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Bally & Williams Superpins of the 90's (new Poll added)

By steve-o

8 years ago


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“Choose the most fun 1990's B/W SuperPin:”

  • Popeye Saves the Earth 10 votes
    5%
  • RoadShow 18 votes
    9%
  • Judge Dredd 13 votes
    6%
  • Demolition Man 13 votes
    6%
  • Indiana Jones 45 votes
    21%
  • Twilight Zone 70 votes
    33%
  • Star Trek: the Next Generation 41 votes
    20%

(210 votes)

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#1 8 years ago

So without really trying to gather up all 7 of the B/W widebody WPC SuperPins, we eventually did so. Lots of pins have come and gone over the last 14 years, but these special pins have secured their permanent gameroom real estate here. Starting quite a while back in November of 2003 with Indiana Jones and concluding with Road Show in June of 2015, they all have been collected. The actual order went: IJ, DM, TZ, JD , PSTE, ST:TNG and RS. All were found within a 6 hour round trip drive of our home. DM was bought without ever playing it and it was probably TZ that had gobbled up the highest number of our quarters before finding and buying ours. IMO, each SuperPin has its own merits and are pretty vastly designed and programed to make sense of having all seven.

I finally rounded them up and moved them all together onto one wall (with the exception of the "Shuffle Inn" puck bowler intruding on the group due to gameroom logistics). IJ & DM came to our home pretty early on with TZ arriving in 2009 and then the last four after 2012. Whenever we have parties and gatherings here all of these pins are well enjoyed by our guests and with the exception of random burnt lamps, flaky switch or ribbon cables, they are FUN rock-solid preforming 20+ year old pins.

~Steveo

Here's a couple of pics of our SuperPins that I just took today:

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2 weeks later
#4 8 years ago

SuperPin MVP poll added for random fun.
~Steveo

#12 8 years ago

Well, the current poll results kinda mirrors Pinside's Top 100.
TZ at the top.
ST:TNG is slightly edging out IJ.
PSTE has 0 votes (no huge shocker, LOL as it doesn't make the Top 100 ranking anyway).
Most surprising to me is the few JD votes.

There's lots of wooden real estate for the game designers to go crazy on with these widebody SuperPins. It would be cool to see more newer wide body pins produced along with their slim buddies.

Quoted from kevinleedrum:

TZ all the way. There are so many things to do. Powerball Mania, Fast Lock Multiball, LITZ, finding interesting ways to stack modes... even something as dumb as trying to get two balls to crash into each other as one is coming out of the rocket kicker is a fun challenge.

I've had my TZ since '09 and set to 3-ball, have only made it to LITZ just once. Love the challenge!!!

Quoted from schudel5:

I like the wide body Fish Tales thrown in for good measure.

Haha! That FT is a prototype wide body.... (not!)

Quoted from TKDalumni:

I like widebodies and I cannot lie! *sir mix a lot voice*

Thanks. I now have that tune stuck in my head....

~Steveo

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#14 8 years ago
Quoted from Taxman:

I voted for TZ, but after that comment I wish I should change mine

LOL Taxman! PSTE is such a well built and fun pin with lots of challenges to accomplish (Lord knows I probably haven't seen 1/2 of what it has to reveal depth-wise). Likely its the obscured shots and the (shall I say?) "oddish" theme thats scares many potential buyers away... I'm glad I have mine here to have fun with. The color DMD art looks very well done. Maybe someday....
~Steveo

5 years later
#21 2 years ago

5 years gone by and we're down a couple of Superpins here.
IJ, DM, JD and RS are hanging in there.
@Stebel, I've got to do some research (this is the 1st that I've heard of this) on the new code for RS-- very interested.
~Steveo

#23 2 years ago
Quoted from Stebel:

The new code makes it so the travel across the country is not so linear. Totally saved the game, especially in a smaller collection.

Gotcha. Makes total sense. Thanks for the info.

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