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What do you think of the Tron pics?
Vigo:
I haven't seen it in person, but from the online images I saw, my biggest beef was the backglass art with Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow that plopped in the lower left. The treasure chest looks off as well. It might be a case where it just looks better in person.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Vigo on May 12, 2011, 01:29:06 pm ---I haven't seen it in person, but from the online images I saw, my biggest beef was the backglass art with Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow that plopped in the lower left. The treasure chest looks off as well. It might be a case where it just looks better in person.
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It doesn't look better in person. I really like the game and I say that.
piecesof8:
Yeah, the backglass certainly could've been better, but I personally think the playfield art is far above the "copy-n-paste a bunch of photos" rut that Stern seems to have fallen into now. I was just trying to illustrate that it's possible to work with a restrictive licensor and still end up with a nice finished product.
RayB:
I personally worked with Disney licensing in the early 90's for video games (as well as with Warner Bros. Animation licensing). I can say that Chad is 100% right. They micromanage. They also don't always understand the product. Keep in mind, they don't fill their licensing department with pinball fans. It's filled with bureaucratic types whose mandate is to preserve the integrity of the IP and keep their supervisors happy. Since they don't play pinball, they don't understand where and how some concessions need to be made.
However, that doesn't excuse Stern from not designing something more "Tronny" than this. So they have just as much blame to share. (Unless of course, they *did* start off with something more "Tronny" and then Disney looked at RS, IM, and Avatar and said "hey, why doesn't Tron look like your other pinablls?". You never know...)
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 12, 2011, 02:29:38 pm ---Right, except that there's a gazillion crappy licensed Disney products in every single store you walk into. My god, there's probably something Disney themed in the hardware store if you look hard enough.
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Ever notice that they all look nearly identical in all aspects of design? Nobody is allowed to deviate in any way from the template.
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