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22nd March 2023

Stern’s Upgrade to Insider Connected

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Stern Pinball continues to expand its award-winning Insider Connected platform with new features including the brand new Location Map. Upon logging in to Insider Connected, players can search for their favorite Stern Pinball machines near them on the new Insider Connected Location Map!

Such a great app for all your Stern Pinball play! Can also track your home pinball game play, team play and if you want to play as a pro.

GET CONNECTED AND PLAY! http://sternpinball.com/insider

16th March 2023

James Bond 60th Anniversary LE – 1 Available

James Bond 60th Anniversary LE – 1 Available https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/march-bond-.png 940 788 GAD Vending GAD Vending https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/march-bond-.png 16th March 2023 16th March 2023

The highly collectible James Bond 007 60^th Anniversary Limited Edition pinball machine highlights the entire franchise of 25 films, all James Bond actors, villains, and henchmen. And GAD has 1 available (while supply lasts).

Stern Pinball’s James Bond 007 60^th Anniversary Limited Edition pinball machines will immerse players in the history of 007. Limited to 500 machines globally, the rare 60^th Anniversary Limited Edition offers players a one-of-a-kind pinball experience. Control the chaos from Oddjob’s kinetic spinning disc hat as you battle villains and utilize special gadgets. Survive tactical precision shots against 10 drop targets as you start Mission Multiball mayhem. Escape SPECTRE’s evil henchmen as you navigate pinballs through 4 fast-flowing optical spinners. Like a hidden gadget from Q Branch, learn your assignments through a custom LCD screen located inside the playfield and watch your high scores rack up on the unique classic-style mechanical score reels.

Log into our award-winning Insider Connected™ system, which enables players to interact with the game and a global network of players in a variety of ways. Through Insider Connected, players can track progress, earn new game-specific achievements, engage with the player community, and participate in promotions and Challenge Quests. Insider Connected also provides an operator-focused toolset to drive location play through Location Leaderboards, build player loyalty, analyze performance, make adjustments remotely, and maintain the machines. Registration for Insider Connected is available at insider.sternpinball.com/.

Commemorating this exclusive pinball machine, the James Bond 007 60^th Anniversary Limited Edition includes the official James Bond 007 pinball topper, an exclusive full-color mirrored backglass inspired by 60 years of James Bond, custom high gloss and powder-coated pinball armor, a custom designer-autographed bottom arch, an exclusive Union Jack pinball shooter knob, upgraded audio system, anti-reflection pinball playfield glass, shaker motor, a sequentially numbered plaque, and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Stern Chairman Gary Stern and President & CEO Seth Davis.

“For the ultimate James Bond fan, we wanted to celebrate 60 years of this beloved film franchise in style. Partnering with EON Productions/Danjaq, MGM Studios and Aston Martin, we created a timeless pinball experience.” said Gary Stern, Chairman. “Get connected today and become a legend.”

14th March 2023

Happy PI-nball Day

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Geeking out on PI Day by playing a lot of PI-nball.

If you don’t have your own pinball (we can fix that if you want), check out Stern’s pinball locator map.

And check this out.

Mandalorian March Madness and Insider Connected^TM:

Stern Pinball keeps expanding its award-winning Insider Connected platform and there is no better way to check out how you compare with your fellow pinball players than with your very own player profile stats XP meter and how you stack up against the competition with a game high score percentile!

And with season 3 and Mando Mania in full swing, find the nearest Mandalorian machine and test yourself on this special month-long Leaderboard on any connected Mandalorian pinball machine. From March 1st through the 31st, log in with your Insider Connected account to any Mando pinball machine at your home or at a location near you to climb up the ranks, follow the action, and see who will emerge victorious and earn those ultimate bragging rights and prizes! Courtesy of the IFPA, the top 8 scores on the verified location Leaderboard will win prizes plus 8 random players on the global Leaderboard just for participating.

This is the way. https://www.ifpapinball.com/mando/

9th March 2023

Jersey Jack’s The Godfather 50 Year Anniversary Pinball

Jersey Jack’s The Godfather 50 Year Anniversary Pinball https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Michael-Corleone-Central-Playfield-Image-Slider-e584366e.png 1920 1080 GAD Vending GAD Vending https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Michael-Corleone-Central-Playfield-Image-Slider-e584366e.png 9th March 2023 9th March 2023

GAD Knows The Godfather

LIMITED EDITION FEATURES

Metallic Black Armor & Legs
Furious Floyd Caporegime head
High quality gloss decals
Michael Corleone central Playfield image
Individually Numbered Limited Edition Plaque
Limited to 5,000 units
Performances by Slash and Mark Tremonti of Speak Softly Love
Moving, Shooting, Beat-em-up articulating Caporegime sculpted interactive toy
Player-Controllable Spinning Disk Take-Down amplifier toy
Dual Bi-directional shooting Main Steel Ramps
Laser-Etched & Enameled Steel Cityscape Upper Loop Ramp
Bi-Directional ball travel Lift Ramp
3 Ball Lock-up Mechanism with direct feeds to all 3 Flippers
Controllable 3-shot-entrance Subway System
Glory Bumper™ Illuminable Multimaterial Fountain Sculpture
3 unique Ball-Locking Playfield features
Active Newton-ball Compound Area
Don Vito Corleone sculpted bust
2 Playfield Multiplier Weapon-Boosting Spinners
3 Arc Beacon™ Flashers
29 unique controllable ball paths
2 Regular, 10 Super, 1 Hidden Skill Shots
1 Exposed-core Playfield Magnet
Lhai scampata right outlane Ball-save feature
450+ Individually controllable Playfield RGB LEDs
Toolless Moveable/Removeable Magnetic Rule and Pricing Cards
High risk/high reward Action Button feature
Hotrail-Integrated Caporegime Health Meter
JJP RGB LED Hotrails, Shaker Motor, Invisiglass,
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, High Score Camera, Backglass lighting

21st February 2023

Home Gameroom

What Should Be In Your Home Game Room?

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GAD gets asked these questions all the time:

What are the best games for my house? How do I measure the space I need? Can I get your games upstairs/downstairs? Do you sell to home users?

Well, yes, we sell to home users. And we know the answers to all these questions. But every home user is a bit different, so we’ll leave this to a direct conversation!

What we will say in this article is some of our favorite home use games.

Because all these games are commercial grade, they are developed with the best in industry game play. This gives you the best in the new Internet apps gaming. And the best quality play fields, consoles and game play.

When these games are set up for home use – free play – the game acceptor devices are not necessary. And this can be a large portion of a commercial game expense.

DIGITAL DARTS

GAD is an authorized distributor for Arachnid Digital Darts. We stock Galaxy 3 Fire and Galaxy 3 Plus. We also have refurbished 2.5’s available at various times.

The great part of digital darts is you can play to practice or play against your friends and family. When done, this console takes a small floor space and is a great game that anyone can play.

CLASSIC-CADE

Our Classic-Cade is a 60+ classic game in one game! Available in either a cocktail table or stand up console.

The cocktail table is great for home use because two players can engage in games all night – or it is a table! Kids love the classic games and it helps their hand-eye coordination while keeping them engages.

GAD has these games in stock.

PINBALL

GAD stocks pinball of all types, for all age groups and all are available for home purchase.

Consider for the younger family Toy Story 4, Hot Wheels and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For the middle schoolers and high school age range, think Legends of Valhalla, Godzilla, The Mandalorian and Star Wars. For the heavy metal fan, we usually stock Guns ‘n Roses, Led Zeppelin, and Rush. And for everyone – Elvira, James Bond 007, Jurassic Park and Cactus Canyon.

So many amazing pinball games to choose from, so little floorspace! Yes, you should choose wisely. Call GAD to find where to play your short list of games.

GOLDEN TEE PGA HOME EDITION

No doubt. Golden Tee has earned the right to be in every home game room in America! This is a great game of fun, skill, competition and always something new to play.

Golden Tee PGA Home Edition has all the best PGA courses in the world ready for you to experience. With plenty of avatars, equipment and player experiences it will capture the entire family!

10th February 2023

InterGame: On the flip side

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InterGame is a magazine for pinball and arcade operators. If you are in the business as an operator or selling our games and pinball to operators, this is an interesting read.

In the February edition there is a really interesting article on pinball. “Flip or Tilt? A look at pinball’s enduring popularity.”

2nd February 2023

Where to Find Stern Pinball Code Updates

Where to Find Stern Pinball Code Updates https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/stern-code.png 2048 1720 GAD Vending GAD Vending https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/stern-code.png 2nd February 2023 25th January 2023

Stern is continuously working to update and improve software for Stern’s pinball machines. There are always code updates and bug fixes in various stages of development; they will release upon update completion. If you would like to join our mailing list for code updates, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. If you do encounter any bugs please feel free to provide information to [email protected].

Get Connected and play! https://insider.sternpinball.com/

Code updates and read me files are available at https://sternpinball.com/support/game-code/

If you are having issues with your Stern pinball game you bought from GAD, call us for tech support. We can support both software and machine part issues.

If you bought your Stern pinball from someone else, we can still help. We may have a service charge. And, of course, we charge for pinball parts purchased and mailed from our warehouse.

1st February 2023

Upcoming Stern Pro Circuit Events (AKA Road Trips)

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Already scheduled in 2023 are drivable (or otherwise) Stern Pro Circuit Events.

Keep an eye on Stern Pinball’s website. And the International Flipper Pinball Association Calendar of Events (IFPA).

Here’s a few to check out this weekend:

17th January 2023

How to set up a Pinball Tournament to Bring in Customers

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Hosting a pinball tournament is an excellent way to build foot traffic. This is the type of event that has become much easier with internet products like Stern’s Insider connected. This is something that will take planning but worth the effort.

Step 1 – When

Create an event calendar so you can plan what tournaments work best to promote traffic at the slowest times. And so that you can promote two or three events at one time. You may want to add a Golden Tee tournament, Trivia contests and a dart league in 2023.

This will help you determine the best time of year to add events to bring in consistent traffic.

Step 2 – How

Have you ever wanted to run your own pinball tournament, but not sure how? This is a great way to grow the pinball community at your location and the Stern Army is here to help! We’ll show you how easy it is.

Match Play Events is one of many great resources you can use in organizing and running a tournament – https://matchplay.events/
The International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA) is the official source of the World Pinball Player Rankings (WPPR) system. Find tournaments taking place all over the world and become an officially ranked pinball player today! – https://www.ifpapinball.com/calendar/
Who is the Stern Army? https://sternpinball.com/stern-army/
Get connected! http://sternpinball.com/insider
Locate to play – https://sternpinball.com/pinball-loca…
Need fresh pinball games? – GAD

Trivia contests are so easy with an AMI digital music system. GAD knows how to help you set up your own digital music.

Step 3 – Marketing

The key to any event is awareness marketing. Here’s a checklist:

Promote in your establishment.
Have nice flyers created to distribute –
- In the shopping area around you.
- Post on coffee shop bulletin boards.
- Ask your staff to promote to their influence groups.
- Hand out to your regulars.
Make sure you post your pinball tournament at the IFPA.
Promote on your social media.
Add to event calendars like EventVesta.com.

If you are looking for more advice on games and tournaments, contact GAD.

10th January 2023

Coming In! Stern’s 007 James Bond Pro Pinball

Coming In! Stern’s 007 James Bond Pro Pinball https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/007-pro.png 940 788 GAD Vending GAD Vending https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/007-pro.png 10th January 2023 3rd January 2023

Stern’s 007 James Bond Pro Pinball is coming back in to GAD Pinball.

We’ve been luck enough to get in James Bond Premium Pinball and we are getting more Pro versions in.

James Bond 007 Pinball have been extremely popular – because they are great games! – and are really hard to get from limited production at Stern. Orders and pre-orders are being taken on these games now at GAD for home sales in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas and Missouri.

Take a look at the James Bond Pro features:

In Dr. No (1962) Sean Connery propelled 007 into the cultural zeitgeist, bringing the legendary literary figure to life through adrenalized action sequences, ground-breaking gadgets and effects, memorable characters, and timeless villains.

Stern’s James Bond 007 cornerstone pinball machine will highlight film footage and iconic music from the films that built the 007 legend: Dr. No, From Russia With Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Players are immersed into the world of espionage in this action-packed pinball experience, tackling assignments, teaming up with key allies, and stopping SPECTRE’s villainous schemes.

Gather gadgets from Q Branch as pinballs get ejected through the roof of a custom sculpted Aston Martin DB5. Break through the Osato Chemicals drop targets to battle SPECTRE at the Bird One rocket base.

James Bond 007 pinball machines include Stern’s award-winning Insider Connected™ system, which enables players to interact with the game and a global network of players in a variety of ways. Through Insider Connected, players can track progress, earn new game-specific achievements, engage with the player community, and participate in promotions and Challenge Quests. Insider Connected also provides an operator-focused toolset to drive location play through Location Leaderboards, build player loyalty, analyze performance, make adjustments remotely, and maintain the machines. Registration for Insider Connected is available at insider.sternpinball.com/.

Limited to 1,000 machines globally, the highly collectible cornerstone Limited Edition includes an exclusive full-color mirrored backglass inspired by Thunderball, masterfully adapted cabinet artwork, custom high gloss and powder-coated pinball armor, a custom designer-autographed bottom arch, exclusive inside art blades, upgraded audio system, anti-reflection pinball playfield glass, shaker motor, a sequentially numbered plaque, and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Stern Chairman Gary Stern and President Seth Davis.

“James Bond is as timeless as pinball. Partnering with EON Productions/Danjaq, MGM Studios and Aston Martin, we created a pinball adventure capturing the suspense, action, and humor from this beloved film series.” said Gary Stern, Chairman and CEO. “Get connected today and become a legend.”