# Taking Stuff and Running...Stern Pinball Masters of the Universe Coming in 2023? **Source:** Knapp Arcade **Type:** article **Published:** 2022-08-04 **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.knapparcade.org/taking-stuff-and-running-stern-pinball-masters-of-the-universe-coming-in-2023 --- ## Analysis An article analyzing comments from artist Randy Martinez at San Diego Comic Con 2022 and a subsequent California Extreme interview, where Martinez mentioned working on Masters of the Universe artwork and expressed enthusiasm for the IP. The author connects this to existing rumors about a potential Stern Pinball Masters of the Universe machine, framing Martinez's comments as additional evidence supporting the rumor. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Randy Martinez created artwork for Stern Pinball's Mandalorian and comic version of Star Wars pinball machines — _Direct statement by article author with personal ownership confirmation_ - [HIGH] Randy Martinez stated 'Hopefully by next year's Comic Con I will have some Masters of the Universe artwork' at California Extreme convention — _Direct quote from Randy Martinez interview shared by DRI374_ - [HIGH] Masters of the Universe is one of Randy Martinez's personal interests besides Star Wars and basketball — _Direct quote from Randy Martinez: 'besides Star Wars and basketball, Masters of the Universe is my thing'_ - [MEDIUM] A rumor has been floating around that Stern Pinball is working on a Masters of the Universe pinball machine — _Author states 'There has been a rumor floating around out there' but provides no specific sourcing_ ### Notable Quotes > "And by the way, these styles have nothing to do with pinball. This is stuff that I've actually worked on before. I know how people talk out there. I'm new to this but I'm learning. I know how people take stuff and run." > — **Randy Martinez**, San Diego Comic Con 2022 > _Martinez demonstrates awareness of pinball community's tendency to over-analyze and speculate from minimal information; meta-commentary on the exact dynamic occurring in this article_ > "Hopefully by next year's Comic Con I will have some Masters of the Universe artwork. I'm really excited about that because besides Star Wars and basketball, Masters of the Universe is my thing." > — **Randy Martinez**, California Extreme convention (date not specified) > _Primary evidence cited to support Masters of the Universe pinball rumors; artist expressing strong personal interest in the IP_ > "I'm new to this but I'm learning." > — **Randy Martinez**, San Diego Comic Con 2022 > _Indicates Martinez is relatively new to pinball industry work, contextualizing his outsider perspective_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Randy Martinez | person | Artist who created artwork for Stern Pinball's Mandalorian and Star Wars pinball machines; discussed Masters of the Universe work in interviews | | Stern Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer; subject of rumor about potential Masters of the Universe game | | Masters of the Universe | product | IP/theme being discussed as potential pinball machine subject; rumored to be in development at Stern | | Mandalorian | game | Stern Pinball machine for which Randy Martinez created artwork; owned by article author | | Star Wars | game | Stern Pinball machine (comic version) for which Randy Martinez created artwork | | Michael 'DRI374' Mattsson | person | Twitch pinball and arcade streamer who interviewed Randy Martinez at California Extreme convention | | San Diego Comic Con 2022 | event | Convention where Randy Martinez made initial statements about his work and awareness of pinball community speculation | | California Extreme | event | Gaming convention where DRI374 conducted interview with Randy Martinez about Masters of the Universe artwork | ### Topics - **Primary:** Masters of the Universe pinball machine rumors, Randy Martinez artwork and career - **Secondary:** Pinball community speculation and rumor analysis, Stern Pinball game pipeline - **Mentioned:** Artist collaboration with pinball manufacturers ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.75) — Author expresses enthusiasm for Randy Martinez's work and genuine excitement about the possibility of a Masters of the Universe machine. Tone is speculative but optimistic. Mild self-aware humor about community's over-analysis tendency. ### Signals - **[sentiment_shift]** Pinball community actively mines convention interviews and artist statements for unreleased game information; demonstrates voracious appetite for pipeline intel (confidence: high) — Article author explicitly states: 'us pinball people grab ahold of every single nugget of information that we can find and completely over-analyze it' and proceeds to do exactly that - **[leak_detection]** Artist discussing future artwork project publicly at convention; community attempting to extrapolate game development status from artist's personal interests and timeline comments (confidence: low) — Randy Martinez's statement about having 'Masters of the Universe artwork' by next Comic Con is ambiguous regarding whether it's for pinball or other projects - **[community_signal]** Randy Martinez new to pinball industry; learning pinball community dynamics and speculative tendencies in real-time (confidence: high) — Direct quote: 'I'm new to this but I'm learning. I know how people take stuff and run.' - **[rumor_hype]** Masters of the Universe pinball machine rumored to be in development at Stern Pinball; artist Randy Martinez's public interest in the IP interpreted as supporting evidence (confidence: medium) — Randy Martinez stated intent to have Masters of the Universe artwork by next Comic Con; author connects this to existing but unsourced rumors about Stern developing the game --- ## Transcript "And by the way, these styles have nothing to do with pinball. This is stuff that I've actually worked on before. I know how people talk out there. I'm new to this but I'm learning. I know how people take stuff and run." - Artist Randy Martinez at San Diego Comic Con 2022 For those of you who aren't familiar with Randy Martinez, he is the amazing artist who did the artwork for Stern Pinball's Mandalorian (which I own) and comic version of the Stern Star Wars pinball machines. I love his work. I was just looking at his website and drooling over some of his original fine art drawings of Mando. Those would look awesome hanging in my home arcade. The excellent Twitch pinball and arcade streamer Michael "DRI374" Mattsson recently shared an interview that he did with Randy at the recent California Extreme gaming convention. The interview itself is great and definitely worth a watch. Randy comes across as a really cool guy. From the quote that I shared at the top of this post, you can see that he obviously knows that us pinball people grab ahold of every single nugget of information that we can find and completely over-analyze it LOL. That's exactly what I'm going to do here. Early on in the interview, Randy said the following: "Hopefully by next year's Comic Con I will have some Masters of the Universe artwork. I'm really excited about that because besides Star Wars and basketball, Masters of the Universe is my thing." There has been a rumor floating around out there that Stern Pinball is working on a Masters of the Universe pinball machine. So, let's add this smoke to the Stern He-Man Pinball fire :). Here's links to the various sites that I mentioned in this post. I have also embedded the full Randy Martinez interview below. Last but not least, I'm playing around with the new (to me at least) Wix Poll functionality. Would you be interested in a Masters of the Universe Pinball Machine? Randy Martinez Website: https://www.randymartinez.art/ (I like the .art domain. Pretty cool.) DRI374 Channels Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dri374 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DRI374 _(Acquisition: raw_text, Enrichment: v1)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 487cd8f0-06aa-4299-841d-004103f6bbd4*