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Stern's 'Elvira House of Horrors' Leaked Images

Cary Hardy·video·9m 32s·analyzed·Sep 15, 2019
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TL;DR

Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) 3 images analyzed; $8K pricing rumored, release timing questioned.

Summary

Cary Hardy analyzes leaked cabinet images of Stern's upcoming Elvira's House of Horrors pinball game, discussing speculated editions (Premium/LE/possible Super Elite), estimated $8K base pricing, and playfield layout inferences from low-resolution photos. He expresses concern that the game is being promoted too early while Jurassic Park is still in production, suggesting either a genuine leak Stern is trying to contain or an aggressive marketing push. The video covers cabinet artwork, probable shot layout, and notes that Lyman F. Sheats Jr. is confirmed as programmer.

Key Claims

  • Stern has officially announced Elvira's House of Horrors as their next game after Jurassic Park

    high confidence · Cary Hardy states 'They officially announced Elvira's House of Horrors. I want to say a day or two ago by a quick little promo, distributors were releasing it'

  • Lyman F. Sheats Jr. is confirmed as the programmer for Elvira's House of Horrors

    high confidence · Cary Hardy: 'evidently, Lyman is on the coding for this game'

  • The base model (Premium) of Elvira's House of Horrors is speculated to cost $8,000

    medium confidence · Cary Hardy: 'I'm getting numbers that the base model which may be the Premium is going to be an 8K price marker. So just your base model of Elvira's House of Horrors is going to run you more than a traditional premium'

  • There may not be a Pro Edition, only Premium and Limited Edition, and possibly a Super Elite variant

    low confidence · Cary Hardy: 'there's a possibility of there not being a Pro Edition, just Premium and Limited Edition, and maybe even a Super Elite? Speculation, obviously'

  • Jurassic Park production is still ongoing and LEs have not yet begun or just recently started

    high confidence · Cary Hardy: 'Jurassic Park is still on the line, and they have not even started doing the LEs. And if they have started doing them, they must have just recently started'

Notable Quotes

  • “Stern has allowed some photos to leak of their upcoming game. And so this is something I feel like we need to talk about.”

    Cary Hardy@ 0:15 — Opens the analysis and frames the leaked images as significant news requiring discussion

  • “This may be a legitimate leak due to the fact that I feel it's too damn early, guys. I mean, Jurassic Park is still on the damn line and you're still selling the hell out of them. Why would you already start showing off the next game?”

    Cary Hardy@ 3:58 — Core hypothesis that the leak is unintentional given the aggressive timeline and Jurassic Park's ongoing production

  • “I'm getting numbers that the base model which may be the Premium is going to be an 8K price marker. So just your base model of Elvira's House of Horrors is going to run you more than a traditional premium.”

    Cary Hardy@ 2:09 — Speculates on aggressive pricing strategy for base model

  • “It looks like they titled the game obviously for the reason that the house is gonna be the primary source of shots. You're all going towards this house.”

    Cary Hardy@ 6:57 — Identifies central playfield design philosophy based on cabinet imagery

Entities

Cary HardypersonStern PinballcompanyElvira's House of HorrorsgameLyman F. Sheats Jr.personJurassic ParkgameMedieval Madnessgame

Signals

  • ?

    leak_detection: Cabinet artwork images for Elvira's House of Horrors leaked ahead of official full reveal; images being pulled from platforms per Stern requests

    high · Cary Hardy reports images are being pulled due to Stern's requests and mentions 'evidently there is a big giant, you kind of thing going on when people are posting images of Elvira and them getting pulled because Stern's request'

  • ?

    product_strategy: Possible lack of Pro Edition; may only offer Premium, LE, and possibly new Super Elite tier

    low · Cary Hardy speculates: 'there's a possibility of there not being a Pro Edition, just Premium and Limited Edition, and maybe even a Super Elite? Speculation, obviously'

  • $

    market_signal: Base Premium model estimated at $8,000 — notably higher than traditional Stern Premium pricing

    medium · Cary Hardy: 'I'm getting numbers that the base model which may be the Premium is going to be an 8K price marker. So just your base model of Elvira's House of Horrors is going to run you more than a traditional premium'

  • ?

    manufacturing_signal: Jurassic Park still in active production with LEs not yet started or just recently begun; Elvira announcement comes during peak JP sales, suggesting aggressive pipeline management or unintended early disclosure

    high · Cary Hardy: 'Jurassic Park is still on the line, and they have not even started doing the LEs... Jurassic Park is still on the damn line and you're still selling the hell out of them. Why would you already start showing off the next game?'

  • ?

    design_innovation: Cabinet images suggest house structure as primary playfield centerpiece with multiple shot modes targeting house elements (front door, basement, garage), potentially featuring animated or mechanical house interactions

Transcript

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0:00
You know, I had a plan to come home from work and eat some chicken wings, maybe have a beer or a leavened teen and just chill out. But turns out, Stern has allowed some photos to leak of their upcoming game.
0:24
And so this is something I feel like we need to talk about. What's up guys and welcome back to my channel where I talk and do everything pinball. So if that sounds interesting to you, then hit that subscribe button down below. Something also to be aware of is that evidently there is a big giant, you know, thing going on when people are posting images of Elvira. and them getting pulled because Stern's request. So chances are this video may even get pulled due to the content that I am basically allowing to continue to get out to the public. If it does get pulled, then I'll just re-upload this whenever the embargo is over with. So with that being said, let's get on with these images. We have two images, one of which obviously looks like the LE, and another image that looks like a pro, but from the rumors, it might actually be the premium.
1:39
So let's go over some of the rumors, actually. This is all speculation, guys, no hard evidence. This is just basically a couple of things to think about. And that is there's a possibility of there not being a Pro Edition, just Premium and Limited Edition, and maybe even a Super Elite?
2:02
Speculation, obviously. But another thing to speculate is the price margin for this title. And I getting numbers that the base model which may be the Premium is going to be an 8K price marker So just your base model of Elvira House of Horrors is going to run you more than a traditional premium And evidently, Lyman is on the coding for this game. One thing's for sure, a lot of us already knew that Elvira 3 was going to be Stern's next title after Jurassic Park. Due to the fact that Halloween is just around the corner, it was kind of a given that this game was going to be released. I don't know who's done the artwork for this cabinet and these machines, but I don't have a problem with it so far. Jurassic Park is still on the line, and they have not even started doing the LEs. And if they have started doing them, they must have just recently started building the LEs to get them out the doors. Premium is for sure not getting out the doors, and yet they've already announced. They officially announced Elvira House of Horrors. I want to say a day or two ago by a quick little promo, distributors were releasing it and stuff like that. So they already announced that this was the next title and just a little bit of what the, uh, LCD screen GUI is going to look like. Um, but I feel like this is either an actual leak that they are trying to contain or they are really trying to rush this out to get cells and amp you know fill up the amperage for this game but i do feel like this may be a legitimate league due to the fact that i feel that it's too damn early guys i mean jurassic park is still on the damn line and you're still selling the hell out of them why would you already start showing off the next game and what it looks like and everything so this may be a legitimate leak and that stern does not want get out but they did reveal what their next game was already which i still felt like i said is too soon okay so let's go over the images and here we have what i is assumed to believe to be the le and that is obvious because you have powder coating as well as the side artwork inside of the machine but as far as like play field pictures and everything either one they already been pulled or two we don have them yet so I going strictly by what is available at hand and that is the cabinet artwork for two of the machines if not the only machines so let's start with the the back glass and it looks like for me the back glass for this model and the other model are identical let's take a look so yeah great yeah this does this does look pretty identical when it comes to the back glass. I like the art. It is very Elvira-ish. I mean, this is the art style on the cabinet, the font that's used and everything, and up here especially, this looks very Elvira-ish. I say Elvira-ish, I'm going to patent that term. But the artwork for this one is very appealing to me too, but the back glasses as of right here look to be identical. Yeah, they look identical enough to where I can't tell the difference on these low res pictures that I have.

medium · Cary Hardy's playfield analysis: 'It looks like they titled the game obviously for the reason that the house is gonna be the primary source of shots. You're all going towards this house... I would kind of hope to see that there's some sort of mechanical devices that go inside with this house'

  • ?

    announcement: Stern officially announced Elvira's House of Horrors 1-2 days prior to leaked image circulation; announcement made to distributors with brief LCD GUI preview

    high · Cary Hardy: 'They officially announced Elvira's House of Horrors. I want to say a day or two ago by a quick little promo, distributors were releasing it'

  • ?

    community_signal: Video creator concerned about potential takedown due to content policy enforcement around leaked images; anticipates video may be pulled until embargo lifts

    high · Cary Hardy: 'chances are this video may even get pulled due to the content that I am basically allowing to continue to get out to the public. If it does get pulled, then I'll just re-upload this whenever the embargo is over with'

  • ?

    product_concern: Low-resolution leaked images prevent full playfield and detailed mechanical assessment; only cabinet artwork and partial playfield layout discernible

    high · Cary Hardy repeatedly notes: 'these are kind of low res, guys' and 'you can't see what's going on on this side of the playfield' and 'very limited on what we can see clearly'

    • 5:42
    So scrolling down more further onto this, like I said, these are kind of low res guys, but I'm going to zoom in the best I can just to see what we can tell by these images.
    5:56
    Maybe a little further back. so to me what i'm seeing is that we've got a left orbit shot then we've got a ramp shot that feeds either probably behind the backboard right here and comes around somewhere on this side of the play field or it feeds onto this wire form on the far left back to the left flipper it looks like there's some sort of coffin here but this is low res i'm doing what i can here then we have another shot that either looks like it's going into the garage of the house or maybe down into the basement and then you have another shot that looks like it goes into the front door of this house and you can't see what's going on on this side of the play field but more than you're gonna have a right orbit. I don't think we're gonna see another ramp right here.
    6:54
    But that's what we've kinda got to go on. It looks like they titled the game obviously for the reason that the house is gonna be the primary
    7:03
    source of shots You all going towards this house So chances are there going to be a really cool lighting effects that go throughout this house but what i curious about and what i hope is that we're going to get like some i don't know they're going to do a medieval madness type of thing where you hit the balls into the house and maybe the house might shake or things raise up and down i don't know but i would kind of hope to see that there's some sort of mechanical devices that go inside with this house and that's pretty much all i have to go on are these particular shots on the back left portion of the game so that's what all i got to judge by you have of course your your action button right here which will be used for who knows what and then you have your your typical elvira pose right here on the side i'm liking it it looks good if we want to try looking on this one i don't see a drastic amount of difference on this this looks like you still have your left orbit your ramp shot that feeds to a wire form uh maybe a basement shot or the garage and once again a shot that goes into the house so damn very limited on what we can see clearly so going just by the artwork i like it it looks good so going solely just by the artwork i like it i cannot wait to see what this thing has but again too soon so that's it guys just a real quick video to throw out there speculation is rumors as well as what has been leaked uh like i said this video may get pulled it may not we're just gonna see what happens what's your speculation, rumors, or information that you may have about this upcoming Elvira game with Stern, I would like to hear about it, so let me know down in the comments below. And if you haven't already, don't forget to hit that subscribe button down below. That way you can be notified of whenever I upload something for your viewing pleasure. Until next time, guys.
    9:07
    Peace out. Thank you.