The Foo Fighters Premium Pinball Machine by STERN Pinball comes with free delivery, 2-year warranty and we have the lowest price for the official UK version.
The Foo Fighters soared onto the musical scene in 1994, and wasted no time asserting themselves as one of the authorities in the grunge and progressive rock genres. In STERN Pinball's 2023 release, the Foo Fighters hit the road to bring about a rock resistance against an invading force of aliens in this whirlwind pinball extravaganza.
Despite the band originally forming in the 90s, the Foo Fighters continue to be one of the most influential forces in the alternative and grunge scenes, having played out to millions in sold out stadiums across the world and across their impressive discography.
The Foo Fighters pinball machine takes the band on a daring quest across America in a quest to liberate the nation from an invading alien race, commanded by a being simply known as "The Overlord". It's up to the player to do battle against the invaders by assembling the Foo-Bot and kicking out the invaders and doing battle with The Overlord directly, as he taunts you from the back of the game. As you liberate each city, and push the invaders out, rock out to some choice classics from The Foo Fighters' incredible backlog of songs, including Times Like These, Everlong, My Hero, Run and many more.
The Foo Fighters comes from the mind of new pinball designer Jack Danger. His pinball debut is packed with ramps and a number of unique, cross-playfield shot opportunites, courtesy of the numerous turnarounds and a number of classic playfield features, including the ball-trapping device seen under The Overlord, the UFO captive ball area and the kicking "KA-FOOM!" target.
The Premium model of the game builds on these features even further to further enhance the game, and make it the ultimate Foo Fighters celebration. The key upgrades being the implementation of an exclusive Area 51 mini-playfield at the top of the game, featuring its own flipper and spinner. The game's main display features have been given awesome, custom-sculpted replacements to bring the game's quirky characters to life. You can also look forwart to interacting with the additional "abduction" magnet under The Overlord and the industry-first "Overdrive" outlane ball save feature.
Look forward to the following features to explore in the game:
- Area 51 Upper Playfield - Send your ball where few come back from, to scope out Area 51, complete with its own diverter, spinner and flipper.
- Overdrive Ball Saver - A pinball industry first. Balls falling out of play via the left outlane have a chance to be saved with this pop-up post that bounces the ball back up and into play between your flippers.
- Interactive Overlord Arena - Do battle with The Overlord in the Overlord Arena, which will trap your shots, and play havoc with the ball as it's whipped into a frenzy with the Abduction magnet.
- Custom Sculpted Playfield Features - The world of The Foo Fighters comes to life with these fully 3D, sculpted playfield models of the Overlord and the Foo Fighters Tour Van.
- UFO Captive Ball - Enable features on the Action Button by sending balls around this captive loop.
- 15 full-length Foo Fighters songs - The action is punctuated with an impressive setlist from The Foo Fighters' discography, including Times Like These, Everlong, My Hero, Run and many more.
- KA-FOOM! kicking target - Balls are rebounded away from this explosive target, kicking balls across the playfield every time it's hit.
- Mod-ulator drop targets and hidden target
- 6 Multiball modes to master
- 4 flippers
- Full playfield and cabinet graphics package by artist Zombie Yeti
- Insider Connected Technology
Stern's Foo Fighters Pinball machine will be available in three versions - The Pro Edition, the Premium Edition and the Limited Edition model. A PDF comparing all versions can be found here:
Foo Fighters Pinball Machine - Feature Matrix
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Stern Foo Fighters Premium Measurements:
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Dimensions
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Height:
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75 1/2"
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Width:
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27"
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Length:
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55"
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Weight:
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250lbs
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Please ensure you fully check that a pinball of this size will fit into your intended location.
About Stern Pinball:
Stern Pinball, Inc. (“SPI”) designs and manufactures arcade-quality pinball games. It is the only maker of arcade-quality pinball games in the world and is located just outside Chicago, Illinois.
The company traces its lineage to Philadelphia in the 1930’s when Sam Stern got into the business of operating pinball games. These new games were all the rage in bars and restaurants, and game operators were making a very good living. Sam became so successful as an operator that he soon became a game distributor as well.
In 1947, Sam visited Williams Manufacturing Company in Chicago where, according to pinball industry folklore, he brazenly put his feet up on Harry Williams’ desk and asked, “Why don’t you sell me your company?” Because of Sam’s success as an operator and distributor, it took Harry only three hours to decide to sell half of the company to Sam.
Sam moved to Chicago and became President of Williams. Through the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, he and Harry worked tirelessly to build Williams into one of the leaders in the burgeoning pinball industry.
Sam passed his passion for pinball on to his son, Gary, who as a child played in empty game boxes on the factory floor at Williams. Gary was only 16 years old in the 1960’s when he started working for his father in the stock room at Williams.
The late ‘70’s and early ‘80s saw the emergence of coin-operated video games. As the coin-op market evolved, other companies acquired many of the existing pinball companies. In 1986, after the death of his father, Gary founded Data East Pinball, which was purchased by Sega in 1994 and became Sega Pinball. In 1999, Gary bought the business back from Sega and renamed it Stern Pinball, Inc. Less than a month later, Williams announced plans to cease pinball production in order to focus on the slot machine business.
Through the first decade of the new millennium, SPI has continued to carry the pinball banner and promote the game throughout the world. The company has released many popular games, including Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, Shrek, Batman, Spiderman, the Simpsons Pinball Party and many more. Its games continue to be enjoyed by both pinball enthusiasts and casual players around the world.
Warranty:
Home Use:
This pinball machine comes with a 2 year parts warranty. All parts that are faulty will be replaced. Furthermore, the first 30 days after delivery will be covered by a full on-site service where if any issues arise, we will either visit on-site or return it to our workshop to remedy.
For the remainder of the 2 years, we can often solve any problems over the phone and supply any necessary components for the customer to fit. If necessary our specialist repairer can visit your home to inspect and repair your machine on-site, but this would be chargeable. Please call us for a call-out quotation. If parts are required which are not carried at the time these will need to be ordered for you, and will sometimes need to be imported from the States - therefore, there can be a wait for the part to arrive.
After our 2 year warranty has expired we will continue to offer you complete support for any problems you have, either over the phone or by email, and can provide a chargeable engineer call out should it be required. Whatever happens, we will be able to look after you and your pinball machine.
Pinball machines are complicated items, which don't like being moved about, nor do they like the cold or humidity. Therefore, if you chose to move the pinball machine from where we originally installed it, or it is stored in a cold or damp location, our warranty will become null and void. We won't be able to supply any parts for your machine free of charge if it has been accidentally damaged or you have tampered with it in any way.
Commercial Use
Where a new pinball machine is not being used in a home, but is instead being placed in a commercial location such as a bar, pub, cafe, restaurant, bowling alley, trampoline park, youth club, office, factory, or similar, we will offer a 30 day on-site service warranty should any problems occur which are not a result of any misuse or malicious damage. This warranty will cover parts and labour.
Availability:
New pinball machines are subject to a number of factors including production and shipping times. As a result of pinball's explosion in popularity in recent years, lead times have increased on many titles and may see very limited production and availability depending on market demand.
All STERN pinball machines are manufactured in STERN Pinball's factory in Chicago USA, with shipments of varying quantities of each title arriving into the UK after release and at various times throughout the year.
You can contact us if you want to learn the lead time on any specific game, or want us to help source a specific title for you.
If you want to improve your chances of getting a new release pinball machine, it is advisable to place an order as early as possible, so that we can secure your machine for you. In-stock new pinball machines can be typically be dispatched and installed into your home in 10-15 working days (depending on customer availability and location). You can contact us on 0800 622 6464 to find out what's in stock or to hear lead times on certain machines due in.
Free Delivery & Installation (worth £200):
Delivery & Installation is free to most locations within mainland UK.
However for locations further north than Glasgow or in Cornwall there may be an additional charge depending upon your exact location. Please call our friendly customer service team on 0800 622 6464 for a quote.
Delivery and Installation will be made to the ground floor room of your choice, provided we can park our delivery van near to your property, have easy access and no steps or steep slopes to negotiate.
Important: Please check the measurements for the pinball machine above and ensure it will fit through your doorways.
Free friendly advice:
You can call us free on 0800 622 6464 and speak to a member of our expert team who will be able to answer any questions you might have.
