I have a quick Stern Pinball production update for everyone. Based on information that was just sent out to distributors, Stern has been making Mandalorian Pro and Premium models this week. They are set to ship out tomorrow and Friday.

After that, the Stern production schedule has a whole lot of nothing listed until “Late September” when it is scheduled to do a run of Rush Pro and Premium models.

As we’ve suspected for a while now, the hole in the schedule is likely going to be filled with Stern’s next Cornerstone pinball machine – rumored to be X-Men. I had thought that Stern would reveal it sometime in August, but we haven’t seen anything yet and the month is coming to an end.

Word on the street is that the game is already in production. If that’s true, we’ll most likely get to see it next week – Tuesday maybe? because Monday is a holiday. Perhaps we get a brief teaser on Friday. That’s my best guess at this point.