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Limited Edition Run On New LOTR
Jeff AMN:
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--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on July 09, 2009, 10:43:14 am ---I think their licenses are odd choices too.
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I still think they've gotten paid or done profit sharing agreements or subsidized risk or SOMETHING for some of those themes.
All of your theme suggestions were terrible, btw, not that mine would be any better.
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Well, I think they'd be successful, I don't particularly want any of them. Okay, so I'd like Ghostbusters, but I do think the rest would have more of a draw than a few of their other recent licenses.
Charles4400:
--- Quote from: JeepMonkey on July 09, 2009, 07:56:00 am ---I have seriously considered buying a nice HUO LOTR as there should be a couple floating around once the new ones are coming out. I have been looking for a LOTR here in the Kansas City area (say within five hours), but they just don't appear to be around.
If I could choose between a good condition TOM and STTNG or a new LOTR shipped, I would probably go with the former.
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Good luck on the hunt JeepMonkey! Keep at it and you'll find one...post on rgp for ones in your area if your ready to pull the trigger and see what turns up!
Took a little bit to figure out what I was doing when I first got it, but once you know what's going on and what you want to do (just like any other pin) you will be hooked! Great Game for the home!
Charles4400:
--- Quote from: shardian on July 09, 2009, 07:58:16 am ---
The only knock on Stern is that their product quality is less than desired, and that really isn't their fault.
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I just really hate how the playfield lift ups (at least with lotr)...scary scary...too much room for error of scratching the inside cab or it coming down funny and messing up the side rails. Really awkard lifting the playfield if you are used to wms.
shardian:
Let's put it this way - if I had $5000+ to put down on one pin, I would probably take a fully restored pin from Treasure Cove over any NIB Stern.
shardian:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 09, 2009, 03:41:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on July 09, 2009, 03:00:49 pm ---Let's put it this way - if I had $5000+ to put down on one pin, I would probably take a fully restored pin from Treasure Cove over any NIB Stern.
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Why?
Man, Sterns are built cheap, no doubt, but aren't you a little sick of watching the same 15 year old animations, listening to the same voice calls, and enduring the lame 'humor'? I mean, c'mon, we're almost to 2010, I really don't want some boat anchor theme like Demolition Man in my gameroom.
I shudder to think of what the newest Sterns are like under the hood... where Gottlieb System 3s would have 5 or 6 screws, Williams would have 3, and Data East would have 2. Can't even imagine how much costs could be cut tighter.
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My actual play time with those 'boring 15 year old games' is quite limited. I had never even seen an addam's family pin until around 2.5 years ago. Still never seen a TZ in the flesh. I've played a bunch of them in pinmame, but have only played a tiny amount of real pins from the '88-'96 era. Ever since I was a small kid, seeing a real pinball machine was a pretty rare and awesome event.
I asked my coworker, who is 22, about his arcade/pin interactions. He was only in an arcade once as a kid. Only recalls seeing ONE pin his whole childhood.
My point - I can't think of a single pin from the early 90's era that I could claim I am bored of.
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