danger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The right side of the bottom apron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The flipper area on the LE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The bottom left of the playfield with a standup target in the inlane for those ‘Shatzing’ the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Another<\/a>
Another standup in the right inlane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Above the right slingshot are two standup targets mounted at 90-degrees. However, the upper one is actually a kicker target, as seen in many Gottlieb\/Premier electronic games.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The ‘Ka-Foom’ kicker target<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There are some obvious extras on the playfield for the Limited Edition and the Premium (which shares the same playfield as the LE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an upper mini-playfield with its own flipper and Area 51 building.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The upper playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The upper playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Area 51 building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Overlord toy is much enhanced on the Limited Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"It<\/a>
It is a moulded toy rather than flat plastics, had a disruptor magnet beneath and shakes when hit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Foo Fighters’ van is also a moulded toy in the LE and Premium games. It incorporates an up-post to lock the ball under the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The van lock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The ball is released<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There is also a unique ‘death save’ post in the left outlane on the Premium and LE models. The ‘Deadpost’ is player-operated and can bounce a fast draining ball back onto the right flipper.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Deadpost at the bottom of the left outlane just before the drain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Limited Edition has the special green metalwork and the Expression Lighting system built into the inner cabinet sides. This lighting system may become available for the Premium as a paid upgrade, although these lights have been on back order for the Rush <\/em>game for quite some time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Expression Lighting feature in the Limited Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"There<\/a>
Playfield detail on the Limited Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Radio targets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The left ramp area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Finally, we come to the intermediate Premium model which includes all the playfield features of the Limited Edition but lacks some of the extras such as the Expression Lighting system, the shaker motor, the anti-reflective playfield glass and the enhanced laser-cut metalwork.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The left of the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The front of the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The right of the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The design of the backbox front artwork is the same as the Limited Edition, but the Limited Edition has a mirrored backglass whereas the Premium is a translite.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Cabinet<\/a>
Cabinet art detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Cabinet<\/a>
Cabinet art detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The premium model’s plaque on the speaker panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Premium edition’s playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The left of the Premium’s bottom apron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The centre of the bottom apron with the death save ball kicker on the playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The shooter lane, bottom-right side of the playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Overlord toy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The diverter on the upper playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Premium playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After three days of teasing with videos and a playlist of music tracks, the full reveal began today, with a small number of Limited Edition models going on sale at 11am Central Time through the company’s web shop for paying All-Access members of their Insider Connected programme. Predictably, they all sold out very quickly at the asking price of $12,999. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Stern had already release the list of fifteen tracks included in the game. They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n