Rush

"Rush Pinball is still ugly. It will always be ugly. The artwork on Rush just is not that good."

Rush Pinball artwork is permanently ugly compared to upcoming Foo Fighters

"I think it's more of a wet dream for Rush fans, and that's fine, like that's okay, right?"

Rush Pinball didn't become a mainstream hit, more of a wet dream for Rush fans

"But let's be honest with ourselves. It wasn't a pin that blew everybody away. It wasn't a band that makes most people excited. It's just Rush, you know? It was a really good pin for a certain audience."

Rush was good but not exciting for most people

"These three characters that represent the Rush musicians just look like they're from like a lunchbox that a kid drew. There's just very little detail to them. They look more like Spinal Tap than Rush... So this was a really, really lazy art package by Stern"

Rush has fifth worst artwork - lazy effort with poorly detailed characters

"it looks hideous from a pure aesthetic standpoint. It's really hard for me to put myself in the shoes of the people over at Stern Pinball and nobody stood over this thing and was like, I don't know, guys, like that thing looks pretty damn hideous... I mean, it's absolutely the ugliest solution I think I've ever seen."

Stern's Rush scoop protector solution is hideous and lazy

"I think people who buy the pro of this game are going to have probably just as much fun as the people who buy the upgraded versions. I really don't think you get that much more with the premium and the LE."

Rush pinball is fine for Rush fans but not revolutionary - pro version offers nearly as much value as premium/LE

"if you're a Rush fan, you will enjoy this pinball machine, if you don't like Rush, I think this is an easy skip for everybody else"

Rush pinball is okay but only appealing to Rush fans, won't convert non-fans like Iron Maiden did

"people couldn't just enjoy Rush. They had to say, this game is great and GNR sucks. I heard a lot of that."

Pushback against Rush fans attacking Guns N' Roses unfairly

"The callouts in Iron Maiden are so much better. And it's almost like would you rather have the band members do callouts that aren't good or have voice actors who know what they're doing do callouts that actually make the game better."

Rush callouts are monotone and bad despite being done by the actual band

"It feels like a 1970s lunchbox as I'm looking at the center of that playfield and it's just very barren. It's like you've got these three like poorly illustrated versions of the band. It doesn't even look like them to be honest. It really doesn't. It looks more like Spinal Tap."

Rush playfield art is mediocre and looks like a 1970s lunchbox

"This is the greatest music integrated pinball machine that Stern Pinball has ever made."

Rush Pinball is the greatest music integrated pinball machine Stern has ever made

"I think everyone who's buying one is getting ripped off. I don't care. I don't care how much you love Rush. I don't care how it means a lot to you. And I don't care if it's an emotional purchase. Just look at the game, people. Look what's in it. There's nothing new in it. There's nothing innovative."

Rush LE buyers are getting ripped off at $11,000 - it's a middle of the road game with nothing innovative

"And I looked at this game and I looked at what was in it. And I said to myself, Chris, is this an $11,000 pinball machine? And again, maybe to you rush fans, it is, but I'm not seeing it. And I'm not seeing anywhere close to that much money going into the machine."

Rush pinball doesn't justify its $11,100 LE price point

"I give it just like a passing grade, but I do think it's a little bit of a miss because if you're a music fan, you don't want your pin just to shoot well. You also want it to be a work of art that pays tribute to the band you love. And I just don't think this art package is nearly anywhere close to the art packages we saw on Metallica, on AAerosmith, on Monsters, on Deadpool."

Rush pinball art package is mediocre and doesn't live up to previous music-themed pins

"The big butt I'm hearing on Rush Pinball is that the art package on this game is bad. And I mean like people that are normally like, yeah, it's okay. Like if you're a Rush fan, no, I'm hearing. I'm hearing. that it is pretty bad."

The art package on Rush Pinball is bad - people are saying it's pretty bad

"So I expect Rush to come in at $11,000. I do expect by the end of the year, we are going to see Stern LE's be closer to $12,500."

Stern Pinball will raise Rush LE pricing to $11,000 and eventually to $12,500

"i also expect there to be a teaser of stern's rush pinball i think it's going to come out maybe monday this week the 27th of december"

Expectation that Stern's Rush pinball will be announced soon

"If you went down the street and you asked most people, can you name three Marvel characters? They absolutely could go down the street and ask people, can you name three songs by Rush and watch them just fall back and play dead. This is not that much of a mainstream band."

Rush is a snooze fest with no mainstream appeal - most people can't name three Rush songs unlike Marvel characters

"While I don't love Rush music, I also don't hate it. I'm just apathetic about it. I think Rush has sold millions of albums and I think there are more than a thousand Kanedas who will want a Rush LEs."

Rush pinball will succeed due to Kaneda fanbase despite lukewarm reception elsewhere

"Rush is a game that is very polarizing. I think half of you don't want it. Another third of you don't even care. And there's one third of you that is excited about Rush... There is no way they're going to make a 1000 Rush L.E.'s. I would be shocked"

Rush will have limited appeal and only 500 LEs should be made

"I really don't care about Rush. It's an easy pass for me. I get that there are Rush fans. But I can't see Rush being a cornerstone game. I just can't."

Rush would be a poor choice for Stern's next cornerstone game

"I have said that I'm not a fan of Rush. And I will not be buying a Rush pinball. There is nothing that would make me buy a Rush pinball. Even if Keith Elwin designed it, even if it was the best shooting game in the world"

Would never buy a Rush pinball machine regardless of quality, but acknowledges it will sell well due to the band's 25 million album sales

"I absolutely am not a fan of rush. I could care less about rush pinball and I know for many of you out there, there are rush fans out there. But I think rush is a B level title."

Rush is a B-level theme that won't be successful