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2010
Press Releases
May 10, 2010
IRON MAN 2 EARNS FIFTH LARGEST MOVIE OPENING IN HISTORY
Iron Man™ Iron Man Tony Stark piloted to the top of the box office this past weekend, fanning the excitement surrounding Stern Pinball's Iron Man™ pinball machine.
March 29, 2010
STERN PINBALL RELEASES ACTION PACKED IRON MAN™ PINBALL
Iron Man™ Pinball by Stern Pinball, Inc. provides loads of Super Hero action and adventure. Iron Man™ Pinball offers non-stop action for home collectors and game operators alike.
February 19, 2010
A GREAT TIME HAD BY ALL AT STERN PINBALL'S BIG BUCK HUNTER PRO PINBALL LAUNCH PARTY
Stern Pinball hosted its first ever launch party tournament for the company’s latest release, Big Buck Hunter Pro Pinball.
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January 15, 2010
JIM BELT JOINS STERN AS DIRECTOR OF DISTRIBUTOR SALES
Stern Pinball warmly welcomes Coin-Op industry veteran Jim Belt to their sales team, effective immediately.
January 13, 2010
STERN RELEASES BIG BUCK HUNTER® PRO PINBALL TO MUCH ACCLAIM
Big Buck Hunter® PRO Pinball by Stern Pinball, Inc. is a hunting game that delivers a hot new quarry of no-limit fun to players everywhere.
January 4, 2010
JOLLY BACKER BEGINS NEW CAREER
Jolly Backer has resigned as Stern Pinball, Inc.'s Director of Domestic Sales to pursue interests outside of the coin operated amusement game industry.
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2009
Press Releases
June 9, 2009
STERN PINBALL ON FORBES.COM
Stern Pinball, Inc. is featured in an article on Forbes.com called "Made in America."
May, 2009
THE NBA AND STERN PINBALL, INC.:
SHOOT AND SCORE
Stern Pinball, Inc. announced an exciting new pinball machine for basketball and pinball enthusiasts. The new NBA pinball machine launched during this year's NBA playoffs, featuring 20 players from 20 different NBA teams.
Febsruary 4, 2009
STERN PINBALL RELEASES 24™ PINBALL MACHINE
Jack Bauer is back, but this time in Stern Pinball's new 24™ pinball machine.
March 26, 2009
Todd MacCulloch playing at the Texas Pinball Festival pinball tournament.
As reported on ESPN and in the Washington Post, Former Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets NBA basketball star, Todd MacCulloch, recently played at the Texas Pinball Festival pinball tournament. Todd played on such games as Stern Pinball’s new CSI® pinball machine,along with several other classics. Todd, who is ranked 179 in the world on the IFPA ranking system, took home his first pinball prize
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March 25, 2009
Kiefer Sutherland will be back to play Jack Bauer on 24™ PINBALL MACHINE
Kiefer Sutherland will be back to play Jack Bauer for an eighth season of the hit counterterrorism drama 24™. The 42-year-old actor told The Associated Press that 24™, currently in its seventh season, will start shooting its eighth in May.
March 27, 2009
'Where to Play' game locator feature on Stern Pinball Website www.sternpinball.com
Stern Pinball, Inc. has made an important modification to its website,www.sternpinball.com. The inclusion of a button on the Stern Pinball home page called ‘Where to Play’ leads people to a game locator feature on a website called Pinball Rebel (http://www.pinballrebel.com/locator/index.php). Pinball Rebel enables anyone to find a particular pinball machine in a specific area, as well as add pinball machines and their location to the site themselves. Although a young site, Pinball Rebel has hundreds of games listed, and the list is growing by the day. |
2008
Press Releases
November 11, 2008
STERN PINBALL RELEASES CRIME
SCENE INVESTIGATION(R) PINBALL MACHINE
Stern Pinball, Inc. solves another mystery with the new CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION pinball machine.
November 3, 2008
PAT POWERS; NEW HEAD OF
TECHNICAL SERVICE AT STERN PINBALL
Stern Pinball, Inc. is proud to announce Pat Powers as the new head of Technical Service for the company.
September
2, 2008
NEW BATMAN MOVIE MOVES INTO 2ND PLACE IN DOMESTIC SALES
THE DARK KNIGHT™, the newest Batman movie,
is now the second highest grossing domestic movie in Hollywood history,
collecting over $500 million.
August 27 , 2008
STERN'S FAMILY GUY® ON JAY LENO
Last night Stern Pinball's FAMILY GUY®
pinball machine was mentioned on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Jay's guest ... Norm MacDonald).
August
4 , 2008
STERN ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL'S MODERN MARVELS
On July 24th, Stern Pinball, Inc. appeared in a show titled "Coin-Operated"
on The History Channel's Modern Marvels.
July 30, 2008
BATMAN™ PINBALL FEATURED AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2008®
Stern Pinball, Inc. presented its new BATMAN™ pinball machine
at this year's Comic-Con International 2008® to an enthusiastic
audience.
July 28, 2008
STERN FEATURED IN CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS ON-LINE
On July 23rd Stern Pinball, Inc. was featured on Crain's Chicago
Business on-line business news program, The Bottom Line.
July 11, 2008
STERN RELEASES BATMAN™ PINBALL MACHINE
The THE DARK KNIGHT™ arrives in Stern Pinball's new BATMAN™
pinball machine.
June 24, 2008
SHREK COMES TO BROADWAY
SHREK THE MUSICAL comes to Broadway this November. This highly
anticipated production is based on Shrek's adventures in the William
Steig book, as well as the Oscar-winning films.
June 24, 2008
STERN ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
Stern Pinball, Inc. was featured this past Sunday on NBC Nightly
News with Lester Holt.
May 14, 2008
CONGRESSMAN RAHM EMANUEL VISITS STERN FACTORY
Congressman Rahm Emanuel (5th District-IL), one of the highest-ranking
members in the House of Representatives, recently came to Stern
Pinball.
May 14, 2008
MODERN MARVELS FILMS SHOW AT STERN FACTORY
Modern Marvels, the popular cable show on The History Channel,
recently came to Stern Pinball to film a segment for a show on coin-operated
games.
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May
14, 2008
STERN'S PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN ON AMERICA IDOL
American Idol contestant Jason Castro was interviewed
on the May 7th show while leaning against Stern Pinball's DISNEY'S
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN pinball machine.
May 6, 2008
FOX NEWS TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIVE FROM STERN PINBALL
On April 30th both National and Chicago-based Fox News Television
broadcast live from Stern Pinball's factory in Melrose Park, IL. Such
a broadcast demonstrates that the public remains highly interested
in pinball and its continued success.
May 2, 2008
NEW YORK TIMES FEATURES STERN PINBALL
On April 25th Stern Pinball, Inc. was featured on the front page
and inside the first section of the New York Times. The
article, "For a Survivor in the Pinball Industry, the Game Isn't
Over," demonstrates that the public remains highly interested in
pinball and its continued success.
March 13, 2008
STERN PINBALL SIGNS LICENSE FOR SHREK® PINBALL MACHINE
Everybody's favorite Ogre is making his way to pinball! DreamWorks
Animation's SHREK® franchise is the highest grossing animated movie
franchise of all time and now has an officially-licensed pinball
machine.
January 31, 2008
GOOD MORNING AMERICA PINBALL FINDS PLACE IN "GREEN ROOM"
On January 18th Stern Pinball was featured on the popular ABC morning
program, Good Morning America. The segment was a great success,
showcasing several of Stern's pinball machines.
January
16, 2008
PLAYBOY PINBALL MACHINE ON GIRLS NEXT DOOR
When Hef's Playboy Playmates from the popular cable television,
Girls Next Door, are interviewed in their own house; Stern's
PLAYBOY pinball machine is their backdrop.
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2007
Press Releases
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December
18, 2007
U CAN DO GRANTS BOY A SPECIAL WISH FOR THE HOLIDAY
FOX 11 in Los Angeles has partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation
and U Can Do, Inc. to grant special wishes to children with serious
illnesses ...
December 11, 2007
STERN PRESENTS BLACK SUITED SPIDER-MAN™ LIMITED EDITION PINBALL
MACHINE
Man is back and this time in black! Stern Pinball, Inc. is
making 500 limited edition BLACK SUITED SPIDER-MAN™ pinball machines
that will never be built again.
December 6, 2007 links
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AAMA PUBLIC RELATIONS PUSH: STERN PINBALL TO BE ON GOOD MORNING
AMERICA
Following the media coverage generated at this year's AAMA Distributor
Gala, the AAMA has continued ...
November 8, 2007
LEGENDARY PINBALL DESIGNER NORM CLARK VISITS STERN
Legendary Pinball Designer Norm Clark, now 86 years old, visited
Stern Pinball today
November 1, 2007
FAMILY GUY IS #1 IN SYNDICATION
The Family Guy television show is #1 in syndication! The television
show launched into syndication ...
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October
29, 2007
Stern Pinball Introduces World's First Wheel of Fortune™
Pinball Machine
This year, Wheel of Fortune, television's #1 syndicated series,
celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Stern Pinball, Inc. honors this
achievement ...
September 5, 2007
STERN PRESENTS DALE EARNHARDT, JR. PINBALL MACHINE
July
26, 2007
FAMILY GUY™ NOW IN COUNTRYWIDE SYNDICATION ON WGN
June 16, 2007
Chicago Is Playing Pinball! Gary Stern and Marc Schoenberg of Stern
Pinball, Inc. attended the opening of the interactive exhibit, "Art
of Play," ...
May 10,
2007
Stern Pinball, Inc. is releasing its newest pinball machine, SPIDER-MAN™...
May 7,
2007
SPIDER-MAN 3 BREAKS MOVIE RECORD ...
January
8, 2007
Meet the Griffins … America's new first family of comedy! FAMILY
GUY™ is also Stern Pinball's newest pinball machine, ...
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2006
Press Releases
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November
8, 2006
YouTube TAPS STERN ... Take a Tour ...
November
2, 2006
... 22th Annual International Pinball Extravaganza, Pinball Expo
2006.
October 23, 2006
Tony Hawk ...SOUTH PARK® Pinball Machine
on the cable television show, MTV Cribs.
October 23, 2006
Stern's mechanical engineers used ALGOR 3-D Modeling Software.
September 5, 2006
Stern Pinball recently gave a WORLD POKER
TOUR® Pinball Machine to our troops over in Afghanistan.
August
14, 2006
From WORLD POKER TOUR® forward, Stern Pinball's Pinball machines
in the United States will offer the player the option of playing
their game in English or Spanish.
August 14, 2006
... Stern Pinball lent two pinball machines to the V.I.P. Music
Lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago for the musicians performing
at this year's Lollapalooza Music Festival to play.
August 11, 2006
Stern Pinball is re-releasing the MONOPOLY® Redemption
Game for the fall season.
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July
13, 2006
The greatest pirate adventure of all-time is now the latest Stern
Pinball, Inc. pinball machine. Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean™
pinball features ...
May 5, 2006
... contestants on American Idol will visit Graceland to learn about
the King of Rock n' Roll™, Elvis Presley.
May 3, 2006
Come experience "Tilt! The Art of Pinball" at the Cedarhurst
Center for the Arts in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
May 3, 2006
For the first time in its 52-year history, Guinness World Records™
will be publishing pinball scores.
April
20, 2006
Pinball is alive and well! ...Tim Arnold of Las Vegas, Nevada opened
the Pinball Hall of Fame, ...
April 11, 2006
"Check It Out, Man! SIMPSONS™ KOOKY CARNIVAL
Stern Pinball, Inc. Rolls Out A 'Simpsons' Coin
Roll-Down Redemption Game For One Player.
March 27, 2006
The popular World Poker Tour™ show was featured on the
also popular NBC show, ER, recently.
March 27, 2006
Stern Pinball, Inc. has announced its production schedule for the
upcoming months.
March 13, 2006
Courtney Friel, the sexy new hostess for the World Poker Tour™
televsion show, signed autographs ...
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2005
Press Releases
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November
2, 2005
Gary Stern, Jolly Backer and Steve Ritchie of Stern Pinball recently
went to see Alter Bridge ...
November
2, 2005
NASCAR® Pinball will be featured at Computer Aided Technology,
Inc.'s Open House
October
27, 2005
Pinball enters the human body in Gas Attack!
October
27, 2005
World's First Working LEGO® Pinball Machine
October 5, 2005
HBO® Announces the Sopranos® 6th Season and Bonus Episodes
October 3 , 2005
Stern Pinball, Inc. Honored as Small Manufacturer of the Year
September 2 , 2005
Stern Pinball is featured as the Cover Story in the Chicago Reader
July 7, 2005
Miller Lite logo featured in backglass
of NASCAR Pinball Machine
June 28, 2005
Stern Pinball, Inc. presents GRAND PRIX Pinball
June 28, 2005
Stern Presents NASCAR Licensed Pinball Machine
June 15, 2005
German Pinball Championship a Great Success
June 15, 2005
Gary Stern Celebrates 60th Birthday
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June
1, 2005
Stern Pinball Featured on 190 North
June 1, 2005
Sterns's ELVIS® Pinball Machine is still a hit
June 1, 2005
THE SOPRANOS® Pinball Machine is a big hit
April 21, 2005
LOTR on the stage
April 6, 2005
The Sopranos on the radio
April 5, 2005
Game Designer joins Stern
April 1, 2005
Stern is featured in Business Week Online
March 31, 2005
Speech mode options
February 3, 2005
A&E has acquired the right
to re-run THE SOPRANOS®
February 3, 2005
Pinball, Pinball, Pinball is running
at Eastern Michigan University
January 13, 2005
Stern Pinball, Inc. Announces New
The Sopranos® Licensed Pinball Game
January 6, 2005
Stern Pinball, Inc. has a new website!
January 6, 2005
Gary Stern and Stern Pinball, Inc.
featured in the New York Times
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2004
Press Releases
2003
Press Releases
November
17, 2003
Spanish Speech
October 20, 2003
LOTR
June 27, 2003
T3 on E!
June 12, 2003
Arnold in Esquire
June 9, 2003
Arnold in Greatest Stunts Show
June 4, 2003
Arnold in Heroes and Villians
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April
16, 2003
Tony Blair on The Simpsons
April 4, 2003
STERN on Jeopardy
January 20, 2003
Simpsons Renewal
January 8, 2003
Chris Sawyer get his RCT pin
January 6, 2003
Simpsons game release
January 1, 2003
STERN Christmas Party |
2002
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